Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-02-09

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Feb 9
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
310 head
▼ 212 vs last sale 522▼ 118 vs year ago 428 · −27.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 65▼ 52 vs year ago 107 · −48.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold with firm undertone. Comparable trades of feeder heifers too lightly tested for a market comparison. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 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 $164.26/cwt on 131 head.
Average price
$164.26
131 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,089
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.80
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1658165.281,087113
Medium and Large 1-2697157.831,10018thin
One grade step is worth $7.45/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale131 hd
164.26
—
UT average2 barns · 394 hd
168.06
−3.80
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—Average1,68590.851,53117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55371.701,1148thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17467.9879815
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15546.285357thin

Every lot

29 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 1421190.40/cwt184.50–192.508028
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525171.51/cwt171.00–172.009002
Steers—Medium and Large 1533175.63/cwt174.00–177.5093622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555168.26/cwt167.50–169.009342
Steers—Medium and Large 1580171.53/cwt170.00–174.0099515
Steers—Medium and Large 1701161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,13229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2742154.39/cwt154.00–154.501,14614
Steers—Medium and Large 1765155.53/cwt147.00–159.001,19037
Steers—Medium and Large 1953139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,3292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391173.00/cwt173.00–173.006764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483165.98/cwt163.00–169.0080213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503171.19/cwt166.00–174.0086117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539165.46/cwt165.00–166.0089211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568144.51/cwt143.00–146.008212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586163.61/cwt161.50–167.5095934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610135.00/cwt135.00–135.008244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680145.00/cwt145.00–145.009862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687151.68/cwt150.00–154.251,04220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776142.63/cwt140.50–143.501,1077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1128
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,02577.00/cwt77.00–77.007892
Bulls——1,73389.62/cwt84.00–94.001,5539
Bulls——1,83297.32/cwt96.50–97.501,7836
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05561.21/cwt58.00–63.006464
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13949.56/cwt49.00–51.005644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14272.65/cwt72.50–73.008303
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17741.91/cwt40.00–44.004933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24669.61/cwt65.00–71.758678
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55371.70/cwt67.00–73.501,1148

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.