Sale reports / Utah / Cedar Livestock Auction / 2025-12-11

Cedar Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Cedar, Utah · Thu, Dec 11
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2036
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
277 vs last sale 522 245 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
74 vs last sale 165 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
9 vs last sale 27 18 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 unevenly steady on calves and yearlings. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower on breaker and boning cattle, with lean cattle selling 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold too light to trend. Trade was active with good demand and a light to moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $419.12/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 5 of 19 comparable sales and sits 22.02 against this barn's trailing median of $441.14.
Average price
$419.12
22 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,323
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.91
vs UT average
11.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550422.532,32520
Medium and Large 2595385.002,2912thin
One grade step is worth $37.53/cwt here — about $34 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

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 sale22 hd
419.12
UT average3 barns · 126 hd
411.21
+7.91
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
−11.51
This barn, trailing median19 sales
441.14
−22.02
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
BullsAverage1,611165.632,66811
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,264141.851,79315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,553136.222,1156thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,118134.321,50141

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,305$3,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$2,9251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,167$2,7673thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,202$2,3156
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,084$2,6605
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$2,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1650–700670375.26/cwt367.50–380.002,51423
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350315305.00/cwt305.00–305.009611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500468476.15/cwt470.00–482.502,2284
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580405.32/cwt392.50–417.502,3512
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700650350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2752
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400365580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,1175
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1052,750.51/head2,625.00–3,050.002,7514
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519432.01/cwt410.00–437.502,2427
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0002,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500455375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7062
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400380492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,8723
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750733321.93/cwt312.50–330.002,3603
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2815230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8751
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400385538.35/cwt537.50–540.002,0733
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1672,767.39/head2,325.00–3,000.002,7673
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3053,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1502,925.00/head2,925.00–2,925.002,9251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2022,315.35/head2,000.00–2,975.002,3156
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600595385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2912
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1752,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,220183.73/cwt175.00–190.002,2422
CowsLean 85-90%1,156134.27/cwt118.00–146.001,55237
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight763134.80/cwt128.00–150.001,0294
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,553136.22/cwt130.50–143.002,1156
CowsBoner 80-85%1,271140.13/cwt127.00–155.001,78114
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,166166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,9361
Bulls1,604160.14/cwt150.00–170.002,5696
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350310555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,7212
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300268512.50/cwt512.50–512.501,3742
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2840190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5961
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615348.67/cwt322.50–374.002,1442
Bulls1,295145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8781
Bulls1,700179.03/cwt172.00–184.003,0444
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2101
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,8881
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550520413.22/cwt410.00–420.002,1496
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650608402.17/cwt392.50–407.502,4457
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500468405.29/cwt362.50–445.001,8972
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400359511.27/cwt510.00–515.001,8354
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521388.68/cwt370.00–397.502,02511
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330572.21/cwt557.50–580.001,8886
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650618358.23/cwt300.00–390.002,2143
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600555435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4143
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,2613
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750725270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9581
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567417.43/cwt405.00–430.002,36713
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773330.11/cwt317.00–344.002,5522
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450412482.58/cwt480.00–505.001,98810
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500458495.93/cwt480.00–502.502,27110
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450420517.50/cwt517.50–517.502,1742
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350322590.54/cwt580.00–600.001,9025
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300250430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0752
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400385572.50/cwt572.50–572.502,2041
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300283547.57/cwt540.00–555.001,5502
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475440.24/cwt430.00–455.002,0916

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.