Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, feeder cattle too light to trend. With breaker and boning cows selling steady to 1.00 lower, while lean cows sold 8.00 higher, with slaughter bulls selling too light to test. Demand was good with a light supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.00/cwt on 2 head, down $137.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −109.33 against this barn's trailing median of $394.33.

Average price

$285.00

▼ 137.91 vs prior sale

2 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$767

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium 1

$170.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−139.16

vs UT average

−133.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	510	370.00	1,887	1thin
Medium 1	560	200.00	1,120	1thin

One grade step is worth $170.00/cwt here — about $767 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

12 sales

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 sale2 hd

285.00

—

UT average3 barns · 126 hd

424.16

−139.16

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−133.26

This barn, trailing median12 sales

394.33

−109.33

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	—	Average	1,963	210.26	4,127	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,187	191.54	2,274	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,421	187.78	2,668	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,598	182.24	2,912	25
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	150.00	1,845	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,422	228.61	3,251	8thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$3,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,560	$3,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,602	$3,605	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,580	$3,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	Choice	—	1,422	228.61/cwt	226.00–229.00	3,251	8
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,845	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,421	187.78/cwt	179.00–197.00	2,668	38
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,280	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,368	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,775	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,560	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Bulls	Medium 1	400–450	415	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	965	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,189	193.80/cwt	189.00–196.00	2,304	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,580	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,208	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	3,407.59/head	3,300.00–3,500.00	3,408	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,122	249.22/cwt	232.50–270.00	2,796	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,438	226.22/cwt	220.00–227.50	3,253	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	285.36/cwt	285.00–287.50	2,454	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,354	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,257	1
Bulls	—	—	2,110	217.17/cwt	214.00–222.00	4,582	5
Bulls	—	—	1,910	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,839	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,184	186.56/cwt	182.50–189.00	2,209	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	182.24/cwt	169.00–186.50	2,912	25

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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