Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2021-01-27

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jan 27
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
246 head
▼ 265 vs last sale 511▲ 246 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 61▲ 54 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 unevenly steady. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher while heavier heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.69/cwt on 129 head.
Average price
$139.69
129 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$15.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.12
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2616141.03869118
Medium and Large 2592125.2974211thin
One grade step is worth $15.74/cwt here — about $127 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 sale129 hd
139.69
—
UT average3 barns · 465 hd
140.81
−1.12
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—Average1,79582.061,47311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52657.0887113
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26555.9970819
CowsLean 85-90%Average98749.494883thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320163.75/cwt155.00–172.505247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375152.50/cwt152.50–152.505721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423166.84/cwt157.00–170.0070613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478149.98/cwt148.00–161.0071718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510155.00/cwt155.00–155.007912
Steers—Medium and Large 2520128.06/cwt125.00–134.006663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573147.11/cwt138.00–149.0084320
Steers—Medium and Large 2575130.02/cwt125.00–133.007484
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633142.00/cwt142.00–142.008992
Steers—Medium and Large 2663118.49/cwt117.00–119.007864
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2696136.86/cwt136.00–137.009537
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2703126.39/cwt123.00–129.008899
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765125.19/cwt119.00–127.0095831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805120.00/cwt120.00–120.009661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2913121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1054
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2985119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,000114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,1401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278136.28/cwt135.00–137.503792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331152.29/cwt142.00–155.005045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2350143.00/cwt143.00–143.005011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433148.27/cwt145.00–152.5064212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467148.22/cwt137.00–149.0069215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518137.32/cwt121.00–141.0071114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568135.96/cwt128.00–137.0077215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630116.00/cwt112.00–124.007314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670113.96/cwt109.00–119.007642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2746114.00/cwt114.00–114.008507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2778119.00/cwt118.00–120.009262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2835109.00/cwt109.00–109.009101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2945112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0631
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,79582.06/cwt75.00–85.501,47311
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98749.49/cwt45.00–52.004883
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24657.04/cwt54.50–59.2571116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36750.42/cwt49.00–51.006893
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52657.08/cwt55.00–61.0087113

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.