Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-07-02

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jul 2
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 170▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 120▲ 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 19▲ 21 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 1.00-5.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter Cattle sold 1.00-5.00 higher on a light test. No comparison for Replacement Cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.27/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$141.27
32 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium 1-2 over Large 1-2
$21.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.94
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2561141.9679631
Large 1-2620120.007441thin
One grade step is worth $21.96/cwt here — about $52 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 sale32 hd
141.27
—
UT average3 barns · 128 hd
130.33
+10.94
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—Low1,54678.911,2207thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50965.849946thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24964.8781013
CowsLean 85-90%Low99959.7759718

Every lot

24 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 1-2414142.46/cwt126.50–156.505904
Steers—Medium 1-2476155.11/cwt151.00–156.507384
Steers—Medium 1-2525134.64/cwt120.00–149.007072
Steers—Medium 1-2564148.30/cwt124.00–151.0083614
Steers—Medium 1-2618128.00/cwt116.00–138.007913
Steers—Large 1-2620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Steers—Medium 1-2658127.49/cwt125.00–130.008392
Steers—Medium 1-2850113.00/cwt111.00–115.009612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-251790.74/cwt90.00–91.004698
Heifers—Medium 1-279398.33/cwt98.00–99.007803
Heifers—Medium 1-285897.96/cwt94.00–100.008403
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 1-267553.00/cwt53.00–53.003582
Dairy Steers—Large 1-270556.96/cwt52.00–62.004022
Dairy Steers—Large 1-291761.34/cwt59.00–66.005623
Dairy Steers—Large 1-296266.00/cwt66.00–66.006353
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38873.26/cwt72.00–74.001,0173
Bulls——1,66583.14/cwt80.00–86.001,3844
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93857.76/cwt56.00–58.505424
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01760.34/cwt59.50–63.0061414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24964.87/cwt62.50–67.5081013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50965.84/cwt64.75–66.759946
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,8051,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0019,4041
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,2701,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,9701
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,3811,054.38/cwt900.00–1,150.0014,56113

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.