Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle sold sharply higher on calves and yearlings. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher, with slaughter bulls selling mostly steady on a light test . Trade was active with good demand and heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.37/cwt on 134 head. That ranks 10 of 14 comparable sales and sits +3.05 against this barn's trailing median of $440.32.

Average price

$443.37

134 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,432

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$34.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.72

vs UT average

−2.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	444.41	2,439	130
Medium and Large 2	540	409.72	2,212	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.69/cwt here — about $226 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale134 hd

443.37

—

UT average3 barns · 514 hd

450.09

−6.72

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−2.48

This barn, trailing median14 sales

440.32

+3.05

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	1,802	185.02	3,334	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,275	166.86	2,127	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,590	158.72	2,524	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,125	157.03	1,767	11

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1	400–450	439	445.29/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,955	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,598	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	689	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,611	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	355	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	2,210	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	401	583.08/cwt	582.50–585.00	2,338	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	453	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,129	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	637.47/cwt	627.50–655.00	1,702	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	273.37/cwt	235.00–310.00	1,175	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,284	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	415.35/cwt	410.00–417.50	1,965	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	468.26/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,304	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	526	491.01/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,583	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	562.62/cwt	540.00–575.00	2,200	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,366	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	353.40/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	382.51/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,890	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	373.80/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,325	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	359	572.99/cwt	572.50–575.00	2,057	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	383.81/cwt	362.50–387.00	2,257	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	351.23/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,981	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	515.35/cwt	497.50–532.00	1,958	40
Bulls	—	—	1,890	191.28/cwt	191.00–191.50	3,615	2
Bulls	—	—	1,773	182.93/cwt	173.00–187.00	3,243	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	141.21/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,608	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	158.72/cwt	158.50–160.00	2,524	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,120	162.96/cwt	152.00–169.00	1,825	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	170.04/cwt	165.50–174.00	2,126	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	331.95/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,909	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,279	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,903	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	452.41/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	409.72/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,212	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	164.00/cwt	155.00–168.00	2,127	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,156	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	528.51/cwt	520.00–537.50	2,563	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	420.14/cwt	407.50–423.00	2,744	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	612	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	552	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,361	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	404.10/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,198	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	501.99/cwt	485.00–506.00	2,123	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	428.29/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,441	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	423	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,327	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,224	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	421	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,063	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	559.84/cwt	550.00–575.00	1,853	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	450.08/cwt	447.50–460.00	2,403	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,091	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	958	211.72/cwt	195.00–230.00	2,028	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	388.84/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,080	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	392.07/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,521	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	444.61/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,036	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,560	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,901	3

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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