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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Nov 12
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
340 head
671 vs last sale 1,011 340 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
212 head
41 vs last sale 253 212 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
24 vs last sale 71 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold sharply higher on calves and yearlings. While feeder heifers sold unevenly steady on calves and yearlings. Slaughter cows sold 9.00 to 18.00 lower, with slaughter bulls selling 3.00 to 14.00 lower on a light test. Trade was active with good demand and a moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.74/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits 41.59 against this barn's trailing median of $394.33.
Average price
$352.74
57 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.77
vs UT average
11.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532356.981,90151
Medium and Large 1-2521325.001,6934thin
Medium and Large 2568300.001,7042thin
One grade step is worth $56.98/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales
452414376338median 394.3312/1701/2103/0404/1508/05
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $438.13, low $351.94, median $394.33 across 12 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 sale57 hd
352.74
UT average3 barns · 248 hd
355.51
−2.77
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−11.22
This barn, trailing median12 sales
394.33
−41.59
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
BullsLow1,688168.692,84818
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,213146.991,783105
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,352144.331,95115
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,119123.611,38347

Every lot, as filed

56 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
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850803310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4892
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300293440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2892
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450416411.46/cwt400.00–425.001,71215
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900880300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6409
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550521325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6934
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900866275.58/cwt260.00–285.002,3877
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650643310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9933
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550502396.99/cwt385.00–405.001,9935
HeifersMedium and Large 11050–11001,073205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,2002
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950905255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,3082
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450445170.00/cwt170.00–170.007572
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,111200.61/cwt182.50–215.002,2298
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750723290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0972
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550529353.60/cwt335.00–357.501,87142
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,185135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,275142.86/cwt139.00–148.001,8212
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350325462.62/cwt460.00–465.001,5042
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550543344.31/cwt340.00–357.501,8704
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400353500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7652
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450407435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7705
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,154146.29/cwt142.00–156.001,6889
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,047224.03/cwt190.00–235.002,34626
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,116174.29/cwt161.00–185.001,94514
CowsLean 85-90%1,128122.13/cwt110.00–138.001,37845
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed905156.96/cwt150.00–165.001,4202
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,352144.33/cwt135.00–150.001,95115
CowsBoner 80-85%1,228142.79/cwt130.00–158.001,75391
Bulls1,394151.49/cwt145.00–155.002,1124
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450445342.50/cwt335.00–350.001,5242
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600568300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7042
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500463428.93/cwt410.00–435.001,98611
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800790215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6995
Bulls1,907176.31/cwt174.00–178.003,3627
Bulls1,638170.89/cwt167.50–172.502,7997
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550507410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0794
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550515365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8803
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000993247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,4582
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450417437.31/cwt430.00–445.001,8249
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400380380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4442
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450403333.14/cwt325.00–365.001,3435
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300279485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,3534
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400391412.20/cwt410.00–425.001,61220
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1550–600598300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7942
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400381470.84/cwt465.00–475.001,7947
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500467388.37/cwt375.00–400.001,8148
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565376.66/cwt375.00–380.002,1286
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577386.71/cwt370.00–395.002,23122
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468454.38/cwt445.00–462.502,12620
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700687277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,9065
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700662351.95/cwt342.50–370.002,33016
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730324.79/cwt310.00–340.002,3712
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650613363.81/cwt350.00–377.502,2302
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250249605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,5064
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1152
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350312428.78/cwt410.00–435.001,3384
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350322540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,7393

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.