Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2021-04-07

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Apr 7
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
255 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 280▲ 151 vs year ago 104 · +145.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 74▲ 42 vs year ago 20 · +210.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light receipts of feeder steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded with firm undertones 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 $131.09/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$131.09
99 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$862
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$1.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.12
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2667131.1987591
Medium and Large 2545129.887088thin
One grade step is worth $1.31/cwt here — about $167 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 sale99 hd
131.09
—
UT average3 barns · 387 hd
138.21
−7.12
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—Average1,58291.041,44010
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16765.2276127
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64965.141,0747thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95242.604056thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388160.88/cwt155.00–167.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422161.51/cwt157.50–168.006823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474160.10/cwt142.50–170.0075913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534155.30/cwt140.00–158.0082911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573156.57/cwt142.50–162.0089711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657146.84/cwt137.00–150.0096513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708135.14/cwt131.00–135.5095713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,0033
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820129.75/cwt129.75–129.751,0642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,1551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,090119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,3051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320158.58/cwt150.00–168.005072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379157.22/cwt155.00–160.005964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425141.00/cwt141.00–141.005991
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474143.51/cwt143.00–145.006804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480154.58/cwt148.00–168.0074212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528136.47/cwt133.00–147.007218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570132.54/cwt128.00–134.007554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639134.50/cwt134.50–134.5085912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660127.74/cwt120.00–133.0084314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710124.00/cwt124.00–124.008801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785123.00/cwt123.00–123.009661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2824120.59/cwt119.00–121.5099424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2845104.00/cwt104.00–104.008791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2879115.74/cwt114.00–116.501,0174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900101.00/cwt101.00–101.009094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2990105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 298395.00/cwt95.00–95.009342
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32079.79/cwt77.00–82.001,0533
Bulls——1,61093.71/cwt91.50–95.501,5095
Bulls——1,905101.24/cwt101.00–101.501,9292
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%69330.31/cwt25.00–35.002102
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08148.74/cwt40.00–56.005274
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16765.22/cwt61.00–66.5076127
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64965.14/cwt64.75–66.751,0747

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.