Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2024-01-10

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jan 10
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
448 head
2 vs last sale 446 118 vs year ago 566 · 20.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
50 vs last sale 109 33 vs year ago 92 · 35.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers did not have enough comparable trades for an accurate trend. Feeder heifers between 450-650 lbs sold 1.50 to 5.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 6.75 lower on a light 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 $237.48/cwt on 259 head.
Average price
$237.48
259 head · 691 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$442
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.66
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2571246.351,40717thin
Medium and Large 1-2656238.931,568169
Medium and Large 1797232.051,85073
One grade step is worth $14.30/cwt here — about −$442 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 sale259 hd
237.48
UT average2 barns · 864 hd
241.14
−3.66
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
BullsAverage1,827101.671,8573thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38189.641,23825
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,09684.8593027
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,97383.501,6473thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1-2584255.10/cwt254.00–262.001,49048
SteersMedium and Large 1-2442295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3043
SteersMedium and Large 2280285.00/cwt285.00–285.007981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2767215.76/cwt213.75–217.501,65553
SteersMedium and Large 1627260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6306
SteersMedium and Large 2421281.64/cwt275.00–285.001,1868
SteersMedium and Large 2735210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465284.85/cwt284.00–286.001,32513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505268.24/cwt267.50–269.001,3552
SteersMedium and Large 2895175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5661
SteersMedium and Large 2696217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5144
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631242.37/cwt235.00–247.501,52915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2676228.33/cwt228.00–230.001,54424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2885197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,7431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,0021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0711
SteersMedium and Large 1842224.11/cwt222.50–227.501,88761
HeifersMedium and Large 1620232.29/cwt231.00–240.001,4407
HeifersMedium and Large 1499270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3474
HeifersMedium and Large 1435271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,17912
HeifersMedium and Large 2563218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2272
SteersMedium and Large 2825197.41/cwt190.00–205.001,6292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2764185.86/cwt184.50–188.001,42013
HeifersMedium and Large 2480230.51/cwt230.00–231.001,1062
HeifersMedium and Large 1660222.68/cwt221.00–227.001,47011
HeifersMedium and Large 1766192.42/cwt190.00–192.501,47431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2701227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5956
SteersMedium and Large 1511284.87/cwt282.50–288.001,4566
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2084
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2491
HeifersMedium and Large 2380252.00/cwt252.00–252.009581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2607225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3669
SteersMedium and Large 1-2920199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,8353
HeifersMedium and Large 1746203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,51827
Bulls2,145110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,3602
Bulls1,19085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0121
CowsLean 85-90%1,25061.00/cwt61.00–61.007631
CowsLean 85-90%1,002102.16/cwt97.50–109.001,0243
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35693.66/cwt90.00–100.001,27012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40485.92/cwt82.00–88.001,20613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,97383.50/cwt81.50–87.501,6473
CowsLean 85-90%1,17275.09/cwt71.00–79.508805
CowsLean 85-90%1,08286.00/cwt80.50–93.0093118

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.