Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-06-16

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jun 16
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 188▼ 41 vs year ago 236 · −17.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 70▲ 48 vs year ago 62 · +77.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 44▼ 144 vs year ago 156 · −92.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly on a light test. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.52/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$137.52
50 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$913
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.93
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1695138.7096428
Medium and Large 1-2625136.0285022
One grade step is worth $2.68/cwt here — about $114 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 sale50 hd
137.52
—
UT average3 barns · 193 hd
144.45
−6.93
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—Average1,637101.781,66610
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47188.451,30122
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23585.631,05712
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17578.009172thin

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 PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,424$1,3067

Every lot

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1440182.60/cwt181.00–183.008035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473157.94/cwt155.00–160.007475
Steers—Medium and Large 1476175.64/cwt173.00–177.008363
Steers—Medium and Large 1524169.47/cwt166.00–172.008888
Steers—Medium and Large 1567156.98/cwt155.00–158.008903
Steers—Medium and Large 1643154.50/cwt154.50–154.509939
Steers—Medium and Large 1670156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,0493
Steers—Medium and Large 1710151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,2732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,008116.50/cwt115.00–118.001,1742
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475150.88/cwt149.00–151.507174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542143.30/cwt132.00–149.007773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570135.67/cwt135.00–136.007733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611148.00/cwt148.00–148.009049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659147.00/cwt147.00–147.009694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2709129.33/cwt129.00–130.0091712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755130.90/cwt130.50–132.0098815
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33787.02/cwt80.00–91.001,1633
Bulls——1,765108.10/cwt103.00–109.501,9087
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17578.00/cwt78.00–78.009172
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19984.38/cwt82.00–87.001,0128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30688.12/cwt87.00–90.001,1514
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45088.06/cwt85.50–89.501,27719
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60590.91/cwt90.50–92.001,4593
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4241,305.80/head1,150.00–1,435.001,3067

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.