Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2022-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Today's sale consisted of unweaned calves with 1-2 rounds of shots and weaned calves 30 to 45 days. Steers calves under 500 lbs traded uneven to 4.50 higher and steers 500-600 lbs were 2.00 lower, while those over 600 lbs were 3.00 higher to 4.50 lower. Heifer calves traded 1.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows were steady to 7.00 lower. Replacement cattle were too light to test. The next available report will be October 26, 2022

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.96/cwt on 551 head.

Average price

$192.96

551 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,073

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$16.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.87

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	196.47	1,081	436
Medium and Large 1-2	577	179.66	1,036	115

One grade step is worth $16.82/cwt here — about $45 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 sale551 hd

192.96

—

CO average6 barns · 3,372 hd

179.10

+13.87

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%	Average	1,667	75.62	1,261	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	69.10	926	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,047	58.79	616	14

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,281	$860	11

Every lot, as filed

50 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	—	415	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	191.56/cwt	188.00–194.00	916	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	165.89/cwt	163.00–172.00	1,128	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	161.90/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,174	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	193.10/cwt	192.00–196.00	981	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,304	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	178.19/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,094	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	199.62/cwt	199.00–200.00	848	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,006	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	990	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	176.54/cwt	175.50–178.00	1,292	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	187.27/cwt	183.00–191.00	1,066	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	714	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,085	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	206.52/cwt	197.00–207.50	995	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	618	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	226.70/cwt	222.50–227.50	771	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,141	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	186.64/cwt	185.00–195.00	900	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	551	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	992	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	602	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	903	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	159.84/cwt	159.00–162.00	1,143	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	155.82/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,047	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	686	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,290	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	426	225.20/cwt	220.00–229.00	959	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	453	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	983	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	525	199.71/cwt	197.00–203.00	1,048	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	178.55/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,194	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	185.63/cwt	185.00–186.00	1,151	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	173.24/cwt	168.00–177.00	993	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	823	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	180.17/cwt	180.00–184.00	977	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	173.65/cwt	168.50–175.00	906	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	197.09/cwt	197.00–199.00	779	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,080	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	194.80/cwt	190.00–198.00	836	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	178.61/cwt	176.50–181.00	854	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	165.19/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,024	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	162.01/cwt	160.00–165.00	938	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,281	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,355	73.24/cwt	68.50–79.50	992	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	56.27/cwt	54.50–57.50	730	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,548	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	1,107	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,667	75.62/cwt	71.00–76.50	1,261	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	57.61/cwt	54.50–62.00	637	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	50.71/cwt	50.00–51.00	537	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	66.93/cwt	65.00–70.00	626	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	63.26/cwt	60.00–67.00	796	7

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 Oct 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,175Last week 1,474Year ago 793

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 200Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 18Year ago 44

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	206.00	206.00
22	—	508	192.00–196.00	193.10
7	—	774	168.50	168.50
2	—	968	135.00	135.00
17	—	732	175.50–178.00	176.54
74	—	569	183.00–191.00	187.27
42	—	482	197.00–207.50	206.52
17	—	340	222.50–227.50	226.70
3	—	386	215.00	215.00
33	—	669	175.00–182.00	178.55
42	—	620	185.00–186.00	185.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	478	188.00–194.00	191.56
12	—	680	163.00–172.00	165.89
16	—	725	160.00–165.00	161.90
30	—	614	175.00–182.00	178.19
10	—	425	199.00–200.00	199.62
5	—	553	182.00	182.00
3	—	532	186.00	186.00
11	—	281	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	714	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	632	180.50	180.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	686	188.00	188.00
30	—	426	220.00–229.00	225.20
35	—	453	217.00	217.00
78	—	525	197.00–203.00	199.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	482	185.00–195.00	186.64
11	—	715	159.00–162.00	159.84
2	—	330	205.00	205.00
47	—	573	168.00–177.00	173.24
46	—	542	180.00–184.00	180.17
20	—	395	197.00–199.00	197.09
7	—	806	134.00	134.00
30	—	429	190.00–198.00	194.80
66	—	620	160.00–169.00	165.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	551	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	602	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	672	152.00–158.00	155.82
14	—	438	188.00	188.00
24	—	522	168.50–175.00	173.65
11	—	478	176.50–181.00	178.61
13	—	579	160.00–165.00	162.01

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	1,281	860.00	860.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,355	68.50–79.50	73.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,297	54.50–57.50	56.27
2	—	1,548	71.50	71.50
7	—	1,259	60.00–67.00	63.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,667	71.00–76.50	75.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,106	54.50–62.00	57.61
3	—	1,058	50.00–51.00	50.71
4	—	936	65.00–70.00	66.93

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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Sterling

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Sterling Livestock Commission - Sterling, CO

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle