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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, May 14
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 84▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 77▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 9▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good demand with active market activity. No trend available due to light receipts and limited comparable sales.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $343.33/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −75.47 against this barn's trailing median of $418.80.
Average price
$343.33
6 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,912
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−9.94
vs UT average
−41.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557343.331,9126thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
343.33
—
UT average3 barns · 74 hd
353.28
−9.94
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
−41.27
This barn, trailing median17 sales
418.80
−75.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales
501444386329median 418.8003/0405/0609/0209/3010/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.50, low $342.54, median $418.80 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,170207.502,4281thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,559149.522,3314thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,380146.662,02410
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,850137.002,5351thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average793112.848957thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,158127.801,4804thin

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)1,900$3,3751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)875$1,6001thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7431
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8071
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8182
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583335.00/cwt325.00–345.001,9534
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,2881
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1975
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8151
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739301.71/cwt295.00–305.002,2303
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,2071
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,130225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,5431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Small and Medium 2263925.00/head925.00–925.009253
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5871
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7335
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4971
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760262.55/cwt250.00–272.501,9953
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,110206.60/cwt195.00–218.002,2932
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium 2232772.12/head750.00–825.007723
Bulls400–450Small and Medium 2400245.00/cwt245.00–245.009801
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0951
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1853237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,0262
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200400.00/head400.00–400.004001
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers200–250Medium and Large 2220375.00/head375.00–375.003751
Dairy Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,170207.50/cwt207.50–207.502,4281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%760115.81/cwt115.00–117.508806
Cows—Lean 85-90%99095.00/cwt95.00–95.009411
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,175185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,1741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320140.51/cwt134.00–144.001,8557
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435162.50/cwt162.50–162.502,3321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600145.20/cwt142.00–152.002,3233
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,693149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,5232
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,850137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,5351
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158127.80/cwt122.50–130.001,4804
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 28751,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,9003,375.00/head3,375.00–3,375.003,3751

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.