Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2021-03-10

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Mar 10
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
287 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 192▼ 8 vs year ago 295 · −2.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 58▲ 32 vs year ago 54 · +59.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold firm on another light test. Slaughter Cows traded steady to 2.00 lower and Bulls unevenly steady on a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.01/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$142.01
123 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$15.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.16
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565142.62806118
Medium and Large 2484127.506175thin
One grade step is worth $15.12/cwt here — about $189 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 sale123 hd
142.01
—
UT average2 barns · 218 hd
146.16
−4.16
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—Average1,60084.501,35210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63361.1399816
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21859.9473042
CowsLean 85-90%Average98648.174757thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368177.50/cwt177.50–177.506532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425156.66/cwt149.00–165.0066612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463170.00/cwt170.00–170.007878
Steers—Medium and Large 2473126.67/cwt115.00–137.505992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513155.18/cwt141.00–160.0079610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578152.31/cwt147.50–153.508805
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627143.22/cwt137.00–146.5089821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673136.92/cwt136.75–138.0092112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711137.27/cwt136.00–137.5097613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2796126.97/cwt126.75–127.751,0119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2878123.96/cwt121.50–126.501,0882
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265145.00/cwt145.00–145.003841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2293159.16/cwt155.00–162.504663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325158.81/cwt155.00–162.505162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384160.78/cwt147.00–165.006174
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405138.77/cwt137.50–140.005622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419158.72/cwt152.00–163.0066515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473156.86/cwt145.00–164.0074219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521153.65/cwt141.00–160.0080117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580139.43/cwt131.00–153.0080911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631132.10/cwt131.00–137.5083414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673107.49/cwt105.00–110.007232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2689124.54/cwt124.25–125.0085819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714128.17/cwt124.25–131.009157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2803116.62/cwt116.00–117.259362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2922107.62/cwt106.50–112.009925
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30380.60/cwt78.00–83.001,0504
Bulls——1,79887.10/cwt84.00–90.001,5666
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92745.80/cwt45.00–47.004255
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13354.11/cwt53.00–56.006132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21859.94/cwt56.00–63.0073042
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63361.13/cwt58.25–63.0099816

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.