Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2020-08-12

Sterling

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Aug 12
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900
Feeder Cattle receipts
646 head
1,266 vs last sale 1,912 201 vs year ago 847 · 23.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
1 vs last sale 11 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: (07/22/2020) Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder steers under 600 lbs traded 2.00 higher on limited comparisons. Feeder cattle over 600 lbs traded mostly 6.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded steady to 10.00 higher, while heifers above 600 lbs traded mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle did not have any comparisons to accurately trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.12/cwt on 420 head.
Average price
$153.12
420 head · 775 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,187
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$330
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$33.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.40
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1784156.201,225345
Medium and Large 1-2736140.381,03369
Medium 1-2727123.008946thin
One grade step is worth $33.20/cwt here — about $330 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 sale420 hd
153.12
CO average2 barns · 427 hd
152.72
+0.40
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

33 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 1-2125192.50/cwt185.00–200.002412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619131.61/cwt128.00–133.5081518
HeifersMedium and Large 1671142.42/cwt141.50–144.0095647
HeifersMedium and Large 1720131.45/cwt130.00–133.2594623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2277393.52/cwt350.00–425.001,0903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2168240.30/cwt150.00–285.004043
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624144.00/cwt144.00–144.008998
SteersMedium and Large 1-2679143.87/cwt143.00–146.009777
HeifersMedium and Large 1471157.68/cwt151.00–161.0074312
HeifersMedium and Large 1821131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,07611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2729124.00/cwt124.00–124.009045
HeifersMedium and Large 1220381.36/cwt375.00–385.008393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2870124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,0835
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566154.20/cwt154.00–155.008735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2273482.91/cwt450.00–500.001,3184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2772140.30/cwt137.00–141.501,08320
SteersMedium and Large 1508178.00/cwt178.00–178.0090440
SteersMedium and Large 1781144.75/cwt144.75–144.751,13026
SteersMedium and Large 1837153.14/cwt146.00–153.251,282191
SteersMedium and Large 1912145.75/cwt145.75–145.751,32962
SteersMedium and Large 1425189.99/cwt189.00–191.0080716
SteersMedium and Large 1868149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,2936
SteersMedium and Large 1-2719142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,02513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2824134.09/cwt130.00–135.001,10511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4701,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0015,0685
SteersMedium and Large 1355196.00/cwt196.00–196.006964
SteersMedium 1-2727123.00/cwt123.00–123.008946
HeifersMedium and Large 1874130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,14110
HeifersMedium and Large 11,058118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2489
HeifersMedium and Large 1381174.13/cwt172.00–177.006639
HeifersMedium and Large 1786133.80/cwt130.00–137.501,0528
HeifersMedium and Large 1927129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1967
HeifersMedium and Large 1400170.00/cwt170.00–170.006805

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.