Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-11-10

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Nov 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
462 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 388▲ 19 vs year ago 443 · +4.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 96▲ 28 vs year ago 108 · +25.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 10▲ 3 vs year ago 12 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold with weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and average dressing slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.84/cwt on 152 head.
Average price
$177.84
152 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$994
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.11
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560181.211,015128
Medium and Large 1-2552159.8588224
One grade step is worth $21.36/cwt here — about $133 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 sale152 hd
177.84
—
UT average2 barns · 1,134 hd
187.95
−10.11
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—Average1,73177.181,3368thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38168.1494114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18861.8773541
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05055.255804thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,334$1,4766
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)990$1,3303thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$1,2333thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1391212.85/cwt210.00–228.0083230
Steers—Medium and Large 1433209.00/cwt208.00–214.009056
Steers—Medium and Large 1464193.06/cwt187.00–200.0089610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488177.50/cwt177.50–177.508666
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518156.62/cwt150.00–162.008115
Steers—Medium and Large 1529176.77/cwt173.00–182.009355
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569161.34/cwt153.00–164.009184
Steers—Medium and Large 1585177.63/cwt176.00–182.001,03928
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605149.22/cwt143.00–150.009039
Steers—Medium and Large 1639162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0386
Steers—Medium and Large 1667160.81/cwt158.50–162.501,07332
Steers—Medium and Large 1708156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1042
Steers—Medium and Large 1778149.31/cwt143.50–159.001,1627
Steers—Medium and Large 1833144.46/cwt142.00–147.001,2032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1353218.05/cwt207.00–223.0077011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375185.05/cwt177.00–188.0069410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424174.00/cwt174.00–174.007387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427185.21/cwt183.00–190.007913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483178.49/cwt175.00–184.0086210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573162.45/cwt161.00–163.0093111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589157.12/cwt150.00–158.0092519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643151.86/cwt151.00–152.0097614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672131.00/cwt131.00–131.008804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720126.39/cwt126.00–128.009105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0584
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432199.00/cwt199.00–199.008603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520173.44/cwt170.00–174.009027
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2652156.85/cwt147.00–158.501,0237
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720129.86/cwt125.00–135.009352
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,73177.18/cwt75.00–80.501,3368
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96050.00/cwt50.00–50.004801
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08057.00/cwt57.00–57.006163
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11154.68/cwt51.00–56.006076
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,15371.41/cwt69.75–73.008235
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16459.81/cwt58.00–61.5069618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24066.58/cwt65.00–68.0082617
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50766.33/cwt64.00–69.001,0009
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29901,330.00/head1,330.00–1,330.001,3303
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1651,232.76/head1,200.00–1,250.001,2333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3341,475.60/head1,425.00–1,525.001,4766

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.