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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Sep 1
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
276 head
▲ 118 vs last sale 158▲ 95 vs year ago 181 · +52.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 91 vs last sale 147▼ 37 vs year ago 93 · −39.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable trades of feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs sold weak and over 500 lbs sold firm. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.14/cwt on 93 head.
Average price
$156.14
93 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$338
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.29
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462158.0373173
Medium and Large 1-2263149.2639320
One grade step is worth $8.77/cwt here — about $338 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 sale93 hd
156.14
—
UT average3 barns · 404 hd
152.86
+3.29
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—Average1,70174.751,2718thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32754.4772318
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02746.6547914

Every lot

22 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 1-2221157.50/cwt157.50–157.503485
Steers—Medium and Large 1240179.17/cwt177.50–182.504303
Steers—Medium and Large 1277178.65/cwt167.50–187.504959
Steers—Medium and Large 1333170.42/cwt163.00–175.505675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2363151.99/cwt142.50–155.005528
Steers—Medium and Large 1393176.35/cwt165.00–183.006936
Steers—Medium and Large 1428180.48/cwt162.00–183.0077214
Steers—Medium and Large 1477177.60/cwt177.50–178.008475
Steers—Medium and Large 1508177.04/cwt168.00–178.5089920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555146.00/cwt146.00–146.008102
Steers—Medium and Large 1575172.81/cwt171.00–174.509948
Steers—Medium and Large 1620165.84/cwt163.00–168.001,0287
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2263149.26/cwt132.50–155.0039320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338162.00/cwt162.00–162.005487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383164.60/cwt163.00–167.0063021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425167.77/cwt161.00–173.007139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486155.22/cwt148.00–158.0075424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1556146.86/cwt140.00–148.008177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1793136.46/cwt135.00–142.501,0825
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,70174.75/cwt72.00–78.001,2718
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02746.65/cwt45.00–48.0047914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32754.47/cwt47.00–58.5072318

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.