Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend is available as this is the first reported sale in several months. 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 $239.22/cwt on 148 head.

Average price

$239.22

148 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$194

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

$13.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.79

vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	514	250.82	1,288	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	624	237.61	1,482	130

One grade step is worth $13.20/cwt here — about −$194 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 sale148 hd

239.22

—

UT average3 barns · 1,610 hd

255.00

−15.79

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,835	95.96	1,761	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,297	78.32	1,016	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,115	75.13	837	8thin

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	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,398	$1,745	2thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 2	—	790	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,202	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,065	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,427	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,357	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	225.21/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,592	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	257.91/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,341	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	242.60/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,431	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	623	237.76/cwt	230.00–240.50	1,481	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	661	226.87/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,500	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	248.97/cwt	239.00–250.00	1,297	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	234.93/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,151	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	226.14/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,291	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	274.67/cwt	274.00–277.50	1,011	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,386	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,069	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	932	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	233.75/cwt	233.75–233.75	1,213	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	242.00/cwt	238.00–244.00	992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,534	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,398	1,744.81/head	1,700.00–1,775.00	1,745	2
Bulls	—	—	2,125	105.59/cwt	104.50–106.50	2,244	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	91.14/cwt	84.00–97.50	1,540	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	73.27/cwt	69.00–78.00	972	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	90.96/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,114	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	72.86/cwt	71.00–74.00	813	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,006	1

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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