Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2020-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good on calves with quality and condition. Feeder steers under 700 lbs mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 700-850 lbs unevenly steady, and over 850 lbs 6.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs traded steady to 1.00 higher and heifers over 550 lbs were 5.00 lower. The bulk of the run were long weaned, pre-conditioned calves. The next available report will be Wednesday, February 19, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.77/cwt on 452 head.

Average price

$163.77

452 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

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

$25.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.58

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	167.00	1,057	361
Large 1	616	161.55	995	20
Medium 1	564	158.50	894	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	640	153.58	983	33
Large 1-2	738	141.24	1,042	34

One grade step is worth $25.77/cwt here — about $15 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 sale452 hd

163.77

—

CO average4 barns · 1,945 hd

158.18

+5.58

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

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	158.30/cwt	158.00–159.00	744	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	174.53/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,018	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	189.12/cwt	180.50–193.50	1,010	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,230	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	146.29/cwt	140.50–148.50	1,106	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,143	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	145.80/cwt	141.00–147.50	1,069	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	152.84/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,024	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	166.05/cwt	162.00–169.00	1,036	63
Steers	Large 1-2	—	594	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	998	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	782	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,040	26
Steers	Medium 1	—	564	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	993	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	156.16/cwt	154.00–158.00	981	19
Steers	Large 1	—	522	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	947	6
Steers	Large 1	—	656	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,004	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	890	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	137.40/cwt	136.00–139.00	870	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	153.42/cwt	147.00–155.00	818	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	396	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,026	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	161.72/cwt	160.00–164.00	791	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	144.16/cwt	140.00–147.00	918	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	155.96/cwt	151.00–157.75	889	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	930	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	168.40/cwt	168.00–169.00	647	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	877	16
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	493	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	769	6
Heifers	Medium 1	—	592	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	814	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	137.72/cwt	137.00–138.00	952	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	161.67/cwt	159.00–162.00	718	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	145.29/cwt	144.00–147.00	838	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	159.09/cwt	158.00–160.00	832	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	418	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	798	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	127.81/cwt	125.00–130.00	933	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,041	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	626	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	901	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	418	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	598	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	834	15

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	830	117.50	117.50
7	—	470	158.00–159.00	158.30
19	—	633	136.00–139.00	137.40
54	—	533	147.00–155.00	153.42
8	—	769	121.00	121.00
12	—	384	168.00–169.00	168.40
16	—	685	128.00	128.00
17	—	444	159.00–162.00	161.67
17	—	577	144.00–147.00	145.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	396	156.00	156.00
4	—	443	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	489	160.00–164.00	161.72
57	—	637	140.00–147.00	144.16
70	—	570	151.00–157.75	155.96
7	—	691	137.00–138.00	137.72
27	—	523	158.00–160.00	159.09
25	—	730	125.00–130.00	127.81
8	—	909	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	493	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	592	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	626	144.00	144.00
5	—	418	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	598	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	583	170.00–179.00	174.53
83	—	534	180.50–193.50	189.12
17	—	952	129.25	129.25
18	—	756	140.50–148.50	146.29
21	—	866	132.00	132.00
32	—	733	141.00–147.50	145.80
38	—	670	149.00–154.00	152.84
63	—	624	162.00–169.00	166.05
3	—	430	192.00	192.00
5	—	481	185.00	185.00
8	—	389	210.00	210.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	594	168.00	168.00
26	—	782	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	680	146.00	146.00
19	—	628	154.00–158.00	156.16
3	—	487	176.00	176.00
3	—	760	135.00	135.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	522	181.50	181.50
14	—	656	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	418	191.00	191.00

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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