Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-08-25

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Aug 25
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 56▼ 49 vs year ago 173 · −28.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 94▲ 4 vs year ago 36 · +11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 19▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend available for the light test of comparable feeder cattle trades. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold with weak undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.04/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$192.04
37 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$249
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+28.45
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1360197.9071231
Medium and Large 1-2594161.759616thin
One grade step is worth $36.15/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale37 hd
192.04
—
UT average3 barns · 171 hd
163.59
+28.45
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—Average1,458107.821,5724thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,17189.951,0535thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17083.2397416

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)1,415$1,4501thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1289207.50/cwt207.50–207.506008
Steers—Medium and Large 1342222.50/cwt222.50–222.5076119
Steers—Medium and Large 1588172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1294206.00/cwt206.00–206.0060618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318204.00/cwt204.00–204.006495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480192.50/cwt192.50–192.509242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500177.00/cwt177.00–177.008853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525174.00/cwt174.00–174.009144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1602163.00/cwt163.00–163.009812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2688146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,0083
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,458107.82/cwt105.50–112.001,5724
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04090.00/cwt90.00–90.009362
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,17189.95/cwt87.00–96.001,0535
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18982.26/cwt80.00–87.0097814
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4151,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501

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.