Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2023-04-20

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Apr 20
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
256 head
69 vs last sale 187 102 vs year ago 154 · +66.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
35 vs last sale 59 58 vs year ago 36 · +161.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
12 vs last sale 8 5 vs year ago 25 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeders steers traded mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher with the exception of those weighing between 650-700 lbs trading 3.50 lower. Feeder heifers did not have enough comparisons for an accurate market trend. Average dress slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher and average dress slaughter bulls traded steady. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $204.30/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$204.30
133 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,138
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$509
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$61.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.79
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1589229.341,35177
Medium and Large 2533173.7592620
Medium and Large 1-2502167.7084236
One grade step is worth $61.64/cwt here — about $509 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 sale133 hd
204.30
UT average3 barns · 616 hd
223.09
−18.79
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
BullsHigh1,525113.861,73612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,630102.461,6708thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10593.761,03622
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37993.021,28214

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)1,376$1,6725
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,745$1,9751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,432$1,95910

Every lot, as filed

55 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,030107.59/cwt105.00–114.001,1083
CowsLean 85-90%92560.00/cwt60.00–60.005551
CowsLean 85-90%1,20080.00/cwt80.00–80.009601
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,81097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,7561
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,604103.24/cwt102.00–105.501,6567
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37398.16/cwt96.00–102.001,3488
CowsLean 85-90%1,12394.12/cwt93.00–98.001,05717
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38686.16/cwt82.00–93.001,1946
Bulls1,250128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,6001
Bulls1,704114.69/cwt112.00–118.501,9544
Bulls1,548106.17/cwt99.00–108.001,6446
BullsReturn to Feed940142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,3401
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4362,096.47/head1,950.00–2,250.002,0967
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,7451,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3761,672.13/head1,600.00–1,700.001,6725
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4241,638.16/head1,500.00–1,760.001,6383
HeifersMedium and Large 1835170.48/cwt169.00–172.001,4242
HeifersMedium and Large 1306252.17/cwt244.00–254.0077212
BullsMedium and Large 1530249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3202
HeifersMedium and Large 2935121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2745176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,3112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2773171.28/cwt166.00–174.001,32412
HeifersMedium and Large 1417235.80/cwt235.00–237.509833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2781182.64/cwt179.00–183.501,4265
SteersMedium and Large 11,470112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6461
SteersMedium and Large 1565233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3162
SteersMedium and Large 1433260.50/cwt258.00–261.001,1286
SteersMedium and Large 2297188.00/cwt188.00–188.005583
SteersMedium and Large 2930125.54/cwt122.00–129.001,1682
SteersMedium and Large 21,020118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2041
SteersMedium and Large 2505179.00/cwt179.00–179.0090413
SteersMedium and Large 1885179.79/cwt176.00–183.501,5912
SteersMedium and Large 1510238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,2142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2308255.00/cwt255.00–255.007852
SteersMedium and Large 2325215.00/cwt215.00–215.006991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425221.00/cwt221.00–221.009391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2827175.61/cwt174.00–179.501,4524
SteersMedium and Large 11,035142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,4701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full469140.04/cwt133.00–147.0065714
SteersMedium and Large 1915164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5011
SteersMedium and Large 1613231.78/cwt215.00–233.501,42113
SteersMedium and Large 1382257.24/cwt250.50–265.0098322
SteersMedium and Large 1950145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3781
SteersMedium and Large 11,105139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,5361
HeifersMedium and Large 1582219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,2772
SteersMedium and Large 1674217.53/cwt217.00–220.501,46620
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320235.00/cwt235.00–235.007525
HeifersMedium and Large 2390207.00/cwt207.00–207.008071
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,3636
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full326173.00/cwt173.00–173.0056410
HeifersMedium and Large 1779177.19/cwt176.00–182.001,3805
SteersMedium and Large 1703213.98/cwt208.00–215.501,5045
HeifersMedium and Large 2588180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0582
HeifersMedium and Large 1513234.22/cwt220.00–236.001,2029

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.