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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jan 24
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
294 head
▼ 154 vs last sale 448▼ 185 vs year ago 479 · −38.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 59▲ 9 vs year ago 17 · +52.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder and slaughter cows were too thinly tested for an accurate comparison of the last reported sale, though an overall higher undertone was observed. 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 $227.06/cwt on 148 head.
Average price
$227.06
148 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.34
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1648243.961,58071
Medium and Large 1-2665224.751,49444
Medium and Large 2792193.791,53433
One grade step is worth $50.18/cwt here — about $46 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 sale148 hd
227.06
—
UT average2 barns · 552 hd
247.41
−20.34
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—Average1,950125.002,4381thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,745102.501,7892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37599.151,36316
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15592.961,0747thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2290325.00/cwt325.00–325.009431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,4406
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4681
Steers—Medium and Large 1505315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5911
Steers—Medium and Large 2520265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4711
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy560385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1563
Steers—Medium and Large 1609261.88/cwt260.00–262.501,5954
Steers—Medium and Large 2620237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735227.28/cwt222.50–230.001,67114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2784218.43/cwt218.00–225.001,71216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2887215.20/cwt215.00–216.001,90910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2903207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,8742
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,345150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485292.45/cwt285.00–295.001,4184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538269.98/cwt265.00–275.001,4522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,49926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,57016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2699210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727203.60/cwt200.00–210.001,48018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2745195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2758197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,4978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1796211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,68019
Heifers—Medium and Large 2899172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,5515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2958160.23/cwt160.00–162.501,53511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,010162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,6361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,4312
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,950125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,4381
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09579.00/cwt79.00–79.008651
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16595.29/cwt92.00–99.001,1106
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,385100.09/cwt97.00–106.001,38615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,745102.50/cwt102.00–103.001,7892

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.