Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-05-20

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, May 20
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
119 head
16 vs last sale 135 14 vs year ago 133 · 10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
156 head
23 vs last sale 133 106 vs year ago 50 · +212.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
16 vs last sale 56 8 vs year ago 80 · 10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Though the light market test does not allow for an accurate comparison among trades, feeder steers and heifers sold with a firm undertone while average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded with a weak undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.71/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$144.71
19 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
1.93
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552144.7179819thin
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 sale19 hd
144.71
UT average3 barns · 241 hd
146.64
−1.93
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
BullsAverage1,63882.761,3563thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39658.898227thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24451.0263539
CowsLean 85-90%Low96235.1333833

Every lot, as filed

22 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
CowsLean 85-90%84732.86/cwt30.00–35.0027811
CowsLean 85-90%97623.99/cwt21.00–27.002348
Bulls1,63882.76/cwt82.00–84.001,3563
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26652.26/cwt48.50–57.0066231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15746.22/cwt43.00–47.505358
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39658.89/cwt54.50–62.008227
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528123.13/cwt119.00–127.006502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2703128.00/cwt128.00–128.009006
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy425173.00/cwt173.00–173.007355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580137.50/cwt130.00–148.007985
BullsMedium and Large 1-2595111.00/cwt111.00–111.006602
BullsMedium and Large 1-2603113.95/cwt102.00–126.006872
CowsLean 85-90%1,04443.27/cwt38.00–47.5045214
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440124.39/cwt119.00–135.005473
BullsMedium and Large 1-2368136.83/cwt133.00–144.005043
SteersMedium and Large 1-2413143.00/cwt143.00–143.005913
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,264891.95/cwt510.00–980.0011,27421
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4941,167.74/cwt1,000.00–1,240.0017,4467
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,6991,369.65/cwt1,310.00–1,400.0023,27011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463134.85/cwt128.00–142.006246
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635117.95/cwt112.00–124.007492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429137.17/cwt130.00–160.005884

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.