Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as last reported sale was three weeks ago. Calf and yearling markets were both very strong. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $419.39/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −81.71 against this barn's trailing median of $501.10.

Average price

$419.39

91 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,409

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$42.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.27

vs CO average

−3.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	447.37	2,448	19thin
Medium and Large 2	560	422.50	2,366	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	597	414.08	2,472	44
Medium 1	560	405.00	2,268	19thin
Medium 1-2	535	405.00	2,167	3thin

One grade step is worth $42.37/cwt here — about $281 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale91 hd

419.39

—

CO average3 barns · 489 hd

426.66

−7.27

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−3.26

This barn, trailing median2 sales

501.10

−81.71

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

49 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
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	800–850	843	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,782	3
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	433	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,024	3
Heifers	Medium 1	850–900	891	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,695	4
Heifers	Medium 2	1100–1150	1,117	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,793	6
Heifers	Medium 2	750–800	750	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,310	10
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,424	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	633	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,532	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	700–750	724	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,324	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	606	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,503	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	598	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,470	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	391.28/cwt	390.00–392.50	2,066	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,372	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,014	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,489	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,549	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,860	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,009	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	662	386.35/cwt	386.00–387.50	2,558	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	374.43/cwt	372.50–375.00	2,164	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	1000–1050	1,014	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,042	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	323.95/cwt	320.00–330.00	3,346	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,895	21
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	600–650	648	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,530	14
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	650–700	679	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,444	4
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	560	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,268	19
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	535	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,167	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	323	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,482	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	668	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	560	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,366	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,509	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,105	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	3,343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	552	386.94/cwt	386.00–390.00	2,136	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	2,866	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,326	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,397	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,856	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,379	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	394.79/cwt	389.00–397.50	2,921	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	337.27/cwt	330.00–339.00	3,184	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,318	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,624	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,274	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	504	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,003	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	445.55/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,996	9

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 1, 2025

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

Receipts 819Last week 922Year ago 1,054

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as last reported sale was three weeks ago. Calf and yearling markets were both very strong. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	843	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	600–650	648	374.00	374.00
4	650–700	679	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	589	422.50	422.50
4	800–850	831	343.00	343.00
15	850–900	864	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	560	422.50	422.50
25	600–650	633	400.00	400.00
10	700–750	724	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	550–600	598	413.00	413.00
12	600–650	606	413.00	413.00
17	650–700	662	386.00–387.50	386.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	510.00	510.00
23	450–500	490	484.00	484.00
8	500–550	524	457.50	457.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	482	482.50	482.50
11	550–600	564	440.00	440.00
8	650–700	684	417.50	417.50
34	700–750	740	389.00–397.50	394.79
57	900–950	944	330.00–339.00	337.27
31	1000–1050	1,033	320.00–330.00	323.95
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	560	405.00	405.00
14	600–650	648	390.50	390.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	467.50	467.50
4	850–900	891	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	750	308.00	308.00
6	1100–1150	1,117	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	523	385.00	385.00
26	550–600	578	372.50–375.00	374.43
8	600–650	645	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	528	390.00–392.50	391.28
5	700–750	710	359.00	359.00
2	900–950	920	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	448	440.00–450.00	445.55
22	450–500	475	423.00	423.00
6	500–550	504	397.50	397.50
30	550–600	552	386.00–390.00	386.94
4	600–650	618	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,014	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	626	380.00	380.00
15	700–750	717	366.00	366.00
30	750–800	784	365.50	365.50
21	900–950	902	321.00	321.00
10	1000–1050	1,023	320.00	320.00
3	1100–1150	1,105	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	668	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	738	340.00	340.00

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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