Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2024-07-24

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2024-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-24

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Jul 24

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← May 8Jul 24Aug 7 →

Receipts

1,213 head

▲ 407 vs last sale 806▲ 1,213 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereStock Show SpecialSat Jan 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. No trend available due to last report being almost 2 months ago. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $254.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −89.15 against this barn's trailing median of $343.15.

Average price

$254.00

4 head · 728 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.90

vs CO average

−11.63 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	728	254.00	1,849	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

254.00

—

CO average2 barns · 52 hd

237.10

+16.90

National average130 barns · 6,294 hd

265.63

−11.63

This barn, trailing median4 sales

343.15

−89.15

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

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

4 sales

Steers 700–800 lb: high $351.23, low $331.94, median $343.15 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

21 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	50–100	Medium and Large 1	90	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,849	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	824	255.83/cwt	255.00–256.00	2,108	42
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	258.25/cwt	258.00–258.50	2,306	268
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,322	153
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	938	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,242	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	248.07/cwt	247.00–251.50	2,416	381
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	999	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,308	7
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,039	237.75/cwt	236.00–240.00	2,470	102
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,080	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,533	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	50–100	Medium and Large 1	88	324.53/head	300.00–350.00	325	3
Heifers	100–150	Medium and Large 1	114	322.49/head	200.00–375.00	322	6
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1	155	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	543	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,314	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	252.75/cwt	252.75–252.75	1,906	153
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	2,010	44
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	50–100	Medium and Large 1	78	327.66/head	275.00–350.00	328	3
Bulls	100–150	Medium and Large 1	121	381.44/head	325.00–425.00	381	4
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 1	185	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	1

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 Jul 24, 2024

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

Receipts 1,213Last week 806Year ago 0

Trade activity and demand was moderate. No trend available due to last report being almost 2 months ago. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	50–100	90	375.00	375.00
1	200–250	225	725.00	725.00
268	850–900	893	258.00–258.50	258.25
153	900–950	907	256.00	256.00
381	950–1000	974	247.00–251.50	248.07
102	1000–1050	1,039	236.00–240.00	237.75
10	1050–1100	1,080	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	728	254.00	254.00
42	800–850	824	255.00–256.00	255.83
8	900–950	938	239.00	239.00
7	950–1000	999	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	50–100	78	275.00–350.00	327.66
4	100–150	121	325.00–425.00	381.44
1	150–200	185	625.00	625.00
1	250–300	290	910.00	910.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	543	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	50–100	88	300.00–350.00	324.53
6	100–150	114	200.00–375.00	322.49
1	150–200	155	375.00	375.00
153	750–800	754	252.75	252.75
44	800–850	828	242.75	242.75

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.