Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-08-13

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Aug 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 56▼ 28 vs year ago 74 · −37.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 33▲ 13 vs year ago 33 · +39.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 33▲ 11 vs year ago 5 · +220.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold firm on a light test this and last week. Slaughter Cattle sold steady to 5.00 higher on light receipts. No comparison for Replacement Cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.19/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$128.19
16 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 2
$29.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.16
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2516137.3770911thin
Medium 2542108.005855thin
One grade step is worth $29.37/cwt here — about $123 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 sale16 hd
128.19
—
UT average3 barns · 301 hd
135.35
−7.16
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—Low1,83787.571,60914
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41366.129346thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24365.4481313
CowsLean 85-90%Low92557.985365thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 1-2428151.84/cwt136.50–167.006502
Steers—Medium 1-2473157.65/cwt152.00–160.507463
Steers—Medium 1-2508147.00/cwt147.00–147.007472
Steers—Medium 258890.50/cwt90.50–90.505322
Steers—Medium 1-2590148.00/cwt148.00–148.008731
Steers—Medium 1-2645137.50/cwt137.50–137.508871
Steers—Medium 1-2665144.00/cwt144.00–144.009581
Steers—Medium 1-2795130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0341
Steers—Medium 2880109.00/cwt109.00–109.009591
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-2360154.50/cwt151.00–158.005562
Heifers—Medium 1-2410150.00/cwt150.00–150.006151
Heifers—Medium 2475104.00/cwt104.00–104.004941
Heifers—Medium 1-2490141.00/cwt141.00–141.006911
Heifers—Medium 1-2506139.01/cwt134.00–144.007034
Heifers—Medium 2520119.00/cwt119.00–119.006193
Heifers—Medium 1-2560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007281
Heifers—Medium 267579.00/cwt79.00–79.005331
Heifers—Medium 1-2685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
Heifers—Medium 1-2785115.00/cwt115.00–115.009031
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 39467.70/cwt60.00–90.00645
Dairy Steers—Large 3108120.85/cwt95.00–135.001313
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,18575.00/cwt75.00–75.008891
Bulls——1,87686.89/cwt84.00–88.001,6307
Bulls——1,90090.45/cwt89.00–93.501,7196
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82354.65/cwt53.00–57.004503
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07862.98/cwt62.50–63.506792
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24365.44/cwt62.00–67.5081313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41366.12/cwt64.50–67.009346
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1651,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,9411
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,29966.37/cwt63.50–72.008625
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,3201,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0015,1801
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,6501,485.00/cwt1,485.00–1,485.0024,5031

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.