Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2021-12-01

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2021-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Dec 1

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Nov 10Dec 1Dec 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

962 head

▼ 1,314 vs last sale 2,276▼ 1,031 vs year ago 1,993 · −51.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

404 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 395▼ 105 vs year ago 509 · −20.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 0▲ 12 vs year ago 7 · +171.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers under 500 lbs. traded steady to 6.00 lower. Steers 500-600 traded 2.00 to 9.00 higher while those over 700 lbs. were 8.00 to 9.00 lower. Steers over 900 lbs. were higher on a light test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. were 2.00 to 8.00 higher while those over 600 lbs. traded uneven, 4.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle had no comparisons from the last test. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher for the most part. The next available report will be Wednesday, December 08, 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 $165.48/cwt on 441 head.

Average price

$165.48

441 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,025

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$592

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

$32.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.29

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	169.40	1,055	344
Medium and Large 1-2	622	152.34	947	92
Medium and Large 2	338	137.00	463	5thin

One grade step is worth $32.40/cwt here — about $592 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 sale441 hd

165.48

—

CO average3 barns · 2,817 hd

168.77

−3.29

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,671	66.85	1,117	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,341	59.09	792	273
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,097	47.77	524	102

Every lot

67 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	210.83/cwt	207.50–212.50	685	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	338	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	463	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	198.53/cwt	197.00–199.00	735	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	188.68/cwt	187.00–192.50	723	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	183.40/cwt	181.00–184.00	864	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	190.30/cwt	184.00–197.00	923	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	164.65/cwt	164.50–165.00	843	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	180.90/cwt	172.00–185.00	970	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	578	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	815	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	177.21/cwt	166.00–184.00	1,026	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	163.79/cwt	159.00–167.00	1,011	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	620	174.69/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,083	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	153.22/cwt	148.00–157.00	976	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	667	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,161	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	667	129.88/cwt	129.00–131.00	866	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	157.96/cwt	154.50–160.25	1,063	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,035	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	142.65/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,024	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	151.59/cwt	149.00–153.50	1,099	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	148.53/cwt	147.50–163.00	1,153	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	134.74/cwt	129.00–146.00	1,046	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,459	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	162.03/cwt	161.00–165.00	520	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	571	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	611	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	550	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	166.55/cwt	162.50–171.00	706	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	667	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	879	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	161.11/cwt	155.50–169.00	746	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	158.74/cwt	150.50–163.50	818	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	143.29/cwt	139.00–146.00	768	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	553	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	897	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	139.62/cwt	132.00–145.00	787	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	151.40/cwt	145.00–157.00	878	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	135.35/cwt	132.00–137.00	830	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	142.66/cwt	140.00–146.00	887	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	141.92/cwt	137.00–143.50	938	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	882	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	140.64/cwt	137.00–145.00	999	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	938	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	746	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	873	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	794	132.99/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,056	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,087	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,297	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,222	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	978	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,379	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,018	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,466	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,080	134.58/cwt	132.50–136.00	1,453	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,193	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,628	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	69.24/cwt	64.00–71.00	722	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,050	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	746	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	347	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,096	44.28/cwt	37.00–48.00	485	78
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,147	52.78/cwt	50.00–55.00	605	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,277	47.63/cwt	41.00–51.50	608	68
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	60.36/cwt	52.00–68.50	815	113
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,364	69.42/cwt	69.00–70.00	947	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,368	65.15/cwt	51.00–70.00	891	75
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,457	69.95/cwt	69.00–70.50	1,019	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,600	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	880	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,676	67.76/cwt	61.00–71.00	1,136	13
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	10,916	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	12,285	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,183	1,213.90/cwt	1,200.00–1,225.00	14,360	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,365	1,060.71/cwt	1,025.00–1,100.00	14,479	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,399	765.15/cwt	700.00–925.00	10,704	4

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 Dec 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 962Last week 2,276Year ago 1,993

Slaughter CattleReceipts 404Last week 395Year ago 509

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 0Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	613	132.00–137.00	135.35
7	—	564	132.00–145.00	139.62
6	—	733	128.00	128.00
4	—	794	132.00–136.00	132.99
4	—	321	161.00–165.00	162.03
11	—	955	128.00	128.00
1	—	805	135.00	135.00
1	—	355	155.00	155.00
2	—	433	154.00	154.00
16	—	536	139.00–146.00	143.29
5	—	663	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	172.00	172.00
3	—	328	174.00	174.00
48	—	622	140.00–146.00	142.66
13	—	661	137.00–143.50	141.92
30	—	1,080	132.50–136.00	134.58
13	—	710	137.00–145.00	140.64
6	—	424	162.50–171.00	166.55
32	—	515	150.50–163.50	158.74
32	—	463	155.50–169.00	161.11
1	—	920	141.00	141.00
57	—	580	145.00–157.00	151.40
8	—	1,193	136.50	136.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	746	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,018	144.00	144.00
13	—	453	194.00	194.00
11	—	553	162.25	162.25
4	—	978	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	776	129.00–146.00	134.74
10	—	471	181.00–184.00	183.40
8	—	637	148.00–157.00	153.22
13	—	690	150.00	150.00
7	—	512	164.50–165.00	164.65
7	—	383	187.00–192.50	188.68
20	—	718	137.00–146.00	142.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	579	166.00–184.00	177.21
38	—	617	159.00–167.00	163.79
16	—	485	184.00–197.00	190.30
12	—	370	197.00–199.00	198.53
64	—	673	154.50–160.25	157.96
30	—	776	147.50–163.00	148.53
17	—	725	149.00–153.50	151.59
41	—	536	172.00–185.00	180.90
12	—	960	152.00	152.00
3	—	325	207.50–212.50	210.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	667	174.00	174.00
16	—	620	172.00–175.00	174.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	578	141.00	141.00
7	—	667	129.00–131.00	129.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	338	137.00	137.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	33.00	33.00
78	—	1,096	37.00–48.00	44.28
6	—	1,043	64.00–71.00	69.24
13	—	1,147	50.00–55.00	52.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	55.00	55.00
13	—	1,676	61.00–71.00	67.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,277	41.00–51.50	47.63
9	—	1,457	69.00–70.50	69.95
113	—	1,350	52.00–68.50	60.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,368	51.00–70.00	65.15
8	—	1,364	69.00–70.00	69.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,050	71.00	71.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,183	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,213.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,365	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,060.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,399	700.00–925.00	765.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,065	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	1,050.00	1,050.00

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.