Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder heifers across the weight classes traded unevenly steady and feeder steers traded with a firm undertone, though all were lightly tested. Average dressing slaughter cows also traded mostly firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.93/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$114.93

56 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.63

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	482	114.93	554	56

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale56 hd

114.93

—

UT average3 barns · 503 hd

117.57

−2.63

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,585	80.35	1,274	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,109	62.32	691	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	57.53	694	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	873	49.57	433	10

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	120.21/cwt	105.00–126.00	517	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	117.14/cwt	115.00–118.00	655	7
Bulls	—	—	1,746	83.60/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,460	5
Bulls	—	—	1,184	72.22/cwt	68.00–76.00	855	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	58.39/cwt	56.00–63.50	706	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	54.52/cwt	53.00–55.50	652	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,109	62.32/cwt	57.50–67.50	691	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	873	49.57/cwt	45.50–54.00	433	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	113.55/cwt	107.00–131.00	421	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	110.66/cwt	106.00–118.00	538	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	115.35/cwt	114.00–117.00	707	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	120.17/cwt	112.00–124.00	376	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	141.32/cwt	140.00–142.00	784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	150.73/cwt	150.00–151.00	591	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	142.01/cwt	123.00–150.00	723	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	129.89/cwt	121.00–137.00	800	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	848.51/cwt	635.00–1,060.00	10,462	46
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,663	1,155.17/cwt	1,035.00–1,225.00	19,210	3

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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