Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2019-08-15

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Aug 15
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
74 head
74 vs last sale 0 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
33 vs last sale 0 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand was medium and activity was medium. There was a great deal of roping stock.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $114.85/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$114.85
24 head · 628 lb average
Value per head Derived
$721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$238
per head · Medium 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$39.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 2365142.005181thin
Medium 1-2515127.7465810thin
Medium and Large 1-2736102.8575613thin
One grade step is worth $39.15/cwt here — about −$238 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 sale24 hd
114.85
UT average1 barns · 24 hd
114.85
+0.00
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,27866.6785210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44062.949063thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12561.236899thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93258.435453thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium 2395138.00/cwt138.00–138.005451
HeifersMedium 1-277098.00/cwt98.00–98.007551
HeifersMedium 1-2565104.00/cwt104.00–104.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 235081.00/cwt81.00–81.002843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568119.26/cwt107.00–135.506773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2740118.00/cwt118.00–118.008731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680126.00/cwt126.00–126.008571
CowsLean 85-90%93258.43/cwt55.00–60.005453
SteersMedium 1-2400139.00/cwt139.00–139.005561
BullsMedium 1-2440124.00/cwt124.00–124.005461
BullsMedium and Large 1-285596.50/cwt96.50–96.508251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725103.21/cwt101.50–105.007482
Bulls1,27866.67/cwt53.50–78.0085210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12561.23/cwt44.00–66.006899
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44062.94/cwt59.50–67.009063
SteersMedium 1-2670108.00/cwt108.00–108.007241
SteersMedium 1-2483145.46/cwt138.00–153.007032
SteersMedium 1-2519123.24/cwt121.50–132.006406
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618121.76/cwt119.00–124.507522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-279093.00/cwt93.00–93.007351
HeifersMedium 2408114.45/cwt85.00–145.004672
HeifersMedium 2465119.00/cwt119.00–119.005531
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5651,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0019,9541
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4601,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0015,6951
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2920800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,3601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588130.00/cwt130.00–130.007642
SteersMedium 2365142.00/cwt142.00–142.005181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500146.00/cwt146.00–146.007301
SteersMedium and Large 1-278179.84/cwt52.50–114.006246
SteersMedium and Large 1-2890104.00/cwt104.00–104.009262

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.