Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-08-18

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Aug 18
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 70▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 61▲ 94 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 4▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to weak 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 $184.18/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$184.18
13 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.67
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1428190.248148thin
Medium and Large 1-2453174.507905thin
One grade step is worth $15.74/cwt here — about $23 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 sale13 hd
184.18
—
UT average3 barns · 185 hd
184.85
−0.67
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—High1,687110.021,85612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36393.081,2692thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10887.0496428
CowsLean 85-90%Low90980.837357thin

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 PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,355$1,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,355$1,3697

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325220.00/cwt220.00–220.007151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325180.00/cwt180.00–180.005851
Steers—Medium and Large 1350188.00/cwt188.00–188.006581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355177.50/cwt177.50–177.506301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425171.00/cwt171.00–171.007271
Steers—Medium and Large 1458185.65/cwt184.00–189.008506
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550170.00/cwt170.00–170.009351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330187.00/cwt187.00–187.006171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415177.12/cwt160.00–186.007353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2875136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2950125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,1921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4881
Bulls——1,634109.59/cwt104.00–112.501,7918
Bulls——1,875115.86/cwt114.50–117.002,1723
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%66073.64/cwt72.00–76.004862
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00983.71/cwt83.50–84.008455
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08293.92/cwt92.00–98.001,0164
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11285.89/cwt84.00–89.0095524
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36393.08/cwt92.00–94.001,2692
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3551,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3931,409.63/head1,200.00–1,450.001,4106

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.