Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly weak. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to slightly weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.44/cwt on 172 head.

Average price

$150.44

172 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$5.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.72

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	152.35	788	109
Medium and Large 1-2	472	147.12	694	63

One grade step is worth $5.23/cwt here — about $94 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 sale172 hd

150.44

—

UT average2 barns · 1,172 hd

147.72

+2.72

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	—	Low	1,607	62.40	1,003	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,220	57.00	695	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	43.58	546	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,081	37.29	403	18

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	—	333	165.32/cwt	157.00–169.50	551	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	165.05/cwt	164.00–167.50	672	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	156.16/cwt	153.00–160.00	732	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	147.53/cwt	141.00–150.50	835	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	152.97/cwt	146.00–160.00	662	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	135.43/cwt	135.00–137.00	651	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	135.01/cwt	132.00–137.00	587	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	119.76/cwt	112.00–124.50	607	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	773	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	130.72/cwt	120.00–136.00	756	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	150.42/cwt	148.50–153.50	788	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,590	932.08/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	14,820	2
Bulls	—	—	960	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	490	2
Bulls	—	—	1,930	68.10/cwt	66.00–69.00	1,314	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	35.43/cwt	34.00–37.00	398	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	38.77/cwt	38.00–40.00	406	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	44.55/cwt	40.00–48.00	584	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	888	53.50/cwt	53.00–54.00	475	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	36.86/cwt	35.00–38.00	416	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	738	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,068	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	132.60/cwt	132.50–133.00	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	134.02/cwt	133.00–135.50	424	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	128.04/cwt	125.00–129.00	607	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	877	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	134.97/cwt	131.00–135.75	518	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	145.82/cwt	140.00–152.00	693	21

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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