Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as this is the first sale reported in months. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $359.44/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −86.19 against this barn's trailing median of $445.64.

Average price

$359.44

9 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,256

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs CO average

−27.83 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	628	359.44	2,256	9thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

359.44

—

CO average1 barns · 9 hd

359.44

+0.00

National average176 barns · 12,495 hd

387.27

−27.83

This barn, trailing median2 sales

445.64

−86.19

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

36 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	679	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,200	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	601	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,134	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,020	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	700–750	713	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,246	6
Steers	Medium 1-2Full	800–850	838	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,791	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	900–950	928	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,988	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	800–850	833	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,816	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	850–900	889	332.40/cwt	331.00–333.00	2,955	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,298	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,789	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,948	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,934	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	348.50/cwt	348.00–350.00	2,638	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,009	316.98/cwt	313.00–320.50	3,198	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	334.52/cwt	329.00–337.50	3,118	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,519	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,909	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,413	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,653	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	343.12/cwt	339.00–346.00	3,140	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,910	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	329.43/cwt	327.00–331.00	3,311	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,596	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	362.47/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,813	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,557	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	330.16/cwt	329.00–333.00	2,671	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,988	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,681	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	334.74/cwt	331.00–341.00	3,274	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	900	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,132	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,197	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	352.76/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,565	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,197	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,175	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	3,255	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 Sep 10, 2025

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

Receipts 922Last week 1,377Year ago 0

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as this is the first sale reported in months. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	679	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	633	363.00	363.00
14	700–750	728	346.00	346.00
8	750–800	782	332.00	332.00
5	800–850	845	330.00	330.00
35	850–900	895	325.00	325.00
3	1000–1050	1,010	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	673	365.00	365.00
18	700–750	727	350.00–355.00	352.76
27	750–800	752	340.00	340.00
41	800–850	809	329.00–333.00	330.16
5	1050–1100	1,055	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	601	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	713	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	838	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	833	338.00	338.00
13	850–900	889	331.00–333.00	332.40
3	900–950	928	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	475.00	475.00
4	650–700	661	365.00	365.00
6	700–750	739	359.00	359.00
12	750–800	757	348.00–350.00	348.50
5	800–850	805	345.00	345.00
11	850–900	868	338.00	338.00
94	900–950	932	329.00–337.50	334.52
18	1000–1050	1,009	313.00–320.50	316.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	713	376.00	376.00
63	750–800	776	357.50–365.00	362.47
23	800–850	822	354.00	354.00
4	850–900	861	347.00	347.00
111	900–950	915	339.00–346.00	343.12
90	950–1000	978	331.00–341.00	334.74
28	1000–1050	1,005	327.00–331.00	329.43
2	1150–1200	1,175	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	900–950	900	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	511.00	511.00

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.

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