Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2022-12-15

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Dec 15
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
252 vs last sale 438 186 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
6 vs last sale 74 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
22 vs last sale 30 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle were too thinly tested for any comparison. Average dress slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 6.00 higher on a light test. Average dress slaughter bulls traded 5.00 higher on a very thin test. The next available report will be Thursday, December 22, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.79/cwt on 48 head.
Average price
$173.79
48 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.85
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582176.891,03025
Medium and Large 1-2506173.8188019thin
Medium and Large 2537154.258284thin
One grade step is worth $22.64/cwt here — about $202 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 sale48 hd
173.79
UT average2 barns · 664 hd
180.64
−6.85
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
BullsHigh1,67089.271,4917thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,81076.001,3761thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,36373.0299521
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00466.5566821

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,293$1,2684thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,295$1,0502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,430$9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,365$1,3651thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610153.30/cwt151.00–158.009353
BullsMedium and Large 1-2453178.00/cwt178.00–178.008062
BullsMedium and Large 1-2533162.00/cwt162.00–162.008634
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575157.00/cwt157.00–157.009031
BullsMedium and Large 2610142.00/cwt142.00–142.008662
HeifersMedium and Large 1408178.01/cwt177.00–179.007266
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570169.00/cwt169.00–169.009631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620159.98/cwt158.00–162.009922
SteersMedium and Large 1360207.00/cwt207.00–207.007451
SteersMedium and Large 1760152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1551
SteersMedium and Large 1855146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320195.00/cwt195.00–195.006241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365188.00/cwt182.00–190.006864
SteersMedium and Large 1493188.53/cwt184.50–191.0092910
SteersMedium and Large 2608147.00/cwt147.00–147.008942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427184.13/cwt180.00–186.007863
SteersMedium and Large 1445189.00/cwt189.00–189.008411
SteersMedium and Large 1515185.00/cwt185.00–185.009531
SteersMedium and Large 1315213.00/cwt213.00–213.006711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535176.53/cwt170.00–180.009444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2910125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2453173.00/cwt173.00–173.007842
SteersMedium and Large 1805146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1751
SteersMedium and Large 2405162.00/cwt162.00–162.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2690144.00/cwt144.00–144.009941
HeifersMedium and Large 2475143.00/cwt143.00–143.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 1390178.01/cwt177.00–179.006942
SteersMedium and Large 1940156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,4661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2790137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0821
SteersMedium and Large 1626170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0644
SteersMedium and Large 1708154.32/cwt152.00–159.001,0933
HeifersMedium and Large 1610172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0492
HeifersMedium and Large 1465168.00/cwt168.00–168.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 2625135.50/cwt135.00–136.008472
SteersMedium and Large 2525161.00/cwt161.00–161.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350164.00/cwt164.00–164.005741
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,430950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2951,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3651,365.00/head1,365.00–1,365.001,3651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2931,267.94/head1,250.00–1,285.001,2684
Bulls1,82897.50/cwt97.00–98.001,7822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47468.01/cwt64.50–69.501,0024
Bulls1,75588.47/cwt85.00–91.501,5534
Bulls1,01576.00/cwt76.00–76.007711
CowsLean 85-90%1,00275.51/cwt72.50–81.007576
CowsLean 85-90%84956.33/cwt55.00–57.004783
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33774.20/cwt71.00–80.0099217
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,81076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,3761
CowsLean 85-90%1,04364.63/cwt61.00–69.5067412

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.