Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-03-15

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Mar 15
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
167 head
313 vs last sale 480 103 vs year ago 270 · 38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
38 vs last sale 67 6 vs year ago 23 · +26.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All classes of cattle were too thinly test to have an accurate comparison. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.64/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$194.64
81 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,278
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$489
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.57
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675195.781,32269
Medium and Large 1-2563191.651,07910thin
Medium and Large 2490170.008332thin
One grade step is worth $25.78/cwt here — about $489 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 sale81 hd
194.64
UT average3 barns · 357 hd
194.06
+0.57
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
BullsAverage1,703114.361,9486thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,985117.502,3321thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31894.221,24214
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09289.609788thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1718183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,31823
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376210.00/cwt210.00–210.007904
HeifersMedium and Large 1405227.50/cwt227.50–227.509211
HeifersMedium and Large 1675186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2561
HeifersMedium and Large 1598206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2322
HeifersMedium and Large 1983151.51/cwt151.00–152.001,4892
SteersMedium and Large 1595225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3393
SteersMedium and Large 1628211.89/cwt204.00–216.001,3313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2908148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,3482
HeifersMedium and Large 1646204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,31840
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2983
SteersMedium and Large 11,075150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6131
SteersMedium and Large 1678210.38/cwt208.00–211.001,42611
SteersMedium and Large 1855173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485205.00/cwt205.00–205.009941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,0301
SteersMedium and Large 1726199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,44517
SteersMedium and Large 1767182.64/cwt178.00–185.001,4016
HeifersMedium and Large 2490170.00/cwt165.00–175.008332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2322
Bulls1,703114.36/cwt109.00–117.501,9486
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed975112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0971
CowsLean 85-90%1,19792.38/cwt92.00–92.501,1064
CowsLean 85-90%99078.25/cwt76.00–82.007753
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31894.22/cwt89.50–99.501,24214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,985117.50/cwt117.50–117.502,3321

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.