Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-09-10

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Sep 10
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 188▲ 284 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 100▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 11▲ 18 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 5.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.18/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$137.18
127 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 2
$18.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.71
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2544138.07752121
Medium 2486119.235796thin
One grade step is worth $18.84/cwt here — about $173 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 sale127 hd
137.18
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UT average3 barns · 691 hd
144.89
−7.71
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—Average1,75674.251,3045thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51153.428075thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18146.8555333
CowsLean 85-90%Average95843.9242140

Every lot

42 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 1-2285159.00/cwt151.00–167.004532
Steers—Medium 1-2305153.00/cwt153.00–153.004672
Steers—Medium 1-2365160.34/cwt152.50–163.0058510
Steers—Medium 2385126.46/cwt125.00–128.004872
Steers—Medium 1-2429149.44/cwt137.00–157.0064119
Steers—Medium 1-2491144.75/cwt130.00–148.0071138
Steers—Medium 1-2536137.46/cwt132.00–143.007374
Steers—Medium 2536115.62/cwt105.00–126.006204
Steers—Medium 1-2573130.25/cwt129.00–135.007465
Steers—Medium 1-2619118.86/cwt116.00–122.007367
Steers—Medium 1-2658125.40/cwt114.00–131.008253
Steers—Medium 1-2717120.96/cwt120.00–132.0086726
Steers—Medium 1-2768123.00/cwt123.00–123.009452
Steers—Medium 1-2915113.03/cwt111.00–117.001,0343
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-2316128.24/cwt126.00–129.004054
Heifers—Medium 1-2374127.60/cwt118.00–135.0047710
Heifers—Medium 1-2420125.23/cwt120.00–134.0052622
Heifers—Medium 2425110.63/cwt109.00–113.004703
Heifers—Medium 1-2465116.55/cwt114.00–119.005422
Heifers—Medium 1-2Fancy485123.00/cwt123.00–123.0059718
Heifers—Medium 2516111.30/cwt110.00–114.005743
Heifers—Medium 1-2519120.73/cwt119.00–126.0062711
Heifers—Medium 1-2584114.04/cwt112.00–118.006663
Heifers—Medium 1-2634114.75/cwt114.00–115.007284
Heifers—Medium 263893.99/cwt93.00–95.006002
Heifers—Medium 1-2Fancy686121.56/cwt121.00–122.0083423
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 350934.60/cwt29.00–40.001764
Dairy Steers—Large 361057.00/cwt57.00–57.003481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,75674.25/cwt71.00–78.001,3045
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88740.32/cwt36.00–42.0035814
Cows—Lean 85-90%95548.85/cwt48.00–50.004673
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00145.46/cwt43.00–47.5045523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15245.80/cwt42.00–46.5052823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24749.28/cwt47.00–50.2561510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44054.00/cwt54.00–54.007781
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52953.28/cwt49.50–59.508154
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2758650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,9273
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,275775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,8811
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,361813.49/cwt530.00–1,025.0011,0729
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,6451,231.31/cwt1,025.00–1,400.0020,2552
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2900585.00/cwt585.00–585.005,2651
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2962535.00/cwt535.00–535.005,1472

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.