Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-10-20

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Oct 20
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
477 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 319▲ 75 vs year ago 402 · +18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 105 vs last sale 120▼ 149 vs year ago 164 · −90.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
163 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 20▲ 163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder Heifers traded unevenly steady on limited comparable receipts. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold weak compared to a light test last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $190.40/cwt on 154 head.
Average price
$190.40
154 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.58
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491198.02972109
Medium and Large 1-2519171.9389345
One grade step is worth $26.09/cwt here — about $79 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 sale154 hd
190.40
—
UT average3 barns · 1,833 hd
187.82
+2.58
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—Average1,63181.921,33617
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47873.631,08816
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31668.3089946
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10259.426559thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,535$1,1751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,255$1,1516
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,128$1,1403thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322231.73/cwt228.00–240.007469
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2348212.42/cwt211.00–216.007397
Steers—Medium and Large 1376226.42/cwt212.00–238.0085130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378199.72/cwt190.00–206.007558
Steers—Medium and Large 1433208.54/cwt199.00–221.009039
Steers—Medium and Large 1473194.01/cwt190.00–196.0091813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480176.55/cwt175.00–178.008472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525159.86/cwt150.00–165.0083911
Steers—Medium and Large 1527176.00/cwt176.00–176.009286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2552158.00/cwt158.00–158.008722
Steers—Medium and Large 1566178.62/cwt175.00–182.001,0117
Steers—Medium and Large 1617173.01/cwt168.00–180.001,06728
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626146.67/cwt140.00–152.509185
Steers—Medium and Large 1671166.98/cwt165.00–170.001,1205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675150.91/cwt144.00–160.001,0198
Steers—Medium and Large 1750161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2082
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325182.00/cwt182.00–182.005923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341211.90/cwt206.00–216.007238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372200.18/cwt194.00–205.0074522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429190.79/cwt185.00–206.0081821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437177.15/cwt176.00–177.507744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461167.19/cwt158.00–173.0077110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465183.14/cwt177.00–186.008526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514161.38/cwt156.00–163.0082910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569159.63/cwt155.75–166.0090820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572150.13/cwt144.00–152.008596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609162.41/cwt159.00–169.0098915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666140.69/cwt135.00–141.0093719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2737134.00/cwt134.00–134.009883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0003
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374200.00/cwt200.00–200.007484
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44876.96/cwt70.00–81.001,1147
Bulls——1,75985.40/cwt83.00–89.001,50210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99555.63/cwt51.00–58.005543
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05163.63/cwt62.00–65.006694
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15561.32/cwt60.00–67.007086
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34168.74/cwt66.00–75.5092242
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44376.52/cwt74.00–78.001,1048
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51370.74/cwt68.50–74.001,0708
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1281,140.14/head1,125.00–1,150.001,1403
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,2551,151.49/head1,050.00–1,300.001,1516
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,5351,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751

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.