Sale reports / Utah / 'R' Livestock Connection / 2024-02-14

'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Feb 14
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 263▲ 32 vs year ago 271 · +11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 31▼ 2 vs year ago 37 · −5.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison is available due to a lack of receipts last week. 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 $268.72/cwt on 167 head.
Average price
$268.72
167 head · 677 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,819
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$804
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$77.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.18
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2304343.761,0444thin
Medium and Large 1-2681267.361,82097
Medium and Large 1694266.171,84866
One grade step is worth $77.59/cwt here — about −$804 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 sale167 hd
268.72
—
UT average2 barns · 590 hd
259.54
+9.18
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—Low1,784128.992,30113
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,443107.351,54917
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09390.399885thin

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 2280346.68/cwt345.00–347.509713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2356380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,35310
Steers—Medium and Large 2375335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2561
Steers—Medium and Large 1410365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,81715
Steers—Medium and Large 1609299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,8219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,77614
Steers—Medium and Large 1681268.44/cwt267.50–277.501,82826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690259.13/cwt253.00–260.001,7888
Steers—Medium and Large 1711253.90/cwt248.00–254.501,80511
Steers—Medium and Large 1758249.43/cwt246.00–252.501,89119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2771233.00/cwt232.50–234.001,79614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2823216.57/cwt216.00–217.501,78222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875212.27/cwt210.00–216.001,8577
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2923209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,9342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369308.73/cwt300.00–310.001,1398
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,40013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529282.50/cwt282.00–285.001,4946
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,66928
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,6041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2778215.50/cwt215.00–216.001,6772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2941179.60/cwt177.50–186.001,6904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,001169.44/cwt165.00–170.001,6969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,201160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9224
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2505295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,753116.45/cwt105.00–125.002,0414
Bulls——1,798134.57/cwt130.00–140.002,4209
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07283.49/cwt75.00–90.008953
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,125100.74/cwt99.50–102.001,1332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,423100.26/cwt93.50–103.001,4277
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,455111.69/cwt104.00–115.001,6259
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,470118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,7351

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.