Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2026-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold unevenly steady, with a strong demand for large groups, with feeder heifers selling sharply lower on calves and yearlings. While boning slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, with lean cows selling 12.00 higher, with slaughter bulls sold to light test. Trade was active with a good demand and a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.28/cwt on 35 head, up $36.53 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 14 comparable sales and sits +2.97 against this barn's trailing median of $440.32.

Average price

$443.28

▲ 36.53 vs prior sale

35 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,439

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.43

vs UT average

−28.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	443.28	2,439	35

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 sale35 hd

443.28

—

UT average3 barns · 220 hd

452.72

−9.43

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−28.92

This barn, trailing median14 sales

440.32

+2.97

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	1,657	179.12	2,968	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,234	171.31	2,114	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,120	156.14	1,749	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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,541	$3,160	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,425	$2,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,578	$3,400	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,200	$2,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	350–400	360	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,939	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,839	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	403.86/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,758	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	434.56/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,455	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,810	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	3,061	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	467.54/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,282	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	576.89/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,915	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	414.96/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,946	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,886	58
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,541	3,160.29/head	2,700.00–3,400.00	3,160	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,578	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,401	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	171.31/cwt	169.00–173.50	2,114	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,339	1
Bulls	—	—	1,683	196.18/cwt	195.50–197.00	3,302	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	169.21/cwt	168.50–170.00	1,971	2
Bulls	—	—	1,605	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,327	1

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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