Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2023-04-06

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Apr 6
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 151▼ 40 vs year ago 154 · −26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 64▲ 16 vs year ago 36 · +44.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 20▼ 7 vs year ago 25 · −28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available as this is the first reported sale over several weeks. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.36/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$194.36
41 head · 615 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,195
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.95
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635200.661,27525
Medium and Large 2418187.507842thin
Medium and Large 1-2606184.101,11614thin
One grade step is worth $16.56/cwt here — about $159 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 sale41 hd
194.36
—
UT average3 barns · 178 hd
193.41
+0.95
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—High1,715117.152,01010
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36998.821,3538thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,61595.001,5341thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03289.9792813

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,470$1,8833thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,726$2,2504thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,392$1,9935
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,265$9251thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1315245.00/cwt245.00–245.007722
Steers—Medium and Large 2365214.00/cwt214.00–214.007811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378228.00/cwt228.00–228.008623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415235.00/cwt235.00–235.009751
Steers—Medium and Large 1425251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,0674
Steers—Medium and Large 2435212.00/cwt212.00–212.009221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0951
Steers—Medium and Large 1483250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2082
Steers—Medium and Large 1520241.81/cwt236.00–251.001,2573
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2371
Steers—Medium and Large 1568233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,3266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608216.68/cwt215.50–219.001,3173
Steers—Medium and Large 1635227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4411
Steers—Medium and Large 1675204.77/cwt202.00–207.501,3822
Steers—Medium and Large 1705202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,4181
Steers—Medium and Large 1764192.69/cwt191.00–196.001,4723
Steers—Medium and Large 1820182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4921
Steers—Medium and Large 2870148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2881
Steers—Medium and Large 11,125148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,6651
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363219.04/cwt213.00–225.007952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418187.50/cwt187.50–187.507842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433214.00/cwt214.00–214.009272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478226.97/cwt225.00–229.001,0853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478204.92/cwt202.00–208.009802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,25211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1602208.33/cwt206.00–211.001,2543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2742162.68/cwt162.50–164.001,2078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,2651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1832155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1875149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy930161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,4971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,703114.27/cwt111.00–117.001,9466
Bulls——1,734121.48/cwt121.00–122.502,1064
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91882.86/cwt78.00–87.007616
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10096.34/cwt96.00–97.001,0603
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15195.87/cwt95.00–96.501,1034
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36998.82/cwt95.00–102.001,3538
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5341
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,265925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3921,993.01/head1,900.00–2,050.001,9935
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,7262,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2504
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4701,882.74/head1,775.00–2,000.001,8833

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.