Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2021-02-10

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Feb 10

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

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Feeder Cattle receipts

573 head

▼ 1,092 vs last sale 1,665▼ 418 vs year ago 991 · −42.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 8▼ 1 vs year ago 4 · −25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs traded unevenly steady on a light offering, while steers over 600 lbs traded mostly 0.50 to 3.50 lower on a thin test. Feeder heifers across all weight ranges traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower on a light offering. Replacement cattle had no comparisons from last week to accurately trend. Slaughter cattle were too thinly tested to quote. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Wednesday, February 17, 2021.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.86/cwt on 268 head.

Average price

$144.86

268 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$2.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.17

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	686	145.72	1,000	167
Medium and Large 1-2	630	143.43	904	101

One grade step is worth $2.28/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale268 hd

144.86

—

CO average4 barns · 3,315 hd

152.02

−7.17

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 lots · USDA AMS · Sterling Livestock Commission - Sterling, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	166.29/cwt	162.00–172.00	795	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	179.44/cwt	179.00–180.00	890	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	163.22/cwt	160.00–165.00	854	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	921	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	854	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	150.18/cwt	148.50–152.50	913	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	141.16/cwt	136.00–146.00	892	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	136.03/cwt	136.00–137.00	920	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	144.67/cwt	142.00–149.00	985	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	979	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	142.43/cwt	142.00–142.50	1,033	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	137.95/cwt	134.50–142.00	1,048	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	130.50/cwt	129.00–133.00	997	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	702	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	675	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	735	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	789	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	142.39/cwt	140.00–148.00	749	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	552	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	789	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	140.32/cwt	139.00–141.00	818	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	138.29/cwt	135.00–139.50	875	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	133.00/cwt	130.50–133.50	853	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	920	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	124.25/cwt	122.00–126.00	852	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	947	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	120.96/cwt	118.00–122.00	887	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	120.15/cwt	119.00–120.50	936	26
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,280	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	11,328	3

This sale against other markets

Colorado weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Colorado auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sterling Livestock Commission - Sterling, CO

Wed Feb 10, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 573Last week 1,665Year ago 991

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 8Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	165.50	165.50
6	—	519	152.00	152.00
7	—	462	159.00	159.00
20	—	552	143.00	143.00
26	—	779	119.00–120.50	120.15
28	—	684	134.50	134.50
33	—	633	135.00–139.50	138.29
35	—	707	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	641	130.50–133.50	133.00
9	—	686	122.00–126.00	124.25
23	—	583	139.00–141.00	140.32
31	—	733	118.00–122.00	120.96
5	—	427	158.00	158.00
8	—	526	140.00–148.00	142.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	478	162.00–172.00	166.29
40	—	632	136.00–146.00	141.16
6	—	764	129.00–133.00	130.50
8	—	523	160.00–165.00	163.22
28	—	676	136.00–137.00	136.03
5	—	720	136.00	136.00
4	—	569	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	555	166.00	166.00
28	—	608	148.50–152.50	150.18
9	—	496	179.00–180.00	179.44
61	—	760	134.50–142.00	137.95
14	—	725	142.00–142.50	142.43
48	—	681	142.00–149.00	144.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,280	885.00	885.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.