Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-03-18

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Mar 18
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
215 head
64 vs last sale 151 215 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
20 vs last sale 66 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
12 vs last sale 27 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded unevenly steady across weight classes. Slaughter cows and replacement cattle traded with a weak undertone, based on a light test. Slaughter bull price comparisons are unavailable, due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.23/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$147.23
115 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$782
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$440
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.05
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563150.8484958
Medium and Large 1-2506143.8772955
Medium and Large 2303135.014092thin
One grade step is worth $15.83/cwt here — about $440 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 sale115 hd
147.23
UT average3 barns · 574 hd
139.18
+8.05
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
BullsLow1,96288.671,7397thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61363.911,0316thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19658.0669511
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06544.504742thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 and Large 1-2613122.49/cwt121.00–124.007512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733131.96/cwt128.00–136.009672
HeifersMedium and Large 1611136.88/cwt123.00–145.008369
SteersMedium and Large 1-2315175.37/cwt175.00–176.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 1723127.55/cwt125.00–128.0092211
SteersMedium and Large 1327192.00/cwt192.00–192.006283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2374176.76/cwt176.00–178.006614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0023
HeifersMedium and Large 1566153.50/cwt153.50–153.508694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378148.00/cwt148.00–148.005595
SteersMedium and Large 1464176.95/cwt176.00–178.0082115
HeifersMedium and Large 1668135.98/cwt132.00–138.009086
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550148.00/cwt148.00–148.008142
SteersMedium and Large 1531168.88/cwt158.00–170.5089716
HeifersMedium and Large 1383167.62/cwt161.00–171.006427
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,261912.79/cwt875.00–980.0011,5104
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13552.20/cwt51.00–53.005922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21059.36/cwt56.00–63.007189
Bulls1,89572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,3641
Bulls1,88085.73/cwt84.00–87.001,6123
Bulls1,920100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,9201
Bulls2,13895.74/cwt95.50–96.002,0472
BullsMedium and Large 1-2690123.00/cwt123.00–123.008493
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730115.96/cwt115.00–118.008473
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428165.04/cwt164.00–167.007063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560137.00/cwt137.00–137.007671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2833108.00/cwt108.00–108.009003
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571154.54/cwt150.00–159.0088210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479152.00/cwt152.00–152.007286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487149.00/cwt148.00–151.007263
SteersMedium and Large 2420145.00/cwt145.00–145.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513150.63/cwt144.00–155.0077311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2901,179.47/cwt1,100.00–1,275.0015,2155
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0017,1001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2672118.00/cwt118.00–118.007933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432152.54/cwt140.00–155.0065924
HeifersMedium and Large 1452163.00/cwt163.00–163.007373
HeifersMedium and Large 1332173.00/cwt173.00–173.005744
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy418185.50/cwt185.50–185.5077511
HeifersMedium and Large 198996.33/cwt95.00–97.009533
HeifersMedium and Large 2303135.01/cwt134.00–136.004092
SteersMedium and Large 2619139.49/cwt123.00–145.008634
CowsLean 85-90%1,06544.50/cwt44.00–45.004742
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61363.91/cwt62.00–66.001,0316

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.