Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2021-09-16

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Sep 16
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
291 head
57 vs last sale 234 126 vs year ago 417 · 30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
15 vs last sale 43 158 vs year ago 186 · 84.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder steers traded unevenly steady and feeder heifers sold weak. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls were too lightly tested for a market trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.47/cwt on 129 head.
Average price
$158.47
129 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.05
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480167.0080281
Medium and Large 1-2543144.0778248
One grade step is worth $22.93/cwt here — about $20 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 sale129 hd
158.47
UT average3 barns · 858 hd
162.52
−4.05
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
BullsAverage1,77070.941,2563thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14752.656045thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1414148.75/cwt146.00–150.5061614
HeifersMedium and Large 1513144.70/cwt141.00–154.0074216
HeifersMedium and Large 1338156.71/cwt152.00–160.005305
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760116.00/cwt116.00–116.008823
HeifersMedium and Large 1479145.10/cwt138.00–149.006959
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471117.29/cwt111.00–122.005526
SteersMedium and Large 1275185.00/cwt185.00–185.005092
SteersMedium and Large 1567154.75/cwt153.00–155.008778
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655133.01/cwt132.00–134.008712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488147.98/cwt140.00–155.007229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2626138.01/cwt136.00–139.008649
SteersMedium and Large 1386186.99/cwt182.00–192.007228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584144.68/cwt136.00–146.0084512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410140.68/cwt138.00–148.005774
SteersMedium and Large 1-2546147.00/cwt147.00–147.008034
SteersMedium and Large 1487165.25/cwt157.00–168.0080511
SteersMedium and Large 1417173.92/cwt164.00–179.0072518
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy557178.00/cwt178.00–178.009913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2362142.43/cwt138.00–144.005169
SteersMedium and Large 1522159.39/cwt155.00–164.0083231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2748129.00/cwt129.00–129.009653
SteersMedium and Large 1-2255157.00/cwt150.00–164.004002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2377162.53/cwt151.00–171.006133
HeifersMedium and Large 1556141.24/cwt130.00–146.007859
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2260140.47/cwt133.00–144.003653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2727116.66/cwt115.00–120.008483
HeifersMedium and Large 1382152.24/cwt150.75–155.505829
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330142.21/cwt139.00–148.004693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427132.04/cwt130.00–136.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520121.51/cwt115.00–124.006326
Bulls1,77070.94/cwt69.00–74.001,2563
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23566.00/cwt66.00–66.008152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08843.75/cwt42.00–46.504763

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.