Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2026-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report feeder steers sold 7.00 to 14.00 higher, with feeder heifer selling unevenly steady. While slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher on a light test, with slaughter bulls selling to light too test. While sheep and goats selling with too few comparable sales to test. Trade was active with a good demand with a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $405.21/cwt on 44 head, down $15.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −15.21 against this barn's trailing median of $420.42.

Average price

$405.21

▼ 15.21 vs prior sale

44 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$795

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$155.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.44

vs UT average

−0.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	412.27	2,285	42
Medium and Large 2	580	256.96	1,490	2thin

One grade step is worth $155.31/cwt here — about $795 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

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.50, low $342.54, median $420.42 across 15 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 sale44 hd

405.21

—

UT average3 barns · 286 hd

411.65

−6.44

National average175 barns · 12,027 hd

405.41

−0.20

This barn, trailing median15 sales

420.42

−15.21

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	1,524	173.12	2,638	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,396	152.54	2,129	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,655	147.69	2,444	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,220	143.21	1,747	5thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	553	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,309	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,417	151.54/cwt	135.00–157.00	2,147	15
Bulls	—	—	1,660	178.25/cwt	178.00–179.00	2,959	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,380	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,139	1
Bulls	—	—	1,623	171.50/cwt	163.00–177.00	2,783	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	256.96/cwt	195.00–320.00	1,490	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	337.15/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	462.10/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,248	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	335.40/cwt	325.00–337.50	2,425	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,434	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	411.54/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,359	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,075	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,801	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	147.69/cwt	143.00–150.00	2,444	3
Bulls	—	—	1,170	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,843	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,308	175.07/cwt	168.00–202.50	2,290	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	140.26/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,655	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	390.40/cwt	390.00–391.00	2,323	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	568.60/cwt	565.00–572.50	1,615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	425.62/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,247	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,050	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	533.42/cwt	520.00–543.00	1,718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	222	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,182	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,992	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,018	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	383.86/cwt	367.50–386.00	2,326	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	374.01/cwt	366.00–390.00	2,012	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	486.94/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,315	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	440.15/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,113	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,139	2

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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