Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2023-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-11

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $240.87/cwt on 831 head.

Average price

$240.87

831 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$263

per head · Medium 1 over Medium 2

$48.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.38

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	551	246.37	1,357	37
Medium and Large 1	742	242.37	1,798	715
Medium and Large 1-2	651	231.93	1,510	49
Medium 1-2	621	214.69	1,334	27
Medium 2	820	197.50	1,620	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.87/cwt here — about −$263 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 sale831 hd

240.87

—

CO average3 barns · 2,066 hd

246.25

−5.38

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

55 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 1Unweaned	—	615	268.40/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,651	163
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	652	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,597	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	681	255.24/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,738	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	313	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,135	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	768	250.50/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,924	31
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	480	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,296	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	353.34/cwt	352.50–354.00	1,491	26
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	398	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	836	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	391	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,439	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	277.47/cwt	263.00–290.00	1,465	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,533	17
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	800	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,600	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,862	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,723	44
Heifers	Medium 1	—	851	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,855	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,182	177.60/cwt	160.00–195.00	2,099	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	465	284.67/cwt	272.50–301.00	1,324	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,358	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	575	259.21/cwt	254.00–271.00	1,490	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,926	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	587	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,426	6
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	6
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	416	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,127	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	224.39/cwt	222.50–225.00	2,109	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	639	242.13/cwt	231.00–249.00	1,547	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	219.89/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,713	13
Heifers	Medium 2	—	820	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	608	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,368	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	737	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,492	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,993	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	242.12/cwt	240.00–243.50	1,876	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,575	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	719	252.63/cwt	241.00–256.00	1,816	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	280.62/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,622	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,089	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	245.74/cwt	222.50–248.00	2,229	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,027	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,352	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	486	313.19/cwt	304.00–317.50	1,522	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,389	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	545	257.96/cwt	252.50–269.00	1,406	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	450	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	778	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,797	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	235.49/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,613	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	589	258.58/cwt	258.00–259.00	1,523	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	303.82/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,261	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	333	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,032	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	371	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,150	10
Steers	Medium 1	—	845	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,994	21
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	489	251.77/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,231	14
Steers	Medium 1	—	762	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,798	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	549	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,268	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	413	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	966	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	523	276.57/cwt	264.00–284.00	1,446	48

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 11, 2023

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

Receipts 1,780Last week 1,516Year ago 1,474

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	615	252.50–280.00	268.40
49	—	681	250.00–261.00	255.24
5	—	313	362.50	362.50
31	—	768	245.00–252.50	250.50
26	—	422	352.50–354.00	353.34
5	—	391	368.00	368.00
65	—	528	263.00–290.00	277.47
88	—	719	241.00–256.00	252.63
95	—	578	260.00–290.00	280.62
5	—	450	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	652	245.00	245.00
3	—	480	270.00	270.00
3	—	398	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	810	246.00	246.00
3	—	1,013	172.50	172.50
32	—	775	240.00–243.50	242.12
11	—	659	239.00	239.00
3	—	463	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	252.50	252.50
40	—	784	266.50	266.50
70	—	907	222.50–248.00	245.74
18	—	1,027	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	486	304.00–317.50	313.19
21	—	545	252.50–269.00	257.96
11	—	778	231.00	231.00
7	—	589	258.00–259.00	258.58
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	845	236.00	236.00
9	—	762	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	647	237.00	237.00
4	—	578	235.00	235.00
13	—	779	210.00–226.00	219.89
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	800	200.00	200.00
9	—	737	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	835	223.00	223.00
44	—	738	233.50	233.50
6	—	1,182	160.00–195.00	177.60
80	—	856	225.00	225.00
200	—	940	222.50–225.00	224.39
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	851	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	465	272.50–301.00	284.67
80	—	575	254.00–271.00	259.21
31	—	639	231.00–249.00	242.13
53	—	685	232.00–241.00	235.49
16	—	415	301.00–310.00	303.82
8	—	333	310.00	310.00
10	—	371	310.00	310.00
48	—	523	264.00–284.00	276.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	587	243.00	243.00
9	—	549	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	545	240.00	240.00
8	—	416	271.00	271.00
3	—	608	225.00	225.00
14	—	489	250.00–255.00	251.77
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	820	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	413	234.00	234.00

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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