Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-04-05

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Apr 5
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
5 vs last sale 155 88 vs year ago 62 · +141.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
6 vs last sale 23 115 vs year ago 144 · 79.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
16 vs last sale 0 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison is available as this sale was not reported for several weeks. 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 $183.34/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$183.34
76 head · 836 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$49.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.48
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1836184.921,54570
Medium and Large 1-2820170.801,4005thin
Medium and Large 2945135.001,2761thin
One grade step is worth $49.92/cwt here — about $270 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 sale76 hd
183.34
UT average2 barns · 229 hd
191.82
−8.48
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
BullsHigh1,728124.582,1524thin
CowsLean 85-90%High984114.191,1246thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,391102.851,43011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,82998.881,8088thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,358$2,11516

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1579223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,29110
HeifersMedium and Large 1690193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,33214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2911132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2034
HeifersMedium and Large 1770162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,2511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2399205.00/cwt205.00–205.008186
HeifersMedium and Large 11,210149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,8092
SteersMedium and Large 2945135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440225.00/cwt225.00–225.009901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2958152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,4563
HeifersMedium and Large 11,078130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4012
HeifersMedium and Large 1965140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3511
SteersMedium and Large 1605225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3611
SteersMedium and Large 11,005158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,5881
SteersMedium and Large 1880176.57/cwt176.50–177.001,55452
SteersMedium and Large 1720185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3322
SteersMedium and Large 1692215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,48814
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3582,115.09/head1,950.00–2,210.002,11516
BullsReturn to Feed1,250136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,7001
Bulls1,965123.65/cwt123.00–124.252,4302
Bulls1,730115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,9901
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,210122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,4761
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed842127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0743
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,988100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,9984
CowsLean 85-90%1,17593.83/cwt89.00–98.501,1032
CowsLean 85-90%1,030115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,409100.93/cwt97.50–106.251,42210
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66997.25/cwt96.00–98.001,6234

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.