Name: Cedar Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to not enough comparable sales. Trade was active with a good demand with a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $425.31/cwt on 30 head, down $19.60 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 19 comparable sales and sits −15.83 against this barn's trailing median of $441.14.

Average price

$425.31

▼ 19.60 vs prior sale

30 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$32.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.10

vs UT average

+26.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	427.48	2,263	28
Medium and Large 2	530	395.00	2,094	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.48/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

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 sale30 hd

425.31

—

UT average3 barns · 39 hd

424.22

+1.10

National average142 barns · 3,877 hd

399.29

+26.02

This barn, trailing median19 sales

441.14

−15.83

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	1,539	176.68	2,718	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,548	164.73	2,550	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,549	160.98	2,494	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	982	143.71	1,411	3thin

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)	1,313	$3,146	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,365	$2,350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,525	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,784	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	451.37/cwt	440.00–462.50	2,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,557	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,535	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	538.59/cwt	522.50–545.00	2,009	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,161	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	430.07/cwt	426.00–440.00	2,219	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	1,883	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	412.51/cwt	395.00–415.50	1,910	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	382.29/cwt	367.50–391.00	1,973	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	428.99/cwt	415.00–432.50	1,819	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,370	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	153.07/cwt	143.00–164.00	1,413	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,375	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	164.73/cwt	155.00–172.00	2,550	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	925	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,094	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,836	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,406	3,187.78/head	2,375.00–3,650.00	3,188	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	3,090.44/head	2,875.00–3,400.00	3,090	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	337	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,752	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,163	1
Steers	Medium 2	700–750	700	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,715	2
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	575	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	963	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,515	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,015	1
Bulls	—	—	1,542	173.49/cwt	155.00–182.00	2,675	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,653	162.48/cwt	157.00–175.00	2,686	6

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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