Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend available for the light test of comparable feeder cattle trades. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold with weak undertone.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.04/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$192.04

37 head · 398 lb average

Value per head Derived

$763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$249

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

$36.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.45

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	360	197.90	712	31
Medium and Large 1-2	594	161.75	961	6thin

One grade step is worth $36.15/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale37 hd

192.04

—

UT average3 barns · 171 hd

163.59

+28.45

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	1,458	107.82	1,572	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,171	89.95	1,053	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	83.23	974	16

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)	1,415	$1,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	—	480	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	981	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	294	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	606	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	761	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	600	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	885	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,008	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bulls	—	—	1,458	107.82/cwt	105.50–112.00	1,572	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	82.26/cwt	80.00–87.00	978	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	936	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,171	89.95/cwt	87.00–96.00	1,053	5

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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