Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-09-02

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Sep 2
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
181 head
▼ 136 vs last sale 317▲ 181 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 91▲ 93 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 600lbs selling sharply lower at 20.00-25.00 lower, and above 600lbs selling 5.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.90/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$126.90
76 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$10
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$22.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.65
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562130.7473563
Medium and Large 2688108.2974513thin
One grade step is worth $22.45/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale76 hd
126.90
—
UT average3 barns · 416 hd
131.55
−4.65
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—Low1,91480.051,5327thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46758.488583thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09455.536077thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29455.4671810

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420145.69/cwt141.00–150.006123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472145.00/cwt145.00–145.006843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538137.16/cwt121.00–141.0073813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584131.32/cwt126.00–138.007676
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678132.97/cwt121.00–137.509026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708131.80/cwt131.50–133.009335
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323142.21/cwt135.00–150.004592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360144.77/cwt133.00–149.005218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474135.29/cwt121.00–157.5064119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512124.03/cwt121.00–127.006353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535112.50/cwt106.00–119.006022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2559111.88/cwt110.00–119.006255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564126.11/cwt125.00–127.0071110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683125.00/cwt125.00–125.008542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731121.65/cwt120.00–125.008896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765123.86/cwt122.00–125.0094813
Heifers—Medium and Large 279098.96/cwt92.50–112.007823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2902108.82/cwt102.50–112.009823
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,77377.16/cwt76.00–78.001,3682
Bulls——1,97081.21/cwt79.00–84.001,6005
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08756.28/cwt54.00–58.506126
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13551.00/cwt51.00–51.005791
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29157.10/cwt55.00–59.007378
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30548.90/cwt47.00–51.006382
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46758.48/cwt57.50–60.258583

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.