Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-06-18

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jun 18
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 114▲ 32 vs year ago 70 · +45.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 84▲ 3 vs year ago 41 · +7.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 19▲ 18 vs year ago 23 · +78.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter Cattle sold 4.00-7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.02/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$122.02
41 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 2
$14.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.11
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2594129.1376721
Medium 2555114.5563620
One grade step is worth $14.58/cwt here — about $132 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 sale41 hd
122.02
—
UT average2 barns · 114 hd
116.91
+5.11
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—Low1,64275.961,24714
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,80757.771,0443thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28956.8773315
CowsLean 85-90%Average99043.224283thin

Every lot

30 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 1-2272123.00/cwt123.00–123.003354
Steers—Medium 2464107.39/cwt104.00–111.004984
Steers—Medium 1-2520127.74/cwt124.00–129.506646
Steers—Medium 2542115.00/cwt115.00–115.006232
Steers—Medium 1-2573137.99/cwt137.00–140.007913
Steers—Medium 1-2674136.00/cwt135.00–137.009174
Steers—Medium 1-2718130.40/cwt128.00–131.009365
Steers—Large 1-2921141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2994
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2442101.00/cwt101.00–101.004462
Heifers—Medium 1-2472146.00/cwt146.00–146.006892
Heifers—Medium 2501111.00/cwt111.00–111.005563
Heifers—Medium 1-2525126.92/cwt121.00–129.006664
Heifers—Medium 2569117.39/cwt108.00–119.0066813
Heifers—Medium 1-2579133.51/cwt125.00–142.007738
Heifers—Medium 1-2620122.00/cwt122.00–122.007562
Heifers—Medium 2658115.00/cwt115.00–115.007572
Heifers—Medium 1-2665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007983
Heifers—Medium 1-2785120.00/cwt120.00–120.009422
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 1-2465118.00/cwt118.00–118.005491
Bulls—Medium 1-2515125.00/cwt125.00–125.006441
Bulls—Medium 1-2630112.50/cwt112.50–112.507091
Bulls—Medium 2660113.00/cwt113.00–113.007461
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44771.05/cwt67.00–73.751,0287
Bulls——1,83680.87/cwt75.00–83.001,4857
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99043.22/cwt41.00–47.004283
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28858.65/cwt55.50–60.0075512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29249.76/cwt47.00–55.006433
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,80757.77/cwt57.00–58.501,0443
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2936865.22/cwt840.00–1,075.008,09814
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,038961.60/cwt875.00–1,150.009,98122

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.