Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-09-09

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Sep 9
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
234 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 140▲ 46 vs year ago 188 · +24.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 53▼ 57 vs year ago 100 · −57.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder heifers traded with firm undertone. Feeder steers and average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded with weak undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.22/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$159.22
54 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.02
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470177.0883227
Medium and Large 1-2398141.3556327
One grade step is worth $35.73/cwt here — about $270 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 sale54 hd
159.22
—
UT average3 barns · 644 hd
175.23
−16.02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,44668.419897thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,00364.526475thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average79052.764178thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low76832.3724912

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625142.00/cwt138.00–146.008882
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427159.74/cwt152.00–165.0068218
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380163.98/cwt162.50–170.006235
SteersMedium and Large 1—410170.47/cwt168.00–173.006992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—438143.44/cwt130.00–148.006285
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528152.97/cwt150.00–154.008084
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—542138.00/cwt138.00–138.007482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—272143.23/cwt132.00–152.003903
SteersMedium and Large 1—472160.00/cwt160.00–160.007552
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—371152.30/cwt137.00–156.505656
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—455190.00/cwt190.00–190.008654
SteersMedium and Large 1—567169.00/cwt169.00–169.009585
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—618150.06/cwt140.00–155.009273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—323133.33/cwt120.00–172.004318
SteersMedium and Large 1—355197.32/cwt182.00–200.007007
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—472133.94/cwt121.00–144.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—580131.87/cwt127.00–137.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 1—258168.00/cwt168.00–168.004333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—370146.12/cwt124.00–167.005416
SteersMedium and Large 1—541162.00/cwt162.00–162.008767
HeifersMedium and Large 1—588151.99/cwt149.00–157.008948
Bulls——1,05361.61/cwt61.00–62.006493
Bulls——1,74173.51/cwt72.00–75.001,2804
CowsBoner 80-85%—79052.76/cwt50.00–62.004178
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,00364.52/cwt61.50–67.506475
CowsLean 85-90%—76832.37/cwt29.00–34.5024912

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.