Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2020-01-15

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Jan 15

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Dec 11Jan 15Jan 22 →

Receipts

881 head

▲ 881 vs last sale 0▲ 881 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Saturday: Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers across all weight classes traded mostly 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers of all weight classes traded mostly 5.00 to 8.00 lower. The next available report will be Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.24/cwt on 444 head.

Average price

$162.24

444 head · 607 lb average

Value per head Derived

$985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$8.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.20

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	619	163.99	1,015	338
Medium 1	560	157.14	880	68
Medium and Large 1-2	587	155.78	915	38

One grade step is worth $8.21/cwt here — about $100 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 sale444 hd

162.24

—

CO average6 barns · 7,852 hd

162.04

+0.20

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	723	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	403	196.15/cwt	194.00–198.00	790	28
Steers	—	Medium 1	448	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	795	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	197.62/cwt	195.00–198.00	953	8
Steers	—	Medium 1	488	167.43/cwt	166.00–172.50	817	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	508	203.55/cwt	202.00–204.50	1,034	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	183.98/cwt	180.50–197.50	957	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	173.75/cwt	171.00–177.00	983	61
Steers	—	Medium 1	597	152.12/cwt	150.50–155.00	908	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	160.12/cwt	156.00–161.00	994	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	146.82/cwt	146.00–148.00	941	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	915	6
Steers	—	Medium 1	676	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	919	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	689	148.79/cwt	146.00–152.50	1,025	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	143.29/cwt	141.50–144.50	1,053	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	142.70/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,106	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,202	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,303	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	180.47/cwt	180.00–183.00	675	12
Heifers	—	Medium 1	382	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	640	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	651	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	169.26/cwt	169.00–170.00	716	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	169.11/cwt	161.00–173.50	802	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	154.43/cwt	150.00–157.00	805	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	817	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	143.90/cwt	143.00–148.50	826	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	842	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	601	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	787	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	621	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	776	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	138.43/cwt	136.00–141.00	869	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	641	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	875	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	886	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	133.57/cwt	132.00–135.00	958	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,090	3

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 15, 2020

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

Receipts 881Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	663	138.00	138.00
8	—	369	196.00	196.00
24	—	641	146.00–148.00	146.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	676	136.00	136.00
4	—	448	177.50	177.50
22	—	488	166.00–172.50	167.43
36	—	597	150.50–155.00	152.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	868	138.50	138.50
5	—	969	134.50	134.50
8	—	482	195.00–198.00	197.62
28	—	403	194.00–198.00	196.15
28	—	520	180.50–197.50	183.98
21	—	775	141.00–145.00	142.70
61	—	566	171.00–177.00	173.75
69	—	621	156.00–161.00	160.12
92	—	689	146.00–152.50	148.79
16	—	735	141.50–144.50	143.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	508	202.00–204.50	203.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	862	126.50	126.50
8	—	423	169.00–170.00	169.26
12	—	374	180.00–183.00	180.47
17	—	717	132.00–135.00	133.57
22	—	521	150.00–157.00	154.43
41	—	574	143.00–148.50	143.90
42	—	474	161.00–173.50	169.11
75	—	628	136.00–141.00	138.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	674	131.50	131.50
5	—	601	131.00	131.00
22	—	599	140.50	140.50
11	—	548	149.00	149.00
3	—	407	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	641	136.50	136.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	382	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	125.00	125.00

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.