Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2020-02-19

Sterling

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Feb 19
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900
Feeder Cattle receipts
86 head
905 vs last sale 991 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
14 vs last sale 96 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
491 head
487 vs last sale 4 491 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder cattle were too thinly tested for any accurate comparisons. Replacement cattle and slaughter cattle were not reported at the last sale, so no trend is available. The next available report will be Wednesday, February 26, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.78/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$123.78
52 head · 836 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,035
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
14.99
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1836123.781,03552
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale52 hd
123.78
CO average2 barns · 660 hd
138.77
−14.99
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
BullsLow1,61182.641,33116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,95563.181,2352thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30161.7580324
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00859.4259936

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1864121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,05016
HeifersMedium and Large 1776127.00/cwt127.00–127.0098610
HeifersMedium and Large 11,025110.16/cwt107.50–110.501,1299
CowsLean 85-90%1,01359.80/cwt55.00–62.0060631
CowsLean 85-90%92051.26/cwt50.00–52.504723
CowsLean 85-90%1,05865.70/cwt63.00–68.006952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1721,410.00/cwt1,410.00–1,410.0016,5257
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2101,246.75/cwt1,200.00–1,325.0015,08696
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,531984.35/cwt900.00–1,035.0015,07016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,401923.95/cwt800.00–1,035.0012,94541
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,220925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,2855
HeifersMedium and Large 1746131.25/cwt131.25–131.2597917
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0801,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0012,9602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,311857.67/cwt625.00–925.0011,24422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2031,136.60/cwt1,000.00–1,175.0013,6735
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3531,069.35/cwt925.00–1,175.0014,46849
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,266744.15/cwt625.00–775.009,42112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19711,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0012,1385
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,25861.08/cwt58.50–67.0076823
Stock CowsMedium and Large 184098.88/cwt98.00–99.5083145
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0001,355.75/cwt1,300.00–1,400.0013,558128
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2901880.13/cwt825.00–925.007,93018
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,95563.18/cwt61.00–65.501,2352
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30861.95/cwt60.50–64.5081022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22559.50/cwt59.50–59.507292
Bulls1,50280.15/cwt72.00–84.001,20411
Bulls1,85188.12/cwt86.00–91.001,6315
BullsMedium and Large 1921116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,0735

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.