Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-03-23

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Thu, Mar 23
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
12 vs last sale 167 28 vs year ago 127 · +22.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
6 vs last sale 29 126 vs year ago 149 · 84.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: 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 $198.31/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$198.31
74 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,115
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$16
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.49
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555201.901,12063
Medium and Large 2575177.941,0236thin
Medium and Large 1-2640177.601,1375thin
One grade step is worth $24.30/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale74 hd
198.31
UT average2 barns · 315 hd
188.82
+9.49
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
BullsHigh1,650125.002,0631thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,119111.361,24612
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,310110.061,4427thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,542106.821,6473thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1990130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2871
BullsMedium and Large 1465225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0461
BullsMedium and Large 1575224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2881
HeifersMedium and Large 1355225.00/cwt225.00–225.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2798171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3653
HeifersMedium and Large 11,145141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,6141
SteersMedium and Large 1874174.27/cwt173.00–174.501,52313
SteersMedium and Large 1763183.38/cwt178.00–184.001,39910
SteersMedium and Large 1265260.00/cwt260.00–260.006893
SteersMedium and Large 1663208.15/cwt202.50–210.001,3804
SteersMedium and Large 1745186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3862
SteersMedium and Large 1828178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,4742
SteersMedium and Large 2617185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1413
SteersMedium and Large 1594222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3199
HeifersMedium and Large 1558211.75/cwt211.00–212.501,1822
HeifersMedium and Large 1909149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3544
SteersMedium and Large 1330255.00/cwt255.00–255.008421
SteersMedium and Large 1473225.24/cwt210.00–240.001,0652
SteersMedium and Large 1370243.27/cwt241.00–252.509005
SteersMedium and Large 1626221.19/cwt210.00–225.001,3857
HeifersMedium and Large 1880157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,3861
HeifersMedium and Large 1434215.40/cwt205.00–222.509357
HeifersMedium and Large 2620167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,0392
HeifersMedium and Large 11,055145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5301
HeifersMedium and Large 1332233.89/cwt227.50–252.507779
HeifersMedium and Large 1533206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0982
HeifersMedium and Large 1695185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2862
HeifersMedium and Large 1785175.50/cwt175.00–176.001,3782
HeifersMedium and Large 2520190.00/cwt190.00–190.009881
HeifersMedium and Large 1218230.00/cwt230.00–230.005013
HeifersMedium and Large 1263227.13/cwt225.00–230.005975
HeifersMedium and Large 1465220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0231
HeifersMedium and Large 1637195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,24218
HeifersMedium and Large 2563180.87/cwt177.50–187.501,0183
HeifersMedium and Large 1706182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,2884
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2403187.50/cwt187.50–187.507562
Bulls1,650125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,0631
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,072128.87/cwt115.00–140.001,3813
CowsLean 85-90%1,04094.04/cwt90.00–98.009782
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,840112.50/cwt112.50–112.502,0701
CowsLean 85-90%1,162108.80/cwt107.50–111.001,2647
CowsBoner 80-85%1,269112.66/cwt110.00–115.001,4304
CowsBoner 80-85%1,365106.59/cwt106.00–108.001,4553
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,393103.98/cwt103.00–105.001,4482

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.