Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-04-22

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Apr 22
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 104▲ 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 30▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold firm compared to a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $102.74/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$102.74
72 head · 681 lb average
Value per head Derived
$700
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$411
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.07
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2724105.6676562
Medium and Large 241884.6635410thin
One grade step is worth $20.99/cwt here — about $411 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 sale72 hd
102.74
—
UT average3 barns · 201 hd
108.81
−6.07
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—Average1,55084.371,3082thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32565.6887114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54965.051,0088thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05962.1065713

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510144.00/cwt139.00–149.007342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578139.00/cwt139.00–139.008033
Steers—Medium and Large 2630112.54/cwt111.00–114.007092
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636123.04/cwt120.00–126.007834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679127.75/cwt127.75–127.7586710
Steers—Medium and Large 269279.55/cwt69.00–92.005503
Steers—Medium and Large 270468.00/cwt68.00–68.004797
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774112.81/cwt112.00–117.0087316
Steers—Medium and Large 2784102.13/cwt93.00–105.008019
Steers—Medium and Large 281381.28/cwt77.50–85.006612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 228382.81/cwt80.00–85.002347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2508155.03/cwt152.00–158.007884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653110.16/cwt109.00–116.007196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714107.79/cwt103.00–110.5077030
Heifers—Medium and Large 273288.99/cwt85.00–91.006513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-277093.29/cwt93.00–95.0071814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-283891.00/cwt91.00–91.007636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-285592.00/cwt92.00–92.007872
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-272392.88/cwt89.00–97.006722
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,55084.37/cwt83.00–85.501,3082
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%77850.16/cwt31.00–59.003903
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14365.68/cwt61.00–67.2575110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24358.51/cwt58.00–59.007272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33966.88/cwt65.00–68.2589612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54965.05/cwt61.50–67.251,0088

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.