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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Jul 16
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 92▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 152▲ 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 35▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, no trends available on feeder cattle or slaughter bulls due to limited comparable sales. While slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand and light supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $200.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −214.00 against this barn's trailing median of $414.00.
Average price
$200.00
1 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−106.59
vs UT average
−160.03 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440200.008801thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
200.00
—
UT average3 barns · 27 hd
306.59
−106.59
National average148 barns · 7,008 hd
360.03
−160.03
This barn, trailing median18 sales
414.00
−214.00
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 400–500 lb

18 sales
480434388342median 414.0003/0404/2208/1209/1610/28
Heifers 400–500 lb: high $465.91, low $356.36, median $414.00 across 18 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—High1,790177.153,1709thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,485161.322,3963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,346158.552,13444
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,323124.751,6502thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,040120.611,2542thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,360207.502,8221thin

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 PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,565$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)895$1,1001thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium 1320370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1841
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7161
Steers400–450Medium 1435355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5441
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9081
Steers600–650Medium 1615165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0151
Steers650–700Medium 1665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Gaunt440200.00/cwt200.00–200.008801
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Fancy1,079230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,4829
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,205205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,4701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 11,130215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,4301
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers200–250Medium and Large 1205340.00/cwt340.00–340.006972
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300250.00/cwt250.00–250.007501
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2235270.00/cwt270.00–270.006352
Dairy Steers200–250Medium and Large 2240220.00/cwt220.00–220.005281
Dairy Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467112.86/cwt100.00–125.005274
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200300.00/cwt300.00–300.006001
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,360207.50/cwt207.50–207.502,8221
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,609168.67/cwt165.50–169.752,7144
Bulls——1,934183.94/cwt175.50–188.753,5575
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335156.00/cwt150.00–158.502,08321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,356160.88/cwt158.00–165.002,18223
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485161.32/cwt161.00–162.002,3963
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040120.61/cwt119.00–122.501,2542
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,080105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1341
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,565144.50/cwt144.50–144.502,2611
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28951,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5653,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.