Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-02-19

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Feb 19
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
383 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 377▲ 383 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 83▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale, feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00-7.00 higher with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.98/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$140.98
193 head · 699 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$13.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.83
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2701141.18990190
Medium and Large 2598128.007653thin
One grade step is worth $13.18/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale193 hd
140.98
—
UT average3 barns · 530 hd
147.81
−6.83
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
Bulls—Low1,68780.421,3566thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52662.8595915
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29160.0677519
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11255.7062016

Every lot

38 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2277180.08/cwt165.00–195.004994
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2324207.00/cwt207.00–207.006714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2363200.51/cwt200.00–201.007284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430170.31/cwt165.00–176.007322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525161.44/cwt157.75–170.0084818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590146.03/cwt144.00–146.508625
Steers—Medium and Large 2598128.00/cwt128.00–128.007653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672137.79/cwt137.50–139.509267
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721136.89/cwt133.50–138.7598771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768133.23/cwt128.00–136.251,02352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835126.86/cwt126.25–127.251,05914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2883126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,1273
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,014121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2274
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2225182.50/cwt172.50–192.504112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328184.66/cwt184.00–185.006068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431160.11/cwt152.00–167.006906
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2459163.08/cwt155.00–167.007493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535141.04/cwt133.00–143.007558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567147.97/cwt136.00–154.0083921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627136.54/cwt132.00–139.0085611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2661135.04/cwt134.00–135.5089316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735123.32/cwt116.00–125.0090636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2776121.96/cwt119.00–134.5094618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2805121.50/cwt121.50–121.509782
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2400177.50/cwt177.50–177.507102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515157.44/cwt148.00–162.508113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2636132.50/cwt132.50–132.508434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663122.53/cwt115.00–130.008122
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 362962.55/cwt56.00–67.0039312
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43065.00/cwt65.00–65.009301
Bulls——1,73883.50/cwt81.00–85.501,4515
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10958.97/cwt56.00–61.0065410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11850.25/cwt48.00–55.005626
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24453.75/cwt48.00–57.006695
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30862.31/cwt61.00–64.7581514
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52263.34/cwt60.50–65.5096414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58056.00/cwt56.00–56.008851

This sale against other markets

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.