Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2021-01-16

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2021-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-16

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Sat, Jan 16

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1867

← Jan 13Jan 16Jan 8 →

Receipts

2,741 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 2,724▼ 110 vs year ago 2,851 · −3.9%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Wednesday: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Today's run was the 3rd and final stock show. Feeder steers under 500 lbs traded sharply lower, 500-900 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower, and over 900 lbs mostly 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower, and over 700 lbs sharply lower. The next available report will be Wednesday, January 20, 2021.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.26/cwt on 1,390 head.

Average price

$140.26

1,390 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$33.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.44

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	144.12	839	909
Medium and Large 1-2	555	139.25	773	301
Medium and Large 2	576	129.58	747	60
Large 1	845	119.75	1,012	108
Large 1-2	728	110.88	807	12thin

One grade step is worth $33.24/cwt here — about $32 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 sale1,390 hd

140.26

—

CO average5 barns · 9,111 hd

138.81

+1.44

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

Every lot

57 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	641	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	173.83/cwt	172.00–176.00	735	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	447	182.20/cwt	180.00–183.00	814	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	177.87/cwt	176.00–181.00	847	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	481	163.18/cwt	162.00–164.00	785	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	832	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	172.54/cwt	168.00–176.00	892	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	864	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	549	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	780	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	166.69/cwt	159.00–170.00	933	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	155.51/cwt	152.00–158.00	910	60
Steers	—	Large 1	585	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	813	1
Steers	—	Large 1	623	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	897	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	143.33/cwt	140.00–146.00	903	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	154.45/cwt	150.50–156.00	976	211
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	643	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	839	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	869	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	925	6
Steers	—	Large 1	678	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	895	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	142.56/cwt	140.50–149.00	972	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	140.24/cwt	137.00–141.50	1,010	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	134.40/cwt	134.00–134.50	989	5
Steers	—	Large 1	754	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,010	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	763	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	992	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	765	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	972	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	133.60/cwt	133.00–134.25	1,055	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	133.70/cwt	131.50–135.00	1,095	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	824	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,042	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	130.75/cwt	129.25–131.75	1,134	33
Steers	—	Large 1	880	131.73/cwt	131.50–132.25	1,159	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	130.28/cwt	130.00–130.50	1,196	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	994	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,213	8
Steers	—	Large 1	1,006	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,232	39
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	171.55/cwt	170.00–172.00	640	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	170.29/cwt	164.00–178.00	725	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	691	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	160.38/cwt	152.00–166.00	770	130
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	150.84/cwt	147.00–154.00	733	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	151.41/cwt	146.50–156.50	774	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	670	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	141.47/cwt	139.00–145.50	741	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	144.75/cwt	139.00–150.75	829	263
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	135.38/cwt	132.00–139.50	778	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	587	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	760	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	136.29/cwt	133.00–139.00	845	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	130.94/cwt	127.00–132.00	822	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	133.33/cwt	130.50–138.75	880	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	860	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	720	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	882	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	123.15/cwt	122.25–124.00	888	87
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	728	110.88/cwt	110.50–112.00	807	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	885	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	950	19
Heifers	—	Large 1	807	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	991	19
Heifers	—	Large 1	851	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,013	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	984	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	959	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,122	18

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

Sat Jan 16, 2021

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

Receipts 2,741Last week 2,724Year ago 2,851

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	959	117.00	117.00
19	—	807	122.75	122.75
13	—	720	122.50	122.50
58	—	851	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	721	122.25–124.00	123.15
110	—	620	133.00–139.00	136.29
263	—	573	139.00–150.75	144.75
10	—	856	115.00	115.00
19	—	787	120.75	120.75
75	—	426	164.00–178.00	170.29
132	—	660	130.50–138.75	133.33
130	—	480	152.00–166.00	160.38
83	—	511	146.50–156.50	151.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	524	139.00–145.50	141.47
11	—	744	119.00	119.00
21	—	628	127.00–132.00	130.94
17	—	486	147.00–154.00	150.84
17	—	373	170.00–172.00	171.55
9	—	667	129.00	129.00
139	—	575	132.00–139.50	135.38
6	—	443	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	728	110.50–112.00	110.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	587	129.50	129.50
9	—	515	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	880	131.50–132.25	131.73
2	—	623	144.00	144.00
5	—	678	132.00	132.00
39	—	1,006	122.50	122.50
12	—	754	134.00	134.00
1	—	585	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	994	122.00	122.00
136	—	560	159.00–170.00	166.69
16	—	476	176.00–181.00	177.87
29	—	790	133.00–134.25	133.60
115	—	682	140.50–149.00	142.56
211	—	632	150.50–156.00	154.45
64	—	819	131.50–135.00	133.70
112	—	720	137.00–141.50	140.24
15	—	447	180.00–183.00	182.20
50	—	918	130.00–130.50	130.28
44	—	517	168.00–176.00	172.54
33	—	867	129.25–131.75	130.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	423	172.00–176.00	173.83
60	—	585	152.00–158.00	155.51
38	—	630	140.00–146.00	143.33
4	—	350	183.00	183.00
9	—	495	168.00	168.00
2	—	530	163.00	163.00
6	—	668	138.50	138.50
5	—	736	134.00–134.50	134.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	549	142.00	142.00
11	—	481	162.00–164.00	163.18
19	—	643	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	765	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	824	126.50	126.50
3	—	763	130.00	130.00
26	—	650	133.75	133.75

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.