Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2025-10-02

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Oct 2
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
201 head
274 vs last sale 475 201 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
11 vs last sale 65 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
8 vs last sale 37 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower, with slaughter bulls selling mostly steady on a light test. Trade was active on good demand across all classes of livestock with light to moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $419.71/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 4 of 18 comparable sales and sits 23.32 against this barn's trailing median of $443.03.
Average price
$419.71
29 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,269
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.66
vs UT average
2.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536432.092,31416thin
Medium and Large 1-2526420.002,2096thin
Medium and Large 2565391.142,2107thin
One grade step is worth $40.95/cwt here — about $104 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
497459420382median 443.0312/1802/0504/0206/1108/13
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 sale29 hd
419.71
UT average3 barns · 357 hd
432.36
−12.66
National average177 barns · 15,324 hd
422.65
−2.94
This barn, trailing median18 sales
443.03
−23.32
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
BullsHigh1,535169.842,60711
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,280162.862,08415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,156161.961,87224
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,310161.942,1212thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,332$2,4265
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)985$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,463$3,1758
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,110$3,1001thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600592387.79/cwt380.00–392.502,2968
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,350183.50/cwt183.50–183.502,4771
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,310161.94/cwt158.00–166.002,1212
CowsLean 85-90%938139.64/cwt136.00–142.001,3103
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,187165.15/cwt159.00–176.001,96021
Bulls1,950178.00/cwt178.00–178.003,4711
Bulls1,470155.41/cwt150.00–159.002,2854
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900865247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,1411
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000995247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,4581
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1552,836.69/head2,775.00–2,900.002,8372
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300250562.50/cwt562.50–562.501,4061
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850808281.25/cwt280.00–282.502,2732
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,220186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,2691
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,095168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,8401
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2998220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1962
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460450.93/cwt445.00–452.502,0745
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,1041
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700655375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4567
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550535365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9531
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700655280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8341
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500460410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8861
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650610387.64/cwt382.50–398.002,3659
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700685280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9181
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366523.97/cwt510.00–535.001,91812
SteersMedium and Large 11100–11501,110245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,7201
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900890330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,9371
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323542.50/cwt542.50–542.501,7523
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 11300–13501,345153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,0581
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3322,426.48/head2,075.00–2,600.002,4265
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,500178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,6702
BullsReturn to Feed1,233182.20/cwt171.00–194.002,2472
Bulls1,647176.04/cwt170.00–182.002,8994
CowsBoner 80-85%1,422172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,4462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,250159.62/cwt151.00–164.001,99512
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450435480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0881
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400360422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,5191
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19852,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5653,287.19/head3,225.00–3,375.003,2876
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1103,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,190170.40/cwt158.00–178.502,0282
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600586373.87/cwt362.50–385.002,1914
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500472457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,1592
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2096
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360162.00/cwt162.00–162.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400350460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6101
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550537414.17/cwt412.50–415.002,2243
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550515438.32/cwt432.50–462.502,25710
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570421.71/cwt415.00–425.002,4046
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450437482.08/cwt481.00–487.502,1076
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550505350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7681
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006891
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,5441
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400364542.94/cwt510.00–585.001,9763
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450414526.73/cwt512.50–528.002,18117
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650635390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4771
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500483493.79/cwt482.50–515.002,38516
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1532

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.