Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. With nearly all the feeder cattle coming off the cows and being preconditioned, feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Next available report will be Wednesday, October 23, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.50/cwt on 252 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −201.60 against this barn's trailing median of $501.10.

Average price

$299.50

252 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$44.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.85

vs CO average

+0.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	318.85	1,696	86
Medium and Large 1-2	563	291.48	1,641	121
Medium 1	572	289.50	1,656	13thin
Medium and Large 2	534	283.61	1,515	13thin
Medium 2	504	282.50	1,424	15thin
Large 1	530	274.00	1,452	4thin

One grade step is worth $44.85/cwt here — about $244 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale252 hd

299.50

—

CO average4 barns · 1,189 hd

282.65

+16.85

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+0.17

This barn, trailing median2 sales

501.10

−201.60

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

44 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	Large 2	450–500	453	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,065	4
Heifers	Large 2	400–450	413	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,049	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,095	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,865	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,252	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	491	317.43/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,559	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	333	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,199	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	323	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,292	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,461	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	368	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	380	358.63/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,363	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	622	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	509	288.77/cwt	286.00–291.00	1,470	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	591	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	361.43/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,554	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	284.46/cwt	283.50–285.00	1,730	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	581	284.05/cwt	280.00–290.50	1,650	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	486	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,628	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	691	252.70/cwt	250.50–261.00	1,746	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	318.85/cwt	318.50–319.00	1,696	86
Steers	Large 2	450–500	453	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,223	18
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,452	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	721	244.09/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,760	15
Steers	Medium 2Unweaned	500–550	504	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,424	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	616	275.85/cwt	274.00–276.00	1,699	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	537	302.04/cwt	297.00–307.50	1,622	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	612	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	291.55/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,283	9
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	480	315.19/cwt	312.50–318.00	1,513	6
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	572	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,656	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	470	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,278	9
Steers	Large 2	300–350	325	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	918	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	361	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,002	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	329	318.43/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,048	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,827	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	356.81/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,648	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	306.78/cwt	303.00–315.00	1,298	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	252.86/cwt	249.50–256.50	1,568	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	288.01/cwt	281.00–291.00	1,388	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	277.11/cwt	276.50–279.00	1,460	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	543	269.21/cwt	266.00–271.00	1,462	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	588	249.74/cwt	249.00–252.00	1,468	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,397	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,334	6

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 16, 2024

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

Receipts 972Last week 1,183Year ago 937

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	413	254.00	254.00
4	450–500	453	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	356	307.50	307.50
7	400–450	409	306.00	306.00
11	500–550	510	274.00	274.00
13	550–600	562	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	308.00	308.00
4	900–950	921	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	329	310.00–320.00	318.43
9	400–450	440	290.00–292.00	291.55
37	500–550	543	266.00–271.00	269.21
8	550–600	588	249.00–252.00	249.74
3	600–650	612	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	470	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	361	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	423	303.00–315.00	306.78
26	450–500	482	281.00–291.00	288.01
51	500–550	527	276.50–279.00	277.11
38	600–650	620	249.50–256.50	252.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	360.00	360.00
10	350–400	380	350.00–362.50	358.63
25	450–500	491	316.00–320.00	317.43
9	500–550	509	286.00–291.00	288.77
4	550–600	591	272.00	272.00
3	600–650	622	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	323	400.00	400.00
21	400–450	430	360.00–362.00	361.43
50	450–500	462	340.00–360.00	356.81
86	500–550	532	318.50–319.00	318.85
48	600–650	608	283.50–285.00	284.46
10	650–700	650	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	372.50	372.50
11	450–500	486	335.00	335.00
50	500–550	537	297.00–307.50	302.04
71	550–600	581	280.00–290.50	284.05
26	600–650	616	274.00–276.00	275.85
51	650–700	691	250.50–261.00	252.70
15	700–750	721	241.00–250.00	244.09
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	282.50	282.50
18	450–500	453	270.00	270.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	530	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	504	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	480	312.50–318.00	315.19
13	550–600	572	289.50	289.50

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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