Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2022-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The original sale on Wednesday December 14, was moved to Saturday December 17, due to inclement weather. Trade activity and demand were good. Steer calves under 600 lbs traded 2.00 to 8.00 higher, while steers between 600 to 650 lbs traded 3.00 lower and steers over 650 lbs traded 3.00 higher. Heifer calves under 650 lbs traded 2.00 to 5.00 lower, while those over 650 lbs traded 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Today's run consisted mostly of pre-conditioned calves with the majority having multiple rounds of vaccinations and most being weaned between 30-90 days. The next available report will be a calf and bred special on December 21, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.15/cwt on 749 head.

Average price

$189.15

749 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,272

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$24.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.01

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	654	197.02	1,289	513
Medium and Large 1-2	711	172.06	1,224	236

One grade step is worth $24.96/cwt here — about $66 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 sale749 hd

189.15

—

CO average3 barns · 4,029 hd

189.14

+0.01

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

42 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	679	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,202	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	975	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,257	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	920	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	184.50/cwt	183.00–185.00	993	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	173.68/cwt	172.00–174.50	1,082	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	189.24/cwt	187.00–191.50	1,389	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	216.75/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,121	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,170	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	785	155.41/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,220	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	713	161.11/cwt	161.00–162.00	1,149	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	661	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,043	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	177.84/cwt	172.00–180.00	1,302	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,258	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	195.44/cwt	191.00–198.00	1,229	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	206.98/cwt	203.00–213.00	1,215	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,502	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,328	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	235.42/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,125	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	184.95/cwt	184.00–186.50	1,430	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	190.49/cwt	189.00–192.00	1,299	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	571	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,079	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	764	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,154	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	366	171.71/cwt	171.00–172.00	628	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	554	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,202	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	974	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,246	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,151	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	182.61/cwt	181.00–183.00	875	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	178.61/cwt	176.00–182.00	1,032	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,225	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	173.75/cwt	170.00–175.50	1,173	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	162.87/cwt	162.00–163.00	1,046	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	799	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	166.17/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,123	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	161.14/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,255	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	175.72/cwt	171.00–178.00	905	26

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

Sat Dec 17, 2022

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

Receipts 1,548Last week 1,405Year ago 140

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	679	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	201.00	201.00
8	—	764	164.50	164.50
12	—	434	212.00	212.00
19	—	538	183.00–185.00	184.50
45	—	623	172.00–174.50	173.68
61	—	578	176.00–182.00	178.61
45	—	708	173.00	173.00
173	—	675	170.00–175.50	173.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	571	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	764	151.00	151.00
14	—	366	171.00–172.00	171.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	563	173.00	173.00
4	—	809	154.00	154.00
9	—	724	159.00	159.00
10	—	479	181.00–183.00	182.61
39	—	642	162.00–163.00	162.87
11	—	434	184.00	184.00
13	—	676	162.00–168.00	166.17
17	—	779	160.00–162.00	161.14
26	—	515	171.00–178.00	175.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	734	187.00–191.50	189.24
15	—	517	212.00–222.00	216.75
74	—	629	191.00–198.00	195.44
88	—	587	203.00–213.00	206.98
14	—	839	179.00	179.00
4	—	439	242.50	242.50
28	—	478	230.00–238.00	235.42
31	—	773	184.00–186.50	184.95
47	—	682	189.00–192.00	190.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	643	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	785	150.00–161.00	155.41
89	—	713	161.00–162.00	161.11
5	—	661	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	491	212.50	212.50
32	—	732	172.00–180.00	177.84
79	—	691	182.00	182.00
2	—	918	168.00	168.00
3	—	800	166.00	166.00
4	—	975	162.00	162.00
6	—	273	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	554	217.00	217.00

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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