Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-08-26

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Aug 26
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 163▲ 317 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 189▲ 91 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 on a two-tiered market, with feeder cattle below 500lbs selling sharply higher at 20.00-25.00 higher, and above 500lbs selling 7.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-7.00 higher on a light test this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.55/cwt on 144 head.
Average price
$148.55
144 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$939
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$29.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.05
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2630149.36941140
Medium and Large 2710120.008524thin
One grade step is worth $29.36/cwt here — about $89 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 sale144 hd
148.55
—
UT average3 barns · 505 hd
142.50
+6.05
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—Low1,66482.931,38014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24863.4979211
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02259.346067thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2288202.70/cwt195.00–210.005842
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323190.23/cwt188.00–192.506143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2367192.34/cwt187.50–195.007063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2406183.06/cwt164.00–187.507437
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487169.40/cwt165.00–177.5082510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519168.00/cwt156.00–171.008725
Steers—Medium and Large 2595131.00/cwt131.00–131.007791
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624150.12/cwt137.00–155.0093724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668142.70/cwt142.00–143.2595343
Steers—Medium and Large 2680121.00/cwt121.00–121.008231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719136.30/cwt128.00–139.2598038
Steers—Medium and Large 2783114.00/cwt113.00–115.008932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2843124.80/cwt123.00–126.001,0525
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317191.50/cwt181.00–200.006077
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343139.00/cwt139.00–139.004772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426182.04/cwt172.50–189.0077513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471167.31/cwt156.00–178.0078810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472132.16/cwt121.00–145.006243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534152.88/cwt150.50–158.5081613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570147.80/cwt142.50–149.0084211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630138.12/cwt133.00–148.0087032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2696124.50/cwt124.50–124.508675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768100.00/cwt100.00–100.007683
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385189.00/cwt189.00–189.007283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2488174.54/cwt160.00–177.008527
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680126.00/cwt126.00–126.008575
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41377.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0882
Bulls——1,70683.92/cwt81.50–87.001,43212
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96351.92/cwt47.50–56.005002
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04562.31/cwt62.00–63.506515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24863.49/cwt62.00–64.7579211

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.