Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2021-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs traded steady to 8.00 higher. Steers over 600 lbs traded mostly steady to 3.50 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded steady to 5.00 lower, while those weighing over 600 lbs traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Wednesday, November 17, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.96/cwt on 1,119 head.

Average price

$166.96

1,119 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$996

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$23.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.96

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	173.82	1,036	714
Medium and Large 1-2	601	155.11	932	384
Medium and Large 2	546	150.53	822	21

One grade step is worth $23.29/cwt here — about $214 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 sale1,119 hd

166.96

—

CO average5 barns · 5,932 hd

166.00

+0.96

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,682	55.94	941	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,349	53.44	721	129
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,091	42.92	468	76

Every lot, as filed

79 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	—	346	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	751	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	991	135.33/cwt	132.10–140.00	1,341	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	161.76/cwt	160.50–163.00	1,021	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,136	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,284	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	157.14/cwt	154.50–161.00	1,219	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	580	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	182.61/cwt	181.00–185.00	862	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	828	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	194.30/cwt	186.00–199.00	942	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	157.26/cwt	151.00–162.50	912	157
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	535	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	829	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	163.43/cwt	161.00–167.00	868	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	196.83/cwt	192.50–203.00	840	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,029	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	168.40/cwt	163.00–174.00	951	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	893	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,255	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	720	135.77/cwt	134.00–140.50	978	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	142.86/cwt	141.00–148.00	951	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,162	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	177.86/cwt	174.00–183.00	936	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	750	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	809	143.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,161	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	669	138.87/cwt	133.50–143.00	929	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	574	141.51/cwt	141.00–142.00	812	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,308	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	162.06/cwt	162.00–163.00	1,091	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	152.97/cwt	151.00–153.75	1,034	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	640	142.84/cwt	141.00–145.00	914	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	753	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	964	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	642	154.96/cwt	148.00–156.50	995	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	737	149.88/cwt	148.50–150.50	1,105	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	138.42/cwt	135.00–143.00	799	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	139.29/cwt	137.50–141.50	1,079	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	768	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	130.64/cwt	130.50–131.00	771	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	633	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	67.03/cwt	65.00–69.00	972	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	41.47/cwt	35.00–46.00	447	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	29.72/cwt	29.00–33.00	286	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	52.91/cwt	51.00–55.00	872	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,750	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	1,085	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	43.79/cwt	38.00–51.00	566	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,175	51.18/cwt	51.00–55.00	601	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,405	63.12/cwt	51.00–66.50	887	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,145	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	132.68/cwt	131.00–136.00	909	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	149.89/cwt	147.00–157.00	778	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	159.41/cwt	156.00–169.00	611	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	130.21/cwt	127.50–132.00	927	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	309	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	502	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	136.70/cwt	136.00–137.00	745	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	146.76/cwt	144.00–151.00	842	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	126.96/cwt	125.00–129.00	795	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	166.07/cwt	161.00–168.00	681	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	947	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	149.08/cwt	145.00–152.00	725	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	142.84/cwt	138.50–146.50	757	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,278	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	764	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,073	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	942	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	156.17/cwt	152.50–158.00	656	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	135.28/cwt	134.00–136.00	851	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,194	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	383	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	594	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	592	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	136.20/cwt	136.00–137.00	891	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,329	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	158.33/cwt	156.00–162.00	730	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	136.47/cwt	134.50–138.00	857	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	887	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,206	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	598	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	517	192.25/cwt	192.25–192.25	994	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	424	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	903	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	423	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	678	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	153.60/cwt	148.00–156.50	965	17

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 Nov 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,276Last week 1,909Year ago 1,691

Slaughter CattleReceipts 395Last week 163Year ago 453

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	346	217.00	217.00
22	—	991	132.10–140.00	135.33
28	—	631	160.50–163.00	161.76
12	—	776	154.50–161.00	157.14
123	—	485	186.00–199.00	194.30
28	—	427	192.50–203.00	196.83
62	—	565	163.00–174.00	168.40
47	—	722	161.00	161.00
82	—	526	174.00–183.00	177.86
17	—	377	199.00	199.00
14	—	884	148.00	148.00
48	—	673	162.00–163.00	162.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,136	113.00	113.00
6	—	293	198.00	198.00
24	—	472	181.00–185.00	182.61
4	—	438	189.00	189.00
157	—	580	151.00–162.50	157.26
52	—	531	161.00–167.00	163.43
3	—	379	191.00	191.00
4	—	730	141.00	141.00
39	—	666	141.00–148.00	142.86
4	—	319	187.50	187.50
17	—	628	148.00–156.50	153.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	535	155.00	155.00
6	—	574	141.00–142.00	141.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	174.00	174.00
5	—	592	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	893	140.50	140.50
13	—	809	140.00–145.00	143.53
32	—	676	151.00–153.75	152.97
43	—	642	148.00–156.50	154.96
38	—	737	148.50–150.50	149.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	720	134.00–140.50	135.77
25	—	669	133.50–143.00	138.87
19	—	640	141.00–145.00	142.84
4	—	753	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	764	140.50	140.50
3	—	887	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	517	192.25	192.25
53	—	424	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	484	143.00	143.00
11	—	590	130.50–131.00	130.64
6	—	428	148.00	148.00
10	—	545	136.00–137.00	136.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	577	135.00–143.00	138.42
9	—	685	131.00–136.00	132.68
29	—	383	156.00–169.00	159.41
10	—	712	127.50–132.00	130.21
5	—	309	162.50	162.50
72	—	486	145.00–152.00	149.08
152	—	530	138.50–146.50	142.84
36	—	420	152.50–158.00	156.17
16	—	629	134.00–136.00	135.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	775	137.50–141.50	139.29
47	—	519	147.00–157.00	149.89
76	—	574	144.00–151.00	146.76
22	—	410	161.00–168.00	166.07
24	—	642	147.50	147.50
2	—	940	136.00	136.00
13	—	678	139.00	139.00
10	—	838	142.50	142.50
5	—	1,030	129.00	129.00
39	—	461	156.00–162.00	158.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	567	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	626	125.00–129.00	126.96
11	—	383	155.00	155.00
5	—	678	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	654	136.00–137.00	136.20
99	—	628	134.50–138.00	136.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	141.00	141.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	65.00–69.00	67.03
65	—	1,292	38.00–51.00	43.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,079	35.00–46.00	41.47
7	—	962	29.00–33.00	29.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	51.00–55.00	52.91
1	—	1,750	62.00	62.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,175	51.00–55.00	51.18
1	—	1,145	69.00	69.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,405	51.00–66.50	63.12

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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