Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-02-18

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Feb 18
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
129 head
209 vs last sale 338 129 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
9 vs last sale 37 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
27 vs last sale 0 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder cattle traded mostly steady to 5.00 higher on a very light test. Slaughter Cows unevenly steady on a very light test. No comparison for Replacement Cows.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.72/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$152.72
58 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$663
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.56
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447154.2269047
Medium and Large 1-2379146.3355411thin
One grade step is worth $7.89/cwt here — about $136 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 sale58 hd
152.72
UT average2 barns · 299 hd
141.16
+11.56
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
BullsAverage1,93281.341,5719thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40060.268443thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average98456.6055716

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls1,93281.34/cwt78.00–83.001,5719
CowsBoner 80-85%97358.95/cwt55.00–62.7557412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01549.53/cwt48.00–51.005034
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40060.26/cwt54.00–64.008443
HeifersMedium and Large 1727125.50/cwt125.50–125.509123
HeifersMedium and Large 1463155.01/cwt153.00–160.007187
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2091,088.98/cwt900.00–1,200.0013,16614
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,160730.00/cwt730.00–730.008,4681
HeifersMedium and Large 1382162.68/cwt160.00–164.006216
SteersMedium and Large 1423185.91/cwt182.00–192.0078610
SteersMedium and Large 1718131.65/cwt128.00–133.509453
SteersMedium and Large 1535165.17/cwt160.50–168.008844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460140.54/cwt137.00–144.006462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2332151.71/cwt144.00–164.005045
SteersMedium and Large 1368185.10/cwt179.00–187.006816
SteersMedium and Large 1328193.92/cwt187.00–200.006369
SteersMedium and Large 1575157.73/cwt151.00–164.009072
HeifersMedium and Large 1321167.12/cwt160.00–171.005366
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2321171.99/cwt160.00–178.005527
HeifersMedium and Large 1425155.94/cwt155.00–157.0066319
HeifersMedium and Large 1535142.49/cwt142.00–143.007623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275138.00/cwt138.00–138.003801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372152.00/cwt152.00–152.005652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,375810.00/cwt810.00–810.0011,1381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,525880.00/cwt880.00–880.0013,4201
HeifersMedium and Large 1568139.17/cwt136.50–140.507903
SteersMedium and Large 1675124.00/cwt124.00–124.008371
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,109815.82/cwt720.00–900.009,0478
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4001,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0016,9401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380174.00/cwt174.00–174.006611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565128.00/cwt128.00–128.007231
SteersMedium and Large 1473181.58/cwt169.00–186.0085913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2485162.00/cwt162.00–162.007861

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.