Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2026-05-06

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 6
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
138 head
77 vs last sale 215 54 vs year ago 84 · +64.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
22 vs last sale 70 15 vs year ago 77 · +19.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
2 vs last sale 21 14 vs year ago 9 · +155.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle sold unevenly steady on calves and yearling. With breaker and boning cows selling 2.00 to 9.00 higher, and lean cows sold 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold on a light test. Trade was active with a good demand and a light supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $422.91/cwt on 25 head, up $40.39 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 12 comparable sales and sits +28.58 against this barn's trailing median of $394.33.
Average price
$422.91
40.39 vs prior sale
25 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,336
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$71.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.30
vs UT average
4.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547431.492,36022
Medium and Large 2593360.002,1353thin
One grade step is worth $71.49/cwt here — about $225 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

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 sale25 hd
422.91
UT average3 barns · 79 hd
414.61
+8.30
National average182 barns · 12,459 hd
427.90
−4.99
This barn, trailing median12 sales
394.33
+28.58
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
BullsAverage1,930206.933,9948thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,247183.232,28548
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,490180.992,6975thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,088177.271,92816

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)1,373$3,54014
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,125$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)855$2,9501thin

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 1250–300260610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,5861
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450413592.50/cwt592.50–592.502,4473
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350315480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,5121
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450440558.66/cwt555.00–565.002,4588
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650643315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0252
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000975277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,7061
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800760332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,5271
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550512461.58/cwt455.00–465.002,3639
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1202
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3801
HeifersMedium and Large 11100–11501,135257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,9231
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650613370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2682
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250238286.83/cwt282.50–310.006836
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,103238.89/cwt225.00–250.002,6353
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5213,748.75/head3,600.00–3,800.003,7495
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1253,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2903,423.28/head2,700.00–4,050.003,4239
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28552,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,171189.35/cwt187.00–192.502,2179
CowsLean 85-90%999172.43/cwt165.00–177.501,7235
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,490180.99/cwt176.00–186.002,6975
Bulls1,890204.41/cwt190.00–208.003,8635
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,6461
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600571410.65/cwt400.00–420.002,34513
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450408492.67/cwt480.00–495.002,01014
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600599455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,7254
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550538490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,63610
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850815315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5671
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550528442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,3363
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500492451.63/cwt450.00–455.002,2223
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750728352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,5663
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300295375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1061
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500482515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,4821
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,9622
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450442425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8793
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600593360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1353
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750732281.81/cwt275.00–285.002,0633
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500480360.80/cwt305.00–390.001,7323
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650612330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0202
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500466480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,2375
CowsLean 85-90%933135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2602
Bulls1,997211.12/cwt209.00–213.504,2163
CowsBoner 80-85%1,247183.23/cwt177.00–195.002,28548
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600578415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3992

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.