Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold sharply higher on good quality calves and yearlings, while there was not enough comparable cattle to trend feeder heifers. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was not enough bulls to set an accurate trend for slaughter bulls. Trade was very active with good demand across all classes of livestock with active buyer participation ringside and on the internet, with a light to moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $469.25/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 12 of 14 comparable sales and sits +28.94 against this barn's trailing median of $440.32.

Average price

$469.25

105 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$56.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.17

vs UT average

+52.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	481.66	2,556	82
Medium and Large 1-2	537	425.00	2,282	23

One grade step is worth $56.66/cwt here — about $274 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 sale105 hd

469.25

—

UT average3 barns · 218 hd

446.08

+23.17

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+52.72

This barn, trailing median14 sales

440.32

+28.94

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,015	161.00	1,634	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,307	154.91	2,025	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,730	148.00	2,560	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,261	145.92	1,840	7thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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%	—	1,261	145.92/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,840	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	154.91/cwt	151.00–157.00	2,025	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,560	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	425	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,274	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	536	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,707	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	996	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	432.21/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,027	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,739	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,290	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,282	23
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,501	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,345	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	386.58/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,033	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	397.95/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,934	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	439.43/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,780	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	366.26/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,154	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	619.85/cwt	600.00–625.00	1,984	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	503.18/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,415	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,807	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,490	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	387.89/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,370	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	493.57/cwt	475.00–497.50	2,024	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	580	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,407	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	980	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	485.34/cwt	472.50–500.00	2,543	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	521.57/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,029	5

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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