Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand were moderate. Feeder steers had no comparison from the last reported sale. Feeder heifers were too lightly tested at the last reported auction to accurately trend. Today's run consisted of mostly of calves that were preconditioned with 30-60 day weaning times. The next available report will be Wednesday, February 12, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.28/cwt on 948 head.

Average price

$151.28

948 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$23.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.78

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	648	152.79	990	234
Medium and Large 1	711	151.78	1,079	683
Medium and Large 2	750	128.84	966	31

One grade step is worth $23.95/cwt here — about $24 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 sale948 hd

151.28

—

CO average3 barns · 1,874 hd

152.06

−0.78

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,577	61.80	975	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,374	58.90	809	11

Every lot, as filed

44 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	186.97/cwt	185.00–190.00	780	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	55.00/cwt	54.00–56.00	666	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,436	60.36/cwt	58.00–63.00	867	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	61.80/cwt	58.50–64.50	975	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	372	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	606	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	800	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	138.74/cwt	135.00–139.25	934	90
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,323	61.87/cwt	57.00–64.50	819	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	83.98/cwt	80.50–88.00	1,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	137.80/cwt	131.00–139.85	1,185	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	176.53/cwt	170.00–179.00	996	63
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	996	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	9,562	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	67.45/cwt	65.00–71.00	825	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,122	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	202.31/cwt	201.00–206.00	789	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	184.13/cwt	180.00–187.00	980	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	149.96/cwt	147.00–153.00	942	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	133.85/cwt	130.00–136.50	1,037	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	147.57/cwt	146.00–148.25	1,088	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	160.89/cwt	157.00–167.50	1,004	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	144.53/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,110	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	139.80/cwt	139.50–140.00	1,160	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	149.17/cwt	147.00–153.50	1,010	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	961	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	174.16/cwt	172.00–176.00	918	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	166.14/cwt	164.00–167.00	974	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	180.88/cwt	176.00–184.00	874	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	142.09/cwt	140.00–143.50	1,037	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	890	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	132.39/cwt	130.50–133.00	964	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	819	122.87/cwt	121.00–125.50	1,006	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	122.55/cwt	121.00–126.00	895	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	153.10/cwt	150.00–157.00	784	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,080	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	145.02/cwt	142.00–145.75	896	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	156.62/cwt	155.00–160.00	883	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	131.35/cwt	126.00–133.00	998	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	132.40/cwt	129.00–133.50	957	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	143.83/cwt	140.00–148.00	839	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	136.30/cwt	132.50–137.50	866	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	751	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	128.59/cwt	126.00–130.00	859	20

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 Feb 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,697Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	417	185.00–190.00	186.97
46	—	628	147.00–153.00	149.96
48	—	775	130.00–136.50	133.85
12	—	656	146.50	146.50
13	—	527	172.00–176.00	174.16
28	—	586	164.00–167.00	166.14
29	—	483	176.00–184.00	180.88
52	—	730	140.00–143.50	142.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	860	131.00–139.85	137.80
63	—	564	170.00–179.00	176.53
10	—	905	124.00	124.00
15	—	390	201.00–206.00	202.31
16	—	532	180.00–187.00	184.13
143	—	737	146.00–148.25	147.57
82	—	624	157.00–167.50	160.89
82	—	768	142.00–147.00	144.53
107	—	830	139.50–140.00	139.80
130	—	677	147.00–153.50	149.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	669	133.00	133.00
12	—	728	130.50–133.00	132.39
12	—	819	121.00–125.50	122.87
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	372	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	505	158.50	158.50
90	—	673	135.00–139.25	138.74
22	—	823	131.25	131.25
37	—	618	142.00–145.75	145.02
45	—	564	155.00–160.00	156.62
82	—	760	126.00–133.00	131.35
132	—	723	129.00–133.50	132.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	730	121.00–126.00	122.55
38	—	512	150.00–157.00	153.10
51	—	583	140.00–148.00	143.83
104	—	635	132.50–137.50	136.30
4	—	780	122.00	122.00
20	—	668	126.00–130.00	128.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	591	127.00	127.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,210	54.00–56.00	55.00
8	—	1,436	58.00–63.00	60.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,577	58.50–64.50	61.80

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,323	57.00–64.50	61.87
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,230	80.50–88.00	83.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,223	65.00–71.00	67.45
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,090	94.00	94.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	996	960.00	960.00

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.

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Sterling

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sterling Livestock Commission - Sterling, CO

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle