Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-01-14

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jan 14
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
281 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 290▲ 281 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 42▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 143▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers weighing under 500 lbs traded steady to 5.00 lower while heavier steers traded steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder Heifers traded mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter Cows sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls firm on a very light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.84/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$133.84
120 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$811
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.76
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2571136.6578078
Medium and Large 1697131.6291834
Medium and Large 2564115.876538thin
One grade step is worth $20.78/cwt here — about $127 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 sale120 hd
133.84
—
UT average3 barns · 1,113 hd
137.60
−3.76
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—Average1,95768.861,3483thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59549.427884thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16944.5252036
CowsLean 85-90%Average87636.473196thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381140.84/cwt133.00–149.005374
Steers—Medium and Large 2425129.02/cwt127.00–131.005482
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440142.23/cwt134.00–147.006266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484141.15/cwt133.00–147.006837
Steers—Medium and Large 2525121.49/cwt121.00–122.006382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541133.69/cwt127.00–138.0072310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581138.03/cwt134.00–143.0080228
Steers—Medium and Large 2588118.51/cwt116.00–121.006972
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628133.88/cwt126.00–136.508418
Steers—Medium and Large 1642139.00/cwt139.00–139.008928
Steers—Medium and Large 1655134.25/cwt133.00–135.0087916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2659135.06/cwt128.00–136.5089010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705132.50/cwt132.50–132.509343
Steers—Medium and Large 271794.45/cwt92.00–97.006772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773116.60/cwt112.00–121.009012
Steers—Medium and Large 1809121.50/cwt121.50–121.5098310
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260130.00/cwt130.00–130.003381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333130.10/cwt125.00–133.004333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2397136.00/cwt136.00–136.0054011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413127.89/cwt120.00–134.0052811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481127.51/cwt120.00–129.006138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591124.00/cwt124.00–124.007336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625123.61/cwt123.00–124.0077310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732117.50/cwt117.00–118.008604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768120.00/cwt120.00–120.0092213
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 1-2570127.00/cwt127.00–127.007241
Bulls—Medium 1-2882109.00/cwt109.00–109.009613
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,95768.86/cwt66.00–73.001,3483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87636.47/cwt34.00–39.003196
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07541.52/cwt39.00–43.0044615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23646.67/cwt44.00–50.0057721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59549.42/cwt46.50–53.007884
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2963926.99/cwt880.00–950.008,9273
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,048688.76/cwt460.00–910.007,2182
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,206914.78/cwt900.00–920.0011,0324
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,052610.00/cwt610.00–610.006,4172
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2Fancy1,2181,090.00/cwt1,090.00–1,090.0013,2762
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,338849.68/cwt700.00–980.0011,3692

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.