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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Apr 13
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
167 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 62▼ 137 vs year ago 304 · −45.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 91 vs last sale 144▼ 73 vs year ago 126 · −57.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle too lightly tested for a market trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold with weak undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.55/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$143.55
78 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$807
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.27
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639144.7792613thin
Medium and Large 1-2547143.3178365
One grade step is worth $1.46/cwt here — about $142 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 sale78 hd
143.55
—
UT average3 barns · 281 hd
143.28
+0.27
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—Average1,660101.411,6838thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51986.011,30610
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29879.311,02915
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03064.936696thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444161.21/cwt161.00–165.0071619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471158.07/cwt152.50–165.007459
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610153.00/cwt153.00–153.009335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2758144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0923
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389149.00/cwt147.00–150.0058018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427154.00/cwt154.00–154.006583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486145.45/cwt144.00–146.0070711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524144.61/cwt139.00–146.0075810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589144.38/cwt140.00–145.008508
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640139.00/cwt139.00–139.008905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666139.02/cwt136.50–140.009267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1703142.00/cwt142.00–142.0099810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2803132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2939125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1744
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571133.00/cwt133.00–133.007594
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2603135.00/cwt135.00–135.008142
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,660101.41/cwt97.50–107.501,6838
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95355.00/cwt55.00–55.005242
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06969.90/cwt68.00–72.007474
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22373.47/cwt73.00–74.008992
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24784.19/cwt83.50–85.001,0503
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32879.01/cwt75.00–81.751,04910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51986.01/cwt84.25–88.001,30610

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.