Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2023-09-06

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2023-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-06

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Sep 6

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Aug 9Sep 6Oct 4 →

Receipts

639 head

▼ 501 vs last sale 1,140▼ 743 vs year ago 1,382 · −53.8%

Also sold hereStock Show SpecialSat Jan 17, 2026

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand light to moderate. No trend available as this market was last covered in early August. Today's supply comprised of yearling steers and heifers coming off grass. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

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 $248.71/cwt on 325 head.

Average price

$248.71

325 head · 795 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$32.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	803	251.29	2,017	262
Medium and Large 2	645	245.32	1,583	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	771	242.32	1,868	30
Medium 1	903	218.86	1,977	14thin

One grade step is worth $32.43/cwt here — about $40 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 sale325 hd

248.71

—

CO average1 barns · 325 hd

248.71

+0.00

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

Every lot, as filed

23 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,418	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	621	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,534	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	250.90/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,809	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,946	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	242.32/cwt	242.00–242.50	1,868	30
Steers	—	Medium 1	773	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,793	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	784	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,874	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	253.60/cwt	248.00–256.00	2,092	157
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,048	22
Steers	—	Medium 1	1,001	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,092	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,354	8
Heifers	—	Large 2	623	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,402	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	636	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,555	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,627	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	684	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,648	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	694	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,704	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	714	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,721	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	754	237.51/cwt	237.00–239.00	1,791	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	864	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,966	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	953	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,154	16
Heifers	—	Large 3	1,220	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,964	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 4	1,071	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,692	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	1,250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,000	11

How this sale compares

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 Sep 6, 2023

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

Receipts 639Last week 1,140Year ago 1,382

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	825	248.00–256.00	253.60
49	—	721	246.00–253.00	250.90
34	—	769	253.00	253.00
22	—	879	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	773	232.00	232.00
8	—	1,001	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	784	239.00	239.00
11	—	621	247.00	247.00
4	—	574	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	771	242.00–242.50	242.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	636	244.50	244.50
9	—	864	227.50	227.50
8	—	562	241.00	241.00
16	—	684	241.00	241.00
8	—	714	241.00	241.00
32	—	754	237.00–239.00	237.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	694	245.50	245.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	953	226.00	226.00
7	—	656	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,071	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,250	160.00	160.00

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.