Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2021-01-27

Sterling

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Jan 27
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
87 vs last sale 0 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
678 head
678 vs last sale 0 678 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereStock Show SpecialSat Jan 17, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder cattle were too thinly tested to accurately trend. Replacement cattle have not been reported in over a month, so there are no comparisons. The next available report will be Wednesday, February 3, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.07/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$145.07
21 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$977
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$441
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$18.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.42
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556150.3083515thin
Medium and Large 1967132.001,2766thin
One grade step is worth $18.30/cwt here — about −$441 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 sale21 hd
145.07
CO average5 barns · 3,296 hd
155.49
−10.42
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

24 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
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2983908.64/cwt850.00–925.008,93218
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 21,1051,060.12/cwt950.00–1,125.0011,71452
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0251,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0012,5564
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5941,470.90/cwt1,425.00–1,525.0023,44617
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3941,442.10/cwt1,425.00–1,475.0020,10312
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,2071,739.10/cwt1,650.00–1,900.0020,99164
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3491,047.14/cwt1,000.00–1,125.0014,12644
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5331,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0020,31212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,431804.11/cwt700.00–850.0011,50738
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529153.50/cwt153.50–153.508129
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5461,021.03/cwt925.00–1,060.0015,78541
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1611,046.84/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0012,1546
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,457858.76/cwt775.00–885.0012,51257
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3621,284.55/cwt1,225.00–1,300.0017,49610
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1281,394.46/cwt1,225.00–1,550.0015,730173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,436809.87/cwt700.00–900.0011,63030
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2361,143.67/cwt1,110.00–1,175.0014,1369
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,495650.00/cwt650.00–650.009,7186
SteersMedium and Large 1-2596145.50/cwt145.50–145.508676
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2545141.50/cwt141.50–141.507719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482147.00/cwt147.00–147.007097
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421152.00/cwt152.00–152.006405
SteersMedium and Large 1967132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2766
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2977904.93/cwt900.00–925.008,8419

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.