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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Sep 24
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
289 head
▼ 160 vs last sale 449▲ 289 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 59▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 1▲ 2 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 unevenly steady, while heifers sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady on a light test. Trade was very active on good demand across all classes of livestock, with a 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 $441.98/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 14 of 17 comparable sales and sits +23.18 against this barn's trailing median of $418.80.
Average price
$441.98
38 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,453
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$403
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.67
vs UT average
+24.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558447.682,49734
Medium and Large 2532393.532,0944thin
One grade step is worth $54.15/cwt here — about $403 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale38 hd
441.98
—
UT average3 barns · 353 hd
441.31
+0.67
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
+24.89
This barn, trailing median17 sales
418.80
+23.18
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—Low1,425177.872,53419
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,232160.971,98323
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,478154.782,2886thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,595140.002,2331thin

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)1,315$3,1502thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280560.10/cwt550.00–565.001,5686
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5581
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435468.56/cwt445.00–487.502,03827
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466442.54/cwt435.00–460.002,06217
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,39210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532393.53/cwt385.00–405.002,0944
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578438.38/cwt425.00–447.002,53424
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605338.10/cwt335.00–350.002,0465
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620427.02/cwt415.00–433.002,64835
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,6441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328525.10/cwt520.00–535.001,7223
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2348380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1397461.27/cwt450.00–465.001,83116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7898
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420466.42/cwt457.50–472.501,95917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473432.70/cwt405.00–445.002,0475
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481380.99/cwt380.00–385.001,8335
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526402.32/cwt390.00–405.002,11616
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8977
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565357.95/cwt355.00–375.002,02219
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,9512
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy594395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3464
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621376.96/cwt372.50–382.502,3419
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8341
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2421
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,1531
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2805262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,1091
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4251
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,9512
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4332
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500410.50/cwt410.50–410.502,0531
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3052
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy740275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0351
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405205.00/cwt205.00–205.008302
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1513
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7161
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335280.00/cwt280.00–280.009381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,158159.62/cwt158.00–161.001,8486
Bulls——Return to Feed1,267190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,4075
Bulls——1,712180.96/cwt178.00–184.003,0983
Bulls——1,731185.77/cwt185.00–188.503,2165
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed970181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7561
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198163.89/cwt162.00–170.001,9639
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265153.61/cwt153.00–154.001,9433
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,279158.54/cwt156.00–161.002,02810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,478154.78/cwt150.00–157.002,2886
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,595140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,2331
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3153,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1502

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.