Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2021-08-11

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2021-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-11

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Aug 11

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

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Receipts

823 head

▲ 823 vs last sale 0▲ 177 vs year ago 646 · +27.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: No comparison is available as this is the first sale that has been reported in several months. Trade activity and demand were good. Today's run consisted of mostly yearling type steers and heifers that were being brought in from summer grass. A firm undertone was noted for these yearling type cattle. The next available report will be Wednesday, August 25, 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 $156.64/cwt on 549 head.

Average price

$156.64

549 head · 942 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$7.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.23

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	951	157.07	1,494	518
Medium and Large 1-2	797	149.42	1,191	31

One grade step is worth $7.65/cwt here — about $302 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 sale549 hd

156.64

—

CO average2 barns · 569 hd

156.87

−0.23

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

Every lot

16 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	166.91/cwt	163.00–169.00	1,113	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	152.62/cwt	151.00–153.00	1,113	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	798	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,233	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,228	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,270	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	152.19/cwt	151.50–155.00	1,332	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	937	159.93/cwt	152.00–160.25	1,499	181
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,016	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	1,598	204
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,065	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,587	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	596	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	939	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	159.31/cwt	158.00–160.50	1,063	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	153.27/cwt	152.75–157.00	1,107	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	152.77/cwt	146.00–153.50	1,150	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	796	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,134	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	971	140.29/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,362	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,010	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,374	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 Aug 11, 2021

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

Receipts 823Last week 0Year ago 646

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	596	157.50	157.50
30	—	667	158.00–160.50	159.31
32	—	722	152.75–157.00	153.27
62	—	753	146.00–153.50	152.77
3	—	1,010	136.00	136.00
7	—	971	139.00–142.00	140.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	796	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	1,016	157.25	157.25
6	—	667	163.00–169.00	166.91
13	—	798	154.50	154.50
24	—	1,065	149.00	149.00
40	—	800	153.50	153.50
50	—	875	151.50–155.00	152.19
181	—	937	152.00–160.25	159.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	870	146.00	146.00
16	—	729	151.00–153.00	152.62

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.