Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-02-18

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Feb 18
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
129 head
▼ 209 vs last sale 338▲ 129 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 37▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 0▲ 27 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 mostly steady to 5.00 higher on a very light test. Slaughter Cows unevenly steady on a very light test. No comparison for Replacement Cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.72/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$152.72
58 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$663
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.56
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447154.2269047
Medium and Large 1-2379146.3355411thin
One grade step is worth $7.89/cwt here — about $136 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 sale58 hd
152.72
—
UT average2 barns · 299 hd
141.16
+11.56
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—Average1,93281.341,5719thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40060.268443thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average98456.6055716

Every lot

34 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2321171.99/cwt160.00–178.005527
Steers—Medium and Large 1328193.92/cwt187.00–200.006369
Steers—Medium and Large 1368185.10/cwt179.00–187.006816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380174.00/cwt174.00–174.006611
Steers—Medium and Large 1423185.91/cwt182.00–192.0078610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Steers—Medium and Large 1473181.58/cwt169.00–186.0085913
Steers—Medium and Large 1535165.17/cwt160.50–168.008844
Steers—Medium and Large 1575157.73/cwt151.00–164.009072
Steers—Medium and Large 1675124.00/cwt124.00–124.008371
Steers—Medium and Large 1718131.65/cwt128.00–133.509453
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275138.00/cwt138.00–138.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321167.12/cwt160.00–171.005366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332151.71/cwt144.00–164.005045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372152.00/cwt152.00–152.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382162.68/cwt160.00–164.006216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425155.94/cwt155.00–157.0066319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460140.54/cwt137.00–144.006462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463155.01/cwt153.00–160.007187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535142.49/cwt142.00–143.007623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565128.00/cwt128.00–128.007231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568139.17/cwt136.50–140.507903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727125.50/cwt125.50–125.509123
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485162.00/cwt162.00–162.007861
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,93281.34/cwt78.00–83.001,5719
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%97358.95/cwt55.00–62.7557412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01549.53/cwt48.00–51.005034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40060.26/cwt54.00–64.008443
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2091,088.98/cwt900.00–1,200.0013,16614
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4001,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0016,9401
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,109815.82/cwt720.00–900.009,0478
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160730.00/cwt730.00–730.008,4681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,375810.00/cwt810.00–810.0011,1381
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,525880.00/cwt880.00–880.0013,4201

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.