Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-04-22

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Apr 22
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
90 head
58 vs last sale 148 72 vs year ago 18 · +400.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
1 vs last sale 68 61 vs year ago 6 · +1,016.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
12 vs last sale 52 61 vs year ago 3 · +2,033.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder steers sold unevenly steady and feeder heifers and average dressing slaughter cows sold mostly firm. A weak undertone noted in the light trades of average dressing slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.40/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$145.40
28 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$37
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$38.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.95
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2441155.0168421
Medium and Large 2619116.567217thin
One grade step is worth $38.44/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale28 hd
145.40
UT average3 barns · 402 hd
149.34
−3.95
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
BullsAverage1,77284.261,4937thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48662.9493511
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18959.9671321
CowsLean 85-90%Average98552.985229thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls1,83586.73/cwt85.00–89.001,5913
Bulls2,16594.70/cwt93.00–96.502,0502
Bulls1,28570.11/cwt66.00–73.009012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14062.68/cwt62.00–65.007157
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31459.57/cwt58.50–61.507837
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11357.62/cwt57.00–58.006417
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1691,040.09/cwt850.00–1,185.0012,15938
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368145.61/cwt135.50–153.005369
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469152.82/cwt150.00–161.007176
SteersMedium and Large 1-2321169.39/cwt169.00–170.005445
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642122.00/cwt122.00–122.007833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2405141.00/cwt141.00–141.005713
SteersMedium and Large 2520115.40/cwt113.00–118.006002
SteersMedium and Large 2827107.00/cwt107.00–107.008853
BullsMedium and Large 1-2328149.00/cwt149.00–149.004892
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1401,014.62/cwt850.00–1,125.0011,5674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510133.42/cwt125.00–142.006802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2295145.00/cwt145.00–145.004281
SteersMedium and Large 2405132.07/cwt126.00–138.005352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2273138.81/cwt135.00–140.003794
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530155.51/cwt154.00–157.008242
CowsLean 85-90%1,08155.00/cwt55.00–55.005954
SteersMedium and Large 1-2372162.85/cwt142.00–184.006065
CowsLean 85-90%90951.37/cwt44.00–54.004675
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48662.94/cwt62.00–64.5093511
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2251,185.00/cwt1,185.00–1,185.0014,5162
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,265984.53/cwt825.00–1,010.0012,4546
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3701,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0017,8102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,362860.00/cwt860.00–860.0011,7132

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.