Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-04-15

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Apr 15
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
33 vs last sale 115 110 vs year ago 38 · +289.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
38 vs last sale 30 57 vs year ago 11 · +518.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
32 vs last sale 20 47 vs year ago 5 · +940.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light receipts of feeder steers sold with a weak undertone while the light test of feeder heifers traded unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows traded with a weak undertone while slaughter bulls sold firm on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.28/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$147.28
33 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$30.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.55
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2460150.9869529
Medium and Large 2415120.505004thin
One grade step is worth $30.48/cwt here — about $195 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 sale33 hd
147.28
UT average3 barns · 518 hd
148.83
−1.55
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
BullsAverage1,91792.051,7659thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59563.051,00613
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14458.8967421
CowsLean 85-90%Low90347.214264thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bulls1,74388.71/cwt85.00–93.001,5466
Bulls2,26598.72/cwt95.00–102.002,2363
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09756.49/cwt53.50–59.0062015
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26164.90/cwt60.00–67.508186
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63362.07/cwt61.00–63.501,01411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38868.41/cwt67.50–69.509502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380137.89/cwt134.00–142.005242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415137.95/cwt134.00–142.005722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600123.00/cwt123.00–123.007382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008512
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3581,100.07/cwt1,025.00–1,200.0014,9395
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2464135.97/cwt134.00–137.006315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2603142.00/cwt142.00–142.008563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2336178.00/cwt178.00–178.005985
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582131.06/cwt123.00–133.007635
SteersMedium and Large 1-2381151.58/cwt140.00–170.005784
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517140.18/cwt133.00–154.007253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2290159.50/cwt154.00–165.004632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673129.59/cwt121.00–138.008722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2536132.64/cwt132.00–136.007116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2416151.04/cwt140.00–164.006288
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825107.49/cwt107.00–108.008872
SteersMedium and Large 2495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005942
HeifersMedium and Large 2665112.00/cwt112.00–112.007451
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,8601,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0026,9701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4451,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0014,4501
SteersMedium and Large 2300120.00/cwt120.00–120.003601
HeifersMedium and Large 2418116.00/cwt116.00–116.004852
SteersMedium and Large 2370122.00/cwt122.00–122.004511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2765124.50/cwt124.00–125.009522
CowsLean 85-90%67042.42/cwt42.00–43.002842
CowsLean 85-90%1,13552.00/cwt52.00–52.005902
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2411,227.22/cwt1,135.00–1,425.0015,2306
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2881,036.70/cwt850.00–1,150.0013,35324
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,353875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,8393
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,9601,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.0029,8901

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.