Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2025-09-10

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Sep 10

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Apr 2Sep 10Oct 1 →

Receipts

922 head

▼ 455 vs last sale 1,377▲ 922 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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 as this is the first sale reported in months. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $359.44/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −25.42 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$359.44

9 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,256

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs CO average

−27.83 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	628	359.44	2,256	9thin

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

359.44

—

CO average1 barns · 9 hd

359.44

+0.00

National average176 barns · 12,495 hd

387.27

−27.83

This barn, trailing median4 sales

384.87

−25.42

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 600–700 lb

4 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $388.02, low $371.83, median $384.87 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

36 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,948	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,197	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	601	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,134	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,413	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,681	14
Steers	700–750	Medium 1-2Unweaned	713	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,246	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,653	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	348.50/cwt	348.00–350.00	2,638	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	362.47/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,813	63
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,777	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,910	23
Steers	800–850	Medium 1-2	833	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,816	6
Steers	800–850	Medium 1-2Full	838	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,791	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,988	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	868	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,934	11
Steers	850–900	Medium 1-2	889	332.40/cwt	331.00–333.00	2,955	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,132	86
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	343.12/cwt	339.00–346.00	3,140	111
Steers	900–950	Medium 1-2	928	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,988	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	932	334.52/cwt	329.00–337.50	3,118	94
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	334.74/cwt	331.00–341.00	3,274	90
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,005	329.43/cwt	327.00–331.00	3,311	28
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,009	316.98/cwt	313.00–320.50	3,198	18
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,175	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	3,255	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,298	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,456	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1-2	679	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,200	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	352.76/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,565	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,519	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,557	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,596	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	330.16/cwt	329.00–333.00	2,671	41
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,789	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,909	35
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,020	3
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,055	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,197	5

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 922Last week 1,377Year ago 0

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as this is the first sale reported in months. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	679	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	633	363.00	363.00
14	700–750	728	346.00	346.00
8	750–800	782	332.00	332.00
5	800–850	845	330.00	330.00
35	850–900	895	325.00	325.00
3	1000–1050	1,010	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	673	365.00	365.00
18	700–750	727	350.00–355.00	352.76
27	750–800	752	340.00	340.00
41	800–850	809	329.00–333.00	330.16
5	1050–1100	1,055	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	601	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	713	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	838	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	833	338.00	338.00
13	850–900	889	331.00–333.00	332.40
3	900–950	928	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	475.00	475.00
4	650–700	661	365.00	365.00
6	700–750	739	359.00	359.00
12	750–800	757	348.00–350.00	348.50
5	800–850	805	345.00	345.00
11	850–900	868	338.00	338.00
94	900–950	932	329.00–337.50	334.52
18	1000–1050	1,009	313.00–320.50	316.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	713	376.00	376.00
63	750–800	776	357.50–365.00	362.47
23	800–850	822	354.00	354.00
4	850–900	861	347.00	347.00
111	900–950	915	339.00–346.00	343.12
90	950–1000	978	331.00–341.00	334.74
28	1000–1050	1,005	327.00–331.00	329.43
2	1150–1200	1,175	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	900–950	900	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	511.00	511.00

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.