Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2022-08-17

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Aug 17
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 91▼ 99 vs year ago 244 · −40.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 49▲ 96 vs year ago 78 · +123.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report: No comparison available for feeder cattle. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $189.31/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$189.31
48 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$893
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.89
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440196.7686532
Medium and Large 1-2535174.4293316thin
One grade step is worth $22.34/cwt here — about −$67 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 sale48 hd
189.31
—
UT average3 barns · 183 hd
183.42
+5.89
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—Low1,552110.471,7149thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,77398.181,7408thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21391.251,10774
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,14483.8796037

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310217.50/cwt217.50–217.506743
Steers—Medium and Large 1436196.78/cwt194.50–197.5085817
Steers—Medium and Large 1465194.55/cwt192.00–199.009058
Steers—Medium and Large 1503185.50/cwt185.50–185.509334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523176.67/cwt176.00–177.0092412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570167.66/cwt140.00–177.009564
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305185.00/cwt185.00–185.005642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438178.42/cwt176.00–179.0078116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476170.66/cwt162.00–176.0081220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516168.50/cwt168.50–168.508697
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,310100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3102
Bulls——1,621113.46/cwt109.00–117.501,8397
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14285.74/cwt82.00–88.0097935
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18351.20/cwt50.00–52.506062
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19189.79/cwt88.75–91.001,06947
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21996.11/cwt95.00–100.251,17223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43980.53/cwt79.00–81.001,1594
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70698.24/cwt90.00–105.501,6766
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,83083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,5191
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,115113.00/cwt113.00–113.002,3901

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.