Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2019-10-09

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2019-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Oct 9

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,807 head

▲ 692 vs last sale 1,115▲ 1,807 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

101 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 56▲ 101 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

64 head

▲ 51 vs last sale 13▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate. Feeder steers under 600 pounds traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Steers over 600 pounds traded steady to 7.50 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 pounds traded steady to 3.50 lower. Heifers weighing between 600 and 850 pounds were 2.50 to 3.50 higher and those over 850 were mostly steady. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 higher and bulls were steady.

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 $146.72/cwt on 858 head.

Average price

$146.72

858 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

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

$27.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.51

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	700	147.93	1,035	377
Medium and Large 1-2	612	146.14	895	416
Large 1	652	144.90	944	61
Medium 1-2	913	120.00	1,096	4thin

One grade step is worth $27.93/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale858 hd

146.72

—

CO average4 barns · 2,898 hd

148.23

−1.51

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,780	79.73	1,419	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,588	62.72	996	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,323	62.45	826	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	53.68	583	24

Every lot

66 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	164.17/cwt	162.00–169.00	716	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	162.24/cwt	159.00–164.00	785	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	167.76/cwt	166.50–169.00	814	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	154.11/cwt	148.00–158.00	801	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	146.70/cwt	146.00–149.00	845	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	151.98/cwt	150.00–159.00	877	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	143.60/cwt	142.00–145.00	893	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	155.90/cwt	148.00–158.50	981	59
Steers	—	Large 1	630	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	921	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	143.08/cwt	141.00–145.75	946	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	150.04/cwt	146.75–155.50	999	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	675	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	918	24
Steers	—	Large 1	690	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	983	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	144.80/cwt	144.50–147.00	1,060	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	136.78/cwt	135.50–138.00	1,019	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	135.78/cwt	130.50–137.50	1,036	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	140.55/cwt	140.00–140.75	1,099	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	806	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,201	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,253	35
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	913	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,096	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,289	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	142.36/cwt	142.00–144.00	548	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	141.67/cwt	141.00–142.00	602	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	149.90/cwt	148.00–153.00	657	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	453	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	670	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	143.09/cwt	140.00–144.50	667	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	660	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	137.31/cwt	135.00–140.50	709	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	774	18
Heifers	—	Large 1	539	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	749	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	542	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	721	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.75	809	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	137.54/cwt	135.50–138.50	800	70
Heifers	—	Large 1	594	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	817	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	137.60/cwt	136.00–138.00	843	31
Heifers	—	Large 1	626	135.18/cwt	135.00–136.00	846	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	629	130.17/cwt	126.00–133.00	819	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	145.00/cwt	139.50–146.75	961	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	133.76/cwt	126.00–138.50	912	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	129.00/cwt	126.00–131.00	933	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	140.10/cwt	138.10–140.75	1,014	159
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	939	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	133.14/cwt	132.00–133.50	1,029	17
Heifers	—	Medium 1	802	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,011	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,102	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,115	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	125.29/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,151	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,031	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,134	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,088	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,262	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,192	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,180	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,677	76.44/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,282	7
Bulls	—	—	1,845	81.82/cwt	79.50–85.00	1,510	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	960	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	638	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	41.41/cwt	40.00–46.00	440	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	55.59/cwt	51.00–59.50	610	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,144	57.25/cwt	56.00–57.50	655	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,347	63.19/cwt	58.50–66.50	851	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,518	67.24/cwt	67.00–67.50	1,021	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,580	62.30/cwt	61.50–64.50	984	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,590	58.78/cwt	58.50–59.50	935	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,623	70.75/cwt	70.50–71.00	1,148	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,281	58.40/cwt	57.00–60.00	748	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,331	64.01/cwt	62.00–66.00	852	33
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,539	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	1,054	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,443	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	12,626	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,758	1,040.00/cwt	1,040.00–1,040.00	18,283	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 Oct 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,807Last week 1,115Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 56Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 64Last week 13Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,331	62.00–66.00	64.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,281	57.00–60.00	58.40
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,539	68.50	68.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,758	1,040.00	1,040.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,443	875.00	875.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	622	142.00–145.00	143.60
95	—	661	141.00–145.75	143.08
86	—	520	148.00–158.00	154.11
63	—	576	146.00–149.00	146.70
34	—	763	130.50–137.50	135.78
21	—	745	135.50–138.00	136.78
13	—	436	162.00–169.00	164.17
8	—	484	159.00–164.00	162.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	675	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	913	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	630	146.25	146.25
22	—	690	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	732	144.50–147.00	144.80
60	—	577	150.00–159.00	151.98
59	—	629	148.00–158.50	155.90
57	—	666	146.75–155.50	150.04
35	—	876	143.00	143.00
24	—	973	132.50	132.50
22	—	782	140.00–140.75	140.55
18	—	485	166.50–169.00	167.76
11	—	806	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	629	126.00–133.00	130.17
16	—	425	141.00–142.00	141.67
12	—	485	136.00	136.00
11	—	542	133.00	133.00
11	—	385	142.00–144.00	142.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	582	135.50–138.50	137.54
67	—	516	135.00–140.50	137.31
44	—	682	126.00–138.50	133.76
31	—	613	136.00–138.00	137.60
14	—	466	140.00–144.50	143.09
8	—	438	148.00–153.00	149.90
7	—	770	122.00	122.00
7	—	723	126.00–131.00	129.00
6	—	1,031	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	724	138.10–140.75	140.10
84	—	570	140.00–144.75	141.96
50	—	663	139.50–146.75	145.00
24	—	871	128.00	128.00
21	—	838	131.50	131.50
18	—	534	145.00	145.00
17	—	773	132.00–133.50	133.14
7	—	919	125.00–126.00	125.29
6	—	1,192	99.00	99.00
4	—	1,088	116.00	116.00
3	—	453	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	802	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	626	135.00–136.00	135.18
17	—	539	139.00	139.00
4	—	594	137.50	137.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,097	51.00–59.50	55.59
4	—	1,062	40.00–46.00	41.41
1	—	960	66.50	66.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,580	61.50–64.50	62.30
3	—	1,590	58.50–59.50	58.78
2	—	1,623	70.50–71.00	70.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,347	58.50–66.50	63.19
6	—	1,144	56.00–57.50	57.25
2	—	1,518	67.00–67.50	67.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,845	79.50–85.00	81.82
7	—	1,677	73.00–78.00	76.44

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.