Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-07-28

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jul 28
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 168▲ 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 145▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 18▲ 15 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 market comparison. Average dressing slaughter cows sold mostly steady to slightly weak and average dressing slaughter bulls sold with firm undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.72/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$192.72
34 head · 381 lb average
Value per head Derived
$735
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.73
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1409197.5080721
Medium and Large 1-2337185.0062313thin
One grade step is worth $12.50/cwt here — about $184 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 sale34 hd
192.72
—
UT average3 barns · 95 hd
181.99
+10.73
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—Average1,585102.851,6308thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32090.731,1984thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17884.1299114

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)1,532$1,5177
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,540$1,5001thin

Every lot

23 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 1-2203211.00/cwt211.00–211.004283
Steers—Medium and Large 1255216.00/cwt216.00–216.005513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2292171.50/cwt162.00–181.005014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2305192.00/cwt192.00–192.005861
Steers—Medium and Large 1326203.52/cwt203.00–204.006634
Steers—Medium and Large 1365213.00/cwt213.00–213.007772
Steers—Medium and Large 1438190.32/cwt180.00–201.008344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444179.99/cwt176.00–184.007994
Steers—Medium and Large 1504187.26/cwt185.00–189.009448
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520174.00/cwt174.00–174.009051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1288185.85/cwt185.00–187.005357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1303185.00/cwt185.00–185.005613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320160.00/cwt160.00–160.005123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430181.92/cwt176.00–184.507827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482157.00/cwt157.00–157.007572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662129.00/cwt129.00–129.008542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725125.00/cwt125.00–125.009061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,06074.00/cwt74.00–74.007841
Bulls——1,660106.97/cwt101.00–111.001,7767
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17884.12/cwt80.00–88.0099114
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32090.73/cwt90.00–92.001,1984
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5321,516.90/head1,300.00–1,625.001,5177
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5401,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001

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.