Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2019-08-14

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2019-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Aug 14

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

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Receipts

847 head

▲ 847 vs last sale 0▲ 847 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand moderate. No trend available as the last reported sale for this market was back in June. Today's run consisted of yearlings coming off grass with good quality and condition. Market prices today were reflective of the recent board activity. The next available report will be Wednesday, August 28, 2019.

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 $141.33/cwt on 621 head.

Average price

$141.33

621 head · 893 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2

$18.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	762	143.50	1,093	6thin
Medium and Large 2	615	143.00	879	5thin
Medium and Large 1	903	141.47	1,278	579
Medium and Large 1-2	783	140.46	1,100	26
Large 1-2	721	125.00	901	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.50/cwt here — about $192 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 sale621 hd

141.33

—

CO average1 barns · 621 hd

141.33

+0.00

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

Every lot

20 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	609	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	932	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	879	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	721	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	901	5
Steers	—	Large 1	762	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,093	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	144.94/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,180	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	841	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,144	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	142.76/cwt	136.00–144.50	1,253	119
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	141.64/cwt	136.00–143.00	1,310	237
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	932	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,212	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	977	136.49/cwt	128.50–137.00	1,334	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,038	124.32/cwt	123.50–126.00	1,290	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	132.60/cwt	126.00–135.50	874	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	702	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	960	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	906	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,023	25
Heifers	—	Large 1	772	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	973	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,023	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	824	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,014	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,063	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,074	13

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 Aug 14, 2019

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

Receipts 847Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	824	123.00	123.00
10	—	772	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	871	122.00	122.00
5	—	812	126.00	126.00
13	—	926	116.00	116.00
25	—	769	133.00	133.00
27	—	702	136.75	136.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	731	124.00	124.00
25	—	659	126.00–135.50	132.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	762	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	721	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,038	123.50–126.00	124.32
100	—	977	128.50–137.00	136.49
117	—	814	140.00–147.00	144.94
119	—	878	136.00–144.50	142.76
237	—	925	136.00–143.00	141.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	841	136.00	136.00
9	—	932	130.00	130.00
10	—	609	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	615	143.00	143.00

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.