Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2024-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was light to moderate. No trend available due to low receipts and large variance in quality and vaccination programs. Good quality cattle with vaccination program had steady tones. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $283.90/cwt on 291 head.

Average price

$283.90

291 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,737

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$328

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$70.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.71

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	403	322.50	1,300	3thin
Medium 1-2	398	305.00	1,212	20
Medium and Large 1	622	298.12	1,853	149
Medium and Large 2	543	282.50	1,534	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	642	268.94	1,725	62
Large 1	646	251.96	1,627	54

One grade step is worth $70.54/cwt here — about −$328 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 sale291 hd

283.90

—

CO average4 barns · 2,574 hd

301.62

−17.71

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

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,374	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	678	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,485	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	250.72/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,690	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	599	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,453	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	303.61/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,172	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,648	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,028	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,460	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,237	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,886	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,181	153.98/cwt	153.00–157.50	1,819	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,314	154.91/cwt	154.50–156.00	2,036	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,825	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	369	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,153	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	988	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,452	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,126	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,700	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,060	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	318.09/cwt	318.00–319.00	1,867	31
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,210	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,803	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,761	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,945	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	298.59/cwt	297.50–299.00	1,227	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	275.73/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,450	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	248.80/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,518	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,570	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	268.46/cwt	261.00–270.50	1,589	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,429	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	281.30/cwt	267.00–289.00	1,882	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	315.27/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,359	10
Steers	Large 1	—	634	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,579	22
Steers	Medium 1	—	403	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,300	3
Steers	Large 1	—	563	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,565	10
Steers	Large 1	—	768	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	282.44/cwt	274.00–288.00	1,779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,660	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,723	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	345.79/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,594	18
Steers	Large 1	—	668	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,657	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,635	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,308	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	426	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,267	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,534	3

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 Feb 14, 2024

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

Receipts 718Last week 2,395Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	458	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	678	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	674	249.00–253.00	250.72
13	—	739	223.00	223.00
44	—	610	245.00–254.00	248.80
22	—	525	299.00	299.00
37	—	592	261.00–270.50	268.46
10	—	431	310.00–317.50	315.27
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	599	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	386	295.00–312.50	303.61
11	—	411	297.50–299.00	298.59
23	—	526	267.50–280.00	275.73
24	—	728	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	237.00	237.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,028	142.00	142.00
12	—	988	147.00	147.00
1	—	1,060	149.00	149.00
6	—	1,210	149.00	149.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,237	152.50	152.50
9	—	1,181	153.00–157.50	153.98
11	—	1,314	154.50–156.00	154.91
4	—	1,126	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	857	213.00	213.00
25	—	699	252.00	252.00
2	—	725	242.00	242.00
5	—	630	274.00–288.00	282.44
15	—	580	297.00	297.00
9	—	429	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	369	312.50	312.50
10	—	426	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	587	318.00–319.00	318.09
14	—	730	266.50	266.50
76	—	669	267.00–289.00	281.30
18	—	461	340.00–348.00	345.79
10	—	507	322.50	322.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	634	249.00	249.00
10	—	563	278.00	278.00
6	—	768	230.00	230.00
16	—	668	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	282.50	282.50

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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