Name: 'R' Livestock Connection livestock auction prices — 2026-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. With breaker and boning slaughter cows selling 7.00 higher, and lean cattle selling steady on a light test. With slaughter bulls selling steady on a light 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 $413.44/cwt on 176 head, up $8.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 16 comparable sales and sits −9.31 against this barn's trailing median of $422.76.

Average price

$413.44

▲ 8.24 vs prior sale

176 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,292

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$355

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$74.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.96

vs UT average

+10.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	414.85	2,299	170
Medium and Large 2	543	407.50	2,213	3thin
Medium 1	572	340.00	1,945	3thin

One grade step is worth $74.85/cwt here — about $355 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.50, low $342.54, median $422.76 across 16 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 sale176 hd

413.44

—

UT average3 barns · 580 hd

416.40

−2.96

National average160 barns · 11,896 hd

403.12

+10.32

This barn, trailing median16 sales

422.76

−9.31

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	1,804	177.00	3,194	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	158.66	1,974	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,452	155.35	2,256	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	139.57	1,471	39

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1	250–300	285	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,026	4
Open Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,150	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,282	15
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	334	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,102	8
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	405	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,458	11
Steers	Medium 1	250–300	293	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,055	4
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	572	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,879	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	463.80/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,152	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,582	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,827	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	321.41/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,176	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	329.93/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,213	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	380.55/cwt	377.00–385.00	2,340	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	418	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,902	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	371.46/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,991	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,011	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	423.77/cwt	422.50–425.00	2,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	482.06/cwt	472.50–485.00	2,131	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	580	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	338	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	428.22/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,567	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	394.47/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,296	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	322.13/cwt	321.00–322.50	2,403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	411.69/cwt	407.50–427.50	2,001	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	474.75/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,757	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	428.35/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,292	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,314	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	355	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,235	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	310.74/cwt	302.50–315.00	2,414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	397.30/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,046	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,051	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	572.76/cwt	500.00–640.00	2,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	426.46/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,787	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	526.96/cwt	510.00–535.00	1,802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	349.30/cwt	347.00–357.50	1,988	9
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,325	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,716	1
Bulls	—	—	1,976	177.23/cwt	175.00–179.00	3,502	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	139.57/cwt	124.00–157.00	1,471	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	155.35/cwt	147.00–163.00	2,256	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	158.66/cwt	132.50–167.00	1,974	36
Bulls	—	—	1,741	172.15/cwt	165.00–174.50	2,997	6

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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