Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder steers and heifers traded weak and average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.87/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$113.87

42 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.02

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	505	113.87	575	42

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 sale42 hd

113.87

—

UT average2 barns · 216 hd

118.88

−5.02

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	1,683	78.90	1,328	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	51.74	754	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,098	47.20	518	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	35.52	344	28

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	51.74/cwt	45.00–55.00	754	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	138.43/cwt	134.00–140.00	649	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	40.51/cwt	37.00–41.00	421	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	44.27/cwt	44.00–46.50	412	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	46.86/cwt	42.00–50.00	503	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	51.27/cwt	50.00–53.50	650	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	896	40.24/cwt	30.00–48.00	361	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	124.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	659	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	803.12/cwt	625.00–850.00	9,822	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,116	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,812	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	106.95/cwt	103.00–119.00	791	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	131.42/cwt	120.00–148.00	574	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	133.62/cwt	132.00–139.00	513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	628	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	872	32.26/cwt	30.00–37.00	281	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	17.04/cwt	13.00–20.00	156	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	108.05/cwt	101.00–115.00	572	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	118.06/cwt	111.00–123.50	505	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	110.01/cwt	106.00–114.00	675	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	768	303.58/cwt	280.00–410.00	2,331	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	857.66/cwt	675.00–925.00	11,132	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	112.55/cwt	108.00–114.00	778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	110.94/cwt	109.00–114.00	641	5
Bulls	—	—	1,780	80.99/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,442	3
Bulls	—	—	1,538	75.77/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,165	2

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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