Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-07-21

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Jul 21
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
168 head
62 vs last sale 106 168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
29 vs last sale 116 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
9 vs last sale 9 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle too lightly tested for a market comparison. Average dressing slaughter cows sold unevenly and average dressing slaughter bulls sold weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.03/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$172.03
63 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$759
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$51.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.44
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1321194.7962535
Medium and Large 1-2592143.5884928
One grade step is worth $51.21/cwt here — about −$224 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 sale63 hd
172.03
UT average2 barns · 80 hd
169.59
+2.44
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
BullsAverage1,665100.791,67911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42692.591,3206thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24784.641,05655
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22078.099534thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,47612
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,190$9915

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1510171.00/cwt171.00–171.008723
HeifersMedium and Large 1418181.68/cwt180.00–183.507594
HeifersMedium and Large 1246196.00/cwt196.00–196.0048213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340183.50/cwt183.50–183.506243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2260182.98/cwt182.00–184.004762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2873116.95/cwt115.00–119.001,0212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430169.91/cwt162.00–178.007312
HeifersMedium and Large 1322202.00/cwt202.00–202.0065015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2315207.95/cwt207.00–209.006552
SteersMedium and Large 1-2213210.00/cwt210.00–210.004474
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2690126.85/cwt124.50–128.008756
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463152.43/cwt140.00–165.007062
SteersMedium and Large 1-2703142.68/cwt136.00–146.001,0033
SteersMedium and Large 1-2877125.31/cwt123.00–129.001,0993
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485178.00/cwt178.00–178.008632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380201.00/cwt201.00–201.007642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2717121.71/cwt120.00–123.008737
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2398180.50/cwt180.50–180.507182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2768125.62/cwt118.00–133.009652
SteersMedium and Large 1422186.36/cwt182.00–194.007863
SteersMedium and Large 1350215.00/cwt215.00–215.007536
SteersMedium and Large 1292216.62/cwt212.00–217.0063313
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,491.94/head1,375.00–1,625.001,49211
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2951,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,120600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2081,088.26/head885.00–1,250.001,0884
Bulls1,643102.58/cwt98.00–105.501,6858
Bulls1,820108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,9661
Bulls1,67890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38889.50/cwt89.50–89.501,2422
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15679.83/cwt75.00–82.009237
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25585.16/cwt82.50–88.001,06946
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42692.59/cwt91.00–95.501,3206
CowsLean 85-90%1,22078.09/cwt77.00–79.009534

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.