Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-10-14

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Oct 14
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
▼ 164 vs last sale 492▼ 314 vs year ago 642 · −48.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 88 vs last sale 173▼ 192 vs year ago 277 · −69.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder steers and heifers sold mostly firm. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.08/cwt on 117 head.
Average price
$155.08
117 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$782
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.90
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522156.4181677
Medium and Large 1-2471152.5371840
One grade step is worth $3.87/cwt here — about $98 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 sale117 hd
155.08
—
UT average3 barns · 824 hd
157.99
−2.90
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—High1,58971.751,14013
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,29453.2168910
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21348.3258630
CowsLean 85-90%Low94239.833757thin

Every lot

33 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 1364177.96/cwt177.00–179.006486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2379152.36/cwt138.00–166.005774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437159.50/cwt150.00–166.0069710
Steers—Medium and Large 1443168.49/cwt167.00–172.0074614
Steers—Medium and Large 1469161.38/cwt158.00–164.0075717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485152.20/cwt130.00–156.5073821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522138.88/cwt120.00–148.007253
Steers—Medium and Large 1543155.15/cwt150.00–156.008427
Steers—Medium and Large 1574150.89/cwt149.00–155.0086617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2598142.00/cwt142.00–142.008492
Steers—Medium and Large 1622141.09/cwt140.00–144.0087811
Steers—Medium and Large 1687134.00/cwt134.00–134.009215
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335139.00/cwt134.00–144.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348159.00/cwt159.00–159.005533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372151.33/cwt150.00–152.005633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389133.32/cwt124.00–138.005193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411132.11/cwt130.00–139.005439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465142.00/cwt142.00–142.006602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475132.57/cwt120.00–137.0063026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520127.58/cwt120.00–131.0066311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528135.49/cwt134.00–137.007152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574127.50/cwt127.50–127.507325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575120.07/cwt118.00–122.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622111.36/cwt101.00–117.006934
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57368.50/cwt66.00–70.001,0787
Bulls——1,60775.55/cwt74.00–77.001,2146
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91036.28/cwt32.00–38.003304
Cows—Lean 85-90%98544.56/cwt43.50–45.004393
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13244.38/cwt43.00–45.005023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21948.21/cwt46.00–51.0058823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23651.94/cwt51.50–53.006424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24650.40/cwt50.00–51.006284
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32655.09/cwt52.00–57.507306

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.