Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2025-11-12

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Nov 12

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Nov 5Nov 12Dec 3 →

Receipts

1,549 head

▼ 452 vs last sale 2,001▲ 213 vs year ago 1,336 · +15.9%

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 below 600 pounds traded mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher with a few fancy steers sharply higher, while steers above 600 pounds traded mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers below 600 pounds traded mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher with a few fancy heifer sharply higher, while heifers below 600 pounds traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. 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 $410.52/cwt on 335 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −19.97 against this barn's trailing median of $430.49.

Average price

$410.52

335 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,298

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$598

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

$111.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.95

vs CO average

−14.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	441.47	2,464	113
Medium and Large 1-2	566	417.02	2,361	110
Medium and Large 2	535	399.88	2,139	24
Large 1	550	387.50	2,131	5thin
Medium 1	561	370.55	2,080	70
Medium 1-2	565	330.19	1,866	13thin

One grade step is worth $111.28/cwt here — about $598 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale335 hd

410.52

—

CO average4 barns · 1,574 hd

413.47

−2.95

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−14.35

This barn, trailing median4 sales

430.49

−19.97

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

70 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	591.34/cwt	590.00–592.50	2,218	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	413	472.26/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,950	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	448	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,146	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,337	55
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	461	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,017	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	472	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,935	3
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2Unweaned	478	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,032	6
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	501	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,017	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	509	434.96/cwt	427.50–437.50	2,214	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	522	407.32/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,126	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,327	6
Steers	500–550	Medium 1Unweaned	530	370.37/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,963	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	433.73/cwt	425.00–437.50	2,342	13
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2Unweaned	541	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,880	7
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	550	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,131	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	441.33/cwt	438.00–442.00	2,471	107
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	561	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,160	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	414.87/cwt	412.50–422.50	2,381	73
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	580	404.28/cwt	401.00–410.00	2,345	16
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2Unweaned	593	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,838	6
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	594	367.15/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,181	36
Steers	600–650	Medium 1Unweaned	610	324.04/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,977	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	614	363.66/cwt	352.50–367.50	2,233	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	618	338.04/cwt	317.50–342.50	2,089	38
Steers	600–650	Large 1	634	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,124	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	335.14/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,131	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	648	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,404	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,381	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	672	337.54/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,268	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	347.78/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,365	133
Steers	650–700	Medium 1Unweaned	689	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,188	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	696	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,346	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	730	345.59/cwt	343.50–351.00	2,523	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,349	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	737	318.68/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,349	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	746	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,369	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	754	303.74/cwt	302.50–305.00	2,290	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	303.99/cwt	303.00–305.00	2,478	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	973	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,651	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,765	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	391	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,740	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	433	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,808	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	437	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,759	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	477	412.32/cwt	409.00–415.00	1,967	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,924	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	483	398.40/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,924	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1Unweaned	493	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,726	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	494	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,778	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,057	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	532	398.56/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,120	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	544	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,026	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,079	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	549	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,127	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	553	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,184	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,037	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	576	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,872	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	593	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,809	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	595	370.46/cwt	361.00–372.00	2,204	42
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	610	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,922	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	351.02/cwt	345.00–358.00	2,166	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1-2	618	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,761	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,155	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	340.94/cwt	332.50–343.00	2,155	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,022	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	660	310.63/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,050	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	689	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,239	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	697	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,056	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	718	288.52/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,072	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	4

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 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,549Last week 2,001Year ago 1,336

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	375	590.00–592.50	591.34
55	450–500	460	508.00	508.00
6	500–550	524	444.00	444.00
107	550–600	560	438.00–442.00	441.33
41	600–650	648	371.00	371.00
3	650–700	665	358.00	358.00
28	700–750	730	343.50–351.00	345.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	448	479.00	479.00
8	500–550	509	427.50–437.50	434.96
16	550–600	580	401.00–410.00	404.28
20	600–650	614	352.50–367.50	363.66
34	650–700	672	335.00–345.00	337.54
16	700–750	737	315.00–330.00	318.68
20	750–800	754	302.50–305.00	303.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	973	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	540	425.00–437.50	433.73
73	550–600	574	412.50–422.50	414.87
5	600–650	636	325.00–350.00	335.14
133	650–700	680	340.00–352.50	347.78
15	700–750	734	320.00	320.00
6	800–850	815	303.00–305.00	303.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	413	470.00–475.00	472.26
5	450–500	461	437.50	437.50
16	500–550	522	405.00–417.50	407.32
8	550–600	561	385.00	385.00
38	600–650	618	317.50–342.50	338.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	634	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	550	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	410.00	410.00
4	500–550	501	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	541	347.50	347.50
6	550–600	593	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	530	365.00–375.00	370.37
36	550–600	594	355.00–370.00	367.15
10	600–650	610	315.00–330.00	324.04
20	650–700	689	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	696	337.00	337.00
4	700–750	746	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	481	400.00	400.00
19	500–550	547	380.00	380.00
37	600–650	632	332.50–343.00	340.94
4	750–800	755	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	483	395.00–400.00	398.40
15	500–550	549	387.50	387.50
42	550–600	595	361.00–372.00	370.46
8	650–700	660	310.00–312.50	310.63
10	700–750	718	285.00–290.00	288.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	445.00	445.00
5	400–450	433	417.50	417.50
8	500–550	544	372.50	372.50
3	650–700	697	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	437	402.50	402.50
8	450–500	494	360.00	360.00
5	500–550	545	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	610	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	493	350.00	350.00
7	550–600	576	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	593	305.00	305.00
7	600–650	618	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	637	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	477	409.00–415.00	412.32
19	500–550	532	395.00–405.00	398.56
6	550–600	553	395.00	395.00
43	600–650	617	345.00–358.00	351.02
21	650–700	689	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	487.50	487.50
5	500–550	513	401.00	401.00
13	550–600	558	365.00	365.00
19	600–650	621	347.00	347.00

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.