Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-12-08

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Dec 8
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
438 head
218 vs last sale 220 438 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
12 vs last sale 86 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
2 vs last sale 28 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers across all weight ranges traded mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher, while those over 600 lbs traded 3.50 higher on a light amount of comparisons. Slaughter cows traded 7.00 to 10.00 higher on a light test and slaughter bulls traded 8.50 higher on a very thin test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.03/cwt on 189 head.
Average price
$172.03
189 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$43.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.63
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1653172.911,128147
Medium and Large 1-2553169.9194041
Medium and Large 2885129.001,1421thin
One grade step is worth $43.91/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale189 hd
172.03
UT average2 barns · 714 hd
179.65
−7.63
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
BullsLow2,04880.821,6554thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33964.5086417
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08860.1565412

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)1,315$1,4101thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,258$1,3514thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,176$1,07515
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,188$9196

Every lot, as filed

62 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
SteersMedium and Large 11,318143.99/cwt143.00–145.001,8982
SteersMedium and Large 11,290145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8712
HeifersMedium and Large 1521166.23/cwt163.00–167.008665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0306
SteersMedium and Large 1-2543176.51/cwt175.00–177.009584
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2915144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,3181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635154.00/cwt154.00–154.009781
SteersMedium and Large 1620171.70/cwt168.00–178.001,06522
SteersMedium and Large 11,408145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,0422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2840146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2345196.00/cwt196.00–196.006763
SteersMedium and Large 2885129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482179.44/cwt179.00–181.0086511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2556170.00/cwt170.00–170.009455
SteersMedium and Large 1769156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,20012
SteersMedium and Large 1477186.07/cwt184.00–188.0088816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415184.00/cwt184.00–184.007641
SteersMedium and Large 1561180.14/cwt178.00–182.001,01114
SteersMedium and Large 1678164.10/cwt160.00–170.001,11330
SteersMedium and Large 1-2369185.40/cwt180.00–192.006844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0633
SteersMedium and Large 11,364145.85/cwt145.00–147.001,9897
SteersMedium and Large 1716157.05/cwt154.00–159.001,12410
SteersMedium and Large 1365201.50/cwt200.00–202.0073516
HeifersMedium and Large 2585142.50/cwt142.00–143.008342
HeifersMedium and Large 2785124.00/cwt124.00–124.009731
HeifersMedium and Large 1750143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0731
HeifersMedium and Large 1685148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,01415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478154.48/cwt152.00–155.007386
HeifersMedium and Large 2431138.00/cwt138.00–138.005958
CowsLean 85-90%1,12563.63/cwt63.00–65.007167
CowsLean 85-90%1,05053.23/cwt46.00–57.005594
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36958.91/cwt56.00–63.0080611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30168.31/cwt66.50–69.508895
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed98063.50/cwt63.50–63.506221
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,205107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2891
Bulls1,84573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,3471
Bulls2,11583.42/cwt82.00–84.501,7643
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2581,351.17/head1,325.00–1,400.001,3514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1761,074.59/head925.00–1,150.001,07515
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3151,410.00/head1,410.00–1,410.001,4101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,188918.87/head775.00–1,050.009196
HeifersMedium and Large 2873112.01/cwt107.00–117.009782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2738134.04/cwt130.00–136.009893
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420153.00/cwt153.00–153.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561160.00/cwt160.00–160.0089821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2602152.00/cwt152.00–152.009154
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2790130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265185.00/cwt185.00–185.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0321
HeifersMedium and Large 2610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007931
HeifersMedium and Large 2361156.00/cwt156.00–156.005639
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2538151.00/cwt151.00–151.008126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395166.00/cwt166.00–166.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 1872130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1342
HeifersMedium and Large 1395174.00/cwt174.00–174.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 1580164.83/cwt162.00–169.0095619
HeifersMedium and Large 1619158.67/cwt151.00–161.0098217
SteersMedium and Large 1435195.01/cwt190.00–205.0084811
SteersMedium and Large 1515182.00/cwt182.00–182.009372
SteersMedium and Large 1845154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,3011

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.