Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2022-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold unevenly and feeder heifers sold weak. Average dressing slaughter cows sold weak and average dressing slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.99/cwt on 438 head.

Average price

$178.99

438 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$20.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.70

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	186.49	1,049	276
Medium and Large 1-2	595	166.20	989	162

One grade step is worth $20.29/cwt here — about $61 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 sale438 hd

178.99

—

UT average3 barns · 1,533 hd

186.69

−7.70

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,539	84.65	1,303	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,497	72.44	1,085	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,277	67.65	864	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	972	50.07	487	18

Every lot, as filed

58 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	156.75/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,066	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	646	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	207.78/cwt	200.00–212.50	787	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	205.94/cwt	195.00–214.00	881	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	171.65/cwt	168.00–173.50	1,124	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	166.49/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,194	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,361	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	191.24/cwt	185.00–192.50	803	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	157.59/cwt	145.00–162.00	1,125	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	192.56/cwt	185.00–200.00	612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,184	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	205.05/cwt	196.00–210.00	960	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	187.67/cwt	182.00–202.50	976	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	184.26/cwt	179.00–190.00	1,082	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	148.80/cwt	145.00–152.50	923	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	877	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	171.94/cwt	162.00–179.50	1,001	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	173.04/cwt	165.00–181.00	895	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	163.55/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,282	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	178.88/cwt	175.00–183.00	1,116	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,246	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	153.59/cwt	145.00–155.00	903	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	219	226.31/cwt	225.00–235.00	496	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	789	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	178.15/cwt	178.00–180.00	784	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	134.74/cwt	125.00–145.00	907	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	62.99/cwt	61.00–64.00	628	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	53.39/cwt	50.00–57.00	533	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	61.91/cwt	58.50–63.00	707	8
Bulls	—	—	1,310	76.55/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,003	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	26.43/cwt	23.00–35.00	233	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	71.93/cwt	69.00–74.50	1,060	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,765	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,377	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	76.28/cwt	73.00–81.00	869	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	66.73/cwt	64.00–71.50	881	63
Bulls	—	—	1,585	86.27/cwt	81.00–90.00	1,367	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	284	207.42/cwt	205.00–210.00	589	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	160.37/cwt	151.00–165.00	829	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	149.58/cwt	142.50–152.00	918	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	187.64/cwt	180.00–195.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	113.67/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,097	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	169.69/cwt	161.00–172.00	1,032	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	176.54/cwt	170.00–180.00	544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	177.39/cwt	170.00–181.00	671	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,294	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	173.76/cwt	171.00–176.00	1,015	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	172.41/cwt	169.00–175.00	914	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	162.61/cwt	160.00–165.00	929	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	164.97/cwt	162.50–170.00	696	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,110	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	193.69/cwt	190.00–200.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	178.04/cwt	175.00–180.00	764	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	189.35/cwt	185.00–195.00	723	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	152.10/cwt	150.00–152.50	1,185	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	173.76/cwt	170.00–182.50	834	29

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.

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