Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of feeder steers and heifers sold mostly firm. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.08/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$155.08

117 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$3.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.90

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	156.41	816	77
Medium and Large 1-2	471	152.53	718	40

One grade step is worth $3.87/cwt here — about $98 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 sale117 hd

155.08

—

UT average3 barns · 824 hd

157.99

−2.90

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,589	71.75	1,140	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,294	53.21	689	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	48.32	586	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	942	39.83	375	7thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	132.11/cwt	130.00–139.00	543	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	127.58/cwt	120.00–131.00	663	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	138.88/cwt	120.00–148.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	150.89/cwt	149.00–155.00	866	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	921	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	177.96/cwt	177.00–179.00	648	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	155.15/cwt	150.00–156.00	842	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	152.36/cwt	138.00–166.00	577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	159.50/cwt	150.00–166.00	697	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	152.20/cwt	130.00–156.50	738	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	132.57/cwt	120.00–137.00	630	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	151.33/cwt	150.00–152.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	732	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	141.09/cwt	140.00–144.00	878	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	168.49/cwt	167.00–172.00	746	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	161.38/cwt	158.00–164.00	757	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	139.00/cwt	134.00–144.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	135.49/cwt	134.00–137.00	715	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	48.21/cwt	46.00–51.00	588	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	36.28/cwt	32.00–38.00	330	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	44.56/cwt	43.50–45.00	439	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,246	50.40/cwt	50.00–51.00	628	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,326	55.09/cwt	52.00–57.50	730	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	44.38/cwt	43.00–45.00	502	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	51.94/cwt	51.50–53.00	642	4
Bulls	—	—	1,607	75.55/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,214	6
Bulls	—	—	1,573	68.50/cwt	66.00–70.00	1,078	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	120.07/cwt	118.00–122.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	133.32/cwt	124.00–138.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	111.36/cwt	101.00–117.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	553	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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