Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers under 500 lbs traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 500-850 lbs 6.00 lower with instances of 10.00 to 11.00 lower, and over 850 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 900 lbs traded 2.00 to 5.00 lower and over 900 lbs traded 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Reporter not available to cover slaughter cows and bulls. The next available report will be Wednesday, September 30, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.35/cwt on 369 head.

Average price

$151.35

369 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$149

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

$26.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.99

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	613	153.77	943	261
Medium and Large 1-2	543	152.04	825	73
Medium 1	878	136.25	1,196	16thin
Medium and Large 2	619	130.50	808	6thin
Large 1	981	127.00	1,246	11thin
Large 1-2	860	127.00	1,092	2thin

One grade step is worth $26.77/cwt here — about −$149 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 sale369 hd

151.35

—

CO average4 barns · 2,912 hd

149.36

+1.99

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

51 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	—	460	170.66/cwt	168.50–173.50	785	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	137.63/cwt	136.00–140.50	1,119	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	160.58/cwt	157.50–164.50	833	85
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	877	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,254	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	139.48/cwt	136.00–141.00	642	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	720	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	144.48/cwt	141.00–147.00	542	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	598	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	811	116.38/cwt	113.00–121.50	944	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	144.48/cwt	142.50–145.50	741	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	146.92/cwt	146.00–148.00	677	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	594	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	702	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,053	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,264	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	128.75/cwt	128.00–129.50	1,200	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	984	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	131.32/cwt	130.00–131.50	1,062	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	985	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	149.40/cwt	146.50–152.00	629	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	942	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	996	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	305	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	706	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	840	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	904	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	114.91/cwt	110.00–117.00	733	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	129.96/cwt	128.00–132.00	803	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	540	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	744	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,255	738.61/cwt	650.00–810.00	9,270	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,228	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,350	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,054	5
Steers	Large 1	—	981	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,246	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	137.99/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,064	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	173.16/cwt	173.00–174.00	745	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	148.57/cwt	147.50–150.50	932	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	152.13/cwt	149.50–154.00	850	27
Steers	Large 1-2	—	860	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,092	2
Steers	Medium 1	—	878	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,196	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	967	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,018	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	144.73/cwt	141.50–146.50	841	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	158.36/cwt	158.00–160.50	773	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,280	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,194	13

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 Sep 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 827Last week 1,657Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	460	168.50–173.50	170.66
30	—	813	136.00–140.50	137.63
85	—	519	157.50–164.50	160.58
2	—	903	136.00	136.00
3	—	652	147.00	147.00
4	—	1,063	127.00	127.00
5	—	742	142.00	142.00
18	—	771	137.00–139.00	137.99
19	—	430	173.00–174.00	173.16
19	—	627	147.50–150.50	148.57
27	—	559	149.50–154.00	152.13
6	—	975	131.25	131.25
13	—	856	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	143.00	143.00
3	—	743	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	393	172.00	172.00
7	—	686	141.00	141.00
7	—	795	128.00	128.00
14	—	581	141.50–146.50	144.73
39	—	488	158.00–160.50	158.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	305	166.00	166.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	981	127.00	127.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	878	136.25	136.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	980	128.00	128.00
37	—	513	142.50–145.50	144.48
51	—	461	146.00–148.00	146.92
2	—	1,053	120.00	120.00
4	—	932	128.00–129.50	128.75
11	—	421	146.50–152.00	149.40
12	—	698	135.00	135.00
16	—	752	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	460	136.00–141.00	139.48
6	—	407	146.00	146.00
8	—	743	132.50	132.50
17	—	809	130.00–131.50	131.32
19	—	756	130.25	130.25
6	—	618	128.00–132.00	129.96
7	—	355	152.00	152.00
7	—	528	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	576	125.00	125.00
7	—	375	141.00–147.00	144.48
9	—	453	132.00	132.00
15	—	811	113.00–121.50	116.38
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	702	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	706	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	113.00	113.00
10	—	638	110.00–117.00	114.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,255	650.00–810.00	738.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,200	750.00	750.00

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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