Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-07-23

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jul 23
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
29 vs last sale 116 13 vs year ago 74 · +17.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
13 vs last sale 60 13 vs year ago 34 · +38.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
2 vs last sale 39 34 vs year ago 3 · +1,133.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 3.00-7.00 higher with no comparison for Feeder Heifers. Slaughter Cattle sold 3.00-4.00 higher. No comparison for Replacement Cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.72/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$107.72
36 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$337
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 2
$39.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.77
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2619122.0975623
Medium 250982.3141913thin
One grade step is worth $39.78/cwt here — about $337 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 sale36 hd
107.72
UT average2 barns · 129 hd
115.49
−7.77
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
BullsAverage1,77780.071,4239thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24172.1989620
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,82166.131,2044thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92457.9953614

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bulls1,83286.03/cwt83.00–91.001,5765
Bulls1,70872.62/cwt62.00–82.001,2404
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2990900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,9101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,4321,252.02/cwt1,050.00–1,350.0017,92931
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,6001,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0018,5603
SteersMedium 1-2760119.00/cwt119.00–119.009041
SteersMedium 1-2460138.47/cwt130.00–150.0063713
SteersMedium 1-2610136.00/cwt136.00–136.008301
SteersMedium 1-2568142.94/cwt141.00–147.008127
SteersMedium 1-2688141.00/cwt141.00–141.009703
SteersMedium 1-2850129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0972
SteersMedium 1-2718133.48/cwt127.00–140.009582
SteersMedium 1-2380136.00/cwt126.00–146.005172
HeifersMedium 1-2466112.55/cwt100.00–133.005245
HeifersMedium 1-2687128.26/cwt116.00–135.008814
HeifersMedium 1-2632131.00/cwt131.00–131.008283
HeifersMedium 245976.25/cwt74.00–77.003508
HeifersMedium 1-2868110.00/cwt110.00–110.009552
HeifersMedium 269090.00/cwt90.00–90.006213
HeifersMedium 1-2845113.00/cwt113.00–113.009551
HeifersMedium 243895.00/cwt95.00–95.004162
HeifersMedium 1-2700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008401
HeifersMedium 1-2569126.60/cwt121.00–138.007207
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11556.00/cwt56.00–56.006241
CowsLean 85-90%96359.97/cwt57.50–63.505789
CowsLean 85-90%85454.43/cwt52.00–56.004655
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,88862.50/cwt61.00–63.501,1803
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,2471
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22276.02/cwt75.00–78.0092915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34661.86/cwt60.00–62.508334
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,213927.56/cwt925.00–930.0011,2512
Dairy SteersLarge 326567.00/cwt67.00–67.001781
Dairy SteersLarge 333064.00/cwt64.00–64.002111
Dairy SteersLarge 353062.71/cwt55.00–70.003322
Dairy SteersLarge 372051.04/cwt48.00–54.003672
Dairy SteersLarge 378250.00/cwt50.00–50.003912

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.