Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, no trends available on feeder steers and heifers due to limited comparable sales in most weights, 400lbs to 500lbs heifers sold 1.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand and a mostly moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.49/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −58.82 against this barn's trailing median of $440.32.

Average price

$381.49

39 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$1.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.07

vs UT average

−6.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	381.53	2,023	38
Medium and Large 2	515	380.00	1,957	1thin

One grade step is worth $1.53/cwt here — about $66 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale39 hd

381.49

—

UT average3 barns · 95 hd

370.43

+11.07

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−6.00

This barn, trailing median14 sales

440.32

−58.82

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	—	High	1,741	177.51	3,090	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,525	153.65	2,344	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,348	148.09	1,996	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,137	123.36	1,403	3thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,159	118.59	1,374	5thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	358	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,809	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	380.67/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,759	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	368.19/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,638	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	519.17/cwt	517.50–522.50	1,506	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	352.58/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,950	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	502.19/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,627	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,160	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	404.93/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	391.13/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,897	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	368.76/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,312	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	397.55/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,479	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	200–250	220	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	335.01/cwt	327.50–348.00	1,960	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	352.31/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,846	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,403	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	140.34/cwt	130.00–148.50	1,663	7
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	118.59/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,374	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,352	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	154.12/cwt	151.00–160.00	2,273	9
Bulls	—	—	1,828	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	3,373	2
Bulls	—	—	1,706	174.71/cwt	163.00–181.00	2,981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,463	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	378.27/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,661	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	123.36/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,403	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	155.01/cwt	152.00–157.00	2,341	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	388.54/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,040	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	370.96/cwt	358.00–376.00	2,426	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	431.44/cwt	430.00–437.50	1,691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,313	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,311	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	433	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	310	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	377.99/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,792	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	401.70/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,358	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	429.19/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,790	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	425.14/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,939	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	423	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,904	19

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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