Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-02-17

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Feb 17
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 223 vs last sale 326▼ 26 vs year ago 129 · −20.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 80▲ 40 vs year ago 28 · +142.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 26▼ 5 vs year ago 27 · −18.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were too lightly tested for a market comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.30/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$151.30
37 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$818
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.80
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478169.2380816thin
Medium and Large 1-2589137.6381121
One grade step is worth $31.61/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale37 hd
151.30
—
UT average3 barns · 353 hd
164.09
−12.80
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33977.151,0332thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15768.4379224
CowsLean 85-90%Average92556.825267thin

Every lot

21 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383185.75/cwt185.00–186.007114
Steers—Medium and Large 1439197.42/cwt197.00–198.008677
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485166.00/cwt166.00–166.008052
Steers—Medium and Large 1519182.59/cwt178.50–186.009488
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528176.03/cwt174.00–178.009292
Steers—Medium and Large 1593169.74/cwt168.00–171.501,0072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418177.64/cwt176.00–180.007439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425153.00/cwt153.00–153.006503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487140.00/cwt140.00–140.006825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522162.00/cwt162.00–162.008462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567157.00/cwt157.00–157.008905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588136.00/cwt136.00–136.008008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2652141.00/cwt141.00–141.009192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2883120.40/cwt111.00–125.001,0633
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78462.93/cwt62.00–64.504933
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03152.23/cwt50.00–59.005384
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15768.43/cwt65.00–73.0079224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33977.15/cwt76.00–78.001,0332
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,048899.88/cwt850.00–950.009,4312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,221965.95/cwt925.00–1,075.0011,7945
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,4703

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.