Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-09-30

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Sep 30
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
387 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 460▼ 100 vs year ago 487 · −20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 105▼ 3 vs year ago 158 · −1.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded unevenly steady and feeder heifers traded with weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.56/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$160.56
143 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.34
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477164.40785115
Medium and Large 1-2534144.8077328
One grade step is worth $19.60/cwt here — about $12 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 sale143 hd
160.56
—
UT average3 barns · 1,439 hd
162.91
−2.34
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—Average1,48462.7093111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27861.467856thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13950.6357747
CowsLean 85-90%Average87943.1838014

Every lot

36 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1279193.15/cwt191.00–196.005399
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360160.00/cwt160.00–160.005763
Steers—Medium and Large 1372184.18/cwt180.00–190.0068516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410156.42/cwt148.00–163.0064110
Steers—Medium and Large 1432165.33/cwt164.00–172.5071419
Steers—Medium and Large 1479160.43/cwt158.00–169.0076828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512148.00/cwt148.00–148.007582
Steers—Medium and Large 1541156.98/cwt151.00–159.008498
Steers—Medium and Large 1561155.54/cwt152.00–163.5087323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587142.30/cwt125.00–145.008357
Steers—Medium and Large 1632146.18/cwt144.00–154.0092412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668120.00/cwt120.00–120.008023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875119.36/cwt111.00–123.501,0443
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275134.64/cwt126.00–137.003705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325132.67/cwt120.00–139.004313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1343145.48/cwt141.00–146.004999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368130.00/cwt130.00–130.004785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2408125.52/cwt120.00–130.0051215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421140.30/cwt140.00–142.005917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459139.00/cwt139.00–139.0063819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470129.00/cwt126.00–132.006062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523128.95/cwt122.00–131.0067417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533134.25/cwt134.25–134.257169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558133.52/cwt132.00–137.0074512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633114.68/cwt114.00–115.007263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665122.12/cwt120.00–125.008128
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2372125.00/cwt125.00–125.004654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2618125.00/cwt125.00–125.007732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650122.50/cwt122.50–122.507962
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,21054.92/cwt53.00–57.006654
Bulls——1,64167.15/cwt64.00–69.001,1027
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87943.18/cwt40.00–48.0038014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08147.71/cwt45.50–49.5051620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15350.92/cwt49.50–53.5058716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22455.53/cwt54.00–61.0068011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27861.46/cwt55.00–65.007856

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.