Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2022-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were good. Steers calves under 500 lbs traded 7.00 to 10.00 higher and steers over 500 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs traded 2.00 to 7.00 higher while those over 600 lbs were too thinly tested to trend. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cattle were too light to test. The next available report will be November 02, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $194.46/cwt on 706 head.

Average price

$194.46

706 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,175

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$30.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.94

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	199.56	1,189	587
Medium and Large 1-2	647	169.26	1,094	119

One grade step is worth $30.30/cwt here — about $95 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 sale706 hd

194.46

—

CO average5 barns · 3,778 hd

187.52

+6.94

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	1,579	82.72	1,306	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	73.59	981	116
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,139	64.49	735	44

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	898	$1,050	4thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1-2	—	803	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,221	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	172.15/cwt	172.00–174.00	1,105	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	964	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,147	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	177.63/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,348	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	182.82/cwt	182.50–183.50	1,227	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	195.10/cwt	190.00–199.00	1,116	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	840	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	180.08/cwt	179.50–181.50	1,318	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	203.72/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,070	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,392	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,565	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	668	161.91/cwt	159.50–162.50	1,082	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	575	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,169	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	747	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,270	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	186.53/cwt	183.00–190.00	1,173	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	921	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	152.57/cwt	152.00–154.00	949	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	701	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	191.36/cwt	187.00–192.50	920	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,076	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	554	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,130	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	665	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,250	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	604	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,190	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	215.72/cwt	212.50–216.00	1,070	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	908	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	220.45/cwt	217.50–222.50	917	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	173.94/cwt	172.00–184.00	823	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,353	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	427	234.27/cwt	231.00–238.00	1,000	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	527	219.20/cwt	218.50–220.50	1,155	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	469	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,055	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	183.54/cwt	180.00–187.00	943	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	205.77/cwt	200.00–212.50	782	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	703	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	180.33/cwt	176.00–183.50	1,026	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	197.43/cwt	193.00–202.00	837	40
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,109	70.89/cwt	65.00–73.50	786	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,337	74.78/cwt	65.00–79.50	1,000	86
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	67.49/cwt	63.50–71.50	771	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	58.83/cwt	54.00–62.50	675	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	71.61/cwt	65.00–79.50	950	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	62.92/cwt	60.00–64.50	815	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,579	82.72/cwt	78.50–86.50	1,306	20

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 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,369Last week 1,175Year ago 1,209

Slaughter CattleReceipts 200Last week 70Year ago 111

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 11Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	803	152.00	152.00
13	—	642	172.00–174.00	172.15
10	—	524	184.00	184.00
11	—	710	161.50	161.50
2	—	323	220.00	220.00
9	—	389	216.00	216.00
7	—	898	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	759	177.00–180.00	177.63
9	—	671	182.50–183.50	182.82
60	—	572	190.00–199.00	195.10
26	—	732	179.50–181.50	180.08
26	—	525	200.00–205.00	203.72
9	—	1,110	141.00	141.00
82	—	629	183.00–190.00	186.53
49	—	496	212.50–216.00	215.72
4	—	399	227.50	227.50
5	—	416	217.50–222.50	220.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	668	159.50–162.50	161.91
2	—	575	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	668	175.00	175.00
13	—	747	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	554	204.00	204.00
23	—	665	188.00	188.00
28	—	604	197.00	197.00
36	—	427	231.00–238.00	234.27
124	—	527	218.50–220.50	219.20
6	—	469	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	558	165.00	165.00
7	—	622	152.00–154.00	152.57
2	—	540	169.00	169.00
16	—	381	184.00	184.00
39	—	473	172.00–184.00	173.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	481	187.00–192.50	191.36
45	—	650	165.50	165.50
1	—	605	162.00	162.00
4	—	884	153.00	153.00
116	—	514	180.00–187.00	183.54
8	—	380	200.00–212.50	205.77
9	—	339	207.50	207.50
24	—	569	176.00–183.50	180.33
40	—	424	193.00–202.00	197.43

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	898	1,050.00	1,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,109	65.00–73.50	70.89
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,337	65.00–79.50	74.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,142	63.50–71.50	67.49
18	—	1,148	54.00–62.50	58.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,326	65.00–79.50	71.61
5	—	1,296	60.00–64.50	62.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,579	78.50–86.50	82.72

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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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