Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-09-23

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Sep 23
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
460 head
▲ 169 vs last sale 291▼ 27 vs year ago 487 · −5.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 28▼ 53 vs year ago 158 · −33.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▼ 13 vs year ago 19 · −68.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded with weak undertone. The light test of comparable slaughter cows traded with firm undertone, while slaughter bulls traded with weak undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.30/cwt on 192 head.
Average price
$155.30
192 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$817
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.49
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515158.35815157
Medium and Large 1-2575141.6581535
One grade step is worth $16.70/cwt here — about $0 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 sale192 hd
155.30
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UT average3 barns · 668 hd
157.80
−2.49
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—Average1,64171.191,16811
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28261.907946thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13650.3957230
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02642.4543519

Every lot

45 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1230193.00/cwt193.00–193.004442
Steers—Medium and Large 1283193.53/cwt190.00–198.005484
Steers—Medium and Large 1331187.26/cwt180.00–194.006209
Steers—Medium and Large 1373180.74/cwt176.00–188.0067412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391160.02/cwt152.00–168.006264
Steers—Medium and Large 1421170.37/cwt169.00–182.0071722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435152.30/cwt146.00–156.006633
Steers—Medium and Large 1475160.09/cwt157.00–164.0076022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490151.98/cwt147.00–154.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 1517157.34/cwt150.00–162.5081328
Steers—Medium and Large 1568147.79/cwt146.00–151.0083911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569142.41/cwt141.00–145.0081011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607138.00/cwt138.00–138.008383
Steers—Medium and Large 1613142.67/cwt141.00–149.0087523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666131.86/cwt126.00–136.008785
Steers—Medium and Large 1683142.55/cwt138.00–148.509748
Steers—Medium and Large 1737132.69/cwt132.50–134.0097816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2752119.00/cwt119.00–119.008953
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0502
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2239130.00/cwt130.00–130.003115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2267121.30/cwt120.00–124.003243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277145.00/cwt145.00–145.004023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332136.00/cwt136.00–136.004522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334146.48/cwt140.00–154.0048916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2361129.78/cwt121.00–134.004696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371147.18/cwt138.00–154.0054628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412143.33/cwt142.00–144.005913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469142.09/cwt135.00–147.0066618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524128.10/cwt128.00–129.0067110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532133.11/cwt127.00–139.0070836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1556136.46/cwt129.00–139.007594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561104.00/cwt104.00–104.005834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1603126.24/cwt124.00–127.007614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635107.50/cwt107.50–107.506833
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2226169.20/cwt160.00–194.003824
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2677129.00/cwt129.00–129.008733
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58069.67/cwt65.50–76.001,1019
Bulls——1,91578.01/cwt77.00–79.001,4942
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00838.29/cwt32.50–41.503868
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03945.47/cwt43.00–46.0047211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04646.38/cwt44.00–49.5048515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22554.39/cwt51.00–58.0066615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28261.90/cwt61.00–66.007946
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,33154.67/cwt54.00–55.007283
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,7431,313.63/cwt1,200.00–1,400.0022,8972

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.