Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-03-08

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Mar 8
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
480 head
352 vs last sale 128 210 vs year ago 270 · +77.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
24 vs last sale 43 44 vs year ago 23 · +191.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers under 600 lbs traded mostly 5.00 to 10.oo higher while those over 600 lbs traded sharply higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs traded 13.00 higher compared to last week's light test and heifers over 700 lbs traded 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded uneven on a light test and slaughter bulls traded steady on a very thin test. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $201.55/cwt on 234 head.
Average price
$201.55
234 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,460
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$377
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.20
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521211.451,10112thin
Medium and Large 1735201.011,478222
One grade step is worth $10.43/cwt here — about −$377 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 sale234 hd
201.55
UT average2 barns · 457 hd
199.35
+2.20
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
BullsHigh1,467118.121,73214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,444102.971,48727
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,84999.671,8434thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06397.141,03321

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1574205.68/cwt201.00–210.001,18119
HeifersMedium and Large 11,330125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6631
HeifersMedium and Large 11,084137.20/cwt134.00–138.001,4875
HeifersMedium and Large 11,100137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,5071
HeifersMedium and Large 1802175.75/cwt175.75–175.751,41052
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350229.00/cwt229.00–229.008021
SteersMedium and Large 11,203149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,7922
SteersMedium and Large 1817183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,49549
SteersMedium and Large 1593217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2872
SteersMedium and Large 1707206.60/cwt197.50–208.001,46123
SteersMedium and Large 1350240.00/cwt240.00–240.008401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3381
SteersMedium and Large 1898179.14/cwt174.50–179.251,60941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330235.00/cwt235.00–235.007761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468219.06/cwt213.00–225.001,0256
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,3311
SteersMedium and Large 1513226.14/cwt222.50–230.001,16010
SteersMedium and Large 1345250.00/cwt250.00–250.008631
SteersMedium and Large 1629219.57/cwt217.50–224.001,3813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2830169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,4031
SteersMedium and Large 1963168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,6202
SteersMedium and Large 1460240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1041
SteersMedium and Large 1673212.92/cwt207.50–214.251,43378
HeifersMedium and Large 2485183.00/cwt183.00–183.008881
HeifersMedium and Large 1614202.96/cwt201.50–206.001,24616
BullsMedium and Large 1455244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1101
BullsMedium and Large 1905146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,3261
BullsMedium and Large 1585195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1412
BullsMedium and Large 1770173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3323
CowsLean 85-90%1,157106.27/cwt105.00–109.001,2303
CowsLean 85-90%1,03877.00/cwt72.50–83.007994
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72090.50/cwt90.50–90.501,5571
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,892102.73/cwt101.00–105.001,9443
CowsBoner 80-85%1,449104.94/cwt95.50–108.001,52124
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed880129.09/cwt121.00–133.001,1363
CowsLean 85-90%1,09793.26/cwt85.00–98.001,02311
Bulls1,415126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,7831
Bulls1,691116.67/cwt114.00–119.001,9737
Bulls1,26572.00/cwt72.00–72.009111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40887.20/cwt85.00–89.001,2283
BullsReturn to Feed1,138132.96/cwt127.00–146.001,5133
BullsReturn to Feed1,300120.05/cwt119.00–121.001,5612
HeifersMedium and Large 2340197.00/cwt197.00–197.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 2417190.78/cwt185.00–195.007963
HeifersMedium and Large 2585171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265215.00/cwt215.00–215.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 2295195.00/cwt195.00–195.005751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527194.14/cwt187.00–195.001,02321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,0951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2413217.50/cwt217.50–217.508983
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2441
HeifersMedium and Large 2350198.00/cwt198.00–198.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 2543157.51/cwt155.00–160.008552
HeifersMedium and Large 1768182.28/cwt180.50–182.751,40025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,3111
HeifersMedium and Large 1705183.89/cwt182.00–184.501,29633
HeifersMedium and Large 1652201.19/cwt199.00–210.001,31210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 1439248.32/cwt244.00–251.001,0909

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.