Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-05-20

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 20
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
163 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 235▲ 163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 84▲ 101 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold steady to 3.00 higher, and Feeder Heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold 5.00-8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.10/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$103.10
67 head · 699 lb average
Value per head Derived
$721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$9
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$22.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.83
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2656108.4471151
Medium and Large 283686.1072016thin
One grade step is worth $22.34/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale67 hd
103.10
—
UT average3 barns · 349 hd
105.93
−2.83
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—Low1,80182.021,47718
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,55460.6094228
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31658.7477332
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09355.116027thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410154.25/cwt146.00–162.506322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545156.00/cwt156.00–156.008502
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572132.41/cwt127.00–137.007578
Steers—Medium and Large 262795.00/cwt95.00–95.005963
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630121.27/cwt118.50–124.007642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668122.97/cwt114.00–132.008214
Steers—Medium and Large 267272.10/cwt71.50–73.004855
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716121.16/cwt111.00–123.5086816
Steers—Medium and Large 274380.98/cwt76.00–86.006022
Steers—Medium and Large 277784.75/cwt79.00–87.506593
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779107.33/cwt107.00–108.008363
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805119.00/cwt119.00–119.009584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-287998.12/cwt97.00–98.508624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-290594.99/cwt91.00–97.008603
Steers—Medium and Large 1-295094.50/cwt94.50–94.508982
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487121.00/cwt121.00–121.005893
Heifers—Medium and Large 253093.77/cwt92.50–95.004972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569116.35/cwt113.00–121.006627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627111.23/cwt100.00–119.0069721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660116.50/cwt116.50–116.507692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733100.00/cwt100.00–100.0073316
Heifers—Medium and Large 288085.00/cwt85.00–85.0074814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-289892.00/cwt92.00–92.008262
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31366.16/cwt63.00–68.008693
Bulls——1,83880.08/cwt72.00–83.501,4726
Bulls——1,93888.60/cwt85.00–94.001,7179
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06659.51/cwt57.00–61.006344
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12849.24/cwt45.00–51.005553
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31560.01/cwt58.50–63.0078923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31855.48/cwt42.00–57.007319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52261.89/cwt60.00–64.0094221
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65056.74/cwt56.00–57.509367

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.