Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2025-11-05

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Nov 5

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12 →

Receipts

2,001 head

▲ 495 vs last sale 1,506▲ 818 vs year ago 1,183 · +69.1%

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 under 700 pounds traded mostly steady to 4.00 lower, while steers above 700 pounds traded mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded mostly steady to 8.00 lower. Most of the calves were preconditioned and off the cow. 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 $396.98/cwt on 312 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −33.51 against this barn's trailing median of $430.49.

Average price

$396.98

312 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,259

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$525

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

$90.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.29

vs CO average

−22.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	432.54	2,440	86
Medium and Large 1-2	570	403.83	2,301	106
Medium and Large 2	577	384.20	2,217	42
Large 1	556	365.00	2,029	6thin
Medium 1	580	364.74	2,117	39
Medium 1-2	559	342.46	1,914	33

One grade step is worth $90.08/cwt here — about $525 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale312 hd

396.98

—

CO average3 barns · 841 hd

403.27

−6.29

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−22.12

This barn, trailing median4 sales

430.49

−33.51

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

65 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	391	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,955	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	402	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,010	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	434	514.65/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,234	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	434	503.50/cwt	502.50–505.00	2,185	15
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2Unweaned	439	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,778	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	461	491.84/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,267	11
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2Unweaned	476	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,856	19
Steers	450–500	Medium 1Unweaned	480	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,016	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	484	456.57/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,210	30
Steers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	495	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,918	7
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2Unweaned	543	347.86/cwt	337.00–355.00	1,889	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	546	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,239	16
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	556	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,029	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	564	432.54/cwt	430.00–436.00	2,440	86
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2Unweaned	566	340.11/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,925	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	574	402.73/cwt	398.00–406.00	2,312	90
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	577	384.20/cwt	382.50–392.50	2,217	42
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	577	358.27/cwt	320.00–365.00	2,067	20
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	584	371.55/cwt	371.00–372.50	2,170	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	380.10/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,395	99
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	632	363.90/cwt	362.00–365.00	2,300	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	640	353.64/cwt	353.00–355.00	2,263	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	661	367.81/cwt	360.00–371.00	2,431	132
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,344	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	678	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,305	40
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	691	349.63/cwt	347.50–350.00	2,416	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	712	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,314	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	724	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,606	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	724	343.82/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,489	72
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	725	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,393	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,520	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,606	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	805	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,435	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,619	5
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,021	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,206	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	249	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	391	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,720	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,838	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	471	398.41/cwt	393.00–402.50	1,877	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	471	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,825	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	492	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,624	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	499	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,796	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,005	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1Unweaned	533	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,812	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	537	353.84/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,900	48
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,893	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	544	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,768	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	560	348.28/cwt	346.00–349.00	1,950	60
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	566	365.84/cwt	361.00–368.00	2,071	106
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	583	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,959	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2Unweaned	592	313.26/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,854	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	609	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,320	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,263	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1Unweaned	616	327.10/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,015	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1-2Unweaned	617	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,913	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	630	360.44/cwt	352.00–365.00	2,271	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	631	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,130	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	665	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,214	45
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	667	340.31/cwt	335.00–348.00	2,270	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	362.93/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,435	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1-2Unweaned	689	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,067	7
Heifers	650–700	Large 1Unweaned	693	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,200	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	707	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,298	28
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,662	8
Heifers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1-2	1,215	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,928	2

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 Nov 5, 2025

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

Receipts 2,001Last week 1,506Year ago 1,183

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	434	510.00–525.00	514.65
11	450–500	461	490.00–495.00	491.84
86	550–600	564	430.00–436.00	432.54
99	600–650	630	375.00–385.00	380.10
132	650–700	661	360.00–371.00	367.81
4	700–750	724	360.00	360.00
9	750–800	750	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	434	502.50–505.00	503.50
30	450–500	484	445.00–460.00	456.57
16	500–550	546	410.00	410.00
90	550–600	574	398.00–406.00	402.73
22	600–650	632	362.00–365.00	363.90
20	650–700	691	347.50–350.00	349.63
72	700–750	724	341.00–345.00	343.82
4	800–850	805	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	778	335.00	335.00
5	850–900	873	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	402	500.00	500.00
3	650–700	665	352.50	352.50
7	700–750	712	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	500.00	500.00
42	550–600	577	382.50–392.50	384.20
25	600–650	640	353.00–355.00	353.64
40	650–700	678	340.00	340.00
7	700–750	725	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	480	420.00	420.00
19	550–600	584	371.00–372.50	371.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	577	320.00–365.00	358.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	495	387.50	387.50
6	550–600	556	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	439	405.00	405.00
19	450–500	476	390.00	390.00
10	500–550	543	337.00–355.00	347.86
23	550–600	566	335.00–342.50	340.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,021	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	440.00	440.00
5	400–450	435	422.50	422.50
35	450–500	471	393.00–402.50	398.41
30	500–550	531	377.50	377.50
9	600–650	610	371.00	371.00
13	650–700	671	360.00–367.50	362.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,040	256.00	256.00
2	1200–1250	1,215	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	499	360.00	360.00
48	500–550	537	350.00–355.00	353.84
60	550–600	560	346.00–349.00	348.28
10	600–650	631	337.50	337.50
45	650–700	665	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	471	387.50	387.50
106	550–600	566	361.00–368.00	365.84
14	600–650	630	352.00–365.00	360.44
20	650–700	667	335.00–348.00	340.31
28	700–750	707	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	537	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	544	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	693	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	500–550	533	340.00	340.00
7	550–600	583	336.00	336.00
23	600–650	616	322.50–330.00	327.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	592	310.00–320.00	313.26
10	600–650	617	310.00	310.00
7	650–700	689	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	492	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	609	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
7	200–250	249	1,175.00	1,175.00

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.