Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The light test of comparable feeder steers and heifers traded with weak undertone. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls also traded weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.82/cwt on 250 head.

Average price

$150.82

250 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$18.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.49

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	473	160.27	758	122
Medium and Large 1-2	488	141.80	692	128

One grade step is worth $18.47/cwt here — about $66 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 sale250 hd

150.82

—

UT average3 barns · 1,864 hd

152.31

−1.49

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	1,847	68.84	1,271	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,382	50.08	692	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,135	45.35	515	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,213	40.12	487	10

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	526	146.09/cwt	141.00–149.00	768	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	131.50/cwt	127.00–133.00	825	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	418	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	687	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	139.34/cwt	135.00–148.00	676	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	530	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	857	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	862	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	171.42/cwt	171.00–173.00	650	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	133.30/cwt	121.00–136.00	568	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	793	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	128.31/cwt	127.00–128.50	724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	155.58/cwt	144.00–166.00	513	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	145.40/cwt	138.50–155.00	608	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	150.97/cwt	142.00–154.00	701	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	770	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	111.78/cwt	111.50–115.00	889	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	167.72/cwt	164.00–174.00	721	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	152.71/cwt	151.00–155.00	791	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	856	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	119.86/cwt	115.00–122.00	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	457	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	752	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	125.48/cwt	116.00–134.00	580	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	596	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	127.47/cwt	126.00–129.00	662	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	175.89/cwt	170.00–177.00	589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	132.87/cwt	130.00–146.00	364	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	156.70/cwt	152.00–158.00	490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	135.32/cwt	120.00–139.00	497	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,383	881.03/cwt	850.00–910.00	12,185	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,063	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	992	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,688	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	946	863.75/cwt	675.00–1,035.00	8,171	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,563	1
Bulls	—	—	1,847	68.84/cwt	66.00–73.50	1,271	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	44.77/cwt	43.00–48.50	510	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	51.60/cwt	49.00–54.00	584	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	41.58/cwt	40.50–42.00	463	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,382	50.08/cwt	48.50–52.00	692	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	40.12/cwt	34.00–44.50	487	10

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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