Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-10-07

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Oct 7
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
492 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 387▲ 271 vs year ago 221 · +122.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 155▲ 1 vs year ago 172 · +0.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable trades of feeder steers and heifers traded mostly weak, as did average dressing slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.32/cwt on 165 head.
Average price
$156.32
165 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.36
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482158.94766135
Medium and Large 1-2477144.5369030
One grade step is worth $14.41/cwt here — about $76 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 sale165 hd
156.32
—
UT average3 barns · 1,696 hd
155.96
+0.36
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—Average1,67665.681,10110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63351.938486thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20246.3155780
CowsLean 85-90%Low91632.7130011

Every lot

31 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1309186.08/cwt184.00–190.0057510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319152.70/cwt142.00–161.004873
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372144.44/cwt137.50–148.005376
Steers—Medium and Large 1380171.36/cwt161.00–179.0065123
Steers—Medium and Large 1428160.72/cwt155.00–163.0068810
Steers—Medium and Large 1463158.60/cwt156.00–161.0073431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475146.03/cwt142.00–150.5069411
Steers—Medium and Large 1522151.78/cwt149.00–155.0079220
Steers—Medium and Large 1570151.08/cwt148.00–153.0086129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590140.48/cwt130.00–149.0082910
Steers—Medium and Large 1612148.22/cwt144.00–150.009078
Steers—Medium and Large 1673132.00/cwt132.00–132.008884
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2263141.97/cwt133.00–145.003734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320138.97/cwt137.00–140.004453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1347147.00/cwt147.00–147.005108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382137.97/cwt134.00–144.0052711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385141.21/cwt140.00–142.0054410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427139.34/cwt137.00–140.0059531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474137.55/cwt136.00–139.0065221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483133.69/cwt132.00–134.006466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525132.79/cwt130.00–134.0069717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530135.27/cwt135.00–136.0071715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566134.12/cwt127.00–137.0075920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614130.00/cwt130.00–130.007985
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,67665.68/cwt62.00–69.001,10110
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86822.78/cwt18.00–29.001983
Cows—Lean 85-90%87834.04/cwt33.00–36.002995
Cows—Boner 80-85%88637.16/cwt36.00–38.003295
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02740.43/cwt39.00–43.004153
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22346.92/cwt42.00–49.5057475
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63351.93/cwt50.00–53.008486

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.