Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2024-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison is available as this report was not released last week and there are not enough comparisons from two weeks ago. 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 $239.48/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$239.48

89 head · 744 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

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

$70.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.26

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	610	271.09	1,653	23
Medium and Large 1	777	242.27	1,883	44
Medium and Large 2	818	200.84	1,642	22

One grade step is worth $70.24/cwt here — about $11 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 sale89 hd

239.48

—

UT average2 barns · 342 hd

253.73

−14.26

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	1,714	138.65	2,376	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,682	121.43	2,042	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,436	116.34	1,671	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,121	101.25	1,135	13

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	274.67/cwt	274.00–277.50	1,868	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,859	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	289.11/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,086	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,624	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,055	159.98/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	284.79/cwt	279.00–287.50	1,808	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,683	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	813	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,906	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,704	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,379	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	293.29/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,768	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,012	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,194	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,137	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	238.74/cwt	236.00–247.50	1,760	12
Bulls	—	—	1,794	138.49/cwt	132.00–143.25	2,485	19
Bulls	—	—	1,247	151.72/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,892	3
Bulls	—	—	1,590	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,630	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	100.33/cwt	95.00–109.00	1,144	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,668	122.58/cwt	122.50–123.00	2,045	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,765	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	2,021	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	810	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,472	120.92/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,780	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	116.98/cwt	112.50–121.00	1,255	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,406	112.41/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,580	14

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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