Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-09-03

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Sep 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 164▲ 188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 55▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 28▲ 11 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 mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold 4.00-7.00 lower in a light market test. 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 $123.77/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$123.77
72 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$653
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$20
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 2
$24.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.17
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2504127.9164460
Medium 2645103.0766512thin
One grade step is worth $24.84/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale72 hd
123.77
—
UT average3 barns · 430 hd
129.95
−6.17
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—Average1,74874.331,30011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34050.7768012
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19050.0959628
CowsLean 85-90%Average94947.2844821

Every lot

41 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 1-2335158.97/cwt158.00–160.005332
Steers—Medium 1-2370166.73/cwt164.50–171.006173
Steers—Medium 2388133.01/cwt132.00–134.005162
Steers—Medium 1-2419147.63/cwt140.00–155.006197
Steers—Medium 2462124.78/cwt119.00–128.005766
Steers—Medium 1-2473148.95/cwt140.00–157.007058
Steers—Medium 1-2500142.50/cwt135.00–150.007132
Steers—Medium 1-2557141.65/cwt135.00–143.5078911
Steers—Medium 1-2645136.11/cwt136.00–137.008789
Steers—Medium 1-2680127.62/cwt122.00–132.008683
Steers—Medium 2708106.84/cwt102.00–113.007566
Steers—Medium 1-2713129.35/cwt128.00–132.009223
Steers—Medium 1-2750121.00/cwt120.00–122.009082
Steers—Medium 1-2866112.75/cwt104.00–117.009764
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-2331129.98/cwt120.00–139.0043013
Heifers—Medium 1-2381132.40/cwt127.00–143.005046
Heifers—Medium 2390117.67/cwt113.00–120.004593
Heifers—Medium 1-2430134.55/cwt130.00–137.5057913
Heifers—Medium 1-2518130.18/cwt121.00–132.006746
Heifers—Medium 1-2622123.51/cwt123.00–124.007688
Heifers—Medium 1-2671122.17/cwt120.00–126.008205
Heifers—Medium 268590.00/cwt90.00–90.006174
Heifers—Medium 1-2707118.25/cwt118.25–118.258365
Heifers—Medium 2733108.00/cwt107.00–109.007922
Heifers—Medium 1-2768117.58/cwt115.50–123.009034
Heifers—Medium 2787102.62/cwt94.00–108.008083
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 388170.71/cwt120.00–195.0015010
Dairy Steers—Large 3160145.00/cwt145.00–145.002322
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74476.06/cwt74.00–80.001,3268
Bulls——1,76069.73/cwt65.00–73.001,2273
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89644.25/cwt41.50–46.003969
Cows—Lean 85-90%98849.55/cwt49.00–54.0049012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17349.81/cwt48.75–52.0058419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22247.22/cwt44.00–48.005775
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23355.04/cwt54.00–56.006794
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34050.77/cwt49.00–52.0068012
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2850825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,0132
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2972930.62/cwt900.00–960.009,0464
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2973935.00/cwt935.00–935.009,0983
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,225725.00/cwt725.00–725.008,8811
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,440900.00/cwt900.00–900.0012,9601

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.