Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs traded mostly 1.00 to 5.00 lower with instances of 12.00 lower. Steers over 550 lbs traded 8.00 to 13.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 0.25 to 3.75 lower, while those over 600 lbs traded steady to 6.00 lower. Replacement cattle traded 150.00 per head lower when directly compared to a week ago. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Wednesday, October 28, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.44/cwt on 504 head.

Average price

$145.44

504 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$3.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.92

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	598	146.32	875	375
Medium and Large 1-2	565	142.86	807	129

One grade step is worth $3.46/cwt here — about $68 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 sale504 hd

145.44

—

CO average5 barns · 5,538 hd

140.52

+4.92

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

29 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	—	559	134.56/cwt	134.00–136.00	752	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	134.83/cwt	134.50–135.00	905	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	720	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	174.69/cwt	170.00–177.00	770	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	131.47/cwt	130.00–132.00	807	40
Heifers	Large 2	—	886	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	842	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	116.47/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,134	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	130.17/cwt	127.00–131.75	849	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	150.51/cwt	146.00–151.50	622	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,356	841.98/cwt	810.00–950.00	11,417	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,246	699.63/cwt	650.00–775.00	8,717	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	140.91/cwt	138.00–143.00	810	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	127.28/cwt	125.50–128.50	781	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	141.30/cwt	138.50–143.50	944	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	142.48/cwt	137.00–144.25	909	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	129.97/cwt	128.00–132.00	742	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	166.66/cwt	165.00–168.00	762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	135.51/cwt	135.00–136.75	725	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	145.26/cwt	143.25–148.00	832	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	143.73/cwt	141.00–144.75	733	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	140.38/cwt	137.00–141.50	667	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	123.89/cwt	122.00–127.00	844	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	137.10/cwt	135.00–138.00	847	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	145.16/cwt	142.50–148.50	772	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	162.83/cwt	160.00–167.00	715	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	158.13/cwt	155.00–161.00	805	28

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 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,046Last week 1,863Year ago 1,550

Replacement CattleReceipts 56Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	559	134.00–136.00	134.56
40	—	614	130.00–132.00	131.47
4	—	706	128.00	128.00
4	—	974	115.00–118.00	116.47
6	—	453	144.50	144.50
6	—	652	127.00–131.75	130.17
16	—	413	146.00–151.50	150.51
42	—	510	141.00–144.75	143.73
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	886	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	614	125.50–128.50	127.28
90	—	571	128.00–132.00	129.97
7	—	389	151.00	151.00
71	—	535	135.00–136.75	135.51
58	—	475	137.00–141.50	140.38
16	—	681	122.00–127.00	123.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	671	134.50–135.00	134.83
40	—	575	138.00–143.00	140.91
20	—	618	135.00–138.00	137.10
48	—	532	142.50–148.50	145.16
9	—	439	160.00–167.00	162.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	377	191.00	191.00
10	—	441	170.00–177.00	174.69
82	—	668	138.50–143.50	141.30
97	—	638	137.00–144.25	142.48
3	—	457	165.00–168.00	166.66
149	—	573	143.25–148.00	145.26
28	—	509	155.00–161.00	158.13

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	15	—	1,356	810.00–950.00	841.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	41	—	1,246	650.00–775.00	699.63

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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