Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-05-21

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, May 21
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 67▲ 55 vs year ago 78 · +70.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 10▼ 5 vs year ago 55 · −9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 85▲ 72 vs year ago 8 · +900.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold firm compared to a light test. Slaughter Cattle sold firm compared to a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.38/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$129.38
49 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$351
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 2
$30.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.81
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2615136.2483838
Medium 2461105.7148711thin
One grade step is worth $30.53/cwt here — about $351 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
129.38
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UT average3 barns · 361 hd
120.58
+8.81
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—Low1,56578.611,23010
CowsBoner 80-85%Low87354.5647634

Every lot

28 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2320114.00/cwt114.00–114.003654
Steers—Medium 237289.00/cwt89.00–89.003312
Steers—Medium 1-2473144.17/cwt140.00–153.006826
Steers—Medium 1-2507150.00/cwt150.00–150.007613
Steers—Medium 2540103.00/cwt91.00–115.005562
Steers—Medium 1-2585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007903
Steers—Medium 1-2611135.00/cwt135.00–135.008255
Steers—Medium 2655107.60/cwt91.00–116.007053
Steers—Medium 1-2670133.89/cwt123.00–137.0089718
Steers—Medium 1-2712124.00/cwt124.00–124.008833
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-2201104.00/cwt104.00–104.002096
Heifers—Medium 1-2381111.56/cwt100.00–119.004258
Heifers—Medium 1-2475130.71/cwt130.00–131.006217
Heifers—Medium 1-2537129.99/cwt126.00–134.0069815
Heifers—Medium 1-2556116.87/cwt114.00–128.006507
Heifers—Medium 1-2627119.49/cwt119.00–120.007494
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 1-2273135.44/cwt129.00–142.003702
Bulls—Medium 1-2393116.00/cwt116.00–116.004564
Bulls—Medium 1-2605120.50/cwt120.50–120.507292
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 1-245344.55/cwt35.00–54.002022
Dairy Steers—Large 1-266054.00/cwt54.00–54.003561
Dairy Steers—Large 1-297249.00/cwt49.00–49.004762
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,08365.79/cwt64.00–69.007133
Bulls——1,77184.10/cwt81.00–86.501,4897
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%81150.55/cwt47.00–52.0041011
Cows—Boner 80-85%90356.48/cwt53.00–63.0051023
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,098920.91/cwt625.00–1,150.0010,11229
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,4581,213.13/cwt1,100.00–1,275.0017,68726

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.