Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2024-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison is available due to a lack of receipts last week. 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 $268.72/cwt on 167 head.

Average price

$268.72

167 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$804

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

$77.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.18

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	304	343.76	1,044	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	681	267.36	1,820	97
Medium and Large 1	694	266.17	1,848	66

One grade step is worth $77.59/cwt here — about −$804 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 sale167 hd

268.72

—

UT average2 barns · 590 hd

259.54

+9.18

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	1,784	128.99	2,301	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,443	107.35	1,549	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,093	90.39	988	5thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,669	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,776	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	308.73/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,139	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,400	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,821	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	212.27/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,857	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,353	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	259.13/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,788	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	346.68/cwt	345.00–347.50	971	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,817	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	216.57/cwt	216.00–217.50	1,782	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,503	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	249.43/cwt	246.00–252.50	1,891	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	282.50/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,494	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	233.00/cwt	232.50–234.00	1,796	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	179.60/cwt	177.50–186.00	1,690	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	253.90/cwt	248.00–254.50	1,805	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	268.44/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,828	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	169.44/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,696	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,201	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,922	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	215.50/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,677	2
Bulls	—	—	1,753	116.45/cwt	105.00–125.00	2,041	4
Bulls	—	—	1,798	134.57/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,420	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,470	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,735	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	100.74/cwt	99.50–102.00	1,133	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	83.49/cwt	75.00–90.00	895	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,423	100.26/cwt	93.50–103.00	1,427	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	111.69/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,625	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,428	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,526	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,490	1

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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