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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Sep 28
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
429 head
30 vs last sale 459 54 vs year ago 483 · 11.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
196 head
89 vs last sale 107 7 vs year ago 203 · 3.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report: Cattle sold mostly with weak undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.96/cwt on 156 head.
Average price
$180.96
156 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$883
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.19
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506189.5895971
Medium and Large 1-2473173.7582385
One grade step is worth $15.83/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale156 hd
180.96
UT average2 barns · 760 hd
182.14
−1.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,928103.431,9944thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60489.221,43137
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19581.5397467
CowsLean 85-90%Average97570.2968550

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · 'R' Livestock Connection - Monroe, UT
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2416158.37/cwt157.50–175.0065939
HeifersMedium and Large 1302190.00/cwt190.00–190.0057414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486156.18/cwt155.00–160.0075913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395178.88/cwt177.50–180.007079
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0883
HeifersMedium and Large 1539169.01/cwt167.50–170.0091127
SteersMedium and Large 1738163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2032
SteersMedium and Large 1305250.00/cwt250.00–250.007637
SteersMedium and Large 1-2509175.94/cwt162.50–179.0089621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2283225.00/cwt225.00–225.006372
SteersMedium and Large 1-2693163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330196.77/cwt190.00–200.006493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390171.99/cwt169.00–180.0067115
SteersMedium and Large 1570176.47/cwt174.50–186.001,00612
SteersMedium and Large 1385200.74/cwt198.00–210.0077313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2414172.50/cwt172.50–172.5071422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,0152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2732155.57/cwt155.00–157.001,1397
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482173.90/cwt172.50–178.0083811
HeifersMedium and Large 1426179.87/cwt179.00–186.0076616
HeifersMedium and Large 1270218.44/cwt215.00–220.005906
SteersMedium and Large 1483185.00/cwt185.00–185.0089413
SteersMedium and Large 1610176.66/cwt170.00–178.001,0786
SteersMedium and Large 1670171.00/cwt170.00–172.001,1466
SteersMedium and Large 1542180.50/cwt180.50–180.5097812
HeifersMedium and Large 1618171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0573
HeifersMedium and Large 1758152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,1563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513165.00/cwt165.00–165.008462
HeifersMedium and Large 1388185.76/cwt185.00–186.007214
HeifersMedium and Large 1690160.49/cwt157.50–162.001,1073
Bulls1,928103.43/cwt98.00–110.501,9944
CowsLean 85-90%98271.93/cwt65.00–75.0070645
CowsLean 85-90%90855.48/cwt51.00–58.005045
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21483.23/cwt80.00–85.501,01025
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39189.31/cwt87.00–90.251,24211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11077.40/cwt76.50–79.0085931
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60489.22/cwt86.00–91.001,43137

How this sale compares

Utah weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Utah auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.