Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-05-18

'R' Livestock Connection

Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 18
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Receipts
152 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 115▼ 114 vs year ago 266 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable feeder cattle trades too lightly tested. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold with weak undertone.

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—Low1,56985.381,33913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57173.211,15015
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31271.5793935
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05962.836666thin

Every lot

9 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,100113.93/cwt113.00–115.001,2532
Bulls——1,26568.20/cwt65.50–76.008635
Bulls——1,97890.17/cwt85.00–93.501,7846
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01062.00/cwt62.00–62.006262
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08463.24/cwt63.00–64.006864
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23671.19/cwt68.00–72.7588024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38875.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0418
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57173.21/cwt71.50–77.001,15015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,71765.50/cwt65.50–65.501,1253

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.