Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-07-14

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jul 14
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 58▼ 39 vs year ago 145 · −26.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 77▲ 34 vs year ago 82 · +41.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 12▼ 63 vs year ago 72 · −87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No comparison available for feeder cattle. Average dressing slaughter cows sold unevenly steady and average dressing slaughter bulls sold firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.42/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$177.42
49 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$909
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.69
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526185.1697329
Medium and Large 1-2493166.2082020
One grade step is worth $18.96/cwt here — about $153 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 sale49 hd
177.42
—
UT average2 barns · 80 hd
167.73
+9.69
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—Average1,581104.521,65311
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33499.151,3234thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27186.341,09831
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06680.5585915

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,235$1,1684thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,500$1,4452thin

Every lot

20 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 1384208.36/cwt200.00–211.008007
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2408168.76/cwt163.00–172.506895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2461170.13/cwt167.00–171.5078410
Steers—Medium and Large 1476187.25/cwt180.00–189.008917
Steers—Medium and Large 1506185.49/cwt184.50–188.009397
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643155.80/cwt155.00–157.001,0025
Steers—Medium and Large 1650165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,0764
Steers—Medium and Large 1770160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2324
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455166.00/cwt166.00–166.007554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523164.00/cwt164.00–164.008583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2980144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,4116
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31596.60/cwt95.00–99.001,2704
Bulls——1,733109.05/cwt105.50–112.501,8907
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06680.55/cwt78.50–83.0085915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21794.86/cwt91.50–100.501,1543
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21883.47/cwt82.00–87.001,01719
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35690.89/cwt88.00–92.501,23212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,685112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,8871
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5001,444.85/head1,325.00–1,560.001,4452
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,167.50/head1,125.00–1,210.001,1684

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.