Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2025-12-03

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Dec 3

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Nov 12Dec 3Dec 10 →

Receipts

938 head

▼ 611 vs last sale 1,549▼ 437 vs year ago 1,375 · −31.8%

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. No trend available as the last covered feeder sale was two weeks ago and featured mostly calves coming off the cow. This weeks sale featured mostly weaned preconditioned calves. Although there is no trend, there were stronger tones than two weeks ago. 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 $429.96/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits −0.53 against this barn's trailing median of $430.49.

Average price

$429.96

69 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,339

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$336

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

$89.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.13

vs CO average

+0.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	459.40	2,500	25
Medium and Large 1-2	541	416.39	2,252	41
Medium and Large 2	585	370.00	2,165	3thin

One grade step is worth $89.40/cwt here — about $336 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 sale69 hd

429.96

—

CO average3 barns · 546 hd

412.83

+17.13

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+0.81

This barn, trailing median4 sales

430.49

−0.53

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

55 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,624	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,095	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	438.20/cwt	430.00–443.00	2,274	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,535	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	552	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,222	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,434	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	561	399.38/cwt	395.00–402.50	2,241	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,165	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	616	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,138	5
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	618	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,070	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,319	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	358.95/cwt	356.00–360.00	2,287	22
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2Unweaned	645	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,145	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	382.55/cwt	382.50–383.00	2,471	81
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	362.12/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,376	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	665	386.19/cwt	386.00–387.50	2,568	55
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	374.40/cwt	372.50–377.00	2,516	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	707	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,262	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	341.12/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,470	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	351.55/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,570	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	752	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,677	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	770	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,387	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	348.33/cwt	346.50–349.00	2,707	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,580	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	829	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,512	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,529	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,713	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,722	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,773	6
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,039	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,899	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,895	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,009	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	349.17/cwt	285.00–382.50	1,816	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,058	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	532	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,929	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	356.76/cwt	352.50–362.50	2,062	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,036	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	349.62/cwt	349.50–350.00	2,126	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	325.14/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,071	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	651	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,986	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	660	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,030	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	336.97/cwt	332.50–341.00	2,275	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,214	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	706	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,407	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	731	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,215	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	310.81/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,300	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,146	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,195	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	784	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,289	10
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,625	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,040	282.25/cwt	275.00–284.00	2,935	15

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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Receipts 938Last week 1,549Year ago 1,375

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	425	405.00	405.00
5	450–500	486	390.00	390.00
6	500–550	520	285.00–382.50	349.17
4	550–600	590	345.00	345.00
15	600–650	637	310.00–332.50	325.14
8	650–700	676	327.50	327.50
3	700–750	740	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	770	285.00	285.00
2	1000–1050	1,000	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	487	412.50	412.50
9	500–550	521	395.00	395.00
38	550–600	578	352.50–362.50	356.76
29	600–650	608	349.50–350.00	349.62
36	650–700	675	332.50–341.00	336.97
9	700–750	740	310.00–312.50	310.81
15	1000–1050	1,040	275.00–284.00	282.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	651	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	745	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	700–750	706	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	543	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	532	362.50	362.50
3	650–700	660	307.50	307.50
7	700–750	731	303.00	303.00
10	750–800	784	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	460.00	460.00
17	500–550	519	430.00–443.00	438.20
12	550–600	552	402.50	402.50
5	600–650	631	367.50	367.50
7	650–700	656	360.00–365.00	362.12
5	700–750	724	335.00–345.00	341.12
7	800–850	836	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	537	472.00	472.00
9	550–600	557	437.00	437.00
81	600–650	646	382.50–383.00	382.55
12	650–700	672	372.50–377.00	374.40
16	700–750	731	350.00–352.50	351.55
49	750–800	777	346.50–349.00	348.33
3	800–850	800	322.50	322.50
11	850–900	853	318.00	318.00
7	900–950	915	297.50	297.50
6	950–1000	973	285.00	285.00
2	1000–1050	1,039	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	561	395.00–402.50	399.38
14	750–800	770	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	490	427.50	427.50
3	550–600	585	370.00	370.00
22	600–650	637	356.00–360.00	358.95
3	700–750	707	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	616	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	650–700	665	386.00–387.50	386.19
11	750–800	752	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	645	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	618	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	800–850	829	303.00	303.00

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.