Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher. This seems to be largely due to the majority of the calves were high quality, preconditioned calves coming off the cow. 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 $415.94/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −85.16 against this barn's trailing median of $501.10.

Average price

$415.94

141 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,325

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$397

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$91.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.64

vs CO average

−29.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	471.11	2,605	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	599	445.00	2,666	6thin
Medium and Large 2	575	417.20	2,399	44
Medium 1	585	405.62	2,374	18thin
Medium 1-2	530	398.80	2,116	50
Medium 2	581	380.00	2,208	5thin

One grade step is worth $91.11/cwt here — about $397 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 sale141 hd

415.94

—

CO average3 barns · 615 hd

412.30

+3.64

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−29.91

This barn, trailing median2 sales

501.10

−85.16

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

71 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 and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	481	474.77/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,284	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	502	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,159	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	942	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,944	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	337.20/cwt	335.00–338.50	2,998	17
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	536	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,021	13
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	650–700	651	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,422	8
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	594	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,358	5
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	582	408.94/cwt	408.00–410.00	2,380	13
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	573	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,920	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	515	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,841	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	547	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,915	21
Heifers	Medium 1-2Spayed	800–850	843	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,550	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	600–650	601	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,995	9
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	487	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,863	5
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	559	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,054	5
Steers	Medium 2Unweaned	550–600	581	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,208	5
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	750–800	771	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,486	8
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	600–650	636	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,306	7
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	700–750	701	331.25/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,322	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	575	417.20/cwt	412.50–422.50	2,399	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	850–900	870	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,762	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	675	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,606	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	497	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,237	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,550	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	464	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,844	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	434	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,866	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	630	342.93/cwt	342.50–343.00	2,160	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	668	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,221	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	586	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,174	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	388	437.53/cwt	437.53–437.53	1,698	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	750–800	767	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,623	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	521	416.56/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,170	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	305	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	677	340.65/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,306	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,312	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	717	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,241	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	599	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	760	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,782	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	430	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,161	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,115	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	3,122	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	521	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,011	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	477	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,063	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	319.59/cwt	313.00–323.00	3,084	6
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	557	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,178	24
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	650–700	698	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,485	5
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	506	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,054	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	800–850	801	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,563	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	630	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,570	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	758	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	395.23/cwt	394.00–400.00	2,273	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	322.02/cwt	317.50–323.00	3,124	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,150	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	3,289	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,340	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	392.83/cwt	389.00–398.00	2,636	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	535.62/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,250	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,905	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	295	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,977	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,205	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	309	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,993	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,667	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,682	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,539	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,996	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	885	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,894	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	639	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,729	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	737	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,580	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,871	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,680	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	363	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,670	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	650–700	663	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,321	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 8, 2025

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

Receipts 1,135Last week 819Year ago 1,183

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	481	470.00–477.50	474.77
6	550–600	599	445.00	445.00
33	600–650	639	427.00	427.00
6	750–800	760	366.00	366.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	850–900	889	335.00–338.50	337.20
6	950–1000	965	313.00–323.00	319.59
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	582	408.00–410.00	408.94
8	650–700	651	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	594	397.00	397.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	581	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	506	406.00	406.00
24	550–600	557	391.00	391.00
7	600–650	636	362.50	362.50
5	650–700	698	356.00	356.00
10	700–750	701	330.00–332.50	331.25
8	750–800	771	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	497	450.00	450.00
44	550–600	575	412.50–422.50	417.20
21	600–650	630	408.00	408.00
55	650–700	675	386.00	386.00
22	750–800	767	342.00	342.00
20	800–850	801	320.00	320.00
11	850–900	870	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	622	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	309	645.00	645.00
7	400–450	420	530.00–540.00	535.62
10	500–550	529	480.00	480.00
8	550–600	583	460.00	460.00
37	600–650	601	446.00	446.00
53	650–700	671	389.00–398.00	392.83
10	700–750	716	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	750–800	776	370.00	370.00
4	800–850	816	356.00	356.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	502	430.00	430.00
34	550–600	575	394.00–400.00	395.23
43	600–650	611	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	942	312.50	312.50
4	1100–1150	1,115	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	536	377.00	377.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	357.50	357.50
4	550–600	573	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	547	350.00	350.00
9	600–650	601	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	843	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	382.50	382.50
5	550–600	559	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	388	437.53	437.53
4	400–450	434	430.00	430.00
12	450–500	464	397.50	397.50
18	500–550	521	386.00	386.00
7	550–600	586	371.00	371.00
44	600–650	630	342.50–343.00	342.93
4	650–700	668	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	530.00	530.00
8	350–400	363	460.00	460.00
5	450–500	477	432.50	432.50
29	500–550	521	410.00–420.00	416.56
40	600–650	615	376.00	376.00
16	650–700	677	338.00–345.00	340.65
6	700–750	717	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	875	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	737	350.00	350.00
8	750–800	758	341.00	341.00
21	850–900	885	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	908	330.00	330.00
11	950–1000	970	317.50–323.00	322.02
2	1150–1200	1,150	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	663	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	502.50	502.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	295	670.00	670.00
4	400–450	414	532.50	532.50

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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