Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2023-04-14

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Fri, Apr 14
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 114▲ 33 vs year ago 154 · +21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 52▲ 23 vs year ago 36 · +63.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 18▼ 17 vs year ago 25 · −68.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too thinly tested to accurately trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $218.65/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$218.65
74 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,410
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$280
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.18
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1655220.241,44266
Medium and Large 1-2565205.491,1628thin
One grade step is worth $14.75/cwt here — about $280 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 sale74 hd
218.65
—
UT average2 barns · 613 hd
217.47
+1.18
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—Average1,419111.751,58515
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,595101.051,6122thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34798.871,33226
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09393.541,0239thin

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)1,376$1,9255
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)953$1,7852thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318235.00/cwt235.00–235.007472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388222.50/cwt222.50–222.508632
Steers—Medium and Large 1488243.95/cwt232.50–248.001,1904
Steers—Medium and Large 1525235.05/cwt230.00–240.001,2342
Steers—Medium and Large 1583229.71/cwt227.00–232.501,3392
Steers—Medium and Large 1624224.64/cwt216.00–225.001,40232
Steers—Medium and Large 1652221.17/cwt220.00–223.501,4423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693197.97/cwt190.00–206.001,3722
Steers—Medium and Large 1721209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,50711
Steers—Medium and Large 1765206.65/cwt195.00–209.001,58112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,5071
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285200.00/cwt200.00–200.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315216.61/cwt212.00–225.006823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385224.94/cwt220.00–230.008662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1398240.00/cwt240.00–240.009556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410228.00/cwt228.00–228.009351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1449243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,0936
Heifers—Medium and Large 2453191.03/cwt186.00–196.008652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531228.91/cwt226.00–233.501,21610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606216.98/cwt215.00–229.001,3157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733168.07/cwt164.00–172.001,2322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2930126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,1761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed860136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1701
Bulls——Return to Feed960121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1621
Bulls——1,28383.17/cwt80.00–86.001,0672
Bulls——1,536113.90/cwt105.00–121.001,75011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04076.95/cwt70.00–82.008002
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2691
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11494.99/cwt90.00–100.001,0586
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5631
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35197.82/cwt95.00–107.001,32225
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,595101.05/cwt100.00–102.001,6122
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29531,784.97/head1,700.00–1,875.001,7852
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3761,925.00/head1,800.00–2,000.001,9255

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.