Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2025-10-29

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Oct 29

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Oct 22Oct 29Nov 5 →

Receipts

1,506 head

▼ 178 vs last sale 1,684▼ 637 vs year ago 2,143 · −29.7%

Also sold hereStock Show SpecialSat Jan 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 4.00 to 12.00 lower, with a few sharply lower. Those feeders sharply lower seemed to be more crossbred or only had spring shots. 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 $432.43/cwt on 324 head. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits +1.95 against this barn's trailing median of $430.49.

Average price

$432.43

324 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$553

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$122.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.88

vs CO average

+2.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	472.22	2,510	93
Medium and Large 1-2	547	434.06	2,373	130
Medium and Large 2	524	427.19	2,238	39
Medium 1	578	394.68	2,281	18thin
Medium 1-2	579	368.75	2,134	32
Medium 2	559	350.00	1,957	12thin

One grade step is worth $122.22/cwt here — about $553 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 sale324 hd

432.43

—

CO average4 barns · 1,354 hd

408.56

+23.88

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+2.71

This barn, trailing median4 sales

430.49

+1.95

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

61 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	308	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,632	4
Steers	300–350	Medium 2Unweaned	338	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,369	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,047	9
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	406	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,827	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	417	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,887	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	419	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,137	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,284	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,327	21
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2Unweaned	465	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,848	6
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	471	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,837	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	494.23/cwt	494.00–495.00	2,353	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	506	490.87/cwt	482.50–492.50	2,484	56
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	524	427.19/cwt	422.50–432.50	2,238	39
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	526	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,341	70
Steers	550–600	Medium 2Unweaned	559	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,957	12
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2Unweaned	566	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,108	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,531	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	571	421.29/cwt	412.50–430.00	2,406	60
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	578	394.68/cwt	390.00–397.50	2,281	18
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	583	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,143	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	622	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,255	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,297	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,502	10
Steers	600–650	Medium 2Unweaned	635	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,064	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	639	379.30/cwt	374.00–384.00	2,424	77
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	651	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,409	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	371.38/cwt	370.00–372.00	2,425	72
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	674	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,359	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	680	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,261	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	689	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,429	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	334.18/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,379	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	718	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,305	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	720	344.81/cwt	343.00–346.00	2,483	39
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	773	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,590	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	794	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,525	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,731	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	338.03/cwt	335.00–341.00	2,924	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	281	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,574	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,744	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,715	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	403	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,854	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	436.77/cwt	435.00–437.50	1,904	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,966	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,782	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	486	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,932	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2Unweaned	494	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,655	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	502	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,021	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	508	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,994	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	528	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,861	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,910	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,159	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	573	363.97/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,086	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	586	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,051	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	615	352.49/cwt	345.00–356.00	2,168	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	621	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,043	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	372.37/cwt	367.50–375.00	2,327	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	699	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,307	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	710	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,361	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,748	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,896	4
Heifers	1300–1350	Medium and Large 1	1,328	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	3,088	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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 1,506Last week 1,684Year ago 2,143

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	308	530.00	530.00
4	650–700	651	370.00	370.00
32	700–750	712	330.00–335.00	334.18
3	800–850	808	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	435	525.00	525.00
26	450–500	476	494.00–495.00	494.23
56	500–550	506	482.50–492.50	490.87
37	550–600	570	444.00	444.00
10	600–650	627	399.00	399.00
72	650–700	653	370.00–372.00	371.38
39	700–750	720	343.00–346.00	344.81
5	750–800	773	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	419	510.00	510.00
70	500–550	526	445.00	445.00
60	550–600	571	412.50–430.00	421.29
77	600–650	639	374.00–384.00	379.30
5	650–700	689	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	625	367.50	367.50
23	650–700	674	350.00	350.00
27	700–750	718	321.00	321.00
17	750–800	794	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	417	452.50	452.50
39	500–550	524	422.50–432.50	427.19
3	600–650	622	362.50	362.50
5	650–700	680	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	397.50	397.50
8	550–600	566	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	390.00	390.00
24	550–600	583	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	405.00	405.00
12	550–600	559	350.00	350.00
4	600–650	635	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	406	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	578	390.00–397.50	394.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	356	575.00	575.00
21	450–500	459	507.00	507.00
16	850–900	865	335.00–341.00	338.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	486	397.50	397.50
12	500–550	508	392.50	392.50
41	550–600	573	360.00–367.50	363.97
31	600–650	615	345.00–356.00	352.49
8	650–700	699	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	469	380.00	380.00
6	500–550	538	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	436	435.00–437.50	436.77
26	450–500	467	421.00	421.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	528	352.50	352.50
4	600–650	621	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	281	560.00	560.00
19	300–350	342	510.00	510.00
4	850–900	864	318.00	318.00
4	950–1000	959	302.00	302.00
3	1300–1350	1,328	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	586	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	494	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	490.00	490.00
22	400–450	403	460.00	460.00
26	500–550	502	402.50	402.50
25	550–600	550	392.50	392.50
30	600–650	625	367.50–375.00	372.37
4	700–750	710	332.50	332.50

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.