Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2023-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: All classes of cattle were too thinly tested for an accurate market trend. 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 $208.30/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$208.30

81 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,287

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$17.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.79

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	690	218.49	1,508	33
Medium and Large 1-2	568	201.30	1,144	48

One grade step is worth $17.19/cwt here — about $364 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 sale81 hd

208.30

—

UT average2 barns · 684 hd

221.09

−12.79

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,706	131.54	2,244	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,795	110.81	1,989	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,294	107.10	1,386	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,056	88.69	937	13

Every lot, as filed

38 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	274.73/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,019	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,465	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	162.36/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,288	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	871	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,033	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	227.84/cwt	225.00–232.50	987	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,047	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	582	143.94/cwt	137.50–152.50	838	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	503	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	918	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,511	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,515	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,544	1
Bulls	—	—	1,767	128.00/cwt	126.00–130.00	2,262	3
Bulls	—	—	1,675	133.31/cwt	132.00–136.00	2,233	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	101.50/cwt	101.00–102.00	1,147	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	79.98/cwt	74.00–83.00	787	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	107.10/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,386	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,795	110.81/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,989	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	94.01/cwt	92.00–94.50	1,046	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	227.23/cwt	222.50–230.00	1,461	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,626	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,437	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	192.87/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,408	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,222	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	590	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,101	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	913	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,484	3

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.

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