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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher and average dressing slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.38/cwt on 153 head.

Average price

$149.38

153 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$13.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.40

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	153.54	780	107
Medium and Large 1-2	505	139.69	706	46

One grade step is worth $13.85/cwt here — about $74 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 sale153 hd

149.38

—

UT average3 barns · 1,308 hd

148.98

+0.40

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	1,772	73.12	1,296	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,318	54.74	721	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	45.38	532	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	987	38.51	380	15

Every lot, as filed

46 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	—	459	139.97/cwt	136.00–152.00	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	119.44/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,096	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	141.43/cwt	139.00–145.00	741	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	151.74/cwt	149.00–154.00	652	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	135.78/cwt	127.00–139.00	781	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	152.53/cwt	148.50–154.00	778	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	581	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	127.49/cwt	127.00–129.00	608	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	138.56/cwt	138.00–139.00	890	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	157.41/cwt	154.00–167.00	746	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	117.34/cwt	117.00–118.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	663	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	128.57/cwt	127.00–129.00	752	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	723	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	12,017	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,555	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	15,939	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	16,088	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,532	1,310.00/cwt	1,310.00–1,310.00	20,069	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	15,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	12,285	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,470	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,007	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,077	3
Bulls	—	—	1,772	73.12/cwt	69.00–75.50	1,296	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	47.53/cwt	45.00–49.00	577	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	40.37/cwt	40.00–42.00	434	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	40.24/cwt	37.00–44.00	416	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	861	33.76/cwt	33.00–34.00	291	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,212	52.33/cwt	50.00–55.00	634	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	61.96/cwt	61.00–63.00	1,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	178.33/cwt	175.00–180.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	125.51/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	162.26/cwt	158.00–171.00	703	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	144.22/cwt	143.00–160.00	541	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	129.37/cwt	127.50–139.00	401	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	133.33/cwt	133.00–135.00	688	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	154.32/cwt	149.00–160.00	657	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	706	6

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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