Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2019-10-16

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2019-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Oct 16

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,295 head

▼ 512 vs last sale 1,807▲ 1,295 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

146 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 101▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

54 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 64▲ 54 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 moderate. Feeder steer across all weight classes traded unevenly steady. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs traded unevenly steady and over 650 lbs were 5.00 to 7.00 lower on a light test. The feeders consisted of long weaned calves on vaccination programs with spring and fall shots. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 3.00 lower on a light test. The next available report will be Wednesday, October 23, 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 $151.83/cwt on 669 head.

Average price

$151.83

669 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$956

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$40

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

$25.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.33

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	154.60	826	39
Medium and Large 1	635	152.25	967	606
Large 1	650	144.42	938	12thin
Medium and Large 2	671	129.08	866	12thin

One grade step is worth $25.51/cwt here — about −$40 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 sale669 hd

151.83

—

CO average3 barns · 2,697 hd

151.50

+0.33

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	1,886	78.19	1,475	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,570	69.13	1,085	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	60.57	808	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,172	53.80	631	35

Every lot

60 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	496	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	596	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	687	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	167.29/cwt	164.00–169.00	778	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	160.10/cwt	157.00–162.00	780	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	765	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	158.50/cwt	157.00–159.75	843	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	153.83/cwt	151.00–160.00	885	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	594	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	888	6
Steers	—	Large 1	604	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	876	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	154.27/cwt	148.00–157.00	949	147
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	631	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	833	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	150.90/cwt	145.50–155.50	1,019	163
Steers	—	Large 1	682	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	982	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	995	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	717	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,009	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	726	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	908	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	144.40/cwt	142.50–147.00	1,061	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	142.97/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,091	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	823	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,029	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	627	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	454	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	667	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	138.92/cwt	136.00–140.00	685	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	498	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	670	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	137.41/cwt	133.50–139.00	720	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	144.89/cwt	142.00–147.50	775	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	544	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	694	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	558	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	737	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	125.15/cwt	121.00–130.00	718	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	136.57/cwt	133.50–139.50	803	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	594	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	838	9
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	613	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	788	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	794	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	138.68/cwt	138.00–140.00	872	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	639	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	856	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	914	7
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	682	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	883	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	130.74/cwt	126.00–138.00	905	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	134.60/cwt	133.00–138.00	968	33
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	744	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	930	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	973	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	831	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,014	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,685	88.57/cwt	87.00–89.50	1,492	2
Bulls	—	—	1,749	81.78/cwt	76.00–86.50	1,430	10
Bulls	—	—	2,139	70.10/cwt	67.50–75.00	1,499	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	54.78/cwt	51.00–58.00	640	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,176	46.08/cwt	40.00–49.50	542	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	63.57/cwt	62.00–64.00	749	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,326	62.90/cwt	56.50–67.00	834	37
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,326	53.96/cwt	41.00–56.50	716	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,395	69.03/cwt	67.50–70.00	963	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,547	67.18/cwt	67.00–67.50	1,039	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,577	71.06/cwt	70.50–73.00	1,121	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,590	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	978	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,061	118.18/cwt	112.50–122.00	1,254	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	100.41/cwt	96.00–102.50	1,298	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,540	72.81/cwt	70.50–74.00	1,121	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,095	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	11,881	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,236	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,579	27
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,512	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	13,003	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 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,295Last week 1,807Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 146Last week 101Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 64Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	454	147.00	147.00
46	—	629	138.00–140.00	138.68
33	—	719	133.00–138.00	134.60
25	—	535	142.00–147.50	144.89
10	—	772	126.00	126.00
9	—	594	141.00	141.00
7	—	653	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	639	134.00	134.00
9	—	558	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	613	128.50	128.50
9	—	744	125.00	125.00
6	—	682	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	625	127.00	127.00
13	—	574	121.00–130.00	125.15
10	—	544	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	588	133.50–139.50	136.57
72	—	524	133.50–139.00	137.41
31	—	493	136.00–140.00	138.92
10	—	692	126.00–138.00	130.74
9	—	831	122.00	122.00
8	—	422	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	498	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	631	132.00	132.00
5	—	726	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	487	157.00–162.00	160.10
6	—	594	149.50	149.50
5	—	691	144.00	144.00
5	—	524	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	675	145.50–155.50	150.90
147	—	615	148.00–157.00	154.27
77	—	575	151.00–160.00	153.83
68	—	763	135.00–145.00	142.97
45	—	532	157.00–159.75	158.50
42	—	735	142.50–147.00	144.40
26	—	465	164.00–169.00	167.29
11	—	395	174.00	174.00
5	—	333	179.00	179.00
4	—	280	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	823	125.00	125.00
7	—	717	140.75	140.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	682	144.00	144.00
5	—	604	145.00	145.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,293	96.00–102.50	100.41
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,061	112.50–122.00	118.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,540	70.50–74.00	72.81

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	27	—	1,236	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,095	1,085.00	1,085.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,512	860.00	860.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,168	51.00–58.00	54.78
10	—	1,176	40.00–49.50	46.08
6	—	1,178	62.00–64.00	63.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,577	70.50–73.00	71.06
3	—	1,547	67.00–67.50	67.18
1	—	1,590	61.50	61.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,326	56.50–67.00	62.90
22	—	1,326	41.00–56.50	53.96
7	—	1,395	67.50–70.00	69.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,749	76.00–86.50	81.78
7	—	2,139	67.50–75.00	70.10
2	—	1,685	87.00–89.50	88.57

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.