Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-11-04

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Nov 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
368 head
▼ 156 vs last sale 524▲ 5 vs year ago 363 · +1.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 94▲ 6 vs year ago 87 · +6.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▼ 6 vs year ago 8 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly weak. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to slightly weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.44/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$150.44
172 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.72
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517152.35788109
Medium and Large 1-2472147.1269463
One grade step is worth $5.23/cwt here — about $94 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 sale172 hd
150.44
—
UT average2 barns · 1,172 hd
147.72
+2.72
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—Low1,60762.401,0036thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,22057.006955thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25343.5854637
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08137.2940318

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 1-2333165.32/cwt157.00–169.505515
Steers—Medium and Large 1388170.00/cwt170.00–170.006602
Steers—Medium and Large 1407165.05/cwt164.00–167.5067220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433152.97/cwt146.00–160.0066222
Steers—Medium and Large 1469156.16/cwt153.00–160.007329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475145.82/cwt140.00–152.0069321
Steers—Medium and Large 1524150.42/cwt148.50–153.5078825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540144.50/cwt144.50–144.507804
Steers—Medium and Large 1566147.53/cwt141.00–150.5083550
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578130.72/cwt120.00–136.007569
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603130.00/cwt130.00–130.007842
Steers—Medium and Large 1622141.00/cwt141.00–141.008773
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316134.02/cwt133.00–135.5042417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384134.97/cwt131.00–135.7551820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435135.01/cwt132.00–137.0058712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474128.04/cwt125.00–129.0060712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481135.43/cwt135.00–137.0065120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2507119.76/cwt112.00–124.506078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519132.60/cwt132.50–133.006885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563104.00/cwt104.00–104.005863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566136.50/cwt136.50–136.507734
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——96051.00/cwt51.00–51.004902
Bulls——1,93068.10/cwt66.00–69.001,3144
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%88853.50/cwt53.00–54.004752
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04838.77/cwt38.00–40.0040610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,06861.00/cwt61.00–61.006513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12235.43/cwt34.00–37.003988
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12836.86/cwt35.00–38.004167
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31044.55/cwt40.00–48.0058428
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44851.00/cwt51.00–51.007382
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,590932.08/cwt850.00–1,000.0014,8202

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.