Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2022-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No comparison is available as the last sale reported was a bred cow/heifer special. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Todays run consisted primarily of preconditioned calves with the majority having multiple rounds of vaccinations and mostly weaned between 45-90 days. The next report available will be on February 09, 2022; the second out of the three calf specials for this month.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.01/cwt on 1,136 head.

Average price

$184.01

1,136 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$16.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.95

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	184.66	1,011	87
Medium and Large 1	665	184.21	1,226	1,032
Medium 1	521	168.53	878	17thin

One grade step is worth $16.13/cwt here — about $133 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 sale1,136 hd

184.01

—

CO average3 barns · 2,094 hd

182.06

+1.95

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

44 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	—	857	162.75/cwt	162.75–162.75	1,395	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	605	168.25/cwt	168.25–168.25	1,018	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	860	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	729	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,124	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	144.13/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,032	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	158.31/cwt	156.00–162.00	994	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	170.66/cwt	162.00–172.00	1,232	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	873	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	162.39/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,353	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	217.09/cwt	216.50–217.50	1,044	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,353	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	223.48/cwt	222.50–224.00	856	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,148	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	201.34/cwt	199.00–202.50	1,095	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	217.17/cwt	214.00–218.00	945	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	182.38/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,218	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	184.91/cwt	181.50–191.50	1,167	51
Steers	Medium 1	—	600	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	954	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	749	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,056	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	167.15/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,282	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	171.92/cwt	164.00–174.50	1,066	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	184.71/cwt	181.00–188.00	935	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,121	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,189	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,167	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	924	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	198.63/cwt	193.00–202.50	1,142	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	613	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,198	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	724	179.35/cwt	176.00–180.00	1,298	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	166.34/cwt	162.00–171.00	878	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	179.49/cwt	178.00–181.00	659	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,190	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	384	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	710	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	150.74/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,096	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	177.80/cwt	173.50–182.00	946	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	149.18/cwt	148.50–150.00	943	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	153.71/cwt	148.50–156.50	1,053	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	169.73/cwt	159.00–170.00	983	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	183.32/cwt	180.00–185.00	801	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	178.95/cwt	177.00–183.00	864	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	730	35

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 Feb 2, 2022

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

Receipts 2,185Last week 0Year ago 1,665

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	857	162.75	162.75
108	—	722	162.00–172.00	170.66
93	—	833	155.00–165.00	162.39
3	—	340	237.50	237.50
15	—	481	216.50–217.50	217.09
17	—	383	222.50–224.00	223.48
45	—	544	199.00–202.50	201.34
55	—	435	214.00–218.00	217.17
185	—	668	174.00–184.00	182.38
51	—	631	181.50–191.50	184.91
104	—	767	165.00–172.00	167.15
166	—	575	193.00–202.50	198.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	424	206.00	206.00
5	—	887	152.50	152.50
2	—	713	161.00	161.00
3	—	315	202.50	202.50
14	—	620	164.00–174.50	171.92
29	—	506	181.00–188.00	184.71
6	—	593	189.00	189.00
6	—	453	204.00	204.00
5	—	793	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	600	159.00	159.00
4	—	749	141.00	141.00
9	—	384	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	613	195.50	195.50
91	—	724	176.00–180.00	179.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	605	168.25	168.25
35	—	460	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	453	161.00	161.00
21	—	794	141.50	141.50
41	—	716	138.00–147.00	144.13
43	—	528	162.00–171.00	166.34
18	—	367	178.00–181.00	179.49
18	—	632	148.50–150.00	149.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	628	156.00–162.00	158.31
34	—	801	148.50	148.50
38	—	763	153.00	153.00
66	—	727	150.00–152.00	150.74
96	—	532	173.50–182.00	177.80
167	—	685	148.50–156.50	153.71
81	—	579	159.00–170.00	169.73
26	—	437	180.00–185.00	183.32
30	—	483	177.00–183.00	178.95
35	—	386	189.00	189.00

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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