Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold firm on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.89/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$184.89

93 head · 408 lb average

Value per head Derived

$755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$192

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

$36.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+37.00

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	306	205.54	629	40
Medium and Large 1-2	485	169.31	821	53

One grade step is worth $36.22/cwt here — about −$192 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 sale93 hd

184.89

—

UT average3 barns · 517 hd

147.90

+37.00

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	—	Low	1,307	77.83	1,017	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,410	61.25	864	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	53.05	531	4thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	917	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	809	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	684	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	51.07/cwt	49.00–52.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	170.35/cwt	170.00–171.00	709	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	170.15/cwt	151.00–175.00	556	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	152.83/cwt	138.00–160.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	171.46/cwt	166.00–177.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	227	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	409	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	631	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	673	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	184.34/cwt	180.00–189.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	153.07/cwt	151.00–155.00	880	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	186.60/cwt	181.00–199.00	801	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	195.33/cwt	191.00–200.00	641	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,718	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,622	62.87/cwt	60.00–68.00	1,020	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	910	3
Bulls	—	—	1,085	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	814	2
Bulls	—	—	1,455	79.72/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,160	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	164.49/cwt	158.00–168.00	780	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	130.08/cwt	110.00–137.00	793	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	124.25/cwt	110.00–127.00	845	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	192.38/cwt	190.00–197.00	831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	148.63/cwt	130.00–155.00	792	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	62.11/cwt	57.00–80.00	676	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,530	1,201.16/cwt	1,100.00–1,325.00	18,378	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	682.31/cwt	600.00–775.00	8,208	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	780	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	827	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	870	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	168.26/cwt	168.00–171.00	887	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	177.00/cwt	168.00–182.00	841	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	153.35/cwt	147.00–159.00	865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	180.81/cwt	168.00–189.00	700	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	175.17/cwt	166.00–178.00	475	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	151.43/cwt	142.00–156.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	166.30/cwt	149.00–184.00	723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	287	207.22/cwt	204.00–210.00	595	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	201.51/cwt	200.00–202.00	746	4

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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