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'R' Livestock Connection

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Monroe, Utah · Wed, Nov 12
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2383
Feeder Cattle receipts
340 head
▼ 671 vs last sale 1,011▲ 340 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
212 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 253▲ 212 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 71▲ 47 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 calves and yearlings. While feeder heifers sold unevenly steady on calves and yearlings. Slaughter cows sold 9.00 to 18.00 lower, with slaughter bulls selling 3.00 to 14.00 lower on a light test. Trade was active with good demand and a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.74/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 4 of 15 comparable sales and sits −27.82 against this barn's trailing median of $380.56.
Average price
$352.74
57 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.77
vs UT average
−11.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532356.981,90151
Medium and Large 1-2521325.001,6934thin
Medium and Large 2568300.001,7042thin
One grade step is worth $56.98/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale57 hd
352.74
—
UT average3 barns · 248 hd
355.51
−2.77
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−11.22
This barn, trailing median15 sales
380.56
−27.82
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

15 sales
448405363320median 380.5603/0404/1509/0210/0710/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.70, low $334.13, median $380.56 across 15 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—Low1,688168.692,84818
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,213146.991,783105
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,352144.331,95115
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,119123.611,38347

Every lot

56 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1249605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,5064
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1293440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2892
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,7393
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325462.62/cwt460.00–465.001,5042
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed353500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7652
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381470.84/cwt465.00–475.001,7947
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2403333.14/cwt325.00–365.001,3435
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417437.31/cwt430.00–445.001,8249
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463428.93/cwt410.00–435.001,98611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468454.38/cwt445.00–462.502,12620
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1502396.99/cwt385.00–405.001,9935
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy507410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0794
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543344.31/cwt340.00–357.501,8704
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577386.71/cwt370.00–395.002,23122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613363.81/cwt350.00–377.502,2302
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662351.95/cwt342.50–370.002,33016
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730324.79/cwt310.00–340.002,3712
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1803310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4892
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866275.58/cwt260.00–285.002,3877
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1993247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,4582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1279485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,3534
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312428.78/cwt410.00–435.001,3384
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4442
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1391412.20/cwt410.00–425.001,61220
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed407435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7705
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416411.46/cwt400.00–425.001,71215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445342.50/cwt335.00–350.001,5242
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467388.37/cwt375.00–400.001,8148
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy515365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8803
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6934
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529353.60/cwt335.00–357.501,87142
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565376.66/cwt375.00–380.002,1286
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7042
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9933
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,9065
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0972
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6995
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6409
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,3082
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,073205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,2002
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445170.00/cwt170.00–170.007572
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1152
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Medium and Large 1598300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7942
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,394151.49/cwt145.00–155.002,1124
Bulls——1,638170.89/cwt167.50–172.502,7997
Bulls——1,907176.31/cwt174.00–178.003,3627
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed905156.96/cwt150.00–165.001,4202
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,116174.29/cwt161.00–185.001,94514
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,128122.13/cwt110.00–138.001,37845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228142.79/cwt130.00–158.001,75391
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,352144.33/cwt135.00–150.001,95115
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,047224.03/cwt190.00–235.002,34626
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,111200.61/cwt182.50–215.002,2298
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,154146.29/cwt142.00–156.001,6889
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,275142.86/cwt139.00–148.001,8212

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.