Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-03-08

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Mar 8
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
480 head
▲ 352 vs last sale 128▲ 210 vs year ago 270 · +77.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 43▲ 44 vs year ago 23 · +191.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers under 600 lbs traded mostly 5.00 to 10.oo higher while those over 600 lbs traded sharply higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs traded 13.00 higher compared to last week's light test and heifers over 700 lbs traded 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded uneven on a light test and slaughter bulls traded steady on a very thin test. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $201.55/cwt on 234 head.
Average price
$201.55
234 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,460
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$377
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.20
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521211.451,10112thin
Medium and Large 1735201.011,478222
One grade step is worth $10.43/cwt here — about −$377 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 sale234 hd
201.55
—
UT average2 barns · 457 hd
199.35
+2.20
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—High1,467118.121,73214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,444102.971,48727
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,84999.671,8434thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06397.141,03321

Every lot

61 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330235.00/cwt235.00–235.007761
Steers—Medium and Large 1345250.00/cwt250.00–250.008631
Steers—Medium and Large 1350240.00/cwt240.00–240.008401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2350229.00/cwt229.00–229.008021
Steers—Medium and Large 1439248.32/cwt244.00–251.001,0909
Steers—Medium and Large 1460240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468219.06/cwt213.00–225.001,0256
Steers—Medium and Large 1513226.14/cwt222.50–230.001,16010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0971
Steers—Medium and Large 1593217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2872
Steers—Medium and Large 1629219.57/cwt217.50–224.001,3813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3381
Steers—Medium and Large 1673212.92/cwt207.50–214.251,43378
Steers—Medium and Large 1707206.60/cwt197.50–208.001,46123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,3311
Steers—Medium and Large 1817183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,49549
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,4031
Steers—Medium and Large 1898179.14/cwt174.50–179.251,60941
Steers—Medium and Large 1963168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,6202
Steers—Medium and Large 11,203149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,7922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265215.00/cwt215.00–215.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295195.00/cwt195.00–195.005751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340197.00/cwt197.00–197.006701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350198.00/cwt198.00–198.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413217.50/cwt217.50–217.508983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417190.78/cwt185.00–195.007963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485183.00/cwt183.00–183.008881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527194.14/cwt187.00–195.001,02321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543157.51/cwt155.00–160.008552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574205.68/cwt201.00–210.001,18119
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2595195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,0951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614202.96/cwt201.50–206.001,24616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1652201.19/cwt199.00–210.001,31210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705183.89/cwt182.00–184.501,29633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,3111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768182.28/cwt180.50–182.751,40025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1802175.75/cwt175.75–175.751,41052
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,084137.20/cwt134.00–138.001,4875
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,100137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,5071
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,330125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1770173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1905146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,3261
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,138132.96/cwt127.00–146.001,5133
Bulls——1,26572.00/cwt72.00–72.009111
Bulls——Return to Feed1,300120.05/cwt119.00–121.001,5612
Bulls——1,415126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,7831
Bulls——1,691116.67/cwt114.00–119.001,9737
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed880129.09/cwt121.00–133.001,1363
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03877.00/cwt72.50–83.007994
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09793.26/cwt85.00–98.001,02311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,157106.27/cwt105.00–109.001,2303
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40887.20/cwt85.00–89.001,2283
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,449104.94/cwt95.50–108.001,52124
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72090.50/cwt90.50–90.501,5571
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,892102.73/cwt101.00–105.001,9443

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.