Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2026-04-22

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Apr 22
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
78 vs last sale 70 25 vs year ago 173 · 14.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
17 vs last sale 69 3 vs year ago 49 · +6.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
2 vs last sale 31 25 vs year ago 4 · +625.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle to light to trend. With Boning cows sold 4.00 lower, while breakers and lean cows sold to light to trend. With high yielding slaughter bulls selling steady to 1.00 higher on a light test. With sheep and goat selling to light to test. Trade was active with a good demand and a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $487.50/cwt on 47 head, up $44.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 14 comparable sales and sits +47.18 against this barn's trailing median of $440.32.
Average price
$487.50
44.21 vs prior sale
47 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,479
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$496
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$106.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.30
vs UT average
+8.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508492.042,50045
Medium and Large 2520385.242,0032thin
One grade step is worth $106.80/cwt here — about $496 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale47 hd
487.50
UT average3 barns · 144 hd
478.19
+9.30
National average158 barns · 12,009 hd
479.03
+8.47
This barn, trailing median14 sales
440.32
+47.18
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
BullsAverage1,963205.624,0368thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,110180.802,0075thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,246179.142,23217
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,663176.092,9294thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,347146.781,97710

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,520$3,1501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,065$2,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,452$3,63918
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,380$3,3502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,265$3,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1450–500485487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,3643
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,0287
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700691397.42/cwt390.00–405.002,7464
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572386.41/cwt385.00–395.002,2107
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950900297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,6781
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450405552.50/cwt552.50–552.502,2388
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,5343,842.36/head3,800.00–3,975.003,8424
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2653,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4241
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900875292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,5591
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3632
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850803331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,65811
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450418435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8183
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,109210.01/cwt205.00–220.002,3295
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400395530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0941
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4103,563.51/head3,000.00–3,800.003,56411
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3803,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3502
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight2,105163.00/cwt163.00–163.003,4311
Bulls2,310199.00/cwt199.00–199.004,5971
CowsLean 85-90%1,191179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,1324
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed785188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,4761
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,516180.45/cwt177.00–184.002,7363
Bulls1,913206.57/cwt202.00–214.003,9527
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,347146.78/cwt135.00–160.001,97710
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,6091
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0652,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4983,643.55/head3,450.00–3,800.003,6443
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550520385.24/cwt360.00–410.002,0032
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800773285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,246179.14/cwt170.00–184.002,23217
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450405375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5191
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700650435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,8281
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400378490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8522
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650622378.62/cwt357.50–385.002,35516
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,0781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5203,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650637426.23/cwt415.00–430.002,71512
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1350–400395325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2841
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750745337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,5141
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350322516.06/cwt500.00–525.001,6623
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650615397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,4451
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500455470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1391
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550508492.04/cwt483.00–492.502,50045

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.