Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, no trends available on feeder cattle due to limited comparable sales, however a higher undertone was noticed. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Trade was active with good demand and a moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.73/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −62.29 against this barn's trailing median of $443.03.

Average price

$380.73

42 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,015

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

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

$62.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.11

vs UT average

−28.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	385.21	2,044	39
Medium and Large 2	512	322.50	1,650	3thin

One grade step is worth $62.71/cwt here — about $393 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale42 hd

380.73

—

UT average3 barns · 92 hd

385.84

−5.11

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

−28.57

This barn, trailing median18 sales

443.03

−62.29

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	—	High	1,699	168.36	2,861	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,724	157.26	2,711	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,276	152.47	1,946	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,155	146.88	1,696	24
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	143.00	1,859	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
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	985	$2,925	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,515	$3,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,254	$2,994	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,000	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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	600–650	620	384.06/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	427.42/cwt	407.50–430.00	1,945	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	320.58/cwt	315.00–332.00	2,520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	470.35/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,585	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,301	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	434.71/cwt	430.00–442.50	1,848	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	379.86/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,994	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	397.75/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,877	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,231	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	401.12/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,761	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	232	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	1,270	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	393.71/cwt	392.50–395.00	2,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	332.74/cwt	332.50–333.00	2,080	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	366.13/cwt	362.50–367.50	1,794	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,941	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	427	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,114	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	454.55/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,691	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	351.61/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,842	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	452.35/cwt	447.50–462.50	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	457	460.45/cwt	450.00–462.50	2,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,980	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,442	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,373	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,325	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,183	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,217	152.35/cwt	146.00–157.00	1,854	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	141.41/cwt	134.00–148.00	1,546	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,724	157.26/cwt	154.50–162.00	2,711	5
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,859	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	151.46/cwt	144.00–155.50	1,927	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	156.28/cwt	153.50–162.50	2,021	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,015	1
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	362	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,330	2
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	415	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,587	1
Bulls	—	—	1,893	179.84/cwt	176.50–183.00	3,404	2
Bulls	—	—	1,793	170.49/cwt	166.00–176.50	3,057	6
Bulls	—	—	1,541	162.41/cwt	148.00–168.00	2,503	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,143	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	362.51/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fancy	450–500	480	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,944	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	424.26/cwt	412.50–430.00	1,812	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	640	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	364	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,711	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	313	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,092	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	458	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,267	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	705	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,327	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,515	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	513	394.10/cwt	392.50–395.50	2,022	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	238	609.00/cwt	609.00–609.00	1,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,122	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,109	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	264	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,492	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	424.63/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,030	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1250–1300	1,250	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,094	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	477.94/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,007	13
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	510.95/cwt	510.00–512.50	1,441	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	457	477.45/cwt	472.50–482.50	2,182	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	536.96/cwt	525.00–542.50	1,810	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	382.23/cwt	381.00–385.00	2,148	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	545.32/cwt	532.50–555.00	1,532	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	530.80/cwt	507.50–547.50	1,937	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	584.67/cwt	580.00–590.00	1,345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,019	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	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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