Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.82/cwt on 88 head.

Average price

$139.82

88 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$87

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

$32.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.27

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	415	160.57	666	31
Medium and Large 1-2	586	128.53	753	57

One grade step is worth $32.04/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale88 hd

139.82

—

UT average3 barns · 800 hd

135.55

+4.27

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,346	65.73	885	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,174	59.25	695	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	960	51.13	491	9thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	55.89/cwt	54.00–58.00	644	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	60.37/cwt	58.00–64.00	713	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,346	65.73/cwt	63.50–67.00	885	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	54.72/cwt	53.00–58.00	539	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	43.94/cwt	40.00–46.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	157.57/cwt	150.00–160.00	835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	123.49/cwt	123.00–124.00	874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	871	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	163.85/cwt	162.00–164.00	598	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	302	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	144.77/cwt	140.00–154.00	527	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	811	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	192.56/cwt	189.00–196.00	720	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	149.86/cwt	130.00–156.00	658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	108.71/cwt	107.00–134.00	676	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	139.93/cwt	130.00–147.00	861	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	157.50/cwt	150.00–162.00	813	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	162.52/cwt	147.00–176.00	764	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	137.34/cwt	137.00–138.00	669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	929	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	144.21/cwt	143.00–146.00	805	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	7,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	980.31/cwt	925.00–1,050.00	11,391	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	149.21/cwt	139.00–156.50	856	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	144.49/cwt	132.00–156.00	751	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,147	1,198.74/cwt	1,050.00–1,350.00	13,750	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	157.96/cwt	152.00–165.00	684	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	127.08/cwt	120.00–142.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	567	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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