Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2021-01-13

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2021-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-13

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Jan 13

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1867

← Jan 9Jan 13Jan 16 →

Receipts

2,724 head

▼ 945 vs last sale 3,669▼ 123 vs year ago 2,847 · −4.3%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Saturday: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Today's run comprised of home raised, long weaned steers and heifers with multiple rounds of vaccinations. Feeder steers under 400 lbs traded mostly 7.00 higher, 400-750 lbs mostly 3.00 to 7.00 lower, and over 750 lbs mostly 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 1.00 to 9.00 higher on a light test, 500-700 lbs unevenly steady and over 700 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. The next available report will be Saturday, January 16, 2021.

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 $147.04/cwt on 1,479 head.

Average price

$147.04

1,479 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 3

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.31

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	559	152.00	850	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	628	151.25	950	480
Medium and Large 2	604	146.75	886	18thin
Medium and Large 1	731	145.89	1,067	913
Medium 1	683	132.55	905	56
Large 3	681	118.00	804	6thin

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $46 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 sale1,479 hd

147.04

—

CO average5 barns · 12,650 hd

152.36

−5.31

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

Every lot

65 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. 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	763	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	716	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	813	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	183.28/cwt	182.00–185.00	861	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	195.64/cwt	188.50–198.00	925	56
Steers	—	Medium 1	487	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	755	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	811	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	172.66/cwt	167.50–175.00	912	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	177.04/cwt	176.00–179.00	937	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	937	6
Steers	—	Large 1-2	559	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	850	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	157.75/cwt	153.00–162.00	913	133
Steers	—	Medium 1	590	136.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	802	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	160.91/cwt	153.00–163.00	985	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	146.98/cwt	142.00–152.50	905	29
Steers	—	Medium 1	621	137.97/cwt	137.00–139.00	857	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	636	141.25/cwt	141.00–141.50	898	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	147.33/cwt	146.75–148.00	987	120
Steers	—	Medium 1	672	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	914	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	141.42/cwt	137.00–145.00	963	120
Steers	—	Large 3	681	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	804	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	142.38/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,031	157
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	135.15/cwt	133.75–137.00	985	89
Steers	—	Medium 1	731	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	892	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	747	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,038	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	753	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	994	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	759	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	996	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	138.42/cwt	137.50–139.00	1,080	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	126.64/cwt	125.50–128.00	1,019	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	136.52/cwt	130.00–139.75	1,103	346
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	824	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	997	4
Steers	—	Medium 1	868	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,068	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,205	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,152	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	989	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,221	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	649	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1	410	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	599	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	172.41/cwt	170.00–176.00	733	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	449	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	723	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	159.38/cwt	157.00–166.00	759	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	477	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	732	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	153.15/cwt	151.00–156.50	793	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	147.53/cwt	142.00–150.00	792	91
Heifers	—	Medium 1	547	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	738	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	137.75/cwt	131.00–142.00	788	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	147.57/cwt	144.00–150.00	850	90
Heifers	—	Medium 1	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	140.45/cwt	136.00–144.50	872	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	126.91/cwt	125.00–129.00	806	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	644	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	863	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	133.90/cwt	131.00–135.00	862	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	132.92/cwt	130.00–135.50	876	112
Heifers	—	Medium 1	677	119.17/cwt	118.00–120.00	807	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	125.95/cwt	125.00–128.00	868	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	690	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	835	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	699	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	853	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	121.47/cwt	120.50–125.00	872	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	958	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	749	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	874	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,009	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	767	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	920	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	922	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,002	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	950	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,140	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,081	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,222	5

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 Stock Show Special - Sterling, CO

Wed Jan 13, 2021

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Receipts 2,724Last week 3,669Year ago 2,847

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	753	132.00	132.00
133	—	579	153.00–162.00	157.75
6	—	407	187.50	187.50
11	—	470	182.00–185.00	183.28
29	—	616	142.00–152.50	146.98
77	—	528	167.50–175.00	172.66
120	—	681	137.00–145.00	141.42
11	—	805	125.50–128.00	126.64
89	—	729	133.75–137.00	135.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	172.50	172.50
6	—	636	141.00–141.50	141.25
4	—	523	155.00	155.00
4	—	824	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	747	139.00	139.00
23	—	759	131.25	131.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	670	146.75–148.00	147.33
6	—	558	168.00	168.00
14	—	529	176.00–179.00	177.04
22	—	780	137.50–139.00	138.42
33	—	925	124.50	124.50
56	—	473	188.50–198.00	195.64
20	—	419	194.00	194.00
346	—	808	130.00–139.75	136.52
4	—	989	123.50	123.50
66	—	612	153.00–163.00	160.91
35	—	881	136.75	136.75
157	—	724	140.00–145.00	142.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	155.00	155.00
14	—	868	123.00	123.00
10	—	621	137.00–139.00	137.97
15	—	590	130.00–140.00	136.00
3	—	672	136.00	136.00
9	—	731	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	559	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	681	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	689	125.00–128.00	125.95
40	—	718	120.50–125.00	121.47
47	—	572	131.00–142.00	137.75
17	—	768	120.00	120.00
86	—	644	131.00–135.00	133.90
91	—	537	142.00–150.00	147.53
9	—	449	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	749	116.75	116.75
21	—	635	125.00–129.00	126.91
4	—	690	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	644	134.00	134.00
5	—	477	153.50	153.50
6	—	767	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	620	117.00	117.00
15	—	547	135.00	135.00
5	—	410	146.00	146.00
17	—	677	118.00–120.00	119.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	950	120.00	120.00
20	—	763	132.25	132.25
38	—	518	151.00–156.50	153.15
142	—	621	136.00–144.50	140.45
5	—	1,081	113.00	113.00
4	—	864	116.00	116.00
15	—	425	170.00–176.00	172.41
24	—	476	157.00–166.00	159.38
4	—	391	166.00	166.00
90	—	726	132.00	132.00
112	—	659	130.00–135.50	132.92
90	—	576	144.00–150.00	147.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	699	122.00	122.00

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.