Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-04-26

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Apr 26
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 173▲ 9 vs year ago 99 · +9.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 112▼ 56 vs year ago 111 · −50.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers traded 1.50 to 2.00 higher on limited comparable trades and feeder heifers traded 12.00 lower on few comparable trades and a very thin test. Slaughter cows traded 1.00 lower to 8.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded 16.75 higher on a very thin test. 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 $192.08/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$192.08
44 head · 687 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,319
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.92
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1704196.211,38132
Medium and Large 2485185.008971thin
Medium and Large 1-2656180.721,18611thin
One grade step is worth $15.49/cwt here — about $194 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 sale44 hd
192.08
—
UT average2 barns · 107 hd
202.00
−9.92
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—Average1,771125.262,2185thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,365107.151,46317
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09497.341,06533

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,262$2,12118
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)798$1,7004thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280220.00/cwt220.00–220.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365235.00/cwt235.00–235.008581
Steers—Medium and Large 1455272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1563
Steers—Medium and Large 2570190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0831
Steers—Medium and Large 1605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4522
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2606204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,23611
Steers—Medium and Large 1656234.24/cwt232.50–236.001,5374
Steers—Medium and Large 1752225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6927
Steers—Medium and Large 2755156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2980155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5191
Steers—Medium and Large 11,525137.50/cwt137.50–137.502,0971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381215.00/cwt215.00–215.008195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439231.18/cwt221.00–235.001,0157
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485185.00/cwt185.00–185.008971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677206.63/cwt204.00–207.501,3998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788182.38/cwt182.00–184.001,43713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2873149.95/cwt147.50–152.501,3092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2995142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,4181
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,017148.17/cwt142.50–151.001,5073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,020135.26/cwt132.50–138.001,3802
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425185.00/cwt185.00–185.007861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460192.50/cwt192.50–192.508861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,100121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3311
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,771125.26/cwt120.00–130.502,2185
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97982.97/cwt72.00–89.008128
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11798.18/cwt90.00–100.001,09713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,145103.60/cwt102.50–106.501,18611
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,170132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,5501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,365107.15/cwt102.50–112.751,46317
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 26501,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19452,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2512,177.20/head2,000.00–2,250.002,17716
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3501,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6752

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.