Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs traded 7.00 lower. Steers over 500 lbs traded 1.00 to 4.50 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs traded steady to 1.00 higher, while those over 550 lbs were 1.50 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cattle were too thinly tested to quote. Slaughter cattle were not quoted due to reporter availability. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Wednesday, October 14, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.02/cwt on 708 head.

Average price

$157.02

708 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$1.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.93

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	157.39	914	520
Medium and Large 1-2	540	155.98	843	188

One grade step is worth $1.41/cwt here — about $71 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 sale708 hd

157.02

—

CO average5 barns · 3,360 hd

150.08

+6.93

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

32 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	—	389	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	619	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	122.91/cwt	122.00–124.50	1,007	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	153.98/cwt	152.50–155.00	657	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	137.46/cwt	135.50–138.50	874	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	135.67/cwt	132.00–139.00	893	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	145.79/cwt	144.00–148.50	682	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	147.59/cwt	147.25–148.00	949	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	527	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	152.94/cwt	151.00–155.00	801	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	151.25/cwt	149.00–152.00	882	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	141.72/cwt	138.00–143.00	659	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	178.17/cwt	175.00–182.00	609	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	147.39/cwt	142.00–150.00	625	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	889	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	139.34/cwt	136.50–141.50	752	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	128.43/cwt	126.00–134.00	805	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	173.46/cwt	172.00–174.00	746	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	152.28/cwt	150.00–153.00	576	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	150.48/cwt	147.00–157.50	1,017	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	144.57/cwt	142.00–149.00	753	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	140.86/cwt	138.00–144.50	814	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	155.43/cwt	153.00–159.00	875	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	136.03/cwt	135.50–137.50	785	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	157.91/cwt	153.00–161.00	538	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	135.85/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,126	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,110	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	143.21/cwt	140.50–146.00	1,020	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	179.31/cwt	177.00–182.50	773	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	151.94/cwt	150.00–153.50	948	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	975	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,243	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	170.71/cwt	166.00–177.00	807	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	159.77/cwt	156.00–166.00	845	120

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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Receipts 1,612Last week 730Year ago 1,807

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	389	159.00	159.00
11	—	819	122.00–124.50	122.91
15	—	427	152.50–155.00	153.98
24	—	636	135.50–138.50	137.46
27	—	658	132.00–139.00	135.67
49	—	468	144.00–148.50	145.79
113	—	521	142.00–149.00	144.57
143	—	578	138.00–144.50	140.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	366	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	465	138.00–143.00	141.72
27	—	424	142.00–150.00	147.39
11	—	720	123.50	123.50
22	—	540	136.50–141.50	139.34
25	—	627	126.00–134.00	128.43
16	—	378	150.00–153.00	152.28
42	—	577	135.50–137.50	136.03
10	—	341	153.00–161.00	157.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	975	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	643	147.25–148.00	147.59
43	—	524	151.00–155.00	152.94
88	—	583	149.00–152.00	151.25
9	—	342	175.00–182.00	178.17
29	—	430	172.00–174.00	173.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	676	147.00–157.50	150.48
52	—	563	153.00–159.00	155.43
7	—	829	135.00–137.00	135.85
12	—	787	141.00	141.00
16	—	712	140.50–146.00	143.21
34	—	431	177.00–182.50	179.31
135	—	624	150.00–153.50	151.94
68	—	473	166.00–177.00	170.71
120	—	529	156.00–166.00	159.77

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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