Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2022-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly firm and feeder heifers sold with weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.95/cwt on 346 head.

Average price

$180.95

346 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,109

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$12.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.60

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	182.43	1,130	304
Medium and Large 1-2	564	170.24	959	42

One grade step is worth $12.19/cwt here — about $171 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 sale346 hd

180.95

—

UT average3 barns · 1,365 hd

180.35

+0.60

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	—	Average	1,694	73.82	1,250	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,414	58.61	829	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,237	54.65	676	140
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	40.24	418	31

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,018	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	207.07/cwt	177.50–215.00	841	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,014	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	146.20/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,430	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,186	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	181.38/cwt	177.50–192.00	794	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	212.45/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,018	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	157.47/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,123	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	169.11/cwt	155.00–175.00	1,153	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	183.10/cwt	176.00–188.50	1,155	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	161.89/cwt	157.50–165.00	999	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	174.75/cwt	170.00–175.00	924	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	210.02/cwt	202.00–222.50	884	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	186.79/cwt	181.00–200.00	988	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,002	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	153.25/cwt	152.50–154.00	910	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	172.76/cwt	170.50–175.00	955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	232.56/cwt	225.00–240.00	774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,089	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	140.67/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	159.09/cwt	152.00–160.00	1,244	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	190.34/cwt	181.00–192.50	1,106	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,052	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	145.03/cwt	142.50–147.50	1,066	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	807	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	172.70/cwt	155.00–178.00	1,000	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	173.15/cwt	170.00–177.50	630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	151.22/cwt	147.50–153.00	794	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,287	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	228.76/cwt	215.00–245.00	826	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	672	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	146.88/cwt	145.00–147.50	1,282	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	163.55/cwt	161.00–171.00	864	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	161.88/cwt	159.00–165.00	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	979	2
Bulls	—	—	1,711	74.46/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,274	20
Bulls	—	—	1,350	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	824	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	46.97/cwt	46.00–49.00	570	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	54.27/cwt	50.00–60.00	680	118
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	44.50/cwt	40.00–47.00	470	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	35.07/cwt	30.00–38.00	357	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	77.59/cwt	72.50–82.50	795	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	58.61/cwt	58.00–59.00	829	8

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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