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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Feb 2
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
522 head
▲ 239 vs last sale 283▲ 144 vs year ago 378 · +38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 75▼ 2 vs year ago 67 · −3.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable trades of feeder steers and heifers and the light test of average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded with firm undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.51/cwt on 281 head.
Average price
$157.51
281 head · 672 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,058
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.07
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1699157.641,101207
Medium and Large 1-2596157.1493774
One grade step is worth $0.50/cwt here — about $165 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 sale281 hd
157.51
—
UT average2 barns · 730 hd
163.58
−6.07
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—Average1,54082.601,27210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64162.731,0294thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27761.7178823
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09757.2862820

Every lot

42 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2349174.00/cwt174.00–174.006075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387166.83/cwt164.00–173.006466
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411169.97/cwt165.00–172.506995
Steers—Medium and Large 1458181.00/cwt181.00–181.008295
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475172.65/cwt171.00–174.0082010
Steers—Medium and Large 1511185.43/cwt175.00–186.5094811
Steers—Medium and Large 1555165.00/cwt165.00–165.009163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584162.16/cwt161.00–163.009476
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605156.84/cwt156.50–157.5094912
Steers—Medium and Large 1609163.60/cwt162.00–164.009965
Steers—Medium and Large 1667161.75/cwt159.75–165.251,07983
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674151.63/cwt143.00–156.001,0226
Steers—Medium and Large 1715151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,08021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718147.40/cwt144.00–148.501,05815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763147.00/cwt146.50–147.251,1223
Steers—Medium and Large 1770150.00/cwt148.00–153.001,15568
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1032
Steers—Medium and Large 1830144.32/cwt143.50–145.001,1989
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865129.98/cwt127.00–133.001,1242
Steers—Medium and Large 1885139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2302
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,015115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260154.89/cwt154.00–157.504034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416163.00/cwt160.50–168.5067817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427150.45/cwt147.00–156.006429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478153.92/cwt152.50–157.007366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548146.60/cwt145.00–147.008035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583145.82/cwt137.00–151.0085011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617157.78/cwt150.00–159.7597415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666153.99/cwt152.00–156.001,02639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,05524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727130.78/cwt125.50–138.009517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0192
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280184.00/cwt184.00–184.005153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2321181.27/cwt172.00–185.005825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2353170.00/cwt170.00–170.006003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468167.74/cwt167.50–168.007852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563154.00/cwt154.00–154.008672
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,54082.60/cwt79.00–85.001,27210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09757.28/cwt56.00–60.0062820
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21566.35/cwt63.25–68.008063
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28661.01/cwt58.50–62.5078520
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64162.73/cwt62.00–64.001,0294

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.