Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last week, feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Trade was active with good demand on moderate supply

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −77.03 against this barn's trailing median of $443.03.

Average price

$366.00

5 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$722

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$107.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.36

vs UT average

−21.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	387.50	2,150	4thin
Medium 1	510	280.00	1,428	1thin

One grade step is worth $107.50/cwt here — about $722 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $483.07, low $395.69, median $443.03 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

366.00

—

UT average3 barns · 84 hd

372.36

−6.36

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−21.49

This barn, trailing median18 sales

443.03

−77.03

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	1,792	174.43	3,126	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,469	156.62	2,301	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,165	145.25	1,692	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	127.48	1,346	23
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	760	145.00	1,102	1thin

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	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,358	$2,970	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,331	$2,800	4thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	467.73/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,964	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	382.78/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,275	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	392.19/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,635	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	444.29/cwt	432.50–455.00	2,057	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	462.23/cwt	457.50–482.50	1,484	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	523.50/cwt	517.50–535.00	1,424	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	385.95/cwt	377.50–392.50	1,802	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	237	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,244	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,001	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	298.40/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	419.27/cwt	405.00–422.00	1,593	36
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,796	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,398	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	3,004.58/head	2,900.00–3,100.00	3,005	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,352	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	154.19/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,065	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	125.68/cwt	119.00–135.00	1,253	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,086	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	142.75/cwt	131.00–156.50	1,593	25
Bulls	—	—	1,763	171.28/cwt	162.00–177.00	3,020	4
Bulls	—	—	1,850	180.74/cwt	180.00–181.50	3,344	2
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	340	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,080	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	355	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,216	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,065	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	760	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,102	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	139.70/cwt	134.00–149.00	1,623	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	156.62/cwt	154.00–157.00	2,301	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,050	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,827	2
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	1
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	380	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,473	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	477	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,288	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	446.14/cwt	442.50–450.00	1,151	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,240	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,697	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,363	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	2,975.57/head	2,800.00–3,125.00	2,976	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	370.14/cwt	360.00–374.50	2,276	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	310	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,635	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	360	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	478.33/cwt	477.50–502.50	1,789	29

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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