Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available. Classes of cattle were too lightly tested for an accurate market comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.13/cwt on 146 head.

Average price

$175.13

146 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$18.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.64

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	460	184.83	851	70
Medium and Large 1-2	498	166.20	827	76

One grade step is worth $18.63/cwt here — about $24 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 sale146 hd

175.13

—

UT average2 barns · 304 hd

167.50

+7.64

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	1,765	74.09	1,308	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,627	64.79	1,054	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	54.37	634	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	41.59	424	12

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	653	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	921	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	148.01/cwt	147.00–149.00	833	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	714	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	135.37/cwt	133.00–138.50	998	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	121.56/cwt	119.50–134.00	863	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	996	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	168.57/cwt	159.00–172.00	742	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	156.25/cwt	155.00–156.50	980	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	148.41/cwt	148.25–149.50	981	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	195.15/cwt	194.00–199.00	722	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	183.87/cwt	174.00–185.00	728	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	146.16/cwt	144.00–155.00	1,057	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	187.42/cwt	187.00–193.00	791	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	898	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	862	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	171.08/cwt	169.00–176.00	724	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	674	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	148.03/cwt	145.50–150.50	1,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	532	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,046	879.33/cwt	775.00–960.00	9,198	10
Bulls	—	—	1,765	74.09/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,308	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	54.37/cwt	50.00–57.50	634	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,627	64.79/cwt	64.00–66.00	1,054	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	42.62/cwt	41.00–49.00	436	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	38.50/cwt	37.50–39.00	389	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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