Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2023-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers weighing between 450-600 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower, while heifers weighing between 400-650 lbs sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Average dress slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher on a light test and slaughter bulls were too thinly tested to accurately compare. 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 $233.78/cwt on 373 head.

Average price

$233.78

373 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,402

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$147

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

$54.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.21

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	433	284.66	1,231	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	609	232.46	1,416	254
Medium and Large 2	600	229.67	1,378	104

One grade step is worth $54.99/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale373 hd

233.78

—

UT average2 barns · 952 hd

240.99

−7.21

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	—	Low	1,847	96.90	1,790	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,690	89.12	1,506	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,352	84.36	1,141	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,108	75.43	836	8thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	253.87/cwt	249.00–257.50	1,285	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	227.58/cwt	227.50–229.00	1,511	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,216	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,887	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	239.99/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,378	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,320	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,183	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	694	202.87/cwt	202.50–203.00	1,408	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	296.43/cwt	296.00–300.00	1,147	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	242.14/cwt	232.50–243.00	1,291	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,464	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	398	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	280.14/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,104	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	220.89/cwt	212.00–223.00	1,151	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	227.32/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,091	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	215.15/cwt	209.00–216.50	1,304	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	218.85/cwt	215.00–222.50	1,278	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,646	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,462	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	195.71/cwt	193.00–197.50	1,356	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	237.49/cwt	235.00–239.50	1,482	135
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	783	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	245.61/cwt	242.50–247.50	1,029	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	197.48/cwt	192.50–202.50	1,256	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,420	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	253.16/cwt	247.50–255.00	972	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	658	169.75/cwt	169.75–169.75	1,117	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	237.58/cwt	232.50–238.00	1,150	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	979	2
Bulls	—	—	1,760	94.84/cwt	89.00–98.00	1,669	3
Bulls	—	—	1,978	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,978	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,533	96.25/cwt	96.25–96.25	1,476	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	968	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	69.08/cwt	63.00–75.00	758	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	81.39/cwt	74.00–84.50	1,064	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	89.12/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,506	2

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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