Cedar Livestock Auction Market Report

Cedar, Utah · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 28, 2021

211 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.50/cwt ≈ $815/hd at 620 lb · 12 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $173.24/cwt ≈ $712/hd at 411 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	211	274	185
Feeder cattle	154	211	145
Slaughter cattle	36	22	20
Replacement cattle	21	41	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, not enough comparable receipts for a market test.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–425	411	11	169.00–177.00	$173.24	$712	—
460–477	474	6	167.00–176.00	$168.46	$799	+20.59
508	508	2	145.00	$145.00	$737	—
585	585	2	150.00	$150.00	$878	—
645	645	2	137.00	$137.00	$884	—
728	728	2	131.00	$131.00	$954	—
758	758	2	127.00	$127.00	$963	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	377	3	155.00	$155.00	$584	—
410–440	425	2	132.00–152.00	$142.35	$605	-4.39
475–485	481	4	146.00–153.00	$147.73	$711	+11.73
590	590	2	116.00–130.00	$123.00	$726	—
615	615	1	132.00	$132.00	$812	-7.09

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	142.00	$142.00	$490	—
375–385	380	3	138.00–146.00	$141.00	$536	—
420–445	439	4	141.00–144.00	$143.28	$629	—
488	488	7	144.00	$144.00	$703	—
543	543	3	130.00	$130.00	$706	—
620 fancy	620	12	131.50	$131.50	$815	—
677 fancy	677	9	126.00	$126.00	$853	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	419	5	110.00–130.00	$119.29	$500	-20.28
480	480	1	128.00	$128.00	$614	-6.78
515	515	1	126.00	$126.00	$649	-9.89
686	686	6	125.00	$125.00	$858	+4.00
800	800	1	116.00	$116.00	$928	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	177.00	$177.00	$655	—
415	415	1	160.00	$160.00	$664	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–595	590	2	125.00–135.00	$129.96	$767	+10.96

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1185	1069	80-85%	4	45.00–47.50	$46.67	$499	—
885–1260	1178	80-85%	16	50.25–55.00	$52.29	$616	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1628–1995	1750	3	76.00	$76.00	$1,330	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
962–1120	1024	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	600.00–660.00	$629.24
1260	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1330–1468	1422	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	900.00–950.00	$930.56

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1755	1755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,160.00	$1,160.00	—
1792 fancy	1792	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1205	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	885.00	$885.00	—
1425	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.