Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-04-26

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Apr 26
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
65 vs last sale 173 9 vs year ago 99 · +9.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
57 vs last sale 112 56 vs year ago 111 · 50.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
22 vs last sale 0 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers traded 1.50 to 2.00 higher on limited comparable trades and feeder heifers traded 12.00 lower on few comparable trades and a very thin test. Slaughter cows traded 1.00 lower to 8.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded 16.75 higher on a very thin test. 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 $192.08/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$192.08
44 head · 687 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,319
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.92
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1704196.211,38132
Medium and Large 2485185.008971thin
Medium and Large 1-2656180.721,18611thin
One grade step is worth $15.49/cwt here — about $194 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 sale44 hd
192.08
UT average2 barns · 107 hd
202.00
−9.92
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
BullsAverage1,771125.262,2185thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,365107.151,46317
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09497.341,06533

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 PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,262$2,12118
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)798$1,7004thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-2460192.50/cwt192.50–192.508861
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,100121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425185.00/cwt185.00–185.007861
HeifersMedium and Large 11,017148.17/cwt142.50–151.001,5073
HeifersMedium and Large 1439231.18/cwt221.00–235.001,0157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2995142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,4181
SteersMedium and Large 1752225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6927
SteersMedium and Large 1455272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2401
SteersMedium and Large 2755156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1781
SteersMedium and Large 2570190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2980155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280220.00/cwt220.00–220.006161
SteersMedium and Large 11,525137.50/cwt137.50–137.502,0971
HeifersMedium and Large 1735192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381215.00/cwt215.00–215.008195
SteersMedium and Large 1605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4522
SteersMedium and Large 1656234.24/cwt232.50–236.001,5374
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365235.00/cwt235.00–235.008581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,23611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2873149.95/cwt147.50–152.501,3092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0701
HeifersMedium and Large 2485185.00/cwt185.00–185.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 1677206.63/cwt204.00–207.501,3998
HeifersMedium and Large 1788182.38/cwt182.00–184.001,43713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,020135.26/cwt132.50–138.001,3802
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2512,177.20/head2,000.00–2,250.002,17716
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3501,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19452,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 26501,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Bulls1,771125.26/cwt120.00–130.502,2185
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,170132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,5501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,365107.15/cwt102.50–112.751,46317
CowsLean 85-90%1,11798.18/cwt90.00–100.001,09713
CowsLean 85-90%1,145103.60/cwt102.50–106.501,18611
CowsLean 85-90%97982.97/cwt72.00–89.008128

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.