Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-03-03

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Mar 3
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
273 head
170 vs last sale 103 26 vs year ago 247 · +10.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
35 vs last sale 68 14 vs year ago 47 · 29.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market comparison available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $161.47/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$161.47
96 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$124
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.67
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2455162.0873790
Medium and Large 1565152.338616thin
One grade step is worth $9.75/cwt here — about −$124 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 sale96 hd
161.47
UT average3 barns · 385 hd
155.80
+5.67
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,53492.251,4155thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56673.721,1544thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16172.218386thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low78849.623912thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2402163.43/cwt153.00–173.0065723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2361169.00/cwt169.00–169.006103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483160.89/cwt155.75–164.0077762
HeifersMedium and Large 1528155.00/cwt155.00–155.008184
SteersMedium and Large 1611158.72/cwt156.00–159.0097011
SteersMedium and Large 1413182.61/cwt181.00–192.0075411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2407177.22/cwt163.00–179.0072128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395172.00/cwt172.00–172.006791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590152.00/cwt152.00–152.008971
SteersMedium and Large 1451184.75/cwt184.00–185.008334
SteersMedium and Large 1509169.75/cwt169.75–169.7586410
SteersMedium and Large 1370185.00/cwt185.00–185.006851
SteersMedium and Large 1315180.00/cwt180.00–180.005672
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524161.09/cwt159.00–167.008449
HeifersMedium and Large 1640147.00/cwt147.00–147.009412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335173.00/cwt173.00–173.005802
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484165.06/cwt154.00–167.0079910
Bulls1,53492.25/cwt86.00–95.001,4155
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14470.07/cwt67.50–73.508024
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19576.50/cwt76.50–76.509142
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56673.72/cwt72.00–76.501,1544
CowsLean 85-90%78849.62/cwt48.00–51.003912

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.