Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2021-09-22

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Sep 22
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
246 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 345▼ 756 vs year ago 1,002 · −75.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 76▼ 23 vs year ago 90 · −25.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded unevenly steady to weak. Average dressing slaughter cows traded steady to weak and average dressing slaughter bulls traded firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.94/cwt on 114 head.
Average price
$159.94
114 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$773
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.20
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1453165.3174989
Medium and Large 1-2591140.8083225
One grade step is worth $24.51/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale114 hd
159.94
—
UT average3 barns · 605 hd
158.73
+1.20
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—Average1,40967.459507thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40155.507788thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33352.9870627
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11042.624737thin

Every lot

29 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 1275192.00/cwt192.00–192.005284
Steers—Medium and Large 1330183.39/cwt178.00–190.0060524
Steers—Medium and Large 1364177.54/cwt172.00–183.006466
Steers—Medium and Large 1472161.07/cwt155.00–169.0076025
Steers—Medium and Large 1518157.25/cwt153.00–159.508156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537144.21/cwt144.00–145.0077414
Steers—Medium and Large 1570146.50/cwt146.50–146.5083512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579135.00/cwt135.00–135.007823
Steers—Medium and Large 1614145.83/cwt145.00–146.0089512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641138.23/cwt131.00–140.008865
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0443
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379146.50/cwt146.50–146.5055511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418149.79/cwt148.00–150.0062610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420140.62/cwt136.00–142.505916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458144.12/cwt143.00–148.506605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518133.43/cwt133.00–136.006917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1548144.38/cwt140.00–145.007918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561140.85/cwt138.00–142.007908
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610139.50/cwt139.00–140.008512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638137.00/cwt137.00–137.008742
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473144.87/cwt140.00–150.006852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685130.00/cwt130.00–130.008912
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25264.50/cwt64.50–64.508083
Bulls——1,52769.66/cwt68.00–71.001,0644
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94533.68/cwt30.00–38.003182
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17646.20/cwt45.50–47.505435
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31253.58/cwt50.00–55.0070325
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40155.50/cwt54.75–55.757788
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,59845.50/cwt45.50–45.507272

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.