Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-05-07

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, May 7
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
4 vs last sale 58 28 vs year ago 90 · 31.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
1 vs last sale 20 43 vs year ago 64 · 67.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
1 vs last sale 10 1 vs year ago 10 · 10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold firm on a light market test. Slaughter Cattle sold firm on a light market test and limited comparable sales.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.80/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$147.80
26 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 2
$45.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.87
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2451154.8569822
Medium 2573109.046244thin
One grade step is worth $45.81/cwt here — about $74 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 sale26 hd
147.80
UT average3 barns · 458 hd
135.92
+11.87
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
BullsHigh2,10088.501,8586thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27467.5486010
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05337.183922thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35471.66/cwt69.00–77.009705
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19463.41/cwt60.00–66.007575
CowsLean 85-90%1,05337.18/cwt35.00–39.003922
SteersMedium 1-2545145.00/cwt145.00–145.007902
SteersMedium 1-2474156.53/cwt150.00–160.007428
SteersMedium 2533115.07/cwt110.00–120.006132
SteersMedium 1-2361157.85/cwt151.00–167.005704
SteersMedium 2575106.00/cwt106.00–106.006101
SteersMedium 1-2595132.00/cwt132.00–132.007851
SteersMedium 1-2429157.28/cwt155.00–160.006757
SteersMedium 2650100.00/cwt100.00–100.006501
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,108779.14/cwt680.00–860.008,6332
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,130850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,6051
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,223926.79/cwt900.00–950.0011,3352
Dairy SteersLarge 1-272558.00/cwt58.00–58.004211
Dairy SteersLarge 1-258052.00/cwt52.00–52.003021
HeifersMedium 1-2448137.00/cwt137.00–137.006143
HeifersMedium 1-2810135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0942
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530129.00/cwt129.00–129.006842
HeifersMedium 1-2468127.00/cwt127.00–127.005942
HeifersMedium 1-2522130.55/cwt125.00–132.006815
Bulls2,02592.33/cwt91.00–93.001,8703
Bulls2,17584.66/cwt81.00–87.001,8413
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,7101,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0023,0851
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,098728.25/cwt675.00–760.007,9962
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,6951,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0024,1541
Dairy SteersLarge 1-242560.00/cwt60.00–60.002551
Dairy SteersLarge 1-246762.33/cwt61.00–65.002913

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.