Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend is available as this is the first reported sale in 2019. Trade activity and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.26/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$128.26

31 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$26.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.29

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	647	144.46	934	11thin
Medium 1-2	670	134.00	898	1thin
Medium and Large 2	553	124.00	685	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	780	117.93	920	17thin

One grade step is worth $26.53/cwt here — about $14 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 sale31 hd

128.26

—

UT average2 barns · 175 hd

138.55

−10.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,556	75.34	1,172	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,315	67.00	881	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	65.54	820	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,032	49.81	514	5thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,150	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	702	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	881	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	729	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	65.54/cwt	60.00–68.00	819	39
Bulls	—	—	1,905	85.77/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	109.96/cwt	106.00–114.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	611	1
Heifers	Small 2	—	290	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	110.69/cwt	90.00–132.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	122.99/cwt	122.00–124.00	824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	827	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	629	109.01/cwt	108.00–110.00	686	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	370	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	742	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	670	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	149.98/cwt	149.00–151.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	129.49/cwt	129.00–130.00	751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	137.58/cwt	136.00–139.00	934	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	673	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	1,114.84/cwt	925.00–1,275.00	15,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	660	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	425	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	116.52/cwt	112.00–121.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	831	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	15,287	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	994	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,625	1,586.38/cwt	1,560.00–1,610.00	25,779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	720	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,063	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	150.00/cwt	148.00–152.00	852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	146.35/cwt	145.00–149.00	992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	795	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	994	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	958	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	983	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	723	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	47.51/cwt	46.00–50.00	466	4
Bulls	—	—	1,115	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	624	1
Bulls	—	—	1,508	77.44/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,168	3

How this sale compares

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.

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