Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2020-10-28

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Oct 28
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,066 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 1,071▲ 1,066 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
330 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 176▲ 330 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Heifers below 500lbs sold 4.00-7.00 lower, with steers and heifers over 500lbs selling 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter Cattle sold 4.00-6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.49/cwt on 548 head.
Average price
$138.49
548 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.14
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502140.89707484
Medium and Large 2462120.3555664
One grade step is worth $20.53/cwt here — about $151 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 sale548 hd
138.49
—
UT average3 barns · 1,503 hd
137.35
+1.14
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—Low1,66565.911,09822
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49446.9870223
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29246.4059934
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,05246.02484157

Every lot

54 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270188.31/cwt168.00–197.0050815
Steers—Medium and Large 2282150.00/cwt140.00–160.004233
Steers—Medium and Large 2324125.10/cwt121.00–130.004054
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2329170.16/cwt153.00–177.5056046
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374158.51/cwt140.00–175.0059333
Steers—Medium and Large 2379127.98/cwt112.50–136.0048513
Steers—Medium and Large 2409120.89/cwt102.50–126.0049413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415134.01/cwt131.00–146.0055654
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460149.62/cwt133.00–160.5068892
Steers—Medium and Large 2480126.30/cwt112.50–129.006068
Steers—Medium and Large 2515111.17/cwt101.00–117.005733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519130.95/cwt121.00–137.0068051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576126.66/cwt120.00–132.7573073
Steers—Medium and Large 2579107.88/cwt101.00–111.0062515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619130.18/cwt122.00–132.5080679
Steers—Medium and Large 2620110.93/cwt103.00–119.006885
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677123.95/cwt122.00–127.5083916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718124.78/cwt120.00–125.7589622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880122.31/cwt119.00–124.001,0763
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280143.90/cwt130.00–148.004034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2308144.68/cwt131.00–163.0044652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320111.40/cwt100.00–117.5035612
Heifers—Medium and Large 237398.95/cwt91.00–101.003699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377130.78/cwt123.00–139.0049323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417122.60/cwt114.00–129.0051168
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420100.03/cwt97.50–106.004208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478123.92/cwt116.00–127.0059227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480102.51/cwt92.00–110.0049212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513101.15/cwt95.00–105.005196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536118.78/cwt114.50–124.0063730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562117.89/cwt115.00–119.0066380
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577103.53/cwt90.00–108.0059720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631115.91/cwt112.00–116.2573136
Heifers—Medium and Large 2631102.94/cwt98.00–109.006505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685116.46/cwt114.00–119.007982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2755123.32/cwt111.00–126.509315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2814114.40/cwt113.00–116.009318
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2223150.00/cwt150.00–150.003354
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2336174.96/cwt173.00–184.005885
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2359170.00/cwt170.00–170.006105
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473105.19/cwt100.00–110.004982
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45862.40/cwt61.50–63.009107
Bulls——1,67165.92/cwt64.50–67.501,1028
Bulls——1,86669.40/cwt68.00–73.501,2957
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01436.06/cwt33.00–39.5036622
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02242.86/cwt40.00–45.0043845
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06652.62/cwt50.00–55.5056138
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08448.16/cwt45.50–50.0052252
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22842.08/cwt41.50–43.505177
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29649.58/cwt48.50–51.0064310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31646.31/cwt44.50–47.2560917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49051.21/cwt50.75–53.507636
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49142.39/cwt42.00–43.256325
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49746.77/cwt45.50–47.2570012

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.