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

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Sep 9
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
▲ 222 vs last sale 181▲ 403 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
211 head
▲ 118 vs last sale 93▲ 211 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 Steers selling steady to 5.00 higher, and Feeder Steers selling steady to 7.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold mostly 2.00-3.00 lower compared to a light test last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.04/cwt on 214 head.
Average price
$152.04
214 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$34.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.58
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2488154.91757196
Medium and Large 2416120.8350318thin
One grade step is worth $34.08/cwt here — about $254 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 sale214 hd
152.04
—
UT average3 barns · 632 hd
145.46
+6.58
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—Low1,61675.961,2278thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54454.5584218
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28354.4369857
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06452.2855658

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2258175.13/cwt160.00–185.004523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2311182.84/cwt177.00–184.005696
Steers—Medium and Large 2318117.83/cwt107.00–128.003754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385173.22/cwt155.00–181.0066733
Steers—Medium and Large 2393122.75/cwt113.00–142.504823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435166.91/cwt151.00–175.0072669
Steers—Medium and Large 2458121.39/cwt121.00–125.0055611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462148.64/cwt135.00–157.0068714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518132.00/cwt132.00–132.006845
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583133.71/cwt127.00–141.0078033
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623124.04/cwt122.00–126.007732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668132.40/cwt125.00–135.0088429
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725132.50/cwt132.00–133.009612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2282151.45/cwt151.00–152.504273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331126.78/cwt122.50–131.004204
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338102.96/cwt101.00–105.003482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370112.50/cwt112.50–112.504163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372134.56/cwt132.00–139.0050136
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414102.11/cwt97.50–105.004234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420127.00/cwt126.00–128.005334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470125.04/cwt120.00–132.0058847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545129.00/cwt129.00–129.007035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561125.24/cwt120.00–127.007035
Heifers—Medium and Large 291592.92/cwt86.00–96.008504
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,11069.95/cwt68.00–72.007762
Bulls——1,78477.96/cwt74.00–80.001,3916
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92946.91/cwt42.00–49.004369
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08855.34/cwt55.00–56.506026
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08952.98/cwt50.00–54.5057743
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28254.99/cwt53.50–56.7570547
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28951.77/cwt47.50–53.0066710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54454.55/cwt52.00–56.5084218

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.