Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-02-08

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Feb 8
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
271 head
132 vs last sale 403 39 vs year ago 310 · 12.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
10 vs last sale 47 18 vs year ago 55 · 32.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers under 600 lbs traded steady to 11.00 lower, while steers over 600 lbs traded 1.75 to 11.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs traded 12.00 lower, while those over 450 lbs traded 6.00 to 11.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows traded 3.00 to 8.75 higher and average dress slaughter bulls traded 6.25 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $179.65/cwt on 124 head.
Average price
$179.65
124 head · 726 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,305
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$9.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.91
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546186.691,02013thin
Medium and Large 1758178.891,355107
Medium and Large 2481177.258534thin
One grade step is worth $9.44/cwt here — about $167 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 sale124 hd
179.65
UT average2 barns · 465 hd
183.56
−3.91
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
BullsHigh1,475116.461,7187thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,770103.001,8231thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,36296.741,31813
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05693.6298912

Every lot, as filed

49 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
BullsMedium and Large 1680182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,2412
BullsMedium and Large 1436205.00/cwt205.00–205.008944
BullsMedium and Large 1873148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2922
BullsMedium and Large 1475210.00/cwt210.00–210.009981
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550172.50/cwt172.50–172.509492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400182.50/cwt182.50–182.507301
SteersMedium and Large 1578186.86/cwt185.00–187.501,0804
SteersMedium and Large 1508204.60/cwt202.50–211.001,0399
SteersMedium and Large 1715179.17/cwt177.00–179.501,28112
SteersMedium and Large 1863169.23/cwt169.00–169.251,46015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0153
SteersMedium and Large 11,019153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,5596
SteersMedium and Large 1-2757161.84/cwt157.50–164.001,2253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474195.00/cwt195.00–195.009246
SteersMedium and Large 1822175.75/cwt175.75–175.751,4453
SteersMedium and Large 1956165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5776
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385192.00/cwt192.00–192.007391
SteersMedium and Large 1784177.05/cwt174.25–178.251,38837
SteersMedium and Large 1378225.00/cwt225.00–225.008512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365207.50/cwt207.50–207.507571
SteersMedium and Large 1440213.00/cwt213.00–213.009371
SteersMedium and Large 2635160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0161
HeifersMedium and Large 2410162.50/cwt162.50–162.506663
HeifersMedium and Large 1607185.77/cwt183.00–186.501,12810
CowsLean 85-90%1,12894.45/cwt89.00–99.001,0658
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,770103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,8231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,58078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,350103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,3912
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34397.36/cwt89.00–99.001,30810
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed845121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0221
CowsLean 85-90%93582.26/cwt75.00–87.507693
Bulls1,350121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,6343
Bulls1,569113.05/cwt108.00–117.001,7744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2905127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495182.50/cwt182.50–182.509032
HeifersMedium and Large 1474193.44/cwt192.00–194.009177
HeifersMedium and Large 1533186.24/cwt185.00–187.509932
HeifersMedium and Large 1731175.26/cwt171.00–176.001,28142
HeifersMedium and Large 1572185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,0613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0081
SteersMedium and Large 2430183.00/cwt183.00–183.007873
HeifersMedium and Large 1781166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,3004
HeifersMedium and Large 2369175.86/cwt165.00–182.506495
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530174.00/cwt174.00–174.009221
HeifersMedium and Large 2330182.50/cwt182.50–182.506021
HeifersMedium and Large 1808166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,3412
SteersMedium and Large 1677184.53/cwt180.50–187.501,24912
HeifersMedium and Large 1410195.00/cwt195.00–195.008002
HeifersMedium and Large 1675175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1811

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.