Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2026-10-14

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2026-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Oct 14

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Oct 7Oct 14Oct 21 →

Receipts

1,267 head

▲ 497 vs last sale 770▲ 157 vs year ago 1,110 · +14.1%

Also sold hereStock Show SpecialSat Jan 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Sale was almost all preconditioned calves off the cow and the quality was extremely good. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 3.00 to 13.00 higher with some sharply higher due to the increase in quality and reputation from the last sale. Those sharply higher were replacement quality heifers. Next available report will be Wednesday, October, 21, 2026.

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 $436.88/cwt on 240 head, up $40.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits +6.39 against this barn's trailing median of $430.49.

Average price

$436.88

▲ 40.38 vs prior sale

240 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,389

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$81.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.39

vs CO average

+4.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	467.97	2,438	102
Medium and Large 1-2	558	419.44	2,341	99
Medium and Large 2	590	404.00	2,384	30
Medium 1	573	386.00	2,212	9thin

One grade step is worth $81.97/cwt here — about $226 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 sale240 hd

436.88

—

CO average4 barns · 909 hd

416.49

+20.39

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

+4.59

This barn, trailing median4 sales

430.49

+6.39

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

58 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,169	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	444	551.00/cwt	551.00–551.00	2,446	45
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,251	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,468	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,435	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	518	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,450	93
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	538	429.77/cwt	426.00–435.00	2,312	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	551	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,292	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	573	412.07/cwt	406.00–422.50	2,361	48
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	573	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,212	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,365	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	590	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,384	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	604	368.93/cwt	368.00–369.00	2,228	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,511	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	611	391.74/cwt	391.00–394.00	2,394	16
Steers	600–650	Medium 1Unweaned	649	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,382	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	395.97/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,598	100
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	667	387.15/cwt	383.00–389.00	2,582	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	680	372.71/cwt	362.00–375.00	2,534	31
Steers	650–700	Medium 1Unweaned	698	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,450	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	734	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,613	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	735	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,470	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	762	344.89/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,628	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	806	322.28/cwt	320.00–323.00	2,598	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	823	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,469	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	870	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,610	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	327.03/cwt	325.00–328.50	2,855	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,036	29
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,008	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,074	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,653	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,674	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,751	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,833	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	429.26/cwt	427.50–430.00	1,854	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	420.68/cwt	415.00–427.50	1,931	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,902	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,854	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	406.80/cwt	399.00–412.50	2,119	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	544	388.49/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,113	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	546	372.68/cwt	372.00–376.00	2,035	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	552	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,164	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	557	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,005	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	562	373.47/cwt	373.00–375.00	2,099	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	572	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,888	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	614	359.55/cwt	355.50–364.00	2,208	69
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	629	348.63/cwt	343.00–352.50	2,193	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	351.98/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,298	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	689	323.29/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,227	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	727	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,254	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	794	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,255	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	801	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,251	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,469	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,823	57
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,589	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,830	25
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,028	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,699	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	291	581.00/cwt	581.00–581.00	1,691	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,168	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 14, 2026

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

Receipts 1,267Last week 770Year ago 1,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	374	580.00	580.00
4	450–500	455	542.50	542.50
29	900–950	934	325.00	325.00
2	1000–1050	1,008	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	444	551.00	551.00
93	500–550	518	473.00	473.00
9	550–600	551	416.00	416.00
23	600–650	608	413.00	413.00
100	650–700	656	390.00–402.50	395.97
8	700–750	734	356.00	356.00
18	750–800	762	335.00–350.00	344.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	590	404.00	404.00
30	600–650	604	368.00–369.00	368.93
31	650–700	680	362.00–375.00	372.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	573	386.00	386.00
10	600–650	649	367.00	367.00
19	650–700	698	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	502.50	502.50
6	450–500	497	490.00	490.00
7	550–600	584	405.00	405.00
19	850–900	873	325.00–328.50	327.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	538	426.00–435.00	429.77
48	550–600	573	406.00–422.50	412.07
16	600–650	611	391.00–394.00	391.74
16	650–700	667	383.00–389.00	387.15
11	700–750	735	336.00	336.00
25	800–850	806	320.00–323.00	322.28
4	850–900	870	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	823	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	500–550	544	387.50–390.00	388.49
30	550–600	562	373.00–375.00	373.47
54	600–650	629	343.00–352.50	348.63
18	650–700	689	320.00–330.00	323.29
5	700–750	727	310.00	310.00
4	750–800	794	284.00	284.00
11	800–850	801	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	495.00	495.00
3	350–400	398	440.00	440.00
11	400–450	419	437.50	437.50
17	450–500	459	415.00–427.50	420.68
57	850–900	874	323.00	323.00
25	900–950	931	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	521	399.00–412.50	406.80
9	550–600	552	392.00	392.00
69	600–650	614	355.50–364.00	359.55
10	650–700	653	345.00–355.00	351.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	432.50	432.50
13	400–450	432	427.50–430.00	429.26
13	450–500	464	410.00	410.00
6	800–850	823	300.00	300.00
3	900–950	928	279.00	279.00
3	1000–1050	1,028	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	572	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	546	372.00–376.00	372.68
24	550–600	557	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	291	581.00	581.00
6	400–450	425	510.00	510.00

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.