Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-03-26

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Mar 26
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
8 vs last sale 40 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
15 vs last sale 14 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Heifers sold weak on a very light test. No comparison due to limited comparable sales for Slaughter Cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.99/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$144.99
28 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$27.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.32
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2511146.9975026
Medium and Large 2535119.006372thin
One grade step is worth $27.99/cwt here — about $114 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 sale28 hd
144.99
UT average3 barns · 91 hd
135.67
+9.32
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
BullsAverage1,75079.131,3853thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31663.558369thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11042.974772thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2355150.90/cwt144.00–158.005362
SteersMedium and Large 2535119.00/cwt112.00–126.006372
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515139.00/cwt139.00–139.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2498103.50/cwt103.50–103.505152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2438144.00/cwt144.00–144.006312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370105.00/cwt105.00–105.003892
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,4401,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0015,2641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2603134.00/cwt134.00–134.008086
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531155.02/cwt152.00–158.008236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482149.36/cwt139.00–151.507206
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421147.93/cwt138.00–151.506234
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592149.00/cwt149.00–149.008822
Stock CowsMedium 1-21,21082.00/cwt82.00–82.009921
CowsLean 85-90%1,11042.97/cwt36.00–48.004772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28667.04/cwt65.00–68.008625
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35459.18/cwt58.00–62.508014
Bulls1,75079.13/cwt76.00–85.001,3853
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530112.00/cwt112.00–112.005941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450143.00/cwt143.00–143.006441

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.