Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-05-17

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 17
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
192 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 187▲ 84 vs year ago 108 · +77.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 99▼ 117 vs year ago 152 · −77.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: All classes of cattle were too thinly tested for an accurate market trend. 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 $208.30/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$208.30
81 head · 618 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,287
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$364
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.79
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690218.491,50833
Medium and Large 1-2568201.301,14448
One grade step is worth $17.19/cwt here — about $364 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 sale81 hd
208.30
—
UT average2 barns · 684 hd
221.09
−12.79
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—Average1,706131.542,2449thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,795110.811,9892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,294107.101,38611
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05688.6993713

Every lot

38 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270280.00/cwt280.00–280.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1369280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1532
Steers—Medium and Large 1465274.73/cwt265.00–280.001,2773
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full503182.50/cwt182.50–182.5091811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full582143.94/cwt137.50–152.508389
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643227.23/cwt222.50–230.001,4619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4654
Steers—Medium and Large 1695234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6264
Steers—Medium and Large 1730192.87/cwt190.00–200.001,4087
Steers—Medium and Large 1777185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2793162.36/cwt160.00–172.001,2885
Steers—Medium and Large 1825185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5261
Steers—Medium and Large 1969175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6968
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345264.50/cwt264.50–264.509139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395238.00/cwt238.00–238.009402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425205.00/cwt205.00–205.008712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433227.84/cwt225.00–232.509875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full590182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,0773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,4461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2699208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1703215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2810170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2980157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,5441
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,140147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,6821
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,515143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,1661
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,675133.31/cwt132.00–136.002,2336
Bulls——1,767128.00/cwt126.00–130.002,2623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98479.98/cwt74.00–83.007876
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11394.01/cwt92.00–94.501,0465
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130101.50/cwt101.00–102.001,1472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,294107.10/cwt105.00–109.001,38611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,795110.81/cwt106.00–115.001,9892

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.