Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-07-21

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jul 21
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
168 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 106▲ 168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 116▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 9▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.03/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$172.03
63 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$759
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$51.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.44
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1321194.7962535
Medium and Large 1-2592143.5884928
One grade step is worth $51.21/cwt here — about −$224 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 sale63 hd
172.03
—
UT average2 barns · 80 hd
169.59
+2.44
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—Average1,665100.791,67911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42692.591,3206thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24784.641,05655
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22078.099534thin

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)1,300$1,47612
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,190$9915

Every lot

34 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2213210.00/cwt210.00–210.004474
Steers—Medium and Large 1292216.62/cwt212.00–217.0063313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315207.95/cwt207.00–209.006552
Steers—Medium and Large 1350215.00/cwt215.00–215.007536
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380201.00/cwt201.00–201.007642
Steers—Medium and Large 1422186.36/cwt182.00–194.007863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485178.00/cwt178.00–178.008632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2703142.68/cwt136.00–146.001,0033
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2877125.31/cwt123.00–129.001,0993
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1246196.00/cwt196.00–196.0048213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260182.98/cwt182.00–184.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322202.00/cwt202.00–202.0065015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340183.50/cwt183.50–183.506243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2398180.50/cwt180.50–180.507182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418181.68/cwt180.00–183.507594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430169.91/cwt162.00–178.007312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463152.43/cwt140.00–165.007062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510171.00/cwt171.00–171.008723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690126.85/cwt124.50–128.008756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2717121.71/cwt120.00–123.008737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768125.62/cwt118.00–133.009652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2873116.95/cwt115.00–119.001,0212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,643102.58/cwt98.00–105.501,6858
Bulls——1,67890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5102
Bulls——1,820108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,9661
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15679.83/cwt75.00–82.009237
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22078.09/cwt77.00–79.009534
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25585.16/cwt82.50–88.001,06946
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38889.50/cwt89.50–89.501,2422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42692.59/cwt91.00–95.501,3206
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,120600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2081,088.26/head885.00–1,250.001,0884
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2951,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,491.94/head1,375.00–1,625.001,49211

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.