Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2024-09-04

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Sep 4

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Aug 7Sep 4Oct 2 →

Receipts

1,793 head

▲ 573 vs last sale 1,220▲ 1,154 vs year ago 639 · +180.6%

Also sold hereStock Show SpecialSat Jan 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available on feeder steers and heifers as this was the first sale reported in the last month. Very strong tones on high quality feeder cattle above 800 pounds. Next report available as receipts warrant.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $255.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −175.49 against this barn's trailing median of $430.49.

Average price

$255.00

5 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,494

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.27

vs CO average

−14.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	586	255.00	1,494	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

255.00

—

CO average4 barns · 207 hd

269.27

−14.27

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

−14.40

This barn, trailing median4 sales

430.49

−175.49

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $445.30, low $396.50, median $430.49 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

26 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	586	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,494	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	261.40/cwt	259.00–262.00	1,775	38
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,812	5
Steers	750–800	Medium 1-2	776	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,793	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,969	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	799	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,045	35
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	251.01/cwt	245.00–254.00	2,021	101
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,970	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	236.75/cwt	232.00–242.00	2,112	147
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	225.74/cwt	224.00–229.00	2,084	154
Steers	950–1000	Medium 1	950	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,957	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	958	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,060	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	223.88/cwt	219.00–227.00	2,203	423
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,031	215.81/cwt	214.25–217.75	2,225	212
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,071	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	2,305	131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	594	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,455	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,655	30
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	234.68/cwt	226.50–236.00	1,781	259
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	225.50/cwt	223.00–226.50	1,881	61
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,930	8
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	853	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,808	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium 1	881	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,868	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	952	197.28/cwt	196.00–197.50	1,878	20
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	1050–1100	Large 2	1,081	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,816	13
Dairy Heifers	1150–1200	Large 2	1,166	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,982	4
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	1000–1050	Large 3	1,037	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,846	3

How this sale compares

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 Sep 4, 2024

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

Receipts 1,793Last week 1,220Year ago 639

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	853	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	881	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
259	750–800	759	226.50–236.00	234.68
61	800–850	834	223.00–226.50	225.50
8	850–900	850	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	684	242.00	242.00
20	950–1000	952	196.00–197.50	197.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	594	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	794	248.00	248.00
28	800–850	840	234.50	234.50
12	950–1000	958	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	776	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	650–700	679	259.00–262.00	261.40
5	700–750	708	256.00	256.00
35	750–800	799	256.00	256.00
101	800–850	805	245.00–254.00	251.01
147	850–900	892	232.00–242.00	236.75
154	900–950	923	224.00–229.00	225.74
423	950–1000	984	219.00–227.00	223.88
212	1000–1050	1,031	214.25–217.75	215.81
131	1050–1100	1,071	215.25	215.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	586	255.00	255.00
3	950–1000	950	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1050–1100	1,081	168.00	168.00
4	1150–1200	1,166	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,037	178.00	178.00

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.