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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Aug 4
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 171▼ 201 vs year ago 383 · −52.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 267 vs last sale 441▲ 90 vs year ago 84 · +107.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder steers and heifers traded with a weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 3.00 - 5.00 lower and average dressing slaughter bulls traded 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 $150.18/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$150.18
49 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$663
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.03
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445155.0469033
Medium and Large 1-2435140.1560916thin
One grade step is worth $14.89/cwt here — about $81 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 sale49 hd
150.18
—
UT average2 barns · 188 hd
155.21
−5.03
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—Average1,63476.421,24819
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68573.191,23310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25966.9784358
CowsLean 85-90%Low93651.8248521

Every lot

26 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1298216.00/cwt216.00–216.006446
Steers—Medium and Large 1317193.04/cwt189.00–195.006123
Steers—Medium and Large 1391178.00/cwt178.00–178.006965
Steers—Medium and Large 1412166.62/cwt161.00–168.0068615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430140.50/cwt131.00–150.006042
Steers—Medium and Large 1481160.67/cwt159.00–163.007737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523148.00/cwt148.00–148.007742
Steers—Medium and Large 1545157.50/cwt157.50–157.508585
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235154.63/cwt153.00–158.003633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325153.00/cwt153.00–153.004973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362161.48/cwt160.00–163.005856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419161.57/cwt161.00–162.506778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430139.00/cwt139.00–139.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482150.26/cwt150.00–152.5072419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483132.51/cwt130.00–135.006402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575129.41/cwt105.00–137.007446
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2253175.00/cwt175.00–175.004436
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2333167.50/cwt167.50–167.505582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527154.00/cwt154.00–154.008123
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41072.30/cwt72.00–73.001,01910
Bulls——1,88281.00/cwt75.00–84.251,5249
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%64934.12/cwt33.00–35.002216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01454.21/cwt45.00–57.505506
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07662.02/cwt60.50–64.006679
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25966.97/cwt64.50–71.5084358
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68573.19/cwt71.50–74.501,23310

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.