Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2024-10-09

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Oct 9

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Oct 2Oct 9Oct 16 →

Receipts

1,183 head

▲ 129 vs last sale 1,054▼ 597 vs year ago 1,780 · −33.5%

Also sold hereStock Show SpecialSat Jan 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand were good. Feeder steers and heifers were mostly 15.00 to 18.00 higher with some sharply higher, largely due to larger quantities of high quality cattle. Next available report will be Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

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 $288.96/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −141.53 against this barn's trailing median of $430.49.

Average price

$288.96

153 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$34.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.77

vs CO average

−5.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	297.28	1,651	68
Medium 1	545	285.62	1,555	69
Medium and Large 1-2	562	272.22	1,531	9thin
Medium 1-2	559	262.50	1,467	7thin

One grade step is worth $34.78/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale153 hd

288.96

—

CO average3 barns · 700 hd

282.19

+6.77

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−5.35

This barn, trailing median4 sales

430.49

−141.53

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

75 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	273	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	367.53/cwt	362.50–373.00	1,205	8
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	375	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	956	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	389.70/cwt	384.00–392.50	1,508	9
Steers	400–450	Medium 2	423	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,167	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,238	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	349.76/cwt	337.50–354.00	1,507	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,594	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,644	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	329.13/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,613	25
Steers	500–550	Medium 1Unweaned	515	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,535	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	546	299.95/cwt	299.50–301.50	1,638	31
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	547	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,553	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	553	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,493	4
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	559	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,467	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	295.04/cwt	287.50–299.00	1,661	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,562	5
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	582	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,571	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	610	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,571	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,535	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	283.33/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,791	112
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2Unweaned	636	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,533	8
Steers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	640	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,725	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	662	270.35/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,790	57
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,717	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	672	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,720	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	267.22/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,833	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	693	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,646	2
Steers	650–700	Medium 1Unweaned	696	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,761	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	250.10/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,768	42
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	721	260.33/cwt	255.00–265.50	1,877	36
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,935	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	791	245.57/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,942	36
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	837	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,992	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	237.68/cwt	234.00–240.00	2,070	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	893	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,875	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	942	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,837	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,082	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2Unweaned	343	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	713	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	316.23/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,157	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	278.20/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,168	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2Unweaned	434	233.75/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,014	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,391	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,265	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	483	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,208	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	279.22/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,357	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	282.30/cwt	279.50–286.50	1,428	45
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	524	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,425	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2Unweaned	526	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,052	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	264.32/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,435	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,477	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	266.95/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,543	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	588	250.38/cwt	249.50–253.00	1,472	45
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1Unweaned	602	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,400	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	607	242.96/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,475	7
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	250.22/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,576	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,535	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1-2	666	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,465	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	242.42/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,750	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	732	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,610	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,727	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,688	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	240.55/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,896	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,025	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,945	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,186	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,266	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Small 3	770	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,086	1
Dairy Heifers	950–1000	Large 2	995	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,662	1
Dairy Heifers	1000–1050	Large 2	1,047	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,759	3
Dairy Heifers	1050–1100	Large 2	1,080	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,782	1
Dairy Heifers	1200–1250	Large 2	1,200	165.00/cwt	164.00–166.00	1,980	2
Dairy Heifers	1250–1300	Large 3	1,260	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,016	1
Dairy Heifers	1350–1400	Large 2	1,357	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,239	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 Oct 9, 2024

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

Receipts 1,183Last week 1,054Year ago 1,780

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	486	275.00–281.00	279.22
25	500–550	543	262.00–272.00	264.32
6	550–600	568	260.00	260.00
5	700–750	743	232.50	232.50
2	950–1000	985	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	208.00	208.00
5	500–550	526	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	700–750	732	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	550–600	578	260.00–270.00	266.95
25	650–700	656	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	524	272.00	272.00
45	550–600	588	249.50–253.00	250.38
7	600–650	607	238.00–245.00	242.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	420	275.00–282.50	278.20
15	450–500	472	268.00	268.00
4	750–800	785	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	320.00	320.00
8	350–400	366	315.00–317.00	316.23
9	450–500	456	305.00	305.00
45	500–550	506	279.50–286.50	282.30
29	600–650	630	249.00–253.00	250.22
22	700–750	722	240.00–246.00	242.42
9	750–800	788	240.00–241.00	240.55
2	900–950	900	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	434	230.00–238.00	233.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	602	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	666	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	483	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	625	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	387	384.00–392.50	389.70
16	400–450	432	369.00	369.00
12	450–500	480	342.50	342.50
25	650–700	686	260.00–269.00	267.22
42	700–750	707	245.00–253.00	250.10
9	750–800	759	255.00	255.00
16	850–900	871	234.00–240.00	237.68
3	900–950	942	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	1,050.00	1,050.00
8	300–350	328	362.50–373.00	367.53
8	400–450	431	337.50–354.00	349.76
25	450–500	490	322.50–330.00	329.13
5	550–600	570	274.00	274.00
8	650–700	668	257.00	257.00
9	800–850	837	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	375	255.00	255.00
14	400–450	423	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	547	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	546	299.50–301.50	299.95
37	550–600	563	287.50–299.00	295.04
112	600–650	632	278.00–285.00	283.33
57	650–700	662	269.00–271.00	270.35
36	700–750	721	255.00–265.50	260.33
36	750–800	791	242.00–246.00	245.57
4	850–900	893	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	427	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	620	247.50	247.50
2	650–700	693	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	559	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	515	298.00	298.00
29	550–600	582	270.00	270.00
13	650–700	696	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	553	270.00	270.00
9	650–700	672	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	610	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	636	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	640	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	995	167.00	167.00
3	1000–1050	1,047	168.00	168.00
1	1050–1100	1,080	165.00	165.00
2	1200–1250	1,200	164.00–166.00	165.00
3	1350–1400	1,357	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	770	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1250–1300	1,260	160.00	160.00

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.