Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2021-08-11

Sterling

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Aug 11
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900
Receipts
823 head
823 vs last sale 0 177 vs year ago 646 · +27.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: No comparison is available as this is the first sale that has been reported in several months. Trade activity and demand were good. Today's run consisted of mostly yearling type steers and heifers that were being brought in from summer grass. A firm undertone was noted for these yearling type cattle. The next available report will be Wednesday, August 25, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.64/cwt on 549 head.
Average price
$156.64
549 head · 942 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,476
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$302
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.23
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1951157.071,494518
Medium and Large 1-2797149.421,19131
One grade step is worth $7.65/cwt here — about $302 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 sale549 hd
156.64
CO average2 barns · 569 hd
156.87
−0.23
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

16 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 1596157.50/cwt157.50–157.509399
HeifersMedium and Large 1667159.31/cwt158.00–160.501,06330
HeifersMedium and Large 1722153.27/cwt152.75–157.001,10732
HeifersMedium and Large 1753152.77/cwt146.00–153.501,15062
HeifersMedium and Large 11,010136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3743
HeifersMedium and Large 1971140.29/cwt139.00–142.001,3627
SteersMedium and Large 11,016157.25/cwt157.25–157.251,598204
SteersMedium and Large 1667166.91/cwt163.00–169.001,1136
SteersMedium and Large 1798154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,23313
SteersMedium and Large 11,065149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,58724
SteersMedium and Large 1800153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,22840
SteersMedium and Large 1875152.19/cwt151.50–155.001,33250
SteersMedium and Large 1937159.93/cwt152.00–160.251,499181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2796142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,13491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2870146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,27015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2729152.62/cwt151.00–153.001,11316

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.