Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2019-08-14

Sterling

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Aug 14
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900
Receipts
847 head
847 vs last sale 0 847 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand moderate. No trend available as the last reported sale for this market was back in June. Today's run consisted of yearlings coming off grass with good quality and condition. Market prices today were reflective of the recent board activity. The next available report will be Wednesday, August 28, 2019.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.33/cwt on 621 head.
Average price
$141.33
621 head · 893 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,262
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2
$18.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1762143.501,0936thin
Medium and Large 2615143.008795thin
Medium and Large 1903141.471,278579
Medium and Large 1-2783140.461,10026
Large 1-2721125.009015thin
One grade step is worth $18.50/cwt here — about $192 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 sale621 hd
141.33
CO average1 barns · 621 hd
141.33
+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

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1824123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0147
HeifersLarge 1772126.00/cwt126.00–126.0097310
HeifersMedium and Large 1871122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0634
HeifersMedium and Large 1812126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0235
HeifersMedium and Large 1926116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,07413
HeifersMedium and Large 1769133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,02325
HeifersMedium and Large 1702136.75/cwt136.75–136.7596027
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2731124.00/cwt124.00–124.009065
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2659132.60/cwt126.00–135.5087425
SteersLarge 1762143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,0936
SteersLarge 1-2721125.00/cwt125.00–125.009015
SteersMedium and Large 11,038124.32/cwt123.50–126.001,2906
SteersMedium and Large 1977136.49/cwt128.50–137.001,334100
SteersMedium and Large 1814144.94/cwt140.00–147.001,180117
SteersMedium and Large 1878142.76/cwt136.00–144.501,253119
SteersMedium and Large 1925141.64/cwt136.00–143.001,310237
SteersMedium and Large 1-2841136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1447
SteersMedium and Large 1-2932130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2609153.00/cwt153.00–153.0093210
SteersMedium and Large 2615143.00/cwt143.00–143.008795

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.