Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-02-04

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Feb 4
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
125 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 154▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 36▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 21▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle traded firm on a light test. Slaughter and Replacement cattle too lightly tested for a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.20/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$144.20
50 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$896
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$251
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.09
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2476148.7170813thin
Medium and Large 1672142.6295937
One grade step is worth $6.09/cwt here — about −$251 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 sale50 hd
144.20
—
UT average3 barns · 705 hd
143.11
+1.09
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—High1,80681.591,4744thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,23558.007161thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average92950.3646811
CowsLean 85-90%Average90246.574205thin

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280155.00/cwt155.00–155.004341
Steers—Medium and Large 1325178.00/cwt178.00–178.005791
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345149.00/cwt149.00–149.005141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360159.22/cwt158.00–163.005734
Steers—Medium and Large 1414184.00/cwt184.00–184.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468154.60/cwt146.00–159.007243
Steers—Medium and Large 1490174.94/cwt172.00–184.008574
Steers—Medium and Large 1588151.00/cwt151.00–151.008883
Steers—Medium and Large 1602142.50/cwt142.50–142.508582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620137.50/cwt137.50–137.508531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665134.50/cwt134.00–135.008942
Steers—Medium and Large 1687137.58/cwt136.50–141.009458
Steers—Medium and Large 1762132.03/cwt128.25–134.001,00618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770122.00/cwt122.00–122.009391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345156.00/cwt156.00–156.005381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457159.50/cwt157.00–160.007296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2497148.00/cwt148.00–148.007363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510126.66/cwt122.00–131.506462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567139.99/cwt136.00–141.007945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631134.33/cwt132.00–138.0084816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721121.61/cwt120.50–121.758779
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578137.99/cwt137.00–139.007982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2710125.00/cwt125.00–125.008881
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 347872.00/cwt72.00–72.003443
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1351
Bulls——1,92382.79/cwt82.00–84.501,5923
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%83845.00/cwt45.00–45.003774
Cows—Lean 85-90%86843.07/cwt42.00–44.003742
Cows—Lean 85-90%92548.91/cwt47.50–53.004523
Cows—Boner 80-85%98153.42/cwt51.00–55.505247
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23558.00/cwt58.00–58.007161
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,190972.27/cwt960.00–1,000.0011,5703
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,360975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,2601
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2920950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,7401
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29651,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0011,0981
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29711,080.51/cwt1,060.00–1,100.0010,4928

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.