Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2025-10-01

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Oct 1

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Sep 10Oct 1Oct 8 →

Receipts

819 head

▼ 103 vs last sale 922▼ 235 vs year ago 1,054 · −22.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as last reported sale was three weeks ago. Calf and yearling markets were both very strong. 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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $419.39/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −11.10 against this barn's trailing median of $430.49.

Average price

$419.39

91 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,409

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$42.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.27

vs CO average

−3.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	447.37	2,448	19thin
Medium and Large 2	560	422.50	2,366	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	597	414.08	2,472	44
Medium 1	560	405.00	2,268	19thin
Medium 1-2	535	405.00	2,167	3thin

One grade step is worth $42.37/cwt here — about $281 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale91 hd

419.39

—

CO average3 barns · 489 hd

426.66

−7.27

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−3.26

This barn, trailing median4 sales

430.49

−11.10

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

49 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 1Unweaned	429	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,188	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,326	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,372	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,397	8
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	535	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,167	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	560	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,366	6
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	560	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,268	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,482	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,489	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	598	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,470	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	606	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,503	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	633	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,532	25
Steers	600–650	Medium 1Unweaned	648	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,530	14
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2Unweaned	648	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,424	37
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	662	386.35/cwt	386.00–387.50	2,558	17
Steers	650–700	Medium 1-2Unweaned	679	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,444	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,856	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	724	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,324	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	394.79/cwt	389.00–397.50	2,921	34
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,850	4
Steers	800–850	Medium 1Fleshy	843	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,782	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,860	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	944	337.27/cwt	330.00–339.00	3,184	57
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,033	323.95/cwt	320.00–330.00	3,346	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1-2	323	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,454	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	433	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,024	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	448	445.55/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,996	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,009	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	504	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,003	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	523	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,014	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	391.28/cwt	390.00–392.50	2,066	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	552	386.94/cwt	386.00–390.00	2,136	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	578	374.43/cwt	372.50–375.00	2,164	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,318	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,379	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	668	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,338	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,549	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,624	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	738	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,509	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium 2	750	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,310	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	2,866	30
Heifers	850–900	Medium 1	891	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,695	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,895	21
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	920	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,036	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	1,014	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,042	7
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,023	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,274	10
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,105	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	3,343	3
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium 2	1,117	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,793	6

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 1, 2025

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

Receipts 819Last week 922Year ago 1,054

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as last reported sale was three weeks ago. Calf and yearling markets were both very strong. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	843	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	600–650	648	374.00	374.00
4	650–700	679	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	589	422.50	422.50
4	800–850	831	343.00	343.00
15	850–900	864	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	560	422.50	422.50
25	600–650	633	400.00	400.00
10	700–750	724	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	550–600	598	413.00	413.00
12	600–650	606	413.00	413.00
17	650–700	662	386.00–387.50	386.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	510.00	510.00
23	450–500	490	484.00	484.00
8	500–550	524	457.50	457.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	482	482.50	482.50
11	550–600	564	440.00	440.00
8	650–700	684	417.50	417.50
34	700–750	740	389.00–397.50	394.79
57	900–950	944	330.00–339.00	337.27
31	1000–1050	1,033	320.00–330.00	323.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	560	405.00	405.00
14	600–650	648	390.50	390.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	467.50	467.50
4	850–900	891	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	750	308.00	308.00
6	1100–1150	1,117	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	523	385.00	385.00
26	550–600	578	372.50–375.00	374.43
8	600–650	645	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	528	390.00–392.50	391.28
5	700–750	710	359.00	359.00
2	900–950	920	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	448	440.00–450.00	445.55
22	450–500	475	423.00	423.00
6	500–550	504	397.50	397.50
30	550–600	552	386.00–390.00	386.94
4	600–650	618	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,014	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	626	380.00	380.00
15	700–750	717	366.00	366.00
30	750–800	784	365.50	365.50
21	900–950	902	321.00	321.00
10	1000–1050	1,023	320.00	320.00
3	1100–1150	1,105	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	668	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	738	340.00	340.00

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.