Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-10-21

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Oct 21
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
402 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 328▼ 187 vs year ago 589 · −31.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 85▲ 59 vs year ago 105 · +56.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder steers and heifers traded with firm undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to slightly firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.45/cwt on 159 head.
Average price
$148.45
159 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.90
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562151.07848121
Medium and Large 1-2535140.1074938
One grade step is worth $10.97/cwt here — about $99 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 sale159 hd
148.45
—
UT average2 barns · 794 hd
144.55
+3.90
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—Average1,76668.421,2089thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51555.808453thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26947.8460711
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12141.6446710

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1359176.78/cwt173.00–178.006354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369161.27/cwt152.00–167.005955
Steers—Medium and Large 1420171.89/cwt165.00–179.007226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438146.23/cwt143.00–162.006406
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2459148.54/cwt136.00–154.006825
Steers—Medium and Large 1469163.03/cwt159.00–169.5076510
Steers—Medium and Large 1503151.68/cwt147.00–152.0076322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566137.93/cwt137.00–142.0078111
Steers—Medium and Large 1571153.83/cwt147.50–161.5087838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617130.02/cwt129.00–132.008026
Steers—Medium and Large 1623147.73/cwt143.50–150.0092021
Steers—Medium and Large 1659130.89/cwt126.50–136.0086315
Steers—Medium and Large 1715132.60/cwt129.00–135.009485
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008705
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285138.75/cwt136.00–147.003955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317145.72/cwt143.00–147.004623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375146.57/cwt144.00–148.755507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438137.29/cwt124.00–143.506018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512123.58/cwt122.00–124.006335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532136.24/cwt135.50–138.0072513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582131.43/cwt128.00–132.5076517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627127.00/cwt127.00–127.0079612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639124.04/cwt120.00–125.007935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690129.00/cwt129.00–129.008904
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55562.00/cwt61.00–63.009642
Bulls——1,82670.25/cwt68.00–72.001,2837
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05436.54/cwt35.00–38.003854
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16645.04/cwt43.00–47.005256
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22053.02/cwt52.00–54.006472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27448.42/cwt48.00–50.006177
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30340.63/cwt37.00–44.005292
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51555.80/cwt53.00–57.508453

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.