Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2023-09-06

Sterling

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Sep 6
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900
Receipts
639 head
501 vs last sale 1,140 743 vs year ago 1,382 · 53.8%
Also sold hereStock Show SpecialSat Jan 17, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand light to moderate. No trend available as this market was last covered in early August. Today's supply comprised of yearling steers and heifers coming off grass. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $248.71/cwt on 325 head.
Average price
$248.71
325 head · 795 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,977
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$32.43/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 1803251.292,017262
Medium and Large 2645245.321,58319thin
Medium and Large 1-2771242.321,86830
Medium 1903218.861,97714thin
One grade step is worth $32.43/cwt here — about $40 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 sale325 hd
248.71
CO average1 barns · 325 hd
248.71
+0.00
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

23 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
SteersMedium and Large 1825253.60/cwt248.00–256.002,092157
SteersMedium 1773232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,7936
HeifersMedium and Large 2636244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,55513
HeifersMedium and Large 2864227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9669
HeifersMedium and Large 2562241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3548
HeifersLarge 2623225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4026
SteersMedium and Large 2784239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,8744
HeifersLarge 31,220161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,9641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2771242.32/cwt242.00–242.501,86830
SteersMedium and Large 1721250.90/cwt246.00–253.001,80949
SteersMedium and Large 1769253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,94634
SteersMedium and Large 1879233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,04822
SteersMedium 11,001209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,0928
Dairy HeifersLarge 41,071158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,6924
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,250160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,00011
SteersMedium and Large 2621247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,53411
SteersMedium and Large 2574247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2694245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,70447
HeifersMedium and Large 2684241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,64816
HeifersMedium and Large 1953226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,15416
HeifersMedium and Large 2714241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7218
HeifersMedium and Large 2754237.51/cwt237.00–239.001,79132
HeifersMedium and Large 1656248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6277

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.