Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-12-03

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Dec 3
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
584 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 520▲ 584 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 147▲ 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 12▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.63/cwt on 290 head.
Average price
$136.63
290 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.20
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512143.3873549
Medium and Large 1-2497137.26682218
Medium and Large 2526116.2261123
One grade step is worth $27.16/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 sale290 hd
136.63
—
UT average3 barns · 1,370 hd
141.83
−5.20
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—Low1,69367.771,14725
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29152.556799thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06942.3745363

Every lot

56 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2277150.02/cwt144.00–153.004163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328142.11/cwt133.00–157.0046622
Steers—Medium and Large 2343116.70/cwt110.00–119.004006
Steers—Medium and Large 2350116.00/cwt116.00–116.004061
Steers—Medium and Large 1375157.00/cwt157.00–157.005892
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376139.05/cwt125.00–155.5052318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420155.77/cwt153.00–161.0065420
Steers—Medium and Large 1423150.47/cwt146.00–155.006362
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427130.76/cwt123.00–152.005589
Steers—Medium and Large 1462153.00/cwt153.00–153.0070717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464136.55/cwt122.00–148.5063448
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479153.00/cwt153.00–153.0073313
Steers—Medium and Large 1526139.00/cwt139.00–139.0073122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539138.46/cwt119.00–143.0074629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559129.64/cwt120.00–140.0072515
Steers—Medium and Large 2584117.00/cwt116.00–118.006839
Steers—Medium and Large 1618130.28/cwt126.50–138.008053
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618126.16/cwt124.00–132.0078019
Steers—Medium and Large 2627114.65/cwt113.00–115.507196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658128.53/cwt122.50–135.008469
Steers—Medium and Large 2675116.00/cwt116.00–116.007831
Steers—Medium and Large 1728120.50/cwt120.50–120.508772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739124.97/cwt120.00–128.009244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008801
Steers—Medium and Large 1770120.00/cwt120.00–120.009241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825118.00/cwt118.00–118.009741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862115.00/cwt115.00–115.009912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2973106.41/cwt94.00–115.001,0355
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2344138.00/cwt138.00–138.004755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350135.00/cwt135.00–135.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367135.23/cwt123.00–141.004967
Heifers—Medium and Large 2396113.00/cwt113.00–113.004475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423107.90/cwt100.00–115.004562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427128.67/cwt121.00–135.0054924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464120.58/cwt118.00–128.005598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added493133.00/cwt133.00–133.0065610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512129.92/cwt118.00–133.0066521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512101.00/cwt101.00–101.005173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562117.99/cwt113.00–124.006633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2571106.00/cwt106.00–106.006055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620120.77/cwt119.00–123.5074911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664109.96/cwt108.00–122.007307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671118.37/cwt118.00–118.507944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735109.37/cwt104.00–112.008043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820119.00/cwt119.00–119.009762
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50054.50/cwt54.50–54.508181
Bulls——1,58065.65/cwt61.00–68.001,03712
Bulls——1,82270.99/cwt69.00–75.001,29312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01739.67/cwt35.00–50.0040326
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10644.26/cwt43.00–51.0049037
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28854.98/cwt52.00–57.007086
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29847.69/cwt47.00–48.006193
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,180663.97/cwt625.00–690.007,8352
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,212773.48/cwt600.00–870.009,3758
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,233806.69/cwt740.00–860.009,9462

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.