Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded with weak undertone. The light test of comparable slaughter cows traded with firm undertone, while slaughter bulls traded with weak undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.30/cwt on 192 head.

Average price

$155.30

192 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$16.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.49

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	158.35	815	157
Medium and Large 1-2	575	141.65	815	35

One grade step is worth $16.70/cwt here — about $0 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 sale192 hd

155.30

—

UT average3 barns · 668 hd

157.80

−2.49

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	1,641	71.19	1,168	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,282	61.90	794	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,136	50.39	572	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,026	42.45	435	19

Every lot, as filed

45 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	38.29/cwt	32.50–41.50	386	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	45.47/cwt	43.00–46.00	472	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,282	61.90/cwt	61.00–66.00	794	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,046	46.38/cwt	44.00–49.50	485	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	54.39/cwt	51.00–58.00	666	15
Bulls	—	—	1,580	69.67/cwt	65.50–76.00	1,101	9
Bulls	—	—	1,915	78.01/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,494	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,331	54.67/cwt	54.00–55.00	728	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,743	1,313.63/cwt	1,200.00–1,400.00	22,897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	143.33/cwt	142.00–144.00	591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	133.11/cwt	127.00–139.00	708	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	147.18/cwt	138.00–154.00	546	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	136.46/cwt	129.00–139.00	759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	126.24/cwt	124.00–127.00	761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	147.79/cwt	146.00–151.00	839	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	129.78/cwt	121.00–134.00	469	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	180.74/cwt	176.00–188.00	674	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	142.41/cwt	141.00–145.00	810	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	131.86/cwt	126.00–136.00	878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	142.09/cwt	135.00–147.00	666	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	128.10/cwt	128.00–129.00	671	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	152.30/cwt	146.00–156.00	663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	170.37/cwt	169.00–182.00	717	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	187.26/cwt	180.00–194.00	620	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	142.55/cwt	138.00–148.50	974	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	132.69/cwt	132.50–134.00	978	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	142.67/cwt	141.00–149.00	875	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	193.53/cwt	190.00–198.00	548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	160.02/cwt	152.00–168.00	626	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	838	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	160.09/cwt	157.00–164.00	760	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	157.34/cwt	150.00–162.50	813	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	151.98/cwt	147.00–154.00	745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	239	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	311	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	121.30/cwt	120.00–124.00	324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	146.48/cwt	140.00–154.00	489	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	226	169.20/cwt	160.00–194.00	382	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	873	3

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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