Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-07-29

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jul 29
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
210 head
▲ 153 vs last sale 57▲ 210 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
183 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 100▲ 183 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 firm on a light market test, with sharply higher undertones. No comparison available for Feeder Heifers or Bulls. Breaking and boning Slaughter Cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, with lean cows selling 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.00/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$138.00
98 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$42.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.08
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2424146.6762378
Medium and Large 2486104.2050720
One grade step is worth $42.47/cwt here — about $116 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 sale98 hd
138.00
—
UT average3 barns · 257 hd
125.92
+12.08
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—Low1,73085.101,47227
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25066.1982734
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54565.781,01630
CowsLean 85-90%Low98661.3460539

Every lot

37 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2265144.75/cwt131.00–158.003842
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2416168.82/cwt168.00–169.0070211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511147.00/cwt147.00–147.007517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589148.00/cwt148.00–148.008726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630129.35/cwt128.00–130.008159
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678124.00/cwt124.00–124.008413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2703124.00/cwt122.00–127.008723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755128.00/cwt128.00–128.009661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835121.44/cwt117.00–124.001,01413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2935116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0851
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2234153.00/cwt153.00–153.0035810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2334157.96/cwt132.00–160.0052845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383126.09/cwt115.00–140.004833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427104.55/cwt100.00–105.0044611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440133.00/cwt133.00–133.005851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535105.00/cwt105.00–105.005628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573129.00/cwt129.00–129.007392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679121.50/cwt121.50–121.508254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726124.00/cwt124.00–124.009004
Heifers—Medium and Large 274594.00/cwt94.00–94.007001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2808118.00/cwt118.00–118.009534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2877113.47/cwt108.00–116.009954
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54178.92/cwt74.00–80.501,2165
Bulls——1,65884.80/cwt83.00–86.751,40612
Bulls——1,91188.54/cwt87.00–92.501,69210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95759.25/cwt55.00–61.0056720
Cows—Lean 85-90%98044.97/cwt40.00–50.004413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02367.02/cwt66.00–68.5068616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23968.37/cwt67.50–70.0084714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25765.22/cwt63.00–67.2582019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27554.00/cwt54.00–54.006891
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49961.47/cwt59.00–63.509215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52466.04/cwt64.00–67.251,00618
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63268.20/cwt67.50–71.001,1137

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.