Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-09-02

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Sep 2
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 173▼ 48 vs year ago 188 · −25.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 36▼ 47 vs year ago 100 · −47.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No comparison available for feeder steers and heifers or slaughter cows and bulls due to the light test of comparable trades.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.01/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$177.01
43 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$833
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$277
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.27
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482180.0486838
Medium and Large 1-2383154.005905thin
One grade step is worth $26.04/cwt here — about $277 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 sale43 hd
177.01
—
UT average3 barns · 481 hd
169.74
+7.27
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—Average1,29475.279744thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13053.986106thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average79044.1934913

Every lot

22 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305193.11/cwt186.00–200.005894
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319150.00/cwt150.00–150.004793
Steers—Medium and Large 1365183.29/cwt176.00–190.006692
Steers—Medium and Large 1432188.25/cwt185.00–192.008136
Steers—Medium and Large 1474182.15/cwt175.00–187.0086311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480160.01/cwt159.00–161.007682
Steers—Medium and Large 1524175.00/cwt175.00–175.009177
Steers—Medium and Large 1580174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0094
Steers—Medium and Large 1608170.21/cwt167.00–173.501,0352
Steers—Medium and Large 1675154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0402
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2359140.30/cwt130.00–144.005044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378160.00/cwt160.00–160.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463133.56/cwt122.00–145.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472150.00/cwt150.00–150.007083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507150.58/cwt149.00–151.007635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523125.75/cwt125.00–128.006584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573130.38/cwt125.00–136.007472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618139.53/cwt138.00–141.008622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625118.00/cwt118.00–118.007382
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,29475.27/cwt71.00–85.009744
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79044.19/cwt42.00–48.0034913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13053.98/cwt52.00–56.006106

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.