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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Oct 13
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
312 head
▼ 765 vs last sale 1,077▼ 595 vs year ago 907 · −65.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 184 vs last sale 253▼ 50 vs year ago 119 · −42.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder steers and heifers under 550 lbs sold firm and steers and heifers over 550 lbs sold with weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and 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 $149.13/cwt on 149 head.
Average price
$149.13
149 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.93
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570149.22851143
Medium and Large 1-2537146.847896thin
One grade step is worth $2.38/cwt here — about $61 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 sale149 hd
149.13
—
UT average3 barns · 872 hd
158.06
−8.93
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—Average1,53572.211,1083thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21353.2664644
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01744.6145411

Every lot

24 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1384195.05/cwt190.00–201.007495
Steers—Medium and Large 1418177.50/cwt177.50–177.507422
Steers—Medium and Large 1481166.88/cwt158.00–168.008039
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492156.50/cwt155.00–157.007704
Steers—Medium and Large 1517158.24/cwt155.50–160.0081831
Steers—Medium and Large 1588144.61/cwt143.75–147.7585070
Steers—Medium and Large 1624136.66/cwt136.50–138.008539
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628127.53/cwt120.00–135.008012
Steers—Medium and Large 1677132.49/cwt132.00–133.5089713
Steers—Medium and Large 1704131.50/cwt131.50–131.509264
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388164.00/cwt164.00–164.006368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408150.45/cwt148.00–153.006142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446138.36/cwt138.00–141.006178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465125.88/cwt120.00–133.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517127.74/cwt125.00–134.0066045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532136.05/cwt136.00–136.5072438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593128.00/cwt128.00–128.007593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613129.50/cwt129.50–129.507943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660127.00/cwt127.00–127.008382
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,53572.21/cwt70.75–73.001,1083
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97530.97/cwt30.00–32.003022
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02647.64/cwt47.00–47.754899
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15551.45/cwt49.00–54.5059430
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33657.14/cwt55.00–60.5076314

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.