Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable cattle trades too light for market trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.30/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$165.30

15 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$106

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

$19.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.67

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	492	169.13	832	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	625	150.00	938	3thin

One grade step is worth $19.13/cwt here — about −$106 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 sale15 hd

165.30

—

UT average2 barns · 149 hd

167.97

−2.67

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	1,743	107.44	1,873	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,278	99.82	1,275	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,063	92.03	979	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,147	82.95	951	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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,258	$1,320	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,265	$1,175	1thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	343	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	938	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,048	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,362	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	906	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	1,319.73/head	1,175.00–1,435.00	1,320	2
Bulls	—	—	1,783	104.39/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,861	4
Bulls	—	—	1,842	116.32/cwt	116.00–116.50	2,143	3
Bulls	—	—	1,285	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,195	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,071	96.11/cwt	94.50–99.00	1,029	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	84.30/cwt	81.00–86.00	921	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,056	91.39/cwt	87.00–94.00	965	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,424	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	82.95/cwt	82.00–84.00	951	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,281	97.18/cwt	95.00–103.50	1,245	10

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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