Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-04-19

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Apr 19
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
23 vs last sale 150 6 vs year ago 167 · +3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
83 vs last sale 29 59 vs year ago 53 · +111.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable sales from two weeks ago for a market trend. 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 $211.87/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$211.87
49 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,392
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$70.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.92
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560234.911,31733
Medium and Large 2857164.351,40816thin
One grade step is worth $70.56/cwt here — about −$92 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 sale49 hd
211.87
UT average3 barns · 518 hd
206.94
+4.92
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
BullsHigh1,718113.891,95612
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,288100.501,29517
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05099.751,04770
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59299.221,58013

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1873161.22/cwt157.50–165.001,4074
BullsMedium and Large 1705190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3401
BullsMedium and Large 1764172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3149
BullsMedium and Large 1415255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0581
BullsMedium and Large 1667208.34/cwt206.00–210.001,3905
BullsMedium and Large 1600227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3621
SteersMedium and Large 1610238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4521
SteersMedium and Large 2985150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4781
HeifersMedium and Large 21,086153.48/cwt150.00–157.001,6674
SteersMedium and Large 1481270.93/cwt255.00–275.001,3035
SteersMedium and Large 2895155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3873
SteersMedium and Large 1585245.85/cwt231.00–252.001,43821
SteersMedium and Large 21,270156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,9811
SteersMedium and Large 21,180154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,8171
HeifersMedium and Large 1415243.16/cwt225.00–248.001,0098
HeifersMedium and Large 2555190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0551
SteersMedium and Large 2945156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,4792
HeifersMedium and Large 2900150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 2843148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2482
HeifersMedium and Large 1602239.02/cwt227.50–240.001,43913
HeifersMedium and Large 1587220.60/cwt217.50–227.001,2953
HeifersMedium and Large 2888156.05/cwt150.00–159.001,3863
SteersMedium and Large 1730208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,5183
HeifersMedium and Large 1659218.59/cwt213.00–230.001,4416
HeifersMedium and Large 2360215.00/cwt215.00–215.007741
HeifersMedium and Large 2245205.00/cwt205.00–205.005021
BullsMedium and Large 1915142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2991
BullsMedium and Large 1563239.99/cwt237.50–242.501,3512
HeifersMedium and Large 2960157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5071
HeifersMedium and Large 21,280152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,9521
HeifersMedium and Large 2715182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3011
HeifersMedium and Large 1545242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3193
BullsReturn to Feed1,343125.14/cwt123.00–127.501,6812
CowsLean 85-90%1,08499.81/cwt94.00–105.001,08232
Bulls1,25098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,2251
Bulls1,730108.42/cwt102.00–112.501,8764
Bulls1,951116.95/cwt116.00–118.502,2825
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed974108.08/cwt107.00–110.001,05319
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28198.43/cwt96.00–105.001,26115
CowsBoner 80-85%1,343116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5582
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,639100.69/cwt97.00–102.501,65010
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43794.33/cwt94.00–94.501,3563
CowsLean 85-90%1,06791.33/cwt82.00–93.0097419

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.