Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand low. Activity medium.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.20/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$117.20

32 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$140

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

$51.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.97

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	385	134.00	516	1thin
Medium 2	444	125.74	558	5thin
Medium and Large 2	474	119.28	565	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	612	115.62	707	21
Medium and Large 1	795	82.50	656	1thin

One grade step is worth $51.50/cwt here — about −$140 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 sale32 hd

117.20

—

UT average2 barns · 121 hd

124.17

−6.97

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	1,656	84.63	1,401	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,044	66.33	692	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,052	62.80	660	6thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	899	1
Steers	Medium 1	—	600	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,082	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	420	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	602	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	925	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,514	1,308.38/cwt	1,300.00–1,310.00	19,809	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	118.75/cwt	114.00–125.00	670	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	385	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	110.91/cwt	109.50–112.50	735	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	140.21/cwt	137.00–143.50	869	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	505	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	777	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	535	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	674	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	560	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	547	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	355	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	466	119.43/cwt	111.00–133.00	557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	312	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	437	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	119.28/cwt	117.00–126.00	565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	784	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	360	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	554	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	1,335	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	16,688	1
Bulls	—	—	1,656	84.63/cwt	81.00–87.50	1,401	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,044	66.33/cwt	64.50–67.00	692	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	558	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	63.36/cwt	61.00–66.00	682	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	842	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,805	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	949	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	115.81/cwt	111.50–120.00	965	2

How this sale compares

Utah weighted averages

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