Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable trades of feeder steers and heifers traded mostly weak, as did average dressing slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.32/cwt on 165 head.

Average price

$156.32

165 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$14.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.36

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	482	158.94	766	135
Medium and Large 1-2	477	144.53	690	30

One grade step is worth $14.41/cwt here — about $76 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 sale165 hd

156.32

—

UT average3 barns · 1,696 hd

155.96

+0.36

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	1,676	65.68	1,101	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,633	51.93	848	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	46.31	557	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	916	32.71	300	11

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	140.48/cwt	130.00–149.00	829	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	186.08/cwt	184.00–190.00	575	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	151.78/cwt	149.00–155.00	792	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	146.03/cwt	142.00–150.50	694	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	798	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	160.72/cwt	155.00–163.00	688	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	171.36/cwt	161.00–179.00	651	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	151.08/cwt	148.00–153.00	861	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	158.60/cwt	156.00–161.00	734	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	510	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	132.79/cwt	130.00–134.00	697	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	141.97/cwt	133.00–145.00	373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	141.21/cwt	140.00–142.00	544	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	139.34/cwt	137.00–140.00	595	31
Bulls	—	—	1,676	65.68/cwt	62.00–69.00	1,101	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	134.12/cwt	127.00–137.00	759	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	133.69/cwt	132.00–134.00	646	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	34.04/cwt	33.00–36.00	299	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	22.78/cwt	18.00–29.00	198	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	46.92/cwt	42.00–49.50	574	75
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	886	37.16/cwt	36.00–38.00	329	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	51.93/cwt	50.00–53.00	848	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	40.43/cwt	39.00–43.00	415	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	152.70/cwt	142.00–161.00	487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	144.44/cwt	137.50–148.00	537	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	148.22/cwt	144.00–150.00	907	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	137.97/cwt	134.00–144.00	527	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	138.97/cwt	137.00–140.00	445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	137.55/cwt	136.00–139.00	652	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	135.27/cwt	135.00–136.00	717	15

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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