Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2022-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Trade activity and demand were good. Feeder steers under 700 lbs were 1.00 to 6.00 higher while steers over 700 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs were 1.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs were 1.00 higher to 3.00 lower on a light test. Today's stock sale consisted of feeder steers and heifers that had mostly two rounds of vaccinations and were weaned between 45 to 90 days. The next available report will be January 19, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.24/cwt on 1,278 head.

Average price

$177.24

1,278 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$211

per head · Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2

$25.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.50

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	492	192.50	947	7thin
Medium and Large 1	675	180.52	1,219	949
Medium and Large 1-2	692	167.25	1,158	322

One grade step is worth $25.25/cwt here — about −$211 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 sale1,278 hd

177.24

—

CO average5 barns · 10,459 hd

174.74

+2.50

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

49 lots · USDA AMS · Sterling Livestock Commission Stock Show Special - 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	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	487	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	920	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	686	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,098	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	513	182.83/cwt	182.00–185.00	938	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	571	172.76/cwt	171.00–174.50	986	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	878	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	182.96/cwt	177.00–191.00	1,136	88
Steers	Large 1-2	—	492	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	947	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	214.20/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,030	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	159.12/cwt	153.00–161.75	1,163	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	209.99/cwt	201.00–214.50	1,109	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	153.72/cwt	149.50–157.00	1,214	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	172.09/cwt	169.50–177.00	1,082	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	149.02/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,314	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	199.28/cwt	198.00–201.00	1,150	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	166.54/cwt	164.00–169.00	1,139	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	157.68/cwt	157.00–158.50	1,321	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	202.27/cwt	194.00–207.00	1,078	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	940	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	660	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,214	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,422	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	177.56/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,181	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	164.53/cwt	162.00–167.75	1,186	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	151.54/cwt	150.50–154.00	1,418	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	141.10/cwt	136.00–146.00	950	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,108	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	161.06/cwt	151.00–166.75	989	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	178.12/cwt	175.00–182.50	859	17
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	522	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	843	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	157.28/cwt	155.00–166.00	896	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	657	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	145.37/cwt	138.00–150.00	916	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	188.55/cwt	188.00–189.00	705	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	148.31/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,092	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	140.47/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,004	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	148.46/cwt	148.00–149.00	1,005	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	177.11/cwt	173.00–181.00	933	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	139.71/cwt	137.75–144.00	1,154	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,119	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	611	196.97/cwt	196.50–198.00	1,203	84
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	444	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	733	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,357	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	555	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,160	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	811	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	164.91/cwt	164.00–169.50	970	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	857	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,235	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	189.09/cwt	182.00–191.00	1,063	30

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 Stock Show Special - Sterling, CO

Sat Jan 15, 2022

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

Receipts 2,470Last week 2,561Year ago 2,741

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	487	189.00	189.00
25	—	686	160.00	160.00
66	—	513	182.00–185.00	182.83
59	—	571	171.00–174.50	172.76
4	—	608	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	521	168.50	168.50
55	—	673	136.00–146.00	141.10
5	—	756	140.50	140.50
14	—	570	155.00–166.00	157.28
7	—	346	190.00	190.00
27	—	630	138.00–150.00	145.37
18	—	374	188.00–189.00	188.55
9	—	715	136.00–144.00	140.47
3	—	848	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	751	147.50	147.50
191	—	614	151.00–166.75	161.06
17	—	482	175.00–182.50	178.12
80	—	736	147.00–149.00	148.31
39	—	677	148.00–149.00	148.46
45	—	527	173.00–181.00	177.11
60	—	826	137.75–144.00	139.71
6	—	427	190.00	190.00
96	—	588	164.00–169.50	164.91
6	—	922	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	522	161.50	161.50
4	—	444	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	621	177.00–191.00	182.96
43	—	481	212.00–220.00	214.20
68	—	528	201.00–214.50	209.99
138	—	577	198.00–201.00	199.28
70	—	838	157.00–158.50	157.68
9	—	961	148.00	148.00
125	—	665	174.00–185.00	177.56
190	—	721	162.00–167.75	164.53
40	—	936	150.50–154.00	151.54
60	—	866	156.75	156.75
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	492	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	731	153.00–161.75	159.12
67	—	790	149.50–157.00	153.72
54	—	629	169.50–177.00	172.09
28	—	882	146.00–153.00	149.02
55	—	684	164.00–169.00	166.54
8	—	533	194.00–207.00	202.27
3	—	453	207.50	207.50
16	—	414	207.00	207.00
30	—	562	182.00–191.00	189.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	660	184.00	184.00
84	—	611	196.50–198.00	196.97
5	—	555	209.00	209.00

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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