Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-04-07

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Apr 7
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 114▲ 39 vs year ago 115 · +33.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 28▲ 6 vs year ago 30 · +20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 17▲ 5 vs year ago 20 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Cattle too lightly tested for an accurate market trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.38/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$147.38
24 head · 672 lb average
Value per head Derived
$990
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$226
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.72
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476166.757944thin
Medium and Large 1-2711143.501,02020
One grade step is worth $23.25/cwt here — about −$226 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 sale24 hd
147.38
—
UT average3 barns · 454 hd
156.09
−8.72
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—Average1,48496.291,4298thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35686.511,17310
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20980.709763thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370171.50/cwt169.00–174.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 1428171.00/cwt171.00–171.007322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488161.00/cwt161.00–161.007864
Steers—Medium and Large 1524162.50/cwt162.00–163.008522
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,08010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2950127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441153.50/cwt153.50–153.506778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511148.51/cwt148.00–150.007594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622130.22/cwt128.00–136.008105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625141.00/cwt141.00–141.008814
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2402174.50/cwt174.50–174.507013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2464164.00/cwt164.00–164.007616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519141.49/cwt140.00–143.007344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2769127.50/cwt127.50–127.509805
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,428101.66/cwt100.00–102.501,4523
Bulls——1,51793.07/cwt92.00–95.001,4125
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20980.70/cwt79.50–84.509763
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31385.11/cwt80.00–88.501,1177
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45589.76/cwt89.00–92.001,3063
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2391,239.85/cwt1,125.00–1,275.0015,36219
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2021,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0016,2273

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.