Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2025-06-26

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jun 26
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 160▲ 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 80▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 30▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all feeder classes sold unevenly steady. Breaker slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher and boner and lean cows 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold with a downward trend. Demand and offerings moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.25/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −119.13 against this barn's trailing median of $384.38.
Average price
$265.25
10 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,479
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$862
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$149.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.38
vs UT average
−70.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562326.501,8355thin
Medium and Large 2560243.751,3652thin
Medium 2548177.509733thin
One grade step is worth $149.00/cwt here — about $862 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
265.25
—
UT average2 barns · 12 hd
270.63
−5.38
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−70.66
This barn, trailing median15 sales
384.38
−119.13
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales
444407370333median 384.3804/0206/0408/1310/0810/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $430.47, low $347.28, median $384.38 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,606167.032,68310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,379156.042,1524thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,172149.211,74824
CowsLean 85-90%Average895125.081,1198thin

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 PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,405$3,2804thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,270$2,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,296$2,87020
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)980$2,5751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,195$1,1251thin

Every lot

62 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2961
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy415442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,8362
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432353.82/cwt337.50–385.001,5293
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2291
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1502375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8832
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6641
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4791
Steers650–700Medium 2690137.50/cwt137.50–137.509492
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1661
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7601
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,1142
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1841
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2910190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7291
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972204.28/cwt197.50–206.001,9865
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2353327.43/cwt317.50–337.501,1562
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4972
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2474
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455351.13/cwt340.00–362.501,5982
Heifers500–550Medium 2500182.50/cwt182.50–182.509131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2841
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8293
Heifers550–600Medium 2572175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fancy585247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4481
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1592310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8352
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,6651
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626302.17/cwt292.50–305.001,89213
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6661
Heifers650–700Medium 2685132.50/cwt132.50–132.509081
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2782
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8361
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8841
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,9141
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1925195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8041
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,080199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,1491
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006961
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1588332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,9552
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2885212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,8811
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1890225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0031
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2121
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0851
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——720119.00/cwt119.00–119.008572
Bulls——1,798177.82/cwt174.00–181.503,1975
Bulls——1,877181.08/cwt177.00–184.003,3993
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%765108.76/cwt107.00–110.008322
Cows—Boner 80-85%855133.39/cwt133.00–134.001,1402
Cows—Lean 85-90%938130.52/cwt122.50–136.001,2246
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,005176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,7691
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,097146.77/cwt140.00–151.001,61011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,334152.39/cwt150.00–155.002,03310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,379156.04/cwt154.50–160.002,1524
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-27251,354.14/head1,025.00–1,600.001,3542
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29802,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0903,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1951,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2892,790.77/head2,450.00–3,200.002,7919
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4053,280.32/head2,975.00–3,600.003,2804
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4733,310.32/head3,100.00–3,500.003,3108
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,090197.50/cwt197.50–197.502,1531

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.