Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2020-07-30

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jul 30
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
95 head
8 vs last sale 87 21 vs year ago 74 · +28.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
24 vs last sale 47 29 vs year ago 52 · 55.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
23 vs last sale 37 13 vs year ago 1 · +1,300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold steady to 7.00 lower on a narrow comparison. No comparison for Replacement Cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $121.74/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$121.74
44 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$834
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium 2
$22.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.68
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2683124.8185238
Medium 2703102.347196thin
One grade step is worth $22.47/cwt here — about $133 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 sale44 hd
121.74
UT average3 barns · 245 hd
134.43
−12.68
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
BullsAverage1,58877.221,2265thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51364.329733thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04363.776659thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19158.036916thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
HeifersMedium 256572.50/cwt72.50–72.504101
HeifersMedium 1-2460139.00/cwt139.00–139.006395
HeifersMedium 1-2819108.77/cwt108.00–111.008914
HeifersMedium 1-2577121.48/cwt113.00–126.007014
HeifersMedium 1-2665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006981
HeifersMedium 283594.00/cwt94.00–94.007851
HeifersMedium 1-2360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004681
HeifersMedium 261590.00/cwt90.00–90.005541
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,8881,393.66/cwt1,360.00–1,425.0026,3122
Bulls1,74085.06/cwt84.00–86.501,4802
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,9091,392.31/cwt1,335.00–1,525.0026,5794
Bulls1,29863.49/cwt47.00–70.008242
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 12,0751,625.00/cwt1,625.00–1,625.0033,7191
Bulls1,86589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,6601
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,6401,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0020,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,2561,040.88/cwt975.00–1,135.0013,0735
SteersMedium 1-2613117.96/cwt116.00–120.007233
SteersMedium 1-2892121.60/cwt121.00–122.001,0855
SteersMedium 1-2542141.00/cwt141.00–141.007643
SteersMedium 1-2719114.01/cwt110.00–123.008205
SteersMedium 1-2315129.00/cwt129.00–129.004063
SteersMedium 1-2679127.11/cwt115.00–135.008635
SteersMedium 291588.00/cwt88.00–88.008052
SteersMedium 1-2925109.99/cwt109.00–111.001,0172
SteersMedium 1-2434152.47/cwt146.00–154.006625
SteersMedium 2468114.51/cwt114.00–115.005362
SteersMedium 1-2792122.25/cwt117.00–124.009684
SteersMedium 2760101.00/cwt101.00–101.007681
SteersMedium 1-296597.98/cwt90.00–104.009463
SteersMedium 2690108.00/cwt108.00–108.007451
Dairy SteersLarge 327564.00/cwt64.00–64.001762
CowsLean 85-90%1,08463.10/cwt62.00–66.006845
Dairy SteersLarge 312068.29/cwt45.00–88.00822
CowsLean 85-90%95270.48/cwt68.00–74.006713
CowsLean 85-90%1,11047.00/cwt47.00–47.005221
Dairy SteersLarge 321382.56/cwt66.00–95.001764
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,8001,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0019,9801
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51364.32/cwt59.00–67.009733
Dairy SteersLarge 317378.00/cwt78.00–78.001353
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18961.64/cwt59.00–65.257335
Dairy SteersLarge 351850.79/cwt42.00–59.002632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20040.00/cwt40.00–40.004801

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.