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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Sep 3
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
326 head
▲ 212 vs last sale 114▲ 326 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 49▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 5▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold sharply higher on good quality calves and yearlings, while there was not enough comparable cattle to trend feeder heifers. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was not enough bulls to set an accurate trend for slaughter bulls. Trade was very active with good demand across all classes of livestock with active buyer participation ringside and on the internet, with a light to moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $469.25/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 16 of 17 comparable sales and sits +50.45 against this barn's trailing median of $418.80.
Average price
$469.25
105 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,496
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$274
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$56.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.17
vs UT average
+52.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531481.662,55682
Medium and Large 1-2537425.002,28223
One grade step is worth $56.66/cwt here — about $274 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale105 hd
469.25
—
UT average3 barns · 218 hd
446.08
+23.17
National average140 barns · 6,808 hd
416.53
+52.72
This barn, trailing median17 sales
418.80
+50.45
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
CowsLean 85-90%High1,015161.001,6341thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,307154.912,02511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,730148.002,5601thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,261145.921,8407thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273365.00/cwt365.00–365.009962
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,8072
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320619.85/cwt600.00–625.001,9845
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5973
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1389521.57/cwt510.00–540.002,0295
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0404
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410493.57/cwt475.00–497.502,02419
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy425535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,2742
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469432.21/cwt420.00–445.002,0274
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480503.18/cwt475.00–505.002,41519
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524485.34/cwt472.50–500.002,54363
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy536505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,7079
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,28223
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,4909
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full580415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,4071
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611387.89/cwt387.50–390.002,37013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,29011
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,4843
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed305500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5251
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4571
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,7472
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,73913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405439.43/cwt435.00–440.001,7809
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5164
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6881
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486397.95/cwt395.00–400.001,93451
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526386.58/cwt370.00–395.002,03329
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9261
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588366.26/cwt350.00–370.002,15410
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3453
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,9311
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2980232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,2791
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,035145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5015
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6981
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7631
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,6341
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,307154.91/cwt151.00–157.002,02511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,730148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,5601
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,261145.92/cwt140.00–154.001,8407
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2860220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8921

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.