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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Oct 20
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,270 head
▲ 958 vs last sale 312▲ 449 vs year ago 821 · +54.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
379 head
▲ 310 vs last sale 69▲ 153 vs year ago 226 · +67.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded weak. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold with firm undertone and heifers over 450 lbs sold with weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows traded mostly 5.00 lower, and the light test of average dressing slaughter bulls traded steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.57/cwt on 635 head.
Average price
$143.57
635 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.79
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555150.68837335
Medium and Large 1-2569135.63771300
One grade step is worth $15.05/cwt here — about $66 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 sale635 hd
143.57
—
UT average2 barns · 752 hd
145.36
−1.79
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—Average1,71469.221,18610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66254.829117thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18745.8754453
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,05640.64429268

Every lot

56 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2210153.00/cwt153.00–153.003213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2283157.57/cwt150.00–165.004462
Steers—Medium and Large 1290185.00/cwt185.00–185.005372
Steers—Medium and Large 1323179.00/cwt179.00–179.005787
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330163.44/cwt159.00–167.505392
Steers—Medium and Large 1386173.04/cwt171.00–187.0066832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2409153.15/cwt129.00–161.0062625
Steers—Medium and Large 1438167.95/cwt166.50–176.0073643
Steers—Medium and Large 1478161.61/cwt158.00–167.0077223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484152.74/cwt120.00–156.0073935
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519140.36/cwt127.50–147.0072874
Steers—Medium and Large 1524153.03/cwt148.00–165.0080270
Steers—Medium and Large 1566146.62/cwt141.50–151.0083075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572131.20/cwt121.00–138.0075044
Steers—Medium and Large 1606135.47/cwt135.00–139.0082117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629129.06/cwt121.00–132.5081265
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660123.02/cwt119.00–124.508124
Steers—Medium and Large 1668127.92/cwt125.00–129.5085524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713116.36/cwt110.00–119.2583028
Steers—Medium and Large 1723126.17/cwt125.00–127.5091211
Steers—Medium and Large 1773120.94/cwt119.00–125.009353
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2806117.50/cwt117.50–117.5094718
Steers—Medium and Large 1864127.90/cwt121.00–129.251,10521
Steers—Medium and Large 11,021123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2567
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2287148.93/cwt141.00–156.0042717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338178.41/cwt170.00–187.006038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2342156.01/cwt145.00–158.0053419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373168.66/cwt160.00–170.5062930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416159.58/cwt152.00–173.0066424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422143.22/cwt131.00–148.2560443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486131.98/cwt126.50–137.0064135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488139.66/cwt139.00–140.0068240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516133.76/cwt130.00–137.00690100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520127.35/cwt122.00–129.0066210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566130.99/cwt130.00–132.0074116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582125.80/cwt122.00–128.0073239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617125.25/cwt125.00–128.0077312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632120.69/cwt117.00–124.5076316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663114.93/cwt110.00–120.007626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672124.83/cwt121.00–126.0083930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725115.00/cwt115.00–115.008345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1847125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,0635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,05710
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285165.50/cwt161.00–170.004722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2319171.80/cwt150.00–180.005487
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2448160.00/cwt160.00–160.007173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518146.03/cwt140.00–152.007562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2557134.28/cwt124.00–136.007487
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,67061.50/cwt59.00–63.001,0272
Bulls——1,72571.15/cwt67.00–77.001,2278
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92525.43/cwt20.00–28.002358
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03537.35/cwt31.00–39.0038769
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06942.47/cwt40.00–44.75454191
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17846.05/cwt44.75–49.7554248
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27144.10/cwt44.00–44.255615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66254.82/cwt51.50–58.009117

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.