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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jan 26
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
283 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 348▲ 37 vs year ago 246 · +15.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 71▲ 21 vs year ago 54 · +38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold with weak undertone, while average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded with firm undertone. All classes were lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.41/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$154.41
108 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$307
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.97
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2501164.4682441
Medium and Large 1763148.261,13167
One grade step is worth $16.20/cwt here — about −$307 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 sale108 hd
154.41
—
UT average3 barns · 755 hd
162.38
−7.97
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—Average1,56178.491,22513
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20155.0566134
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09240.4044110

Every lot

22 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2361180.34/cwt172.00–185.006515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436177.28/cwt172.00–178.007738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531159.51/cwt155.00–160.0084725
Steers—Medium and Large 1565167.83/cwt167.00–168.009486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662145.00/cwt145.00–145.009603
Steers—Medium and Large 1677150.56/cwt148.00–153.751,01911
Steers—Medium and Large 1720143.69/cwt143.00–145.001,0356
Steers—Medium and Large 1779145.26/cwt138.00–148.001,13226
Steers—Medium and Large 1873146.18/cwt146.00–146.251,27618
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428152.12/cwt152.00–152.506514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585141.97/cwt141.00–146.008315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1602147.86/cwt145.00–148.0089042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608141.16/cwt141.00–142.0085813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668142.93/cwt141.00–144.0095520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766138.45/cwt138.00–138.501,06110
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415176.16/cwt175.50–178.007318
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2929125.47/cwt124.00–127.001,1664
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,56178.49/cwt71.00–83.751,22513
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09240.40/cwt39.00–49.0044110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13064.96/cwt63.00–67.007343
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18557.37/cwt56.00–61.0068015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22951.01/cwt50.00–53.5062716

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.