Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2023-05-31

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 31
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 128▲ 67 vs year ago 88 · +76.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 72▲ 12 vs year ago 103 · +11.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: No comparison is available as the market was too thinly tested for an accurate 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 $151.58/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$151.58
37 head · 866 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,313
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$84.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.79
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2676187.291,26617thin
Medium and Large 11,001148.001,4815thin
Medium 2563137.507744thin
Medium and Large 21,210103.131,24811thin
One grade step is worth $84.17/cwt here — about $18 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 sale37 hd
151.58
—
UT average2 barns · 174 hd
180.37
−28.79
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—Average1,824116.492,12420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,70592.001,5691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35990.851,23552
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06985.0090938

Every lot

39 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2470250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1751
Steers—Medium and Large 1628247.49/cwt245.00–250.001,5542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,49913
Steers—Medium and Large 2745142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768173.84/cwt165.00–182.501,3352
Steers—Medium and Large 1817187.14/cwt187.00–187.501,52911
Steers—Medium and Large 1905183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,6561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,263125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5793
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1155425.00/head425.00–425.004251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323260.00/cwt260.00–260.008402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420217.00/cwt217.00–217.009111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1503
Heifers—Medium 2Full563137.50/cwt137.50–137.507744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732161.60/cwt161.00–162.001,1835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,3581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2940112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,015125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2691
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,030140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4421
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,105142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,5751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,135115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Full1,26795.30/cwt95.30–95.301,2073
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,270115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4611
Heifers—Medium and Large 21,35886.50/cwt86.50–86.501,1756
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2658187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,2303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2803162.27/cwt157.00–167.501,3032
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,657110.12/cwt80.00–116.001,8259
Bulls——1,960121.71/cwt118.00–127.002,38611
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed770135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0401
Cows—Lean 85-90%99495.28/cwt95.00–96.009474
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07671.33/cwt57.50–79.007687
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09085.17/cwt80.00–89.0092826
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35990.85/cwt85.50–94.001,23552
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,5691

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.