Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends due to no market coverage in the past two weeks. However, demand was good for all classes of cattle on limited offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.01/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −79.32 against this barn's trailing median of $394.33.

Average price

$315.01

20 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$391

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

$64.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.88

vs UT average

−14.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	319.05	1,819	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	534	316.25	1,687	6thin
Medium and Large 2	560	255.00	1,428	1thin

One grade step is worth $64.05/cwt here — about $391 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $438.13, low $351.94, median $394.33 across 12 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 sale20 hd

315.01

—

UT average2 barns · 73 hd

294.12

+20.88

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−14.94

This barn, trailing median12 sales

394.33

−79.32

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	—	Average	1,747	172.21	3,008	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	157.71	2,398	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	142.61	1,764	29
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,548	127.52	1,974	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,530	$2,775	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,355	$2,175	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,150	$2,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,548	127.52/cwt	117.00–136.50	1,974	5
Bulls	—	—	1,935	172.11/cwt	161.00–179.00	3,330	6
Bulls	—	—	1,060	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,014	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,978	1
Bulls	—	—	1,305	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,023	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,647	145.19/cwt	144.00–146.50	2,391	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	142.61/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,764	29
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	837	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	319.05/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,819	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	341.14/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,887	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	323.34/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,014	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	226.48/cwt	224.00–229.00	2,181	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	288.69/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,901	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	284.59/cwt	272.50–287.50	1,881	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,018	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,278	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	264.11/cwt	257.50–267.50	1,896	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,105	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	2,182	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,316	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,570	4
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,214	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,745	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	955	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	271.81/cwt	270.00–275.00	862	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	284.55/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,753	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,873	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	176.50/cwt	165.00–187.50	2,347	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,530	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,057	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,192	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	965	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	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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