Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-08-26

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Aug 26
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
173 head
28 vs last sale 145 9 vs year ago 164 · +5.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
46 vs last sale 82 19 vs year ago 55 · 34.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report: Average dressing slaughter cattle traded with weak undertone. No comparison available for feeder steers or heifers due to light receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.45/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$160.45
83 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,010
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.90
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1627167.441,05063
Medium and Large 1-2639138.4388420
One grade step is worth $29.01/cwt here — about $166 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 sale83 hd
160.45
UT average3 barns · 341 hd
170.34
−9.90
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
BullsAverage1,75783.121,4604thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29563.008163thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13556.0263614
CowsLean 85-90%Low75033.412513thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1370168.00/cwt168.00–168.006222
HeifersMedium and Large 1415150.50/cwt150.50–150.506252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2938120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480130.50/cwt127.00–134.006262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576138.00/cwt138.00–138.007954
HeifersMedium and Large 1625149.50/cwt149.50–149.5093412
SteersMedium and Large 1262191.00/cwt191.00–191.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 1311175.79/cwt175.00–176.005475
SteersMedium and Large 1687161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,10613
SteersMedium and Large 1356193.00/cwt193.00–193.006877
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480142.25/cwt130.00–154.506834
SteersMedium and Large 1725160.16/cwt159.00–161.001,16131
HeifersMedium and Large 1666148.00/cwt148.00–148.009869
SteersMedium and Large 1421189.00/cwt189.00–189.007965
SteersMedium and Large 1593162.50/cwt162.50–162.509645
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590138.51/cwt134.00–140.008174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629139.61/cwt125.00–148.008786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2827129.45/cwt119.00–133.001,0714
Bulls1,75783.12/cwt79.00–86.001,4604
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13556.02/cwt50.00–59.0063614
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29563.00/cwt61.00–67.008163
CowsLean 85-90%75033.41/cwt30.00–37.002513

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.