Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2024-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's trade activity and demand was good. No trend is available as this is the first of three stock show specials.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $289.52/cwt on 1,250 head.

Average price

$289.52

1,250 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$331

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 1

$24.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.35

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	490	310.50	1,522	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	548	302.37	1,658	230
Medium 1-2	477	295.17	1,408	9thin
Medium and Large 2	456	292.59	1,334	53
Medium and Large 1	648	285.88	1,853	945

One grade step is worth $24.62/cwt here — about −$331 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 sale1,250 hd

289.52

—

CO average3 barns · 1,299 hd

288.18

+1.35

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

69 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 1-2	—	329	301.23/cwt	300.00–302.50	991	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	494	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,568	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	469	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,477	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	288.98/cwt	284.00–297.50	1,797	86
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	406	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,228	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	315.45/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,697	21
Steers	Medium 1	—	595	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,745	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	356.70/cwt	353.00–362.50	1,323	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,664	43
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	566	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	292.20/cwt	282.00–298.00	1,668	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	232.75/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,897	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	300.35/cwt	297.50–302.50	940	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	432	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,210	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	536	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,597	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	266.27/cwt	261.00–274.00	1,800	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	308.16/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,778	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	334.40/cwt	322.50–336.00	1,645	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	473	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,407	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	705	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,318	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,009	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	248.40/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,811	163
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	596	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,509	13
Heifers	Medium 1	—	398	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,128	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,527	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	230.62/cwt	212.00–238.00	1,677	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	600	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,428	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,520	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	473	318.85/cwt	314.00–332.00	1,508	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	296.97/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,128	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	508	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,765	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	228.62/cwt	227.00–229.00	1,968	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	329.13/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,721	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	237.46/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,845	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	497	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,302	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,240	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,377	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	275.35/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,724	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	254.24/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,742	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	374.41/cwt	374.00–375.00	1,614	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	238.31/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,425	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	225.74/cwt	221.00–234.00	1,524	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	250.87/cwt	248.00–257.50	1,455	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	653	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,845	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	603	302.35/cwt	300.00–303.00	1,823	51
Steers	Medium 1	—	435	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	235.07/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,479	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	293.75/cwt	290.00–301.00	1,348	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,362	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	931	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	524	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	212.17/cwt	206.00–218.00	1,506	36
Heifers	Medium 1	—	508	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,311	4
Heifers	Medium 1	—	428	283.82/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,215	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	222.98/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,757	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	295.32/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,308	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,099	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	217.11/cwt	216.00–217.50	1,748	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	289.20/cwt	287.00–291.00	1,484	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	215.42/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,501	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	275.70/cwt	265.00–288.00	1,387	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	317.81/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,344	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	272.62/cwt	269.00–277.50	1,557	102

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 6, 2024

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

Receipts 2,360Last week 2,500Year ago 2,500

Today's trade activity and demand was good. No trend is available as this is the first of three stock show specials.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	329	300.00–302.50	301.23
6	—	606	252.00	252.00
11	—	380	293.00–300.00	296.97
19	—	580	248.00–257.50	250.87
11	—	490	278.00	278.00
36	—	710	206.00–218.00	212.17
6	—	796	199.00	199.00
9	—	443	290.00–300.00	295.32
19	—	697	215.00–216.00	215.42
15	—	503	265.00–288.00	275.70
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	283.50	283.50
4	—	508	258.00	258.00
13	—	428	281.00–285.00	283.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
221	—	727	212.00–238.00	230.62
36	—	384	323.00	323.00
57	—	675	221.00–234.00	225.74
97	—	629	232.00–241.00	235.07
49	—	459	290.00–301.00	293.75
35	—	788	216.00–225.00	222.98
27	—	805	216.00–217.50	217.11
28	—	513	287.00–291.00	289.20
47	—	423	311.00–325.00	317.81
102	—	571	269.00–277.50	272.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	600	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	602	252.50	252.50
49	—	473	314.00–332.00	318.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	497	262.00	262.00
13	—	598	238.00–240.00	238.31
7	—	371	251.00	251.00
4	—	438	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	626	220.00	220.00
5	—	524	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	494	317.50	317.50
12	—	313	297.50–302.50	300.35
24	—	443	297.50	297.50
5	—	647	251.00	251.00
4	—	596	262.00	262.00
4	—	545	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	469	315.00	315.00
3	—	595	288.00	288.00
3	—	435	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	622	284.00–297.50	288.98
43	—	461	361.00	361.00
27	—	815	230.00–235.00	232.75
71	—	676	261.00–274.00	266.27
66	—	577	300.00–312.50	308.16
10	—	939	214.00	214.00
163	—	729	235.00–251.00	248.40
58	—	861	227.00–229.00	228.62
90	—	523	320.00–336.00	329.13
121	—	777	230.00–239.00	237.46
60	—	431	374.00–375.00	374.41
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	406	302.50	302.50
4	—	566	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	538	310.00–316.00	315.45
8	—	779	224.00	224.00
23	—	371	353.00–362.50	356.70
34	—	571	282.00–298.00	292.20
54	—	492	322.50–336.00	334.40
13	—	447	337.50	337.50
14	—	626	265.00–281.00	275.35
42	—	685	251.00–255.00	254.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	432	280.00	280.00
8	—	536	298.00	298.00
6	—	473	297.50	297.50
2	—	705	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	508	347.50	347.50
35	—	653	282.50	282.50
51	—	603	300.00–303.00	302.35

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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