Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to firm with light comparables. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower, and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand and a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $386.81/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −53.50 against this barn's trailing median of $440.32.

Average price

$386.81

11 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,223

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.04

vs UT average

−22.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	386.81	2,223	11thin

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 sale11 hd

386.81

—

UT average3 barns · 70 hd

384.77

+2.04

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

−22.49

This barn, trailing median14 sales

440.32

−53.50

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	1,900	183.71	3,490	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,396	156.34	2,183	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	152.82	1,951	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	137.33	1,408	3thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,195	$3,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,270	$2,950	1thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	479.98/cwt	470.00–485.00	1,742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,151	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,493	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	487.67/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	282.98/cwt	282.50–292.50	2,199	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,816	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	388.55/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,846	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,611	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,332	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,368	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,161	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	376.77/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,005	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,876	1
Bulls	—	—	1,992	185.91/cwt	183.00–187.50	3,703	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,777	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,005	1
Bulls	—	—	1,535	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,533	1
Bulls	—	—	1,783	183.44/cwt	181.00–186.00	3,271	4
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,129	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,396	156.34/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,183	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	152.62/cwt	148.00–154.50	1,929	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,668	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	154.86/cwt	153.50–156.50	2,063	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	265	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	755	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,112	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	454	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,839	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	393	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,044	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,251	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	620	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	383.88/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,234	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,002	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,270	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	373.68/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,939	4

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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