Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2024-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. No trend available due to last report being almost 2 months ago. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $254.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −138.94 against this barn's trailing median of $392.94.

Average price

$254.00

4 head · 728 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.90

vs CO average

−11.63 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	728	254.00	1,849	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

254.00

—

CO average2 barns · 52 hd

237.10

+16.90

National average130 barns · 6,294 hd

265.63

−11.63

This barn, trailing median2 sales

392.94

−138.94

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

21 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	50–100	90	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	185	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	543	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,314	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	999	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,308	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	938	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,242	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	824	255.83/cwt	255.00–256.00	2,108	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	155	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	258.25/cwt	258.00–258.50	2,306	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	248.07/cwt	247.00–251.50	2,416	381
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	100–150	121	381.44/head	325.00–425.00	381	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,533	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	50–100	88	324.53/head	300.00–350.00	325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	100–150	114	322.49/head	200.00–375.00	322	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	237.75/cwt	236.00–240.00	2,470	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,322	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	2,010	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	50–100	78	327.66/head	275.00–350.00	328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	252.75/cwt	252.75–252.75	1,906	153

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 Jul 24, 2024

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

Receipts 1,213Last week 806Year ago 0

Trade activity and demand was moderate. No trend available due to last report being almost 2 months ago. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	50–100	90	375.00	375.00
1	200–250	225	725.00	725.00
268	850–900	893	258.00–258.50	258.25
153	900–950	907	256.00	256.00
381	950–1000	974	247.00–251.50	248.07
102	1000–1050	1,039	236.00–240.00	237.75
10	1050–1100	1,080	234.50	234.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	728	254.00	254.00
42	800–850	824	255.00–256.00	255.83
8	900–950	938	239.00	239.00
7	950–1000	999	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	50–100	78	275.00–350.00	327.66
4	100–150	121	325.00–425.00	381.44
1	150–200	185	625.00	625.00
1	250–300	290	910.00	910.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	543	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	50–100	88	300.00–350.00	324.53
6	100–150	114	200.00–375.00	322.49
1	150–200	155	375.00	375.00
153	750–800	754	252.75	252.75
44	800–850	828	242.75	242.75

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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