Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-12-13

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Dec 13
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
747 vs last sale 907 406 vs year ago 566 · 71.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
15 vs last sale 30 47 vs year ago 92 · 51.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too thinly tested to accurately compare. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.50 lower on a thin test and slaughter bulls sold 9.00 higher on a very thin test. 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 $228.09/cwt on 93 head.
Average price
$228.09
93 head · 649 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,480
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$245
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$73.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.06
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1408290.001,1832thin
Medium and Large 1-2651231.721,51061
Medium and Large 2660216.571,42830
One grade step is worth $73.43/cwt here — about −$245 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 sale93 hd
228.09
UT average2 barns · 751 hd
231.15
−3.06
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
BullsAverage1,975106.502,1034thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,76291.051,6043thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44889.571,29714
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,07981.0487423

Every lot, as filed

22 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75893.57/cwt92.50–94.501,6452
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,5221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44889.57/cwt87.00–91.001,29714
CowsLean 85-90%97359.67/cwt52.50–65.005812
CowsLean 85-90%1,08983.07/cwt81.75–88.0090521
Bulls2,118109.33/cwt107.00–111.002,3163
Bulls1,54598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,5141
SteersMedium and Large 2730204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,48919
SteersMedium and Large 2538238.27/cwt235.00–241.001,28211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2723215.67/cwt211.00–218.001,5598
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,195162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,9421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677229.58/cwt220.00–233.001,55419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2616237.26/cwt230.00–237.501,46233
HeifersMedium and Large 21,373110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5102
HeifersMedium and Large 2905165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4931
SteersMedium and Large 1408290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2765218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6681
HeifersMedium and Large 2467235.34/cwt232.00–238.001,0997
HeifersMedium and Large 2795172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,3711
HeifersMedium and Large 2570221.26/cwt220.00–222.501,2614
HeifersMedium and Large 2629196.31/cwt190.00–207.001,23513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3946

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.