Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-06-02

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jun 2
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 160▲ 101 vs year ago 105 · +96.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 88▼ 54 vs year ago 123 · −43.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 10▼ 52 vs year ago 73 · −71.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle too lightly tested for market comparison. Average dressing slaughter cows sold with firm undertone and average dressing slaughter bulls sold with weak undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.06/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$153.06
65 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$779
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.61
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515157.0480945
Medium and Large 1-2496144.1071520
One grade step is worth $12.94/cwt here — about $94 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 sale65 hd
153.06
—
UT average2 barns · 173 hd
149.45
+3.61
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—Average1,42493.891,3377thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35085.211,15018
CowsBoner 80-85%Average99780.7580513
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05977.798249thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,457$1,3758
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,150$1,00610

Every lot

27 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 1-2350169.00/cwt169.00–169.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445155.00/cwt155.00–155.006905
Steers—Medium and Large 1470172.00/cwt172.00–172.008083
Steers—Medium and Large 1518167.41/cwt165.00–168.008675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520150.06/cwt146.00–152.007803
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581142.37/cwt135.00–148.0082711
Steers—Medium and Large 1583173.38/cwt173.00–175.001,0115
Steers—Medium and Large 1620163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413166.63/cwt160.00–169.006884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427150.51/cwt143.00–159.006438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456147.44/cwt146.50–149.006727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488160.57/cwt157.00–162.5078432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605146.00/cwt146.00–146.008835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618126.64/cwt122.00–136.007833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721133.00/cwt133.00–133.009594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728133.00/cwt133.00–133.009682
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2398174.00/cwt174.00–174.006936
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36092.85/cwt91.00–98.501,2635
Bulls——1,38587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2051
Bulls——1,785106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,8921
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%99780.75/cwt80.00–82.0080513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05977.79/cwt76.00–78.508249
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35085.21/cwt83.00–89.001,15018
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,130950.00/head950.00–950.009503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1591,029.78/head850.00–1,075.001,0307
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4251,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4611,389.79/head1,300.00–1,550.001,3907

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.