Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-11-12

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Nov 12
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
▲ 115 vs last sale 288▼ 25 vs year ago 428 · −5.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
167 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 171▲ 122 vs year ago 45 · +271.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 8▼ 33 vs year ago 55 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold mostly steady with a firm undertone. Feeder Heifers sold steady with a weak market undertone. Slaughter Cattle sold 1.00-3.00 lower. No comparison available 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 $129.06/cwt on 181 head.
Average price
$129.06
181 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$268
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.10
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1496138.5168791
Medium and Large 1-2585119.6170088
Medium and Large 2365115.004202thin
One grade step is worth $23.51/cwt here — about $268 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 sale181 hd
129.06
—
UT average4 barns · 2,377 hd
140.16
−11.10
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—Low1,55965.161,01610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,02053.7354811
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14541.2047239
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02437.3638310

Every lot

59 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2262113.67/cwt110.00–124.002984
Steers—Medium and Large 1270139.09/cwt138.00–144.003768
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2338156.06/cwt142.00–164.005274
Steers—Medium and Large 1357151.00/cwt151.00–151.0053915
Steers—Medium and Large 2365115.00/cwt115.00–115.004202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395120.00/cwt120.00–120.004741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430117.88/cwt112.00–130.005075
Steers—Medium and Large 1434143.39/cwt142.00–148.0062210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470129.30/cwt122.00–134.006088
Steers—Medium and Large 1485138.59/cwt137.00–141.5067219
Steers—Medium and Large 1516140.72/cwt134.00–141.5072613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522123.33/cwt118.00–131.0064416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569118.32/cwt110.00–121.006734
Steers—Medium and Large 1579137.21/cwt129.00–143.007945
Steers—Medium and Large 1619135.00/cwt135.00–135.008369
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632119.87/cwt111.00–129.0075817
Steers—Medium and Large 1661128.00/cwt128.00–128.008467
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688104.00/cwt104.00–104.007166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715118.28/cwt114.00–119.0084614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2769106.95/cwt93.50–109.508227
Steers—Medium and Large 1829107.81/cwt101.00–112.008944
Steers—Medium and Large 1-295595.00/cwt95.00–95.009072
Steers—Medium and Large 1970102.00/cwt102.00–102.009891
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373129.38/cwt123.00–132.504836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427111.84/cwt105.00–119.004783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436129.73/cwt124.00–132.0056625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465125.49/cwt125.00–126.005842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484110.07/cwt104.00–117.005336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529128.13/cwt127.25–129.006786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542114.64/cwt114.00–120.0062111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563124.75/cwt124.50–125.007022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581110.34/cwt100.00–114.006415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625119.00/cwt119.00–119.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2644102.49/cwt99.00–117.006605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664111.46/cwt109.00–114.007404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683105.01/cwt99.00–113.5071722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716100.55/cwt94.00–106.0072010
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2395109.00/cwt109.00–109.004311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410145.50/cwt145.50–145.505972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475103.00/cwt103.00–103.004891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1532116.00/cwt116.00–116.006172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1629109.00/cwt109.00–109.006864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35461.50/cwt60.00–63.008335
Bulls——1,70564.45/cwt64.00–65.001,0992
Bulls——1,80271.74/cwt70.00–73.001,2933
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87534.35/cwt33.00–35.003013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%92365.56/cwt64.00–67.006055
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,06041.50/cwt41.50–41.504404
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08838.65/cwt38.00–40.004217
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11342.26/cwt41.00–44.0047015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12137.70/cwt34.00–40.7542318
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,18548.61/cwt47.00–50.005762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29849.02/cwt45.00–52.006366
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,226794.96/cwt770.00–800.009,74610
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,275838.62/cwt810.00–850.0010,6928
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,505780.58/cwt750.00–820.0011,7482
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2815540.00/cwt540.00–540.004,4011
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,350930.00/cwt930.00–930.0012,5551

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.