Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-05-24

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 24
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 192▲ 40 vs year ago 88 · +45.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 35▼ 31 vs year ago 103 · −30.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 6 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend is available as receipts were limited. 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 $194.01/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$194.01
45 head · 659 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,279
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$317
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.29
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1672202.361,36023
Medium and Large 1-2648191.541,24117thin
Medium and Large 2636164.001,0435thin
One grade step is worth $38.36/cwt here — about $317 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 sale45 hd
194.01
—
UT average2 barns · 198 hd
192.72
+1.29
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
Bulls—Average1,609117.291,88713
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,37198.071,34534
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13690.691,03025

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)961$2,1048
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,515$1,6002thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1—686201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3794
HeifersMedium and Large 2—785145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1382
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4434
HeifersMedium and Large 1—800179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4322
HeifersMedium and Large 1—762184.97/cwt182.50–187.501,4093
SteersMedium and Large 1—339275.00/cwt275.00–275.009325
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—525235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2343
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,174138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,6204
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—441237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0475
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—750180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—670181.85/cwt177.50–186.001,2182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—625192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,2031
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385225.00/cwt225.00–225.008661
SteersMedium and Large 1—550242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,3341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—605190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—587215.73/cwt215.00–217.501,26610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—526210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1056
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—935150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4031
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530165.00/cwt165.00–165.008751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—702185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2996
HeifersMedium and Large 2—695140.00/cwt140.00–140.009731
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,5151,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9612,103.80/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1048
Bulls——1,706123.38/cwt118.00–128.002,10510
Bulls——1,28597.01/cwt94.00–98.501,2473
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed—1,425146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,0811
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35397.25/cwt95.00–102.001,31625
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43292.14/cwt91.00–94.001,3197
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,345112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,5061
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14794.74/cwt92.00–97.001,08716
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11683.49/cwt80.00–87.509329

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.