Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-04-19

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Apr 19
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 150▲ 6 vs year ago 167 · +3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 29▲ 59 vs year ago 53 · +111.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable sales from two weeks ago for a market trend. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $211.87/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$211.87
49 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,392
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$70.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.92
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560234.911,31733
Medium and Large 2857164.351,40816thin
One grade step is worth $70.56/cwt here — about −$92 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 sale49 hd
211.87
—
UT average3 barns · 518 hd
206.94
+4.92
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—High1,718113.891,95612
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,288100.501,29517
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05099.751,04770
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59299.221,58013

Every lot

43 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1481270.93/cwt255.00–275.001,3035
Steers—Medium and Large 1585245.85/cwt231.00–252.001,43821
Steers—Medium and Large 1610238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4521
Steers—Medium and Large 1730208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,5183
Steers—Medium and Large 2895155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3873
Steers—Medium and Large 2945156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,4792
Steers—Medium and Large 2985150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4781
Steers—Medium and Large 21,180154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,8171
Steers—Medium and Large 21,270156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,9811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2245205.00/cwt205.00–205.005021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360215.00/cwt215.00–215.007741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415243.16/cwt225.00–248.001,0098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587220.60/cwt217.50–227.001,2953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1602239.02/cwt227.50–240.001,43913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659218.59/cwt213.00–230.001,4416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2715182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2843148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2888156.05/cwt150.00–159.001,3863
Heifers—Medium and Large 2900150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2960157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5071
Heifers—Medium and Large 21,086153.48/cwt150.00–157.001,6674
Heifers—Medium and Large 21,280152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,9521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563239.99/cwt237.50–242.501,3512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1667208.34/cwt206.00–210.001,3905
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1764172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3149
Bulls—Medium and Large 1873161.22/cwt157.50–165.001,4074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1915142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2991
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,2251
Bulls——Return to Feed1,343125.14/cwt123.00–127.501,6812
Bulls——1,730108.42/cwt102.00–112.501,8764
Bulls——1,951116.95/cwt116.00–118.502,2825
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed974108.08/cwt107.00–110.001,05319
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06791.33/cwt82.00–93.0097419
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08499.81/cwt94.00–105.001,08232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28198.43/cwt96.00–105.001,26115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,343116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5582
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43794.33/cwt94.00–94.501,3563
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,639100.69/cwt97.00–102.501,65010

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.