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Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2023-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Oct 18

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

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Feeder Cattle receipts

937 head

▼ 843 vs last sale 1,780▼ 238 vs year ago 1,175 · −20.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

109 head

▲ 109 vs last sale 0▲ 39 vs year ago 70 · +55.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, trade and demand on feeder cattle were steady. Todays supply was comprised mostly of preconditioned calves coming straight off the cow. Feeder steers traded mostly 8.00 to 18.00 higher with a few trades sharply higher. Feeder heifers weighing 400 to 600 pounds traded 7.00 to 10.00 lower, with a few trades sharply lower. While heifers weighing over 600 pounds were up 10.00 to 15.00 with a fairly light test. There is no comparable trend on the slaughter cows and bulls as the previous report was in September. Next available reports will be available as receipts warrant.

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 $309.06/cwt on 519 head.

Average price

$309.06

519 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$552

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

$79.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.80

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	311.82	1,717	435
Medium and Large 1-2	492	310.17	1,525	53
Medium 1-2	412	285.71	1,178	21
Medium and Large 2	502	232.00	1,165	10thin

One grade step is worth $79.82/cwt here — about $552 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 sale519 hd

309.06

—

CO average4 barns · 3,325 hd

274.26

+34.80

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,784	107.44	1,917	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,306	97.03	1,267	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,150	93.00	1,070	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,183	82.85	980	46

Every lot, as filed

55 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 1-2Unweaned	330	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	908	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	348	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,392	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	385	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,463	9
Steers	—	Medium 1-2Unweaned	404	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,192	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	427	337.25/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,440	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	433	375.16/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,624	88
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	448	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,254	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	477	328.02/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,565	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	495	315.75/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,563	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	502	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,165	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	518	317.03/cwt	306.00–319.00	1,642	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	535	284.60/cwt	282.50–287.50	1,523	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	553	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,479	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	576	292.43/cwt	285.00–301.00	1,684	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,488	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	615	276.43/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,700	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	684	252.46/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,727	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	713	252.01/cwt	242.00–253.50	1,797	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,865	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,959	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2Unweaned	313	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	870	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2Unweaned	386	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	984	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	399	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,327	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	422	296.74/cwt	280.00–317.50	1,252	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,161	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	474	264.98/cwt	262.50–269.00	1,256	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	480	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,164	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	529	262.68/cwt	252.50–273.00	1,390	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	579	249.75/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,446	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,326	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	617	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,589	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	651	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,660	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	742	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,521	3
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	759	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,738	8
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	832	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,893	40
Heifers	—	Medium 1	955	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,029	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,007	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,231	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,053	203.75/cwt	202.50–205.00	2,145	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,134	187.94/cwt	170.00–194.00	2,131	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	581	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,371	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	898	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,401	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	938	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,501	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	1,070	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,712	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	1,128	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,827	6
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	1,191	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,941	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,733	109.07/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,890	9
Bulls	—	—	1,836	103.33/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,897	6
Bulls	—	—	1,930	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	2,268	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,067	62.52/cwt	58.00–71.00	667	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,150	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,070	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,182	82.98/cwt	79.50–86.50	981	26
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,222	89.39/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,092	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	111.44/cwt	109.50–112.00	1,410	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	96.53/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,269	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,319	86.25/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,138	6

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 Oct 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 937Last week 1,780Year ago 1,175

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 0Year ago 70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	433	375.00–380.00	375.16
16	—	495	312.50–320.00	315.75
35	—	576	285.00–301.00	292.43
9	—	385	380.00	380.00
8	—	348	400.00	400.00
140	—	518	306.00–319.00	317.03
76	—	615	265.00–281.00	276.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	404	295.00	295.00
3	—	330	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	502	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	713	242.00–253.50	252.01
8	—	684	245.00–257.00	252.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	427	327.50–340.00	337.25
19	—	477	327.50–330.00	328.02
12	—	535	282.50–287.50	284.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	777	240.00	240.00
12	—	867	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	595	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	553	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	448	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	581	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	583	227.50	227.50
3	—	430	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	257.50	257.50
28	—	474	262.50–269.00	264.98
37	—	529	252.50–273.00	262.68
41	—	579	245.00–253.00	249.75
4	—	399	332.50	332.50
25	—	422	280.00–317.50	296.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	202.50–205.00	203.75
4	—	1,134	170.00–194.00	187.94
5	—	1,007	221.50	221.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	480	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	278.00	278.00
7	—	386	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	651	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	832	227.50	227.50
8	—	759	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	742	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,070	160.00	160.00
6	—	1,128	162.00	162.00
5	—	1,191	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	898	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	938	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,733	106.00–113.00	109.07
1	—	1,930	117.50	117.50
6	—	1,836	101.00–105.00	103.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,265	109.50–112.00	111.44
15	—	1,315	92.00–100.00	96.53
6	—	1,319	85.00–89.00	86.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,222	87.00–94.00	89.39
26	—	1,182	79.50–86.50	82.98
5	—	1,067	58.00–71.00	62.52

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.