Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand was medium activity was medium.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $121.69/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$121.69

16 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$775

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$10.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	641	126.67	812	6thin
Medium 2	488	124.67	608	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	698	116.14	811	7thin

One grade step is worth $10.52/cwt here — about $2 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 sale16 hd

121.69

—

UT average1 barns · 16 hd

121.69

+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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,681	75.35	1,267	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	63.33	783	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,645	63.00	1,036	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,320	61.00	805	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,820	46.50	846	1thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,340	82.00	1,099	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1-2	—	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	931	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	883	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	971	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	448	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	884	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	435	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	738	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	932	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,340	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,099	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,820	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	846	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,036	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	63.33/cwt	60.50–70.00	783	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,320	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	805	1
Bulls	—	—	1,754	77.59/cwt	71.00–85.00	1,361	10
Bulls	—	—	950	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	504	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	890	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	476	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	452	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	601	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	560	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	605	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,440	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	13,824	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	420	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	533	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,280	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	302	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	374	1

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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