Cedar Livestock Auction Market Report

Cedar, Utah · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 1, 2021

401 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $141.67/cwt ≈ $1,020/hd at 720 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $167.00/cwt ≈ $847/hd at 507 lb · 11 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.76/cwt ≈ $912/hd at 613 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	401	357	65
Feeder cattle	183	293	32
Slaughter cattle	126	41	31
Replacement cattle	92	23	2

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers, as well as average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly weak on a light test.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	3	170.00	$170.00	$779	—
507	507	11	167.00	$167.00	$847	—
711–731	720	24	134.00–142.00	$141.67	$1,020	—
912	912	2	125.50	$125.50	$1,145	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	151.00	$151.00	$604	—
450	450	1	149.00	$149.00	$670	-15.61
575	575	2	151.00–153.00	$152.00	$874	-1.59
610–617	613	11	146.50–154.00	$148.76	$912	—
665	665	1	127.00	$127.00	$845	—
725	725	1	116.00	$116.00	$841	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	112.00	$112.00	$308	-38.00
605–645	625	2	102.00–116.00	$109.22	$683	—
665–685	675	2	89.50–100.50	$94.92	$641	—
712–745	731	3	77.00–87.00	$83.75	$612	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422–445	430	3	142.00–150.00	$144.76	$622	-13.80
455	455	1	134.00	$134.00	$610	-14.62
541	541	8	138.00	$138.00	$747	—
600–646	641	10	126.00–132.00	$131.44	$843	+12.44
695	695	2	119.00	$119.00	$827	—
736	736	4	126.00	$126.00	$927	—
798	798	2	118.00	$118.00	$942	—
820	820	2	117.00	$117.00	$959	—
875–890	883	2	119.00–126.00	$122.53	$1,082	—
900–945	923	2	98.00–102.00	$99.95	$923	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622	622	2	107.00	$107.00	$666	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–390	378	3	140.00–171.00	$156.49	$592	+4.97
400–420	410	2	146.00–160.00	$153.17	$628	-1.83
600–614	611	5	138.00–139.00	$138.80	$848	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1135	1020	80-85%	2	54.00	$54.00	$551	—
695–1620	1048	80-85%	21	54.00–60.00	$57.61	$604	—
965–1495	1131	80-85%	6	60.00–77.00	$62.42	$706	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–740	713	85-90%	3	21.00–26.00	$22.73	$162	—
704–930	759	85-90%	9	31.00–39.00	$32.82	$249	—
743–1020	821	85-90%	13	40.00–48.00	$43.18	$355	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440	1440	75-80%	1	61.00	$61.00	$878	—
1545	1545	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$958	±0.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	1	45.00	$45.00	$464	—
1002–1400	1191	8	70.00–84.00	$77.55	$924	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1245–1340	1293	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
772	772	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	425.00	$425.00	—
705–933	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	64	400.00–900.00	$540.32	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1138–1222	1172	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,117.94	—
1855	1855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,335.00	$1,335.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1712	1712	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,185.00	$1,185.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	2	34.00–67.00	$50.06	$188	—
400–445	436	10	39.00–57.00	$46.77	$204	—
485	485	2	41.00–51.00	$46.00	$223	—
520	520	1	52.00	$52.00	$270	—

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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.