Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-05-05

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, May 5
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 150▼ 63 vs year ago 163 · −38.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 47▼ 34 vs year ago 83 · −41.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 15▼ 41 vs year ago 56 · −73.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Cattle too lightly tested for a market comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.41/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$157.41
22 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$773
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.51
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485172.008345thin
Medium and Large 1-2493153.1275417thin
One grade step is worth $18.88/cwt here — about $80 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 sale22 hd
157.41
—
UT average2 barns · 148 hd
157.92
−0.51
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—Low1,57996.161,5184thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30785.471,1178thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57581.651,2868thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average85571.856147thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325167.00/cwt167.00–167.005432
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2367157.32/cwt152.00–167.005773
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422156.64/cwt147.00–164.006618
Steers—Medium and Large 1485172.00/cwt172.00–172.008345
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2812136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1044
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2452133.68/cwt132.00–137.006043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577135.25/cwt128.00–139.007803
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,13090.85/cwt84.00–96.001,0272
Bulls——2,028101.48/cwt99.00–103.502,0582
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85571.85/cwt70.00–72.506147
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21091.38/cwt89.00–94.001,1062
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33983.50/cwt81.00–86.001,1186
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1342
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62182.53/cwt81.00–87.001,3386
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0201,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0012,3421
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,118828.66/cwt825.00–860.009,2648

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.