Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-05-19

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, May 19
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 73▲ 7 vs year ago 119 · +5.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 39▼ 87 vs year ago 156 · −55.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 9▼ 64 vs year ago 72 · −88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable feeder trades too lightly tested for a market trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to slightly weak. Little moisture received in the area over the past month, concerning many producers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.41/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$142.41
18 head · 741 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,056
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−23.91
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2741142.411,05618thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale18 hd
142.41
—
UT average2 barns · 127 hd
166.32
−23.91
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—Average1,57794.711,4945thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45778.671,1469thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25875.8795434

Every lot

17 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 1-2515164.00/cwt164.00–164.008452
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2684147.62/cwt147.00–148.001,0108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739132.44/cwt127.50–134.009794
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2912133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,030129.33/cwt123.50–135.001,3322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406154.00/cwt154.00–154.006254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470150.50/cwt150.50–150.507072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613137.17/cwt130.00–141.008413
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2816126.81/cwt125.00–128.001,0355
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,57794.71/cwt85.00–99.501,4945
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17671.98/cwt66.00–74.0084612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26776.56/cwt75.00–79.5097014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36580.50/cwt80.00–82.001,0998
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45778.67/cwt77.50–83.001,1469
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0014,6882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4001,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0015,0501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2601,303.57/cwt1,200.00–1,400.0016,4252

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.