Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-03-31

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Mar 31
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
53 vs last sale 167 69 vs year ago 183 · 37.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
8 vs last sale 36 98 vs year ago 126 · 77.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
13 vs last sale 4 75 vs year ago 92 · 81.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable receipts too light for a market comparison. Rainy weather reported in the region throughout the week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.11/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$167.11
44 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$868
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$182
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.10
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2418168.007024thin
Medium and Large 1529167.0388440
One grade step is worth $0.97/cwt here — about −$182 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 sale44 hd
167.11
UT average2 barns · 55 hd
165.02
+2.10
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
BullsAverage1,742107.201,8673thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56084.501,3182thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06978.668418thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98868.076733thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2889122.34/cwt116.00–126.001,0886
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575152.00/cwt152.00–152.008742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350163.50/cwt163.50–163.505729
SteersMedium and Large 1595161.50/cwt161.50–161.5096114
SteersMedium and Large 1494170.00/cwt170.00–170.0084026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2418168.00/cwt168.00–168.007024
HeifersMedium and Large 1518157.00/cwt157.00–157.008138
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2301,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0014,4531
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6081,458.24/cwt1,300.00–1,575.0023,4482
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2291,324.02/cwt1,250.00–1,500.0016,2724
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5551,593.41/cwt1,500.00–1,675.0024,7782
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0981,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,8042
Bulls1,742107.20/cwt106.25–109.001,8673
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12380.37/cwt79.50–81.509034
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01576.94/cwt76.00–78.007814
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56084.50/cwt84.50–84.501,3182
CowsLean 85-90%98868.07/cwt67.00–70.006733

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.