Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2023-12-14

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Dec 14
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
252 head
378 vs last sale 630 66 vs year ago 186 · +35.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
59 vs last sale 129 2 vs year ago 68 · +2.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There has been no recent comparison for an accurate market trend. 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 $237.57/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$237.57
98 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,342
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.69
vs UT average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536259.671,39122
Medium and Large 1-2574240.441,38157
Medium and Large 2569203.381,15819thin
One grade step is worth $56.29/cwt here — about $233 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 sale98 hd
237.57
UT average3 barns · 849 hd
231.89
+5.69
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
BullsLow1,59093.331,4848thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37084.781,1619thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,79582.001,4721thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06381.318648thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1-2450267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,2021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2717200.15/cwt198.00–201.501,4358
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372256.00/cwt256.00–256.009522
HeifersMedium and Large 2595217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2889168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,4941
HeifersMedium and Large 2440244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0741
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421275.08/cwt266.00–278.001,1584
SteersMedium and Large 1-2740202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4952
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325285.00/cwt285.00–285.009262
SteersMedium and Large 2465218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,0141
SteersMedium and Large 1557252.81/cwt250.00–253.001,40817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545246.03/cwt241.00–248.001,3417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3642
SteersMedium and Large 2720180.20/cwt168.00–198.001,2975
SteersMedium and Large 2670192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2285290.00/cwt290.00–290.008273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614213.26/cwt212.50–214.001,3094
HeifersMedium and Large 1498266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,3465
SteersMedium and Large 2550217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1942
SteersMedium and Large 2788192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,5135
HeifersMedium and Large 2741166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2305
HeifersMedium and Large 2770150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1551
SteersMedium and Large 1463283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622230.02/cwt226.00–232.501,43127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2762200.80/cwt200.00–201.001,5305
SteersMedium and Large 2209231.85/cwt221.00–235.004855
Bulls1,22789.17/cwt87.50–92.501,0943
Bulls1,80895.82/cwt95.00–97.001,7325
CowsLean 85-90%98085.15/cwt82.00–88.008343
CowsLean 85-90%1,11379.00/cwt79.00–79.008795
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49890.07/cwt85.00–94.001,3494
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26780.55/cwt79.00–82.001,0215
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,79582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,4721

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.