Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2020-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: No trend is available as this was the first auction reported in over a month. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Wednesday, May 20, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.57/cwt on 784 head.

Average price

$163.57

784 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$1.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.76

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	604	163.97	990	624
Medium and Large 1-2	538	161.99	872	160

One grade step is worth $1.98/cwt here — about $118 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 sale784 hd

163.57

—

CO average3 barns · 1,914 hd

152.81

+10.76

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

37 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	—	678	120.88/cwt	120.00–121.00	820	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	135.93/cwt	132.00–137.00	745	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	126.75/cwt	125.00–127.50	799	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	129.97/cwt	127.00–136.00	746	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	177.41/cwt	176.00–178.00	836	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	164.19/cwt	163.50–165.00	1,031	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,054	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	135.59/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,058	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	164.15/cwt	159.00–164.35	1,087	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	171.86/cwt	165.00–174.00	878	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	168.43/cwt	161.00–173.00	985	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	647	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	829	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	133.46/cwt	131.50–135.00	981	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	149.46/cwt	139.00–152.00	988	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	175.39/cwt	170.00–177.00	756	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	154.33/cwt	151.00–155.50	966	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	168.52/cwt	166.00–171.00	789	42
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,550	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	22,475	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,615	1,827.40/cwt	1,800.00–1,950.00	29,513	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	2,025.00/cwt	2,025.00–2,025.00	28,350	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,499	1,048.36/cwt	1,025.00–1,050.00	15,715	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	20,000	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,664.79/cwt	1,635.00–1,710.00	19,977	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,354	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	16,563	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,286	913.49/cwt	800.00–975.00	11,747	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,292	1,358.55/cwt	1,325.00–1,375.00	17,552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	134.60/cwt	134.00–135.00	598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	146.96/cwt	143.00–151.00	702	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	140.37/cwt	137.25–143.00	789	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	131.94/cwt	130.00–134.00	872	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	136.78/cwt	136.00–137.50	840	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	143.85/cwt	140.00–148.50	751	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	150.88/cwt	149.00–154.00	623	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	118.82/cwt	115.25–123.00	918	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	113.25/cwt	113.25–113.25	924	7

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 May 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,333Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	678	120.00–121.00	120.88
14	—	548	132.00–137.00	135.93
19	—	630	125.00–127.50	126.75
28	—	574	127.00–136.00	129.97
5	—	444	134.00–135.00	134.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	478	143.00–151.00	146.96
89	—	562	137.25–143.00	140.37
68	—	661	130.00–134.00	131.94
39	—	614	136.00–137.50	136.78
33	—	522	140.00–148.50	143.85
31	—	413	149.00–154.00	150.88
19	—	773	115.25–123.00	118.82
7	—	816	113.25	113.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	471	176.00–178.00	177.41
17	—	628	163.50–165.00	164.19
23	—	712	148.00	148.00
77	—	780	131.00–136.00	135.59
107	—	662	159.00–164.35	164.15
191	—	511	165.00–174.00	171.86
199	—	585	161.00–173.00	168.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	345	187.50	187.50
11	—	512	162.00	162.00
14	—	735	131.50–135.00	133.46
19	—	661	139.00–152.00	149.46
30	—	431	170.00–177.00	175.39
35	—	626	151.00–155.50	154.33
42	—	468	166.00–171.00	168.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,550	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,615	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,827.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,400	2,025.00	2,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,499	1,025.00–1,050.00	1,048.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,600.00	1,600.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,200	1,635.00–1,710.00	1,664.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,255	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,325	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,286	800.00–975.00	913.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,292	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,358.55

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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