Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2019-08-28

Sterling

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Aug 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900
Feeder Cattle receipts
637 head
210 vs last sale 847 637 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
145 vs last sale 0 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers over 850 lbs traded unevenly steady with no comparable trades on steers under 850 lbs. Feeder heifers over 850 lbs traded 2.50 higher with no comparable trades on heifers under 850 lbs. The bulk of the run consisted of yearling coming off grass. No trend available on slaughter cattle due to a lack of comparable trades. Demand moderate. The next available report will be Wednesday, September 11, 2019.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.27/cwt on 541 head.
Average price
$138.27
541 head · 907 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,254
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$86
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.58/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 1688146.001,0045thin
Medium and Large 1920138.791,277477
Medium and Large 1-2817133.421,09059
One grade step is worth $12.58/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale541 hd
138.27
CO average1 barns · 541 hd
138.27
+0.00
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,74589.831,56733
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56964.821,0174thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27864.4882449
CowsLean 85-90%High1,21459.4272154

Every lot, as filed

29 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
HeifersMedium and Large 11,186114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,3524
HeifersMedium and Large 1417182.00/cwt182.00–182.007597
HeifersMedium and Large 1882124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,09811
HeifersMedium and Large 2616142.00/cwt142.00–142.008759
HeifersMedium and Large 2552146.50/cwt146.50–146.5080916
SteersLarge 1688146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0045
SteersMedium and Large 11,200110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,32611
SteersMedium and Large 1638154.00/cwt154.00–154.0098312
SteersMedium and Large 1868141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,224224
SteersMedium and Large 1972137.19/cwt128.00–138.001,333230
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390199.00/cwt199.00–199.007764
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623149.50/cwt149.50–149.509314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2949125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1867
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,059110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,1707
SteersMedium and Large 1-2863126.81/cwt124.00–128.001,09417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2772133.67/cwt131.00–135.501,03220
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,451875.00/cwt875.00–875.0012,6964
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,05881.00/cwt81.00–81.008573
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,37087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1922
Bulls1,67998.13/cwt95.00–103.001,6488
Bulls1,76687.17/cwt78.00–94.001,53925
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07576.00/cwt76.00–76.008171
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29158.56/cwt54.50–61.0075617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27767.36/cwt60.00–71.0086031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52554.00/cwt54.00–54.008241
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58368.43/cwt66.50–69.501,0833
CowsLean 85-90%1,12065.50/cwt65.50–65.507341
CowsLean 85-90%1,15354.00/cwt54.00–54.006232
CowsLean 85-90%1,21859.51/cwt56.50–62.0072551

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.