Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-12-06

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Dec 6
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
907 head
306 vs last sale 601 157 vs year ago 750 · +20.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
140 vs last sale 170 226 vs year ago 256 · 88.3%
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433284.661,23115thin
Medium and Large 1-2609232.461,416254
Medium and Large 2600229.671,378104
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,84796.901,7905thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,69089.121,5062thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35284.361,14115
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10875.438368thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2506253.87/cwt249.00–257.501,28522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664227.58/cwt227.50–229.001,51120
HeifersMedium and Large 2572212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2168
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,078175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8872
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574239.99/cwt239.00–246.001,37840
SteersMedium and Large 1489270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3205
SteersMedium and Large 2473250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1837
SteersMedium and Large 2694202.87/cwt202.50–203.001,4088
SteersMedium and Large 1560252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2220340.00/cwt340.00–340.007481
SteersMedium and Large 1387296.43/cwt296.00–300.001,1479
SteersMedium and Large 2533242.14/cwt232.50–243.001,29145
SteersMedium and Large 2648226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,46417
SteersMedium and Large 2398265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0553
SteersMedium and Large 1-2394280.14/cwt275.00–281.001,1047
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,6471
HeifersMedium and Large 2810160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2961
HeifersMedium and Large 2770162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,2511
HeifersMedium and Large 2521220.89/cwt212.00–223.001,15144
HeifersMedium and Large 2480227.32/cwt225.00–227.501,09113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2606215.15/cwt209.00–216.501,30489
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584218.85/cwt215.00–222.501,27821
SteersMedium and Large 2805204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,6466
SteersMedium and Large 2724202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,46214
SteersMedium and Large 2408260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0612
HeifersMedium and Large 2693195.71/cwt193.00–197.501,35630
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624237.49/cwt235.00–239.501,482135
SteersMedium and Large 2783202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2960172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,6561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2419245.61/cwt242.50–247.501,0298
HeifersMedium and Large 2636197.48/cwt192.50–202.501,25613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2712199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,4206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384253.16/cwt247.50–255.0097211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full658169.75/cwt169.75–169.751,11726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484237.58/cwt232.50–238.001,15013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2878177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,5542
HeifersMedium and Large 2435225.00/cwt225.00–225.009792
Bulls1,76094.84/cwt89.00–98.001,6693
Bulls1,978100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,9782
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53396.25/cwt96.25–96.251,4763
CowsLean 85-90%1,12586.00/cwt86.00–86.009683
CowsLean 85-90%1,09869.08/cwt63.00–75.007585
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30781.39/cwt74.00–84.501,06412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69089.12/cwt85.00–93.001,5062

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.