Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-31

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 $145.76/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$145.76

115 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$434

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 2-3

$60.94/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	526	150.94	794	66
Medium and Large 1-2	651	141.52	922	30
Medium 2	417	140.02	584	13thin
Medium and Large 2	487	128.80	627	5thin
Medium 2-3	400	90.00	360	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.94/cwt here — about $434 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 sale115 hd

145.76

—

UT average1 barns · 115 hd

145.76

+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	1,758	58.16	1,022	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	52.15	734	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	43.38	535	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	930	37.77	351	6thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1-2	—	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	622	139.58/cwt	130.00–146.00	868	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	157.31/cwt	151.00–164.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	641	128.81/cwt	128.00–130.00	826	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,144	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	138.69/cwt	138.00–140.00	933	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	96.00/cwt	80.00–127.00	602	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	490	135.56/cwt	128.00–137.00	664	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	95.04/cwt	80.00–110.00	863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,089	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,005	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	579	131.64/cwt	130.00–133.00	762	17
Bulls	Medium 2	—	390	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	440	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	362	143.36/cwt	140.00–153.00	519	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	284	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	240	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	377	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	650	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	891	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,255	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,726	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	369	132.45/cwt	125.00–137.00	489	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	312	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	537	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	498	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	622	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	160	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	192	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	400	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	360	1
Bulls	—	—	1,758	58.16/cwt	51.00–62.00	1,022	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	713	31.56/cwt	30.00–33.00	225	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	40.87/cwt	34.00–48.00	424	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	43.38/cwt	38.00–53.00	535	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	52.15/cwt	50.00–54.50	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	844	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	446	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	651	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	661	124.06/cwt	108.00–129.00	820	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	380	179.51/cwt	155.00–185.00	682	12
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	533	148.02/cwt	119.00–154.00	789	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	585	141.33/cwt	128.00–151.00	827	15
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	405	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	636	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	742.52/cwt	735.00–750.00	9,155	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,615	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	14,697	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	466	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	732	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	125.62/cwt	118.00–133.00	984	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	659	3

How this sale compares

Utah weighted averages

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