Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder and slaughter cows were too thinly tested for an accurate comparison of the last reported sale, though an overall higher undertone was observed. 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 $227.06/cwt on 148 head.

Average price

$227.06

148 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$50.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.34

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	243.96	1,580	71
Medium and Large 1-2	665	224.75	1,494	44
Medium and Large 2	792	193.79	1,534	33

One grade step is worth $50.18/cwt here — about $46 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 sale148 hd

227.06

—

UT average2 barns · 552 hd

247.41

−20.34

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	—	Average	1,950	125.00	2,438	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,745	102.50	1,789	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,375	99.15	1,363	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	92.96	1,074	7thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,455	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	899	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	958	160.23/cwt	160.00–162.50	1,535	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	215.20/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,909	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,436	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,156	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,440	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,018	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,570	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,680	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	227.28/cwt	222.50–230.00	1,671	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	218.43/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,712	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	269.98/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,349	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	758	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,497	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	261.88/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	203.60/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,480	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,468	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	292.45/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,418	4
Bulls	—	—	1,950	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,438	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	95.29/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,110	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	865	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	100.09/cwt	97.00–106.00	1,386	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,041	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	102.50/cwt	102.00–103.00	1,789	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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