Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand was high activity was medium.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.77/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$129.77

132 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$230

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

$58.24/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 2	397	154.72	614	15thin
Medium 1-2	514	146.77	754	70
Medium and Large 1-2	875	96.49	844	47

One grade step is worth $58.24/cwt here — about −$230 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 sale132 hd

129.77

—

UT average1 barns · 132 hd

129.77

+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	1,489	58.58	872	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,290	46.77	603	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,336	45.91	613	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	970	43.60	423	10

Every lot, as filed

55 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 2	—	430	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	636	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	381	151.23/cwt	116.00–181.00	576	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	305	181.49/cwt	181.00–182.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	641	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	372	144.24/cwt	114.00–151.00	537	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	469	134.97/cwt	120.00–150.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	312	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	435	122.19/cwt	114.00–134.00	532	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	240	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	326	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	365	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	509	137.40/cwt	128.00–139.00	699	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	472	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	655	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	105.26/cwt	98.00–109.00	821	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	310	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	950	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	421	160.31/cwt	135.00–167.50	675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	881	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	378	145.35/cwt	120.50–163.00	549	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,122	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	606	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	634	140.65/cwt	136.00–142.00	892	6
Bulls	—	—	1,489	58.58/cwt	51.00–64.00	872	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	43.60/cwt	39.00–56.00	423	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	45.91/cwt	43.00–56.50	613	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	46.77/cwt	45.00–49.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	681	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	613	125.52/cwt	124.00–127.00	769	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	571	132.45/cwt	129.00–135.00	756	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	426	145.67/cwt	145.00–146.00	621	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	761.36/cwt	600.00–925.00	8,169	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	857.78/cwt	500.00–975.00	9,925	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	519	143.17/cwt	127.00–151.00	743	13
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	810	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	972	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	732	134.32/cwt	134.00–135.00	983	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	577	136.53/cwt	120.00–140.00	788	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,550	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	18,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	530	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	132.77/cwt	92.00–140.00	911	15
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	680	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	612	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	385	146.10/cwt	142.00–150.00	562	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,595	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	471	152.04/cwt	135.00–165.00	716	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	992	65.66/cwt	57.00–105.50	651	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,332	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	653	2

How this sale compares

Utah weighted averages

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