Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to firm. Average dressing slaughter cows sold mostly 10.00 lower and average dressing slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.83/cwt on 147 head.

Average price

$189.83

147 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

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

$25.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.60

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	485	198.48	964	97
Medium and Large 1-2	566	173.07	980	50

One grade step is worth $25.41/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale147 hd

189.83

—

UT average3 barns · 1,581 hd

183.23

+6.60

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	1,641	82.29	1,350	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,583	64.91	1,028	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	59.45	719	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	810	42.52	344	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$1,204	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	815	$800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	292	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	698	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	890	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	924	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	167.12/cwt	166.00–167.50	861	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	178.42/cwt	169.00–182.00	835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	190.46/cwt	188.00–194.00	882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	169.06/cwt	168.00–169.50	1,046	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	195.60/cwt	192.00–208.00	937	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	153.47/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,110	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	226.46/cwt	219.00–232.00	836	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	219.87/cwt	210.00–224.50	932	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	130.54/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,081	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	174.21/cwt	173.00–176.00	1,049	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	191.26/cwt	190.00–199.00	796	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	184.71/cwt	178.00–189.00	879	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	197.79/cwt	192.00–204.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	161.46/cwt	160.00–161.75	907	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	214.58/cwt	210.00–218.00	798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	181.52/cwt	176.00–185.00	1,044	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,198	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	182.90/cwt	182.00–184.00	936	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	799	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	992	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	153.40/cwt	153.00–153.50	904	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	221.64/cwt	216.00–224.00	725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	197.26/cwt	194.00–204.00	850	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	233.16/cwt	226.00–240.00	788	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	1,204.38/head	1,125.00–1,285.00	1,204	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bulls	—	—	1,641	82.29/cwt	78.00–84.50	1,350	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	58.40/cwt	54.00–60.00	684	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	62.61/cwt	62.00–63.50	831	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	64.91/cwt	60.00–67.00	1,028	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	810	42.52/cwt	40.00–45.00	344	2

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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