Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2024-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Today's run consisted of pre-conditioned calves with the majority having multiple rounds of vaccinations and most being weaned between 30-90 days. Feeder steers under 550 lbs traded 3.00 to 11.00 lower, while steers over 650 lbs traded 1.00 higher to 5.50 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded steady to 4.50 lower, while heifers over 650 lbs traded 2.00 to 5.00 lower. The next available report will be Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $265.17/cwt on 1,151 head.

Average price

$265.17

1,151 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$32.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.11

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	272.31	1,483	892
Medium and Large 2	331	272.00	900	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	602	240.09	1,446	255

One grade step is worth $32.22/cwt here — about $37 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 sale1,151 hd

265.17

—

CO average6 barns · 6,326 hd

247.06

+18.11

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

55 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 1Fleshy	—	743	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,397	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	318.04/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,205	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	227.80/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,549	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,723	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,874	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	493	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,467	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,312	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	267.15/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,793	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	227.85/cwt	227.50–231.00	1,748	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	749	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,461	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	337.10/cwt	335.00–338.00	1,632	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	316.55/cwt	314.00–323.00	1,766	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,683	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	331.01/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,281	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,949	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	297.79/cwt	279.00–301.00	1,703	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	589	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,693	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,053	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	236.77/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,714	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	201.11/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,681	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	274.26/cwt	269.00–277.00	1,742	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,421	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,486	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	219.71/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,487	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	900	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	240.77/cwt	238.00–242.00	1,519	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	254.82/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,312	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,547	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	290.59/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,209	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	251.20/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,439	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	227.28/cwt	221.00–232.00	1,407	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	307.58/cwt	302.50–309.00	1,292	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	276.59/cwt	276.00–277.00	1,306	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	285.72/cwt	284.00–293.00	1,529	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	307.42/cwt	302.00–312.00	1,445	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	550	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,403	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,494	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	242.05/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,651	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	303.37/cwt	291.00–312.50	1,156	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	294.27/cwt	287.50–303.00	1,221	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	775	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,558	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	436	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,308	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,346	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	272.34/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,541	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,513	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	293.17/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,437	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	941.63/head	925.00–950.00	942	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	317.65/cwt	314.50–322.50	1,655	59

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 →

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Receipts 2,503Last week 2,091Year ago 2,839

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	743	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	215.00	215.00
2	—	873	195.00	195.00
4	—	849	192.00	192.00
20	—	379	312.00–320.00	318.04
21	—	680	226.00–230.00	227.80
85	—	631	238.00–242.00	240.77
33	—	420	302.50–309.00	307.58
190	—	535	284.00–293.00	285.72
121	—	470	302.00–312.00	307.42
171	—	566	268.00–276.00	272.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	802	173.00	173.00
43	—	677	210.00–225.00	219.71
15	—	515	242.00–270.00	254.82
38	—	766	202.00	202.00
27	—	416	290.00–291.00	290.59
21	—	573	246.00–262.00	251.20
35	—	619	221.00–232.00	227.28
3	—	933	170.00	170.00
10	—	472	276.00–277.00	276.59
28	—	734	203.50	203.50
32	—	381	291.00–312.50	303.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	331	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	550	255.00	255.00
51	—	436	300.00	300.00
32	—	609	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	638	270.00	270.00
100	—	484	335.00–338.00	337.10
87	—	589	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	822	228.00	228.00
3	—	367	357.50	357.50
41	—	671	265.00–269.00	267.15
62	—	767	227.50–231.00	227.85
42	—	558	314.00–323.00	316.55
92	—	485	347.00	347.00
15	—	898	217.00	217.00
36	—	724	232.00–241.00	236.77
13	—	437	340.00	340.00
9	—	292	925.00–950.00	941.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	493	297.50	297.50
5	—	749	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	226.00	226.00
19	—	387	325.00–332.50	331.01
216	—	572	279.00–301.00	297.79
29	—	836	200.00–202.00	201.11
106	—	635	269.00–277.00	274.26
18	—	434	327.50	327.50
24	—	682	232.00–245.00	242.05
3	—	754	222.00	222.00
5	—	469	322.50	322.50
59	—	521	314.50–322.50	317.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	337	312.50	312.50
7	—	415	287.50–303.00	294.27
10	—	490	292.00–295.00	293.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	775	201.00	201.00

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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