Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand was good. Trade activity was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.99/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$141.99

53 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$902

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$95.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.27

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	454	158.00	717	4thin
Medium 2	505	146.33	739	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	656	142.77	937	44
Medium and Large 2	440	110.00	484	1thin
Medium and Large 1	1,035	62.50	647	1thin

One grade step is worth $95.50/cwt here — about $70 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 sale53 hd

141.99

—

UT average2 barns · 187 hd

144.26

−2.27

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	1,763	80.77	1,424	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,408	67.56	951	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	66.33	839	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	829	61.09	506	95

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,675	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	585	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	298	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	647	1
Bulls	—	—	1,345	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,103	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Mexican Origin	—	887	61.48/cwt	55.00–63.75	545	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Mexican Origin	—	809	61.09/cwt	51.00–64.50	494	82
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	65.88/cwt	62.50–68.50	815	11
Bulls	Medium 1	—	705	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	952	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	800	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,555	1,575.00/cwt	1,575.00–1,575.00	24,491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	943	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	330	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	114.27/cwt	106.50–118.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	121.33/cwt	115.00–124.50	795	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	810.97/cwt	800.00–820.00	8,540	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,610	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	751.44/cwt	720.00–780.00	8,251	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	500	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	790	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	630	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	737	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	1,104.09/cwt	875.00–1,300.00	14,740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	143.02/cwt	142.00–144.25	944	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,131	896.41/cwt	875.00–910.00	10,138	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	143.36/cwt	142.25–144.25	920	18
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	315	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	498	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	470	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	558	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	809	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	475	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	522	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	447	129.50/cwt	128.00–130.00	579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	495	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	678	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,117	1,044.72/cwt	710.00–1,135.00	11,670	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	893	664.12/cwt	500.00–810.00	5,931	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	510	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	770	2
Bulls	—	—	1,868	80.46/cwt	69.50–87.00	1,503	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	930	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	60.44/cwt	58.50–62.00	638	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	67.56/cwt	66.00–69.00	951	2

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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