Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-01-25

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jan 25
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
479 head
250 vs last sale 229 196 vs year ago 283 · +69.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
27 vs last sale 44 58 vs year ago 75 · 77.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers under 500 lbs traded sharply higher. Steers between 500 to 750 lbs traded steady to 18.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded 5.00 to 11.75 higher, while those over 600 lbs traded sharply higher. Slaughter cows had no comparative traded, while slaughter bulls traded 5.50 higher on a thin test. Trade activity and demand were good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $176.96/cwt on 220 head.
Average price
$176.96
220 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,052
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.09
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1608178.391,085177
Medium and Large 2368175.006443thin
Medium and Large 1-2548170.7893640
One grade step is worth $7.61/cwt here — about $150 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 sale220 hd
176.96
UT average2 barns · 816 hd
167.88
+9.09
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
BullsAverage1,335104.391,3946thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,17586.001,0111thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34979.571,0737thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1665172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,1471
HeifersMedium and Large 1328205.00/cwt205.00–205.006723
HeifersMedium and Large 1733170.75/cwt165.00–175.001,25242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0772
HeifersMedium and Large 1589186.33/cwt185.50–187.001,09727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532172.50/cwt172.50–172.5091810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2659179.58/cwt177.50–180.501,18326
SteersMedium and Large 1860172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,47912
SteersMedium and Large 1603193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,1642
SteersMedium and Large 1317239.00/cwt239.00–239.007583
SteersMedium and Large 1387229.00/cwt229.00–229.0088611
SteersMedium and Large 1490211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,03421
SteersMedium and Large 1927161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,4923
HeifersMedium and Large 1522182.77/cwt180.00–187.509548
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473201.89/cwt195.00–204.0095538
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,0536
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1551
SteersMedium and Large 1591191.76/cwt188.00–198.001,13313
SteersMedium and Large 1408220.00/cwt220.00–220.008982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482177.24/cwt176.00–177.508546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3203
SteersMedium and Large 2663152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,0113
SteersMedium and Large 1779172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,34430
SteersMedium and Large 1-2411205.00/cwt205.00–205.0084310
HeifersMedium and Large 11,017134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3633
HeifersMedium and Large 1426188.06/cwt185.00–192.508015
HeifersMedium and Large 1484188.00/cwt188.00–188.0091018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585167.72/cwt167.50–170.0098111
SteersMedium and Large 1736175.76/cwt175.00–176.001,2948
SteersMedium and Large 1526195.43/cwt192.50–198.001,02811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2434178.77/cwt175.00–182.007765
HeifersMedium and Large 11,158120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3904
HeifersMedium and Large 1624175.64/cwt170.00–182.001,09647
HeifersMedium and Large 2368175.00/cwt175.00–175.006443
HeifersMedium and Large 1386192.76/cwt192.50–197.5074419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0276
Bulls1,463101.27/cwt97.00–105.001,4825
Bulls695120.00/cwt120.00–120.008341
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34979.57/cwt72.00–83.001,0737
CowsLean 85-90%1,17586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0111

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.