Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly on a light test. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.52/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$137.52

50 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$2.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.93

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	695	138.70	964	28
Medium and Large 1-2	625	136.02	850	22

One grade step is worth $2.68/cwt here — about $114 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 sale50 hd

137.52

—

UT average3 barns · 193 hd

144.45

−6.93

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	1,637	101.78	1,666	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,471	88.45	1,301	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	85.63	1,057	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,175	78.00	917	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,424	$1,306	7

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	659	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	969	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	993	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	143.30/cwt	132.00–149.00	777	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	150.88/cwt	149.00–151.50	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	129.33/cwt	129.00–130.00	917	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	135.67/cwt	135.00–136.00	773	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,072	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	175.64/cwt	173.00–177.00	836	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,273	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	157.94/cwt	155.00–160.00	747	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	116.50/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,174	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,049	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	904	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	130.90/cwt	130.50–132.00	988	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	156.98/cwt	155.00–158.00	890	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	182.60/cwt	181.00–183.00	803	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	169.47/cwt	166.00–172.00	888	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,424	1,305.80/head	1,150.00–1,435.00	1,306	7
Bulls	—	—	1,765	108.10/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,908	7
Bulls	—	—	1,337	87.02/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,163	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	90.91/cwt	90.50–92.00	1,459	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	917	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	84.38/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,012	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	88.12/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,151	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	88.06/cwt	85.50–89.50	1,277	19

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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