Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2021-11-17

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Nov 17
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
685 head
▼ 235 vs last sale 920▲ 350 vs year ago 335 · +104.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 88▼ 12 vs year ago 194 · −6.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold firm, mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows sold weak and average dressing slaughter bulls sold firm. There will not be a sale or report released next week, due to the federal holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.83/cwt on 312 head.
Average price
$149.83
312 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.15
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1601152.53916195
Medium and Large 1-2606145.32880117
One grade step is worth $7.21/cwt here — about $36 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 sale312 hd
149.83
—
UT average2 barns · 465 hd
149.68
+0.15
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—Average1,85876.051,41327
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44344.006356thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18740.22477109
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09426.8329418

Every lot

50 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1321190.30/cwt187.00–192.5061110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2347172.50/cwt172.50–172.505999
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380163.63/cwt151.00–172.0062210
Steers—Medium and Large 1398179.00/cwt179.00–179.0071211
Steers—Medium and Large 1417179.09/cwt175.00–182.0074710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434159.80/cwt151.00–165.0069413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480147.50/cwt147.50–147.507082
Steers—Medium and Large 1501155.65/cwt155.00–158.0078023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526147.07/cwt145.00–152.0077413
Steers—Medium and Large 1575148.24/cwt148.00–149.5085225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579142.22/cwt132.00–144.0082315
Steers—Medium and Large 1623144.55/cwt142.75–146.0090141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633135.97/cwt135.00–139.0086110
Steers—Medium and Large 1665142.77/cwt141.00–144.0094941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668137.38/cwt125.00–139.7591812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713134.50/cwt134.50–134.509594
Steers—Medium and Large 1785147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,15834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787126.02/cwt124.00–127.009923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0432
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2859134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,15124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2284149.35/cwt145.00–150.004248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1293160.00/cwt160.00–160.004693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2313144.87/cwt142.00–147.504534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334153.37/cwt153.00–154.005128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380137.74/cwt132.00–149.005237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382150.43/cwt148.00–154.0057519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419145.37/cwt144.00–148.006093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433140.73/cwt133.00–142.0060915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472138.20/cwt138.00–139.0065210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478142.49/cwt141.00–143.0068127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528143.31/cwt140.00–144.0075738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539137.50/cwt136.00–138.007414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561140.16/cwt135.00–142.5078674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579131.24/cwt129.00–132.007604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623133.24/cwt132.75–133.5083034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623128.87/cwt127.00–129.508035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2762108.35/cwt105.00–110.008263
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387169.00/cwt169.00–169.006543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478137.61/cwt136.50–141.006584
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510137.52/cwt132.50–138.257018
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620122.74/cwt121.00–128.007614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2840113.00/cwt113.00–113.009492
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,85876.05/cwt70.00–79.751,41327
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%98651.65/cwt47.00–57.005098
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05030.06/cwt27.00–32.0031610
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14922.79/cwt20.00–25.002628
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15235.94/cwt35.00–37.5041425
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22040.42/cwt38.00–43.2549376
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43546.56/cwt43.50–51.506683
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45041.43/cwt38.50–43.006013

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.