Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-09-29

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Sep 29
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
381 head
260 vs last sale 121 6 vs year ago 387 · 1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
6 vs last sale 77 72 vs year ago 155 · 46.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report: No comparison available for feeder cattle. Average dressing slaughter cows sold with weak undertone and average dressing slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.68/cwt on 145 head.
Average price
$186.68
145 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,030
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.81
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558187.421,045123
Medium and Large 1-2517182.5394522
One grade step is worth $4.89/cwt here — about $101 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 sale145 hd
186.68
UT average3 barns · 905 hd
182.87
+3.81
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
BullsAverage2,030105.492,1412thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50385.031,2782thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18679.0093712
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11777.0886136

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1352188.00/cwt188.00–188.006623
HeifersMedium and Large 1417185.34/cwt185.00–186.007733
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2379172.10/cwt170.00–174.006524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570159.49/cwt159.00–160.009092
HeifersMedium and Large 1553170.19/cwt166.50–174.5094125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2467167.01/cwt163.00–171.007804
SteersMedium and Large 1729170.65/cwt170.50–172.501,24413
SteersMedium and Large 1517192.26/cwt190.00–195.5099421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474190.65/cwt189.00–197.0090410
SteersMedium and Large 1416199.82/cwt195.00–209.0083112
HeifersMedium and Large 1476182.28/cwt176.50–186.0086835
HeifersMedium and Large 1678152.89/cwt152.50–155.001,03719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2543177.00/cwt177.00–177.009612
SteersMedium and Large 1616174.44/cwt172.00–176.001,07523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2333197.86/cwt196.00–202.006596
SteersMedium and Large 1679171.55/cwt167.50–177.001,16511
SteersMedium and Large 1322214.03/cwt208.00–219.006895
HeifersMedium and Large 1303192.44/cwt185.00–200.005832
SteersMedium and Large 1485199.67/cwt199.50–203.0096820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2890142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2644
SteersMedium and Large 1573190.91/cwt188.00–193.001,09418
Bulls2,030105.49/cwt105.00–106.002,1412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16279.06/cwt78.00–82.009199
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28075.74/cwt75.00–76.509692
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50385.03/cwt84.00–86.001,2782
CowsLean 85-90%1,14277.92/cwt76.50–79.0089027
CowsLean 85-90%1,04374.56/cwt74.00–75.007789

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.