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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jul 16
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
31 head
61 vs last sale 92 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
89 vs last sale 152 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
33 vs last sale 35 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, no trends available on feeder cattle or slaughter bulls due to limited comparable sales. While slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand and light supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $200.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 241.87 against this barn's trailing median of $441.87.
Average price
$200.00
1 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
106.59
vs UT average
160.03 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440200.008801thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

16 sales
541485428371median 441.8712/1701/2803/1805/0608/12
Heifers 400–500 lb: high $527.40, low $385.19, median $441.87 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
200.00
UT average3 barns · 27 hd
306.59
−106.59
National average148 barns · 7,008 hd
360.03
−160.03
This barn, trailing median16 sales
441.87
−241.87
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,790177.153,1709thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,485161.322,3963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,346158.552,13444
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,323124.751,6502thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,040120.611,2542thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,360207.502,8221thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,565$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)895$1,1001thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,934183.94/cwt175.50–188.753,5575
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,080105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1341
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,565144.50/cwt144.50–144.502,2611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,335156.00/cwt150.00–158.502,08321
HeifersChoice and Prime1,360207.50/cwt207.50–207.502,8221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,485161.32/cwt161.00–162.002,3963
HeifersMedium and Large 11200–12501,205205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,4701
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1200–250205340.00/cwt340.00–340.006972
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1050–11001,079230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,4829
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-2200–250235270.00/cwt270.00–270.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 1Gaunt400–450440200.00/cwt200.00–200.008801
BullsMedium and Large 11100–11501,130215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,4301
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5653,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2300–350300250.00/cwt250.00–250.007501
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2200–250240220.00/cwt220.00–220.005281
SteersMedium 1400–450435355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5441
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2450–500467112.86/cwt100.00–125.005274
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250200300.00/cwt300.00–300.006001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 28951,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400390440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7161
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550545350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9081
Bulls1,609168.67/cwt165.50–169.752,7144
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,040120.61/cwt119.00–122.501,2542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,356160.88/cwt158.00–165.002,18223
SteersMedium 1600–650615165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0151
SteersMedium 1300–350320370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1841
SteersMedium 1650–700665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008511

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.