Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle had not comparable weight ranges. Average dress slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher on a very light test and average dress slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower on a very light test. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.99/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −119.32 against this barn's trailing median of $440.32.

Average price

$320.99

56 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$392

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

$37.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.00

vs UT average

+7.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	330.81	1,886	36
Medium and Large 1-2	567	315.16	1,787	9thin
Medium and Large 2	509	293.64	1,494	11thin

One grade step is worth $37.17/cwt here — about $392 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.50, low $406.75, median $440.32 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale56 hd

320.99

—

UT average2 barns · 112 hd

318.00

+3.00

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

+7.99

This barn, trailing median14 sales

440.32

−119.32

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	1,304	141.28	1,843	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,053	121.44	1,279	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,537	117.65	1,808	4thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	—	1,255	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,531	1
Bulls	—	—	1,570	133.18/cwt	131.00–135.00	2,091	2
Bulls	—	—	1,300	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,885	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,537	117.65/cwt	116.50–120.00	1,808	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	980	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,519	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	104.66/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,141	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	244.07/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,745	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,325	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,954	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	275.75/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,423	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,114	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,032	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	229.84/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,756	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	341.70/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,486	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	315.16/cwt	308.50–319.00	1,787	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	287.18/cwt	284.00–291.00	1,574	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,585	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,233	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,219	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	280.38/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,326	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,484	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	307.50/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	269.73/cwt	262.50–277.50	1,848	16
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,065	157.17/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	330.81/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,886	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	240.71/cwt	233.00–243.75	1,866	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,367	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,077	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,809	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,654	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	282.58/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,803	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1350–1400	1,385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,355	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	243.50/cwt	236.00–243.75	2,002	62

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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