Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-03-24

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Mar 24
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
167 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 210▼ 126 vs year ago 293 · −43.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 45▼ 5 vs year ago 41 · −12.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable trades too light for an accurate market trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.61/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$145.61
51 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.54
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519156.9481416thin
Medium and Large 1-2583143.1983521
Medium and Large 2485136.2966114thin
One grade step is worth $20.65/cwt here — about $153 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 sale51 hd
145.61
—
UT average3 barns · 303 hd
149.15
−3.54
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—Average1,873107.232,0084thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43882.651,1896thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18076.349017thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94571.346742thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1350190.00/cwt190.00–190.006653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2366166.64/cwt163.00–172.006105
Steers—Medium and Large 1410176.66/cwt176.00–177.007243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470156.95/cwt152.00–160.007383
Steers—Medium and Large 1525157.00/cwt157.00–157.008242
Steers—Medium and Large 1607162.75/cwt160.00–165.009888
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608152.00/cwt152.00–152.009243
Steers—Medium and Large 1715144.24/cwt143.50–145.001,0312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1297164.00/cwt164.00–164.004873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388147.00/cwt147.00–147.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465154.00/cwt142.00–158.007164
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485136.29/cwt132.00–138.0066114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526148.70/cwt148.50–150.007827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1548155.00/cwt155.00–155.008494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564158.00/cwt158.00–158.008917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635146.50/cwt146.50–146.509302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2702134.00/cwt134.00–134.009416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2860126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0842
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523149.97/cwt146.00–152.007843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580135.00/cwt128.50–141.507832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2688130.00/cwt130.00–130.008943
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,873107.23/cwt104.00–110.502,0084
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94571.34/cwt70.00–73.006742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10372.83/cwt72.00–74.008032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21177.75/cwt76.00–79.509425
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43882.65/cwt78.00–84.501,1896

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.