Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2024-11-06

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Nov 6

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Oct 30Nov 6Nov 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,183 head

▼ 960 vs last sale 2,143▼ 844 vs year ago 2,027 · −41.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

100 head

▼ 92 vs last sale 192▼ 145 vs year ago 245 · −59.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good, despite a moderate snow storm. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to 3.00 lower. A few fancy feeder steers and heifers with good vaccination programs traded 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 lower, while average dress slaughter bulls traded 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Next available report will be Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.34/cwt on 371 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −128.14 against this barn's trailing median of $430.49.

Average price

$302.34

371 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$48.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.73

vs CO average

+0.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	311.67	1,723	207
Large 1	504	297.50	1,499	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	560	293.92	1,646	134
Medium and Large 2	577	262.98	1,517	19thin

One grade step is worth $48.69/cwt here — about $206 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale371 hd

302.34

—

CO average4 barns · 1,453 hd

289.61

+12.73

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+0.49

This barn, trailing median4 sales

430.49

−128.14

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 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $445.30, low $396.50, median $430.49 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	1,843	140.32	2,587	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	127.28	2,030	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,316	124.34	1,637	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	999	121.64	1,215	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	2,040	121.02	2,469	2thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	323	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,147	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	341	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,313	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	6
Steers	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	387	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,384	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	423	347.77/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,471	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	372.37/cwt	369.00–380.00	1,605	48
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,628	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,632	34
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	478	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,324	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	498	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,419	3
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	504	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,499	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	517	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,665	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,781	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,469	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	545	302.11/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,646	82
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,678	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	556	291.77/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,622	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	289.33/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,641	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	589	278.50/cwt	269.00–283.00	1,640	40
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	590	259.76/cwt	252.00–264.00	1,533	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	296.71/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,768	65
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	269.81/cwt	268.50–276.00	1,700	90
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	631	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,552	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	632	261.25/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,651	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	266.72/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,696	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	649	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,687	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	654	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,713	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	656	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,935	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	272.84/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,806	13
Steers	650–700	Medium 1Unweaned	663	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,578	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	671	248.47/cwt	239.00–251.00	1,667	24
Steers	700–750	Medium 1Unweaned	706	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,567	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	715	245.30/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,754	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	717	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,732	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	330	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	949	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	382	328.58/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,255	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	413	325.66/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,345	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	445	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,402	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,410	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	479	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,322	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	284.53/cwt	283.00–286.00	1,377	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,339	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	270.59/cwt	267.50–273.00	1,450	65
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	280.49/cwt	279.00–281.00	1,512	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	540	259.35/cwt	257.50–267.50	1,400	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	258.79/cwt	254.00–263.00	1,480	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	572	233.97/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,338	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	248.83/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,466	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	592	247.01/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,462	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,506	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	242.21/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,480	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	637	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,516	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	648	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,555	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	649	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,454	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1Unweaned	652	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,447	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	663	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,551	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	231.73/cwt	231.00–232.00	1,569	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	799	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,670	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,728	142.25/cwt	138.00–147.00	2,458	2
Bulls	—	—	1,803	128.55/cwt	128.00–129.00	2,318	2
Bulls	—	—	2,155	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	3,448	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	959	168.48/cwt	162.00–170.00	1,616	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,002	93.96/cwt	91.00–97.00	941	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,007	112.39/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,132	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,020	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,326	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,032	105.20/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,086	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,179	162.42/cwt	157.50–167.50	1,915	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	115.13/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,433	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	104.36/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,398	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,362	125.14/cwt	110.00–130.00	1,704	39
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,594	128.39/cwt	128.00–129.00	2,047	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,598	124.50/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,990	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	2,040	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	2,469	2

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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,183Last week 2,143Year ago 2,027

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 192Year ago 245

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	445	315.00	315.00
14	450–500	479	276.00	276.00
16	500–550	540	257.50–267.50	259.35
13	550–600	592	245.00–248.00	247.01
3	600–650	637	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	652	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	484	283.00–286.00	284.53
5	500–550	511	262.00	262.00
12	550–600	589	248.00–250.00	248.83
8	600–650	611	240.00–246.00	242.21
11	650–700	677	231.00–232.00	231.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	382	328.00–330.00	328.58
17	400–450	413	320.00–330.00	325.66
5	450–500	478	295.00	295.00
65	500–550	536	267.50–273.00	270.59
24	550–600	572	254.00–263.00	258.79
2	600–650	648	240.00	240.00
12	650–700	663	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	539	279.00–281.00	280.49
2	600–650	600	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	287.50	287.50
6	550–600	572	232.00–236.00	233.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	799	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	649	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	277.00	277.00
5	600–650	631	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	387	357.50	357.50
11	500–550	504	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	527	338.00	338.00
65	550–600	596	292.00–297.00	296.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	345.00	345.00
12	550–600	567	289.00–290.00	289.33
22	600–650	636	266.00–270.00	266.72
13	650–700	662	268.00–276.00	272.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	405.00	405.00
48	400–450	431	369.00–380.00	372.37
34	450–500	473	345.00	345.00
50	500–550	517	322.00	322.00
9	550–600	556	290.00–294.00	291.77
90	600–650	630	268.50–276.00	269.81
6	650–700	654	262.00	262.00
39	700–750	715	241.00–250.00	245.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	355.00	355.00
14	550–600	590	252.00–264.00	259.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	498	285.00	285.00
5	500–550	540	272.00	272.00
6	600–650	649	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	341	385.00	385.00
17	400–450	423	345.00–352.00	347.77
82	500–550	545	299.00–310.00	302.11
40	550–600	589	269.00–283.00	278.50
16	600–650	632	260.00–262.00	261.25
24	650–700	671	239.00–251.00	248.47
7	700–750	717	241.50	241.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	663	238.00	238.00
4	700–750	706	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	550–600	550	305.00	305.00
4	650–700	656	295.00	295.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,002	91.00–97.00	93.96
3	—	1,032	103.00–109.00	105.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,340	100.00–108.00	104.36
14	—	1,245	110.00–119.00	115.13
1	—	1,020	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,179	157.50–167.50	162.42
39	—	1,362	110.00–130.00	125.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	959	162.00–170.00	168.48
11	—	1,007	112.00–114.00	112.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,598	123.00–126.00	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,594	128.00–129.00	128.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,040	120.00–122.00	121.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,155	160.00	160.00
2	—	1,728	138.00–147.00	142.25
2	—	1,803	128.00–129.00	128.55

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.