Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-04-28

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Apr 28
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
4 vs last sale 154 40 vs year ago 110 · +36.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
11 vs last sale 36 24 vs year ago 71 · 33.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
10 vs last sale 25 60 vs year ago 75 · 80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report: The light test of comparable trades across all classes of cattle sold with firm undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.68/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$166.68
40 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$803
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.65
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480167.1580236
Medium and Large 1-2499162.508114thin
One grade step is worth $4.65/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale40 hd
166.68
UT average3 barns · 323 hd
156.03
+10.65
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
BullsAverage1,735104.861,8196thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18290.051,06425
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16579.009201thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1-2855119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0172
HeifersMedium and Large 1315171.88/cwt169.00–175.0054112
SteersMedium and Large 1369174.00/cwt174.00–174.006429
SteersMedium and Large 1810147.50/cwt147.00–148.001,1956
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy750135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,0164
HeifersMedium and Large 1667139.50/cwt139.50–139.509303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490165.00/cwt165.00–165.008092
SteersMedium and Large 1-2508160.00/cwt160.00–160.008132
SteersMedium and Large 1481173.00/cwt173.00–173.008327
SteersMedium and Large 1581159.68/cwt158.00–160.009286
HeifersMedium and Large 1736138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,0194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425150.50/cwt150.50–150.506404
HeifersMedium and Large 1420159.00/cwt159.00–159.006682
HeifersMedium and Large 1787129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0153
HeifersMedium and Large 1560138.00/cwt138.00–138.007733
SteersMedium and Large 1280174.65/cwt174.00–179.004898
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2871,391.75/cwt1,250.00–1,610.0017,91210
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5501,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.0024,0251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4251,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0019,9501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1701,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,7001
Bulls1,830109.87/cwt104.00–112.502,0114
Bulls1,54594.85/cwt93.00–97.001,4652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11088.50/cwt87.00–93.0098211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36394.98/cwt94.00–96.001,2959
CowsLean 85-90%1,16579.00/cwt79.00–79.009201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01384.59/cwt82.00–85.008575

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.