Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-05-03

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 3
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
1 vs last sale 108 12 vs year ago 95 · +12.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
57 vs last sale 55 20 vs year ago 92 · +21.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder cattle were too thinly tested to accurately compare for a market trend. Slaughter cows traded 6.00 to 11.00 lower on a very light test and slaughter bulls were 15.00 lower on a limited market. 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 $215.92/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$215.92
44 head · 591 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,277
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$405
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.87
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610231.061,41028
Medium and Large 1-2730197.501,4422thin
Medium and Large 2533188.291,00414thin
One grade step is worth $42.77/cwt here — about $405 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
215.92
UT average2 barns · 201 hd
237.79
−21.87
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
BullsAverage1,458110.251,6074thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38894.431,31182
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,70894.061,6074thin
CowsLean 85-90%High93985.0279822

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1610216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3184
HeifersMedium and Large 1653205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3394
HeifersMedium and Large 2645185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1932
HeifersMedium and Large 21,115105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1712
HeifersMedium and Large 1220475.00/head475.00–475.004752
HeifersMedium and Large 2763162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,2404
SteersMedium and Large 2524190.50/cwt185.00–194.0099812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,4422
SteersMedium and Large 2590175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0332
HeifersMedium and Large 1460235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0814
HeifersMedium and Large 2385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007702
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430215.00/cwt215.00–215.009254
HeifersMedium and Large 1160410.00/head410.00–410.004102
SteersMedium and Large 1560230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2882
SteersMedium and Large 1614231.14/cwt230.00–235.001,41926
Bulls1,458110.25/cwt108.00–112.501,6074
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed905120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0862
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39495.54/cwt91.50–99.001,33274
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33584.21/cwt80.00–85.501,1248
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70894.06/cwt91.00–97.001,6074
CowsLean 85-90%91791.87/cwt91.00–93.008426
CowsLean 85-90%1,075102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,1022
CowsLean 85-90%1,00079.74/cwt74.00–82.507978
CowsLean 85-90%79859.05/cwt52.00–65.004714

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.