Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-04-09

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Apr 9
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 32▲ 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 31▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold weak compared to a light test last week. Slaughter Cattle sold weak on a very light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.30/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$110.30
49 head · 616 lb average
Value per head Derived
$680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$232
per head · Medium 2 over Medium 1-2
$6.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.12
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 2398116.004623thin
Medium 1-2631109.9369346
One grade step is worth $6.07/cwt here — about −$232 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale49 hd
110.30
—
UT average3 barns · 159 hd
106.18
+4.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,91061.041,1662thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09843.304752thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96840.123882thin

Every lot

18 lots · USDA AMS · Cedar Livestock Auction - Cedar, 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 1-2335152.29/cwt132.00–157.005109
Steers—Medium 1-2425152.41/cwt150.00–154.006485
Steers—Medium 1-2500152.00/cwt152.00–152.007602
Steers—Medium 1-2593140.50/cwt140.50–140.508333
Steers—Medium 262597.13/cwt92.00–101.506073
Steers—Medium 1-2731107.50/cwt107.50–107.507867
Steers—Medium 1-2844104.71/cwt104.00–105.008847
Steers—Medium 1-2853103.60/cwt103.00–104.008845
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-2365132.57/cwt120.00–135.004846
Heifers—Medium 2398116.00/cwt116.00–116.004623
Heifers—Medium 1-2402131.00/cwt131.00–131.005273
Heifers—Medium 1-2530117.17/cwt103.00–119.0062112
Heifers—Medium 1-2683102.22/cwt100.50–104.006982
Heifers—Medium 1-2708106.00/cwt106.00–106.007508
Heifers—Medium 1-281594.00/cwt94.00–94.0076615
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,91061.04/cwt60.00–62.501,1662
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96840.12/cwt38.00–42.003882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09843.30/cwt42.00–44.504752

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.