Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to weak and feeder heifers sold weak on a light test. Next sale will be reported Thursday, January 7, 2021.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.86/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$122.86

100 head · 469 lb average

Value per head Derived

$576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$6.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.26

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	465	127.34	592	29
Medium and Large 1-2	470	121.03	569	71

One grade step is worth $6.31/cwt here — about $22 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 sale100 hd

122.86

—

UT average3 barns · 483 hd

127.12

−4.26

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	1,128	45.27	511	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,424	59.09	842	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,123	44.97	505	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	977	26.99	264	16

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls	—	—	1,046	42.31/cwt	37.00–47.00	443	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,057	40.66/cwt	39.00–44.00	430	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	57.50/cwt	54.00–64.00	791	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	74.97/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,119	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,501	48.00/cwt	46.50–51.00	720	3
Bulls	—	—	1,705	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	143.00/cwt	138.00–148.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	633	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	125.29/cwt	114.00–132.00	530	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	132.33/cwt	116.00–136.00	754	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	132.17/cwt	125.00–133.50	513	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	113.14/cwt	111.00–124.00	376	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	150.34/cwt	132.00–155.00	579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	707	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	111.25/cwt	111.25–111.25	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	127.63/cwt	126.00–129.00	916	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	120.49/cwt	115.00–122.00	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	128.21/cwt	115.00–131.00	624	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	116.21/cwt	113.00–117.00	717	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	146.17/cwt	142.50–147.50	687	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	126.24/cwt	124.00–127.00	660	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	419	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,513	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	14,374	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	834.95/cwt	775.00–875.00	9,326	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,064	801.74/cwt	660.00–875.00	8,531	34
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,159	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,721	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	126.03/cwt	124.50–133.50	594	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	139.68/cwt	137.00–141.00	733	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	24.43/cwt	22.00–26.00	229	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	31.25/cwt	29.00–38.00	326	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	46.58/cwt	44.00–56.00	535	8
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,690	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	15,210	2

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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