Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-05-31

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 31
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
27 vs last sale 128 67 vs year ago 88 · +76.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
43 vs last sale 72 12 vs year ago 103 · +11.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: No comparison is available as the market was too thinly tested for an accurate trend. 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 $151.58/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$151.58
37 head · 866 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,313
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$84.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
28.79
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2676187.291,26617thin
Medium and Large 11,001148.001,4815thin
Medium 2563137.507744thin
Medium and Large 21,210103.131,24811thin
One grade step is worth $84.17/cwt here — about $18 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 sale37 hd
151.58
UT average2 barns · 174 hd
180.37
−28.79
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,824116.492,12420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,70592.001,5691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35990.851,23552
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06985.0090938

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1425260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2658187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,2303
BullsMedium and Large 1-2803162.27/cwt157.00–167.501,3032
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1893
HeifersMedium and Large 11,105142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,5751
HeifersMedium and Large 1765177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,3581
SteersMedium and Large 2470250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1751
HeifersMedium and Large 2940112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0581
SteersMedium and Large 1905183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,6561
SteersMedium and Large 1628247.49/cwt245.00–250.001,5542
SteersMedium and Large 1-2768173.84/cwt165.00–182.501,3352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,135115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3052
SteersMedium and Large 1817187.14/cwt187.00–187.501,52911
HeifersMedium and Large 21,35886.50/cwt86.50–86.501,1756
SteersMedium and Large 2745142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0621
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,263125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5793
SteersMedium and Large 1-2717209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,49913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2323260.00/cwt260.00–260.008402
HeifersMedium and Large 2420217.00/cwt217.00–217.009111
HeifersMedium and Large 11,030140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,015125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2212
HeifersMedium and Large 11,270115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2670195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3071
HeifersMedium and Large 1835165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2732161.60/cwt161.00–162.001,1835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1503
HeifersMedium and Large 1155425.00/head425.00–425.004251
HeifersMedium 2Full563137.50/cwt137.50–137.507744
HeifersMedium and Large 2Full1,26795.30/cwt95.30–95.301,2073
Bulls1,960121.71/cwt118.00–127.002,38611
Bulls1,657110.12/cwt80.00–116.001,8259
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35990.85/cwt85.50–94.001,23552
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,5691
CowsLean 85-90%1,09085.17/cwt80.00–89.0092826
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed770135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0401
CowsLean 85-90%1,07671.33/cwt57.50–79.007687
CowsLean 85-90%99495.28/cwt95.00–96.009474

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.