Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-01-12

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jan 12
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
516 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 495▼ 149 vs year ago 665 · −22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 135▲ 8 vs year ago 136 · +5.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. 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 $148.52/cwt on 265 head.
Average price
$148.52
265 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$928
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666150.061,000189
Medium and Large 1-2521144.6775476
One grade step is worth $5.40/cwt here — about $246 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 sale265 hd
148.52
—
UT average1 barns · 265 hd
148.52
+0.00
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—Average1,63176.711,25111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67458.519794thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12954.4961561
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00943.9644453

Every lot

35 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 1432172.57/cwt171.00–175.007465
Steers—Medium and Large 1462167.65/cwt165.00–172.0077513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476158.43/cwt152.50–161.007546
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543151.85/cwt150.00–155.008258
Steers—Medium and Large 1586158.97/cwt158.00–161.009326
Steers—Medium and Large 1628159.65/cwt155.00–161.001,00332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629153.12/cwt152.00–154.5096318
Steers—Medium and Large 1673159.36/cwt154.50–163.251,07239
Steers—Medium and Large 1729156.99/cwt151.50–158.501,14422
Steers—Medium and Large 1785148.61/cwt147.25–150.001,16751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2933145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,3582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278150.00/cwt150.00–150.004174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1303166.53/cwt163.00–170.005052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375158.00/cwt158.00–158.005932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423165.00/cwt165.00–165.006982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425151.03/cwt141.00–155.0064218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486145.13/cwt142.50–147.007057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526165.78/cwt165.00–167.0087219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568144.54/cwt142.50–146.5082133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582152.95/cwt148.50–154.5089040
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622129.25/cwt129.00–130.008048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636149.43/cwt142.00–156.0095030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678148.82/cwt147.00–149.501,00934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710145.12/cwt144.00–146.001,03016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2742135.13/cwt132.00–138.251,0034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820142.75/cwt142.75–142.751,17146
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20070.40/cwt67.50–73.008452
Bulls——1,72778.11/cwt75.00–81.001,3499
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99547.39/cwt45.00–52.0047237
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01133.54/cwt32.50–35.0033912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12054.50/cwt52.25–58.0061041
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12451.08/cwt50.75–52.0057412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13443.47/cwt42.00–44.004934
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18459.57/cwt59.00–64.007058
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67458.51/cwt56.00–61.509794

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.