Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2022-07-13

Sterling

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Jul 13
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,169 head
314 vs last sale 855 1,169 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
106 vs last sale 242 136 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
78 vs last sale 89 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison is available as this is the first reported sale since May. Trade activity was active and demand was moderate to good. Today's run consisted of mostly yearling cattle coming off grass due to drought conditions, with a few light weight feeder calves mostly coming straight off the cows. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $187.61/cwt on 1,054 head.
Average price
$187.61
1,054 head · 813 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,525
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$15.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1816187.721,5311,026
Medium and Large 1-2700185.991,30223
Medium 1750172.001,2905thin
One grade step is worth $15.72/cwt here — about $241 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 sale1,054 hd
187.61
CO average1 barns · 1,054 hd
187.61
+0.00
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,669102.011,70319
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,40177.701,08962
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,62577.001,2511thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09268.1474450

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,395$1,2502thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,430$1,1504thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,423$1,3632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,352$1,2853thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1-2674166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,11911
HeifersMedium and Large 1385232.50/cwt232.50–232.508952
HeifersMedium and Large 1288240.00/cwt240.00–240.006915
HeifersLarge 1857158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,35411
SteersMedium and Large 1724190.69/cwt190.50–190.751,38177
SteersMedium and Large 1-2748186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3915
SteersMedium and Large 1380240.95/cwt240.00–241.0091621
SteersMedium 1750172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2905
SteersMedium and Large 1914182.25/cwt182.25–182.251,666120
SteersMedium and Large 1877183.26/cwt181.00–184.251,607319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2687185.99/cwt185.50–187.001,27818
SteersMedium and Large 1775189.20/cwt184.00–190.751,466286
SteersMedium and Large 1693192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,33112
SteersMedium and Large 1285262.00/cwt262.00–262.0074711
SteersMedium and Large 1630199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,2544
HeifersMedium and Large 1331231.09/cwt226.00–233.0076510
HeifersMedium and Large 11,058127.75/cwt127.75–127.751,35211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1839
SteersMedium and Large 1842184.28/cwt182.00–185.251,552176
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3521,285.00/head1,285.00–1,285.001,2853
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4231,363.49/head1,300.00–1,425.001,3632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3951,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4301,149.59/head1,110.00–1,185.001,1504
BullsReturn to Feed92289.38/cwt76.00–100.008243
BullsReturn to Feed1,030105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0821
Bulls1,80798.86/cwt90.00–103.001,7867
Bulls1,909109.12/cwt105.00–115.002,0838
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,43476.81/cwt71.00–79.501,10139
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed96591.00/cwt91.00–91.008782
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,27093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,1811
CowsLean 85-90%1,04761.79/cwt57.00–68.0064721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29580.50/cwt80.50–80.501,0421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41471.52/cwt66.50–78.001,0116
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,2511
CowsLean 85-90%1,05845.99/cwt40.00–52.504874
CowsLean 85-90%1,10674.49/cwt70.50–79.508247
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37061.00/cwt61.00–61.008361
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,17076.37/cwt74.00–80.0089416
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,32482.71/cwt80.00–85.001,09514

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.