Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report: Comparable trades too light for an accurate market trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.02/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$150.02

59 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$3.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.39

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	153.06	900	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	577	149.55	863	51

One grade step is worth $3.52/cwt here — about $37 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 sale59 hd

150.02

—

UT average2 barns · 231 hd

149.63

+0.39

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	1,700	94.51	1,607	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,347	81.93	1,104	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,109	76.35	847	8thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	171.50/cwt	170.00–173.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	935	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	161.65/cwt	159.00–163.00	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	154.41/cwt	149.00–164.00	834	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	867	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	920	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	185.29/cwt	183.50–188.00	800	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	149.53/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,087	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	185.99/cwt	184.50–187.50	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	166.59/cwt	162.00–171.00	861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	144.33/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,172	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	162.10/cwt	159.00–165.50	999	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	982	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	132.69/cwt	129.50–136.00	1,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	148.60/cwt	147.00–151.50	851	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	903	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	157.83/cwt	156.00–159.00	814	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	158.73/cwt	147.00–162.50	684	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	984	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	179.06/cwt	173.00–184.00	684	9
Bulls	—	—	1,700	94.51/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,607	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	76.35/cwt	74.00–79.50	847	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,347	81.93/cwt	79.00–82.50	1,104	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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