Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2026-09-24

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Sep 24
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
321 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 177▼ 154 vs year ago 475 · −32.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 49▼ 50 vs year ago 65 · −76.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 12▼ 21 vs year ago 37 · −56.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. While slaughter cows and bulls sold too light to test. While sheep and goats selling with too few comparable sales. Trade was active with a good demand with a moderate supply

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $407.12/cwt on 70 head, down $2.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 22 comparable sales and sits −18.55 against this barn's trailing median of $425.67.
Average price
$407.12
▼ 2.88 vs prior sale
70 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.70
vs UT average
+1.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533414.402,20861
Medium and Large 2559357.832,0009thin
One grade step is worth $56.56/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale70 hd
407.12
—
UT average3 barns · 327 hd
410.83
−3.70
National average175 barns · 12,027 hd
405.41
+1.71
This barn, trailing median22 sales
425.67
−18.55
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

22 sales
497455413370median 425.6703/0504/1608/1309/2410/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $483.07, low $384.43, median $425.67 across 22 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—Average1,310157.502,0632thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,500161.502,4232thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,174140.131,6453thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,092$2,4752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,156$2,4446
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,351$3,2706
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,640$3,0001thin

Every lot

58 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330527.50/cwt527.50–527.501,7412
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6831
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365444.79/cwt430.00–460.001,6232
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376510.98/cwt507.50–522.501,92122
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Gaunt395410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6201
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433363.11/cwt317.50–415.001,5725
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440460.33/cwt450.00–465.002,02517
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed459440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0204
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462415.25/cwt410.00–425.001,9183
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5201
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513355.12/cwt350.00–360.001,8222
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516427.11/cwt410.00–435.002,20443
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full535370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9802
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572358.61/cwt350.00–365.002,0517
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578385.78/cwt375.00–395.002,23016
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626368.53/cwt362.50–387.002,30724
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full685202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3871
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692340.50/cwt336.00–345.002,35612
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745322.75/cwt322.50–323.002,4044
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1861290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4974
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,045257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,6912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2241
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1304512.50/cwt512.50–512.501,5585
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5351
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381440.69/cwt440.00–445.001,6797
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384475.63/cwt462.00–477.501,8268
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425421.56/cwt415.00–430.001,7929
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430371.25/cwt342.50–405.001,5966
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed451432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,94810
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460416.33/cwt402.00–425.001,91519
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480398.30/cwt395.00–400.001,9126
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484355.72/cwt322.50–380.001,7226
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522387.78/cwt385.00–395.002,0247
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522347.49/cwt345.00–350.001,8143
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560347.95/cwt334.00–355.001,9496
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585302.71/cwt290.00–315.001,7712
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622325.55/cwt312.50–331.502,0259
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy632365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3072
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,0421
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7711
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2551
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1955255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,4351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660303.14/cwt285.00–321.002,0012
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 11,065170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8111
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2502
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1521
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,085151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,6381
Bulls——1,535164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,5171
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%982136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270142.19/cwt140.00–144.001,8062
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500161.50/cwt154.00–169.002,4232
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2052,998.79/head2,575.00–3,600.002,9993
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4973,541.48/head3,100.00–3,950.003,5413
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6403,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0922,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1562,444.09/head2,250.00–2,650.002,4446
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,245180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,2411

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.