Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-04-29

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Apr 29
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
291 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 172▲ 291 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 40▲ 86 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 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter Cattle sold 10.00-15.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $117.21/cwt on 195 head.
Average price
$117.21
195 head · 817 lb average
Value per head Derived
$958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.51
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2822117.54966189
Medium and Large 2674106.687196thin
One grade step is worth $10.86/cwt here — about $247 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 sale195 hd
117.21
—
UT average3 barns · 376 hd
119.71
−2.51
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—Low1,67169.201,15611
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06453.6157031
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25652.2165527
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64449.508147thin

Every lot

33 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 1-2375177.92/cwt176.00–178.0066725
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435173.81/cwt173.00–178.007566
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526150.00/cwt142.50–157.007895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574134.32/cwt130.00–135.007717
Steers—Medium and Large 2633123.99/cwt123.00–125.007852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635137.50/cwt133.50–144.0087310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666132.87/cwt120.50–135.008857
Steers—Medium and Large 269598.03/cwt92.00–100.006814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820107.61/cwt106.00–109.258828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2859106.24/cwt105.75–107.009135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2940102.47/cwt101.50–102.5096354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-298097.73/cwt96.50–99.859588
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,02992.56/cwt92.50–94.5095250
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,19998.50/cwt98.50–98.501,1814
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2288183.00/cwt183.00–183.005275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370163.00/cwt163.00–163.0060317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529138.79/cwt138.00–140.007345
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535112.13/cwt105.00–119.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590136.18/cwt129.00–142.5080310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2689114.22/cwt113.75–119.0078711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-277378.31/cwt70.00–87.006052
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570134.00/cwt134.00–134.007642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750107.00/cwt107.00–107.008031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-289097.00/cwt97.00–97.008631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-296592.00/cwt90.00–96.008883
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42853.76/cwt51.00–57.007682
Bulls——1,72572.63/cwt68.00–77.001,2539
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97661.86/cwt61.00–64.006044
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07454.12/cwt53.00–58.0058118
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08248.94/cwt43.00–50.755309
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21247.50/cwt45.50–48.505766
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26853.55/cwt51.00–57.0067921
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64449.50/cwt47.00–53.508147

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.