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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Mar 30
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 127▼ 185 vs year ago 280 · −66.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 149▼ 1 vs year ago 74 · −1.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 0▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable trades too lightly tested for an accurate market trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.32/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$147.32
49 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$947
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.87
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1605153.2592717thin
Medium and Large 1-2663144.1795632
One grade step is worth $9.08/cwt here — about −$29 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 sale49 hd
147.32
—
UT average2 barns · 100 hd
146.45
+0.87
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—Average2,096105.752,2174thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40085.791,2019thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22981.751,00535
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11674.318298thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493163.00/cwt163.00–163.008044
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0397
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323177.62/cwt172.50–182.505742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505156.00/cwt156.00–156.007882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523148.77/cwt147.50–150.007782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563155.50/cwt155.50–155.508752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578150.69/cwt149.50–151.508715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661150.00/cwt150.00–150.009929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2691142.50/cwt142.50–142.5098525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775138.48/cwt137.00–140.001,0732
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423168.00/cwt168.00–168.007112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2545160.00/cwt160.00–160.008722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568162.96/cwt161.00–165.009262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2692137.48/cwt135.00–140.009516
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,096105.75/cwt101.50–109.252,2174
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11674.31/cwt72.50–77.508298
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22981.75/cwt77.50–83.001,00535
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40085.79/cwt83.25–89.001,2019
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3261,510.17/cwt1,485.00–1,575.0020,02510
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3731,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0019,5654

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.