Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2025-09-04

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Sep 4
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
253 head
228 vs last sale 481 253 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
26 vs last sale 96 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
0 vs last sale 12 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold sharply higher on good quality calves and yearlings, while feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 10.00 higher. There was not enough bulls to set an accurate trend for slaughter bulls , but a higher under tone was noticed. Trade was very active with good demand across all classes of livestock with active buyer participation, with a light to moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $388.36/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits 52.78 against this barn's trailing median of $441.14.
Average price
$388.36
11 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,008
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$619
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$104.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
68.99
vs UT average
28.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525422.142,2167thin
Medium and Large 1-2503341.001,7152thin
Medium and Large 2503317.501,5972thin
One grade step is worth $104.64/cwt here — about $619 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales
497459420382median 441.1412/1802/0504/0207/0908/20
Steers 500–600 lb: high $483.07, low $395.69, median $441.14 across 19 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 sale11 hd
388.36
UT average3 barns · 187 hd
457.36
−68.99
National average140 barns · 6,808 hd
416.53
−28.17
This barn, trailing median19 sales
441.14
−52.78
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
BullsAverage1,596168.532,6895thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,572158.242,4885thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,089157.791,71831
CowsLean 85-90%Average988135.181,3357thin
SteersChoice and PrimeLow1,535187.502,8781thin

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 Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)762$2,3752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,193$2,9493thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,161$2,9325
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,025$2,8251thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,4311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350305460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300282552.50/cwt552.50–552.501,5582
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400372470.08/cwt465.00–475.001,7499
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600590334.16/cwt332.50–335.001,9723
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0151
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750728330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4023
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1932,949.33/head2,285.00–3,385.002,9493
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0522,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7503
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450410456.42/cwt447.50–460.001,87117
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550503341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,7152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900877284.50/cwt284.50–284.502,4956
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400358466.25/cwt442.50–470.001,6698
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650610343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,0921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400390425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,65813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,66912
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0252,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550507434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,2005
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3253,205.66/head2,950.00–3,450.003,2062
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800788261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,0572
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300290517.00/cwt517.00–517.001,4993
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450441485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1394
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,5531
SteersMedium and Large 2Gaunt600–650620297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,8451
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27622,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3752
CowsBoner 80-85%835137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1441
CowsLean 85-90%1,051137.87/cwt135.00–144.001,4493
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,572158.24/cwt157.00–160.002,4885
CowsBoner 80-85%1,182168.23/cwt157.00–175.001,9889
SteersChoice and Prime1,535187.50/cwt187.50–187.502,8781
Bulls1,600172.94/cwt172.00–174.002,7672
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2900–950900145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,083152.09/cwt144.00–155.001,64719
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed855175.42/cwt174.00–177.001,5002
Bulls1,593165.59/cwt165.00–167.002,6383
CowsLean 85-90%910125.56/cwt121.00–128.001,1433
CowsLean 85-90%1,030156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,6071
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350310510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,5811
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,8592
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500457351.18/cwt347.50–365.001,6055
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550542305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6532
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3281
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550503317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5972
BullsMedium and Large 1Gaunt900–950925192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,7811
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400354562.50/cwt562.50–562.501,9915
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450412514.24/cwt502.50–522.002,11914
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300271598.47/cwt590.00–600.001,6227
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500455467.00/cwt467.00–467.002,1251
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560369.46/cwt340.00–385.002,0693
SteersMedium and Large 11050–11001,055227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,4001
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570392.50/cwt390.00–395.002,2372
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500485448.33/cwt440.00–453.002,17419
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521373.02/cwt365.00–382.501,9436
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650628341.97/cwt335.00–349.002,1482
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750722341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,4622
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000990189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,8762
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850830225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8681
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400394525.13/cwt514.00–531.002,06928
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350339575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,9496
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650627377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,3676
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000965231.25/cwt230.00–232.502,2322

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.