Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-10-06

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Oct 6
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
398 head
17 vs last sale 381 94 vs year ago 492 · 19.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
34 vs last sale 83 124 vs year ago 173 · 71.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle under 500 lbs sold firm while feeder cattle over 500 lbs sold mostly weak. 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 $177.53/cwt on 107 head.
Average price
$177.53
107 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$831
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.61
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476182.0286687
Medium and Large 1-2435158.0268820
One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about $178 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 sale107 hd
177.53
UT average2 barns · 651 hd
176.92
+0.61
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
BullsAverage1,42394.981,3528thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38081.071,1194thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16573.7385915
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,33565.008681thin

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$1,3852thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,325$9862thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1577180.40/cwt161.00–188.001,0417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368162.00/cwt162.00–162.005968
HeifersMedium and Large 1323203.79/cwt194.00–205.5065813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400158.00/cwt158.00–158.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1418186.35/cwt183.00–188.0077915
HeifersMedium and Large 1385214.00/cwt214.00–214.008243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515164.95/cwt160.00–185.008495
SteersMedium and Large 1565186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,05111
SteersMedium and Large 1717159.34/cwt159.00–160.001,1423
SteersMedium and Large 1619171.63/cwt171.50–172.001,0628
SteersMedium and Large 1341223.38/cwt216.00–236.0076212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526153.48/cwt153.00–155.008074
SteersMedium and Large 1362219.28/cwt218.00–223.007948
SteersMedium and Large 1451201.00/cwt201.00–201.009076
HeifersMedium and Large 1532172.55/cwt168.00–179.0091840
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720139.24/cwt138.00–140.501,0032
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340166.00/cwt166.00–166.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 1493176.00/cwt176.00–176.008689
SteersMedium and Large 1420206.06/cwt198.00–216.0086513
SteersMedium and Large 1536187.07/cwt185.50–193.001,00329
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2251,385.00/head1,385.00–1,385.001,3852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,325986.00/head986.00–986.009862
Bulls1,41095.38/cwt93.00–100.001,3454
Bulls1,613104.07/cwt103.00–105.001,6792
Bulls1,26085.08/cwt84.00–86.001,0722
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15173.28/cwt70.00–77.0084314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0921
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38081.07/cwt80.00–83.001,1194
CowsLean 85-90%1,33565.00/cwt65.00–65.008681

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.