Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2019-10-03

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Oct 3
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
90 vs last sale 0 90 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
20 vs last sale 0 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was a great deal of feeder calves. Demand was medium and activity was medium.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.11/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$141.11
36 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$770
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$38.20/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 1-2495151.6975226
Medium and Large 2533114.006072thin
Medium and Large 1-2712113.508088thin
One grade step is worth $38.20/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale36 hd
141.11
UT average1 barns · 36 hd
141.11
+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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18866.157863thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58064.501,0191thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98062.006081thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Dairy HeifersLarge 254560.00/cwt60.00–60.003271
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18866.15/cwt56.00–72.007863
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58064.50/cwt64.50–64.501,0191
CowsLean 85-90%98062.00/cwt62.00–62.006081
BullsMedium 1-299057.00/cwt57.00–57.005641
HeifersMedium 1-2530127.00/cwt127.00–127.006732
HeifersMedium 1-2425150.28/cwt127.00–153.0063910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780112.00/cwt112.00–112.008741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-287081.00/cwt81.00–81.007051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505146.00/cwt146.00–146.007371
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650117.33/cwt80.00–136.007633
SteersMedium 1-2555146.00/cwt146.00–146.008101
SteersMedium 1-2538123.45/cwt115.00–141.006643
SteersMedium 1-2706118.26/cwt107.00–124.008353
SteersMedium 1-2358172.00/cwt172.00–172.006162
SteersMedium and Large 1-281092.00/cwt92.00–92.007451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2895107.00/cwt107.00–107.009582
HeifersMedium 1-2335154.00/cwt154.00–154.005161
SteersMedium 1-2429169.48/cwt169.00–170.007274
SteersMedium 1-2474157.77/cwt145.00–163.5074813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640104.00/cwt104.00–104.006661
BullsMedium 285565.00/cwt65.00–65.005561
BullsMedium and Large 21,01057.00/cwt57.00–57.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 2755105.00/cwt105.00–105.007931
HeifersMedium 2448145.00/cwt145.00–145.006502
HeifersMedium 2388152.99/cwt152.00–154.005944
SteersMedium and Large 2435136.00/cwt136.00–136.005921
HeifersMedium 281569.00/cwt69.00–69.005621
SteersMedium and Large 263092.00/cwt92.00–92.005801

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.