Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-05-11

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 11
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 95▼ 122 vs year ago 202 · −60.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 92▼ 216 vs year ago 331 · −65.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend available for feeder cattle. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.63/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$169.63
24 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$896
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.33
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623170.311,06110thin
Medium and Large 1-2461169.1577914thin
One grade step is worth $1.16/cwt here — about $282 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 sale24 hd
169.63
—
UT average3 barns · 192 hd
158.30
+11.33
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—Average1,74493.641,6337thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37874.511,02727
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20073.1187723
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10167.827479thin

Every lot

13 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380167.50/cwt167.50–167.506375
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475170.90/cwt162.50–173.008125
Steers—Medium and Large 1537175.00/cwt175.00–175.009403
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2544169.01/cwt168.00–170.009194
Steers—Medium and Large 1625174.52/cwt170.00–176.001,0914
Steers—Medium and Large 1707160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1313
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483157.50/cwt157.50–157.507613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573146.99/cwt141.00–148.0084213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613144.86/cwt141.00–147.508886
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,74493.64/cwt92.00–97.001,6337
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10167.82/cwt63.00–71.007479
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20073.11/cwt70.50–75.0087723
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37874.51/cwt72.00–77.001,02727

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.