Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2023-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-24

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	672	202.36	1,360	23
Medium and Large 1-2	648	191.54	1,241	17thin
Medium and Large 2	636	164.00	1,043	5thin

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,609	117.29	1,887	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,371	98.07	1,345	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,136	90.69	1,030	25

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	961	$2,104	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,515	$1,600	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,379	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	184.97/cwt	182.50–187.50	1,409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,047	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	181.85/cwt	177.50–186.00	1,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	215.73/cwt	215.00–217.50	1,266	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,105	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,299	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	973	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	961	2,103.80/head	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,104	8
Bulls	—	—	1,706	123.38/cwt	118.00–128.00	2,105	10
Bulls	—	—	1,285	97.01/cwt	94.00–98.50	1,247	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,425	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,081	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	97.25/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,316	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,432	92.14/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,319	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,506	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	94.74/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,087	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	83.49/cwt	80.00–87.50	932	9

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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