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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Oct 1
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
458 head
169 vs last sale 289 458 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
6 vs last sale 57 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
1 vs last sale 2 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers are 2.00-13.00 lower, heifers are unevenly steady. slaughter breaker cows are 4.00 higher, boning cows are 2.00 higher, lean cows no comparison to last week, slaughter bulls are steady. Demand was good with a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $441.48/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 8 of 14 comparable sales and sits +1.16 against this barn's trailing median of $440.32.
Average price
$441.48
91 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,413
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$64.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.43
vs UT average
+18.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550449.132,47170
Medium and Large 1-2510435.002,21913thin
Medium and Large 2574385.042,2088thin
One grade step is worth $64.09/cwt here — about $263 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
501465429393median 440.3212/1701/2103/0404/2908/05
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 sale91 hd
441.48
UT average3 barns · 395 hd
429.04
+12.43
National average177 barns · 15,324 hd
422.65
+18.83
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.32
+1.16
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
BullsAverage1,882184.073,4643thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,269162.022,05631
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,526160.312,44610
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,272151.261,92411

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)1,475$3,1001thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Bulls1,868183.61/cwt182.00–185.003,4302
Bulls1,910185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,5341
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,526160.31/cwt153.00–165.002,44610
CowsLean 85-90%1,125139.68/cwt139.00–141.001,5713
CowsLean 85-90%1,342162.26/cwt162.00–164.002,1787
CowsLean 85-90%1,220109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,3301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300268485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,3002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,21913
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4753,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500489426.05/cwt420.00–430.002,0835
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500453537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,43520
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900850270.00/cwt262.50–285.002,2953
HeifersMedium and Large 2950–1000963196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,8872
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350327350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1453
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400390476.63/cwt470.00–480.001,8593
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573425.07/cwt415.00–432.502,43633
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650638388.48/cwt367.50–395.002,47934
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530470.59/cwt468.00–472.002,49437
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,453165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,3971
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300280625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,7502
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,355200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,7101
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3134
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750732305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2332
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750709302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,1418
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477385.35/cwt380.00–400.001,83817
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400386447.90/cwt442.50–475.001,7296
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300263370.00/cwt370.00–370.009732
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2850–900870210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8278
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550518417.54/cwt410.00–425.002,1632
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600592374.21/cwt365.00–392.502,2156
CowsBoner 80-85%1,345163.72/cwt162.50–168.002,2029
CowsBoner 80-85%1,238161.33/cwt154.00–164.001,99722
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,7923
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400372527.13/cwt515.00–535.001,9614
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900865286.68/cwt285.00–290.002,4803
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400372521.66/cwt520.00–525.001,9413
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425334.92/cwt330.00–340.001,4236
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800778240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8673
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000960247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,3762
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700666385.54/cwt375.00–387.002,5688
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500485440.28/cwt430.00–465.002,13513
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,0162
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650618430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,6572
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400369525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,9374
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450417459.89/cwt445.00–470.001,91839
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550511380.64/cwt375.00–385.001,9458
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300283615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,7402
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300281510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,4334
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3494
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450419400.73/cwt400.00–410.001,67913
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560369.39/cwt357.50–385.002,06952

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.