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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 12
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 191▼ 33 vs year ago 235 · −14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
331 head
▲ 132 vs last sale 199▲ 247 vs year ago 84 · +294.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder cattle traded with a weak undertone, with the exception of feeder heifers weighing 500 - 650 lbs, which sold with a firm undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 5.00 - 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.97/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$123.97
36 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.50
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2592123.9773336
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale36 hd
123.97
—
UT average3 barns · 314 hd
124.47
−0.50
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—Average1,66984.011,40215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,63356.1291617
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24256.10697139
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11646.9552461

Every lot

20 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2283172.76/cwt172.50–173.004892
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373171.19/cwt152.50–176.006398
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471144.80/cwt136.00–167.5068213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535130.21/cwt115.00–146.006972
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600134.00/cwt134.00–134.008042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2344147.65/cwt120.00–155.005087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425133.73/cwt132.00–135.005684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477120.13/cwt117.50–121.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526125.62/cwt125.00–126.006615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619124.74/cwt112.00–128.007725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2869105.65/cwt97.50–107.5091811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64076.68/cwt72.00–80.001,2584
Bulls——1,67986.68/cwt83.00–90.001,45511
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83134.58/cwt30.00–36.0028710
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02846.15/cwt42.00–48.0047415
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23250.72/cwt49.00–53.0062536
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23855.58/cwt53.00–57.75688115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26258.57/cwt58.00–61.0073924
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51857.23/cwt55.25–61.5086913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,00552.50/cwt52.50–52.501,0534

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.