Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2025-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good demand with active market activity. No trend available due to light receipts and limited comparable sales.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $343.33/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −96.98 against this barn's trailing median of $440.32.

Average price

$343.33

6 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.94

vs UT average

−41.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	343.33	1,912	6thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale6 hd

343.33

—

UT average3 barns · 74 hd

353.28

−9.94

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−41.27

This barn, trailing median14 sales

440.32

−96.98

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	1,170	207.50	2,428	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,559	149.52	2,331	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,380	146.66	2,024	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,850	137.00	2,535	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	793	112.84	895	7thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,158	127.80	1,480	4thin

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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,900	$3,375	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	875	$1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	Small and Medium 2	400–450	400	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	301.71/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	335.00/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,587	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,130	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,543	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	250–300	263	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	3
Bulls	—	—	1,170	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,428	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	2,332	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	145.20/cwt	142.00–152.00	2,323	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	760	115.81/cwt	115.00–117.50	880	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	941	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,850	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,807	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,497	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,026	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	262.55/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	206.60/cwt	195.00–218.00	2,293	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,197	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,733	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,900	3,375.00/head	3,375.00–3,375.00	3,375	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	140.51/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,855	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,175	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,174	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,693	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,523	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	127.80/cwt	122.50–130.00	1,480	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	875	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium 2	200–250	232	772.12/head	750.00–825.00	772	3

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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