Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers and heifers were mostly up 2.00 to 9.00. Calves that were not preconditioned tended to be steady to down slightly. 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 $445.66/cwt on 243 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −55.44 against this barn's trailing median of $501.10.

Average price

$445.66

243 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$69.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.62

vs CO average

−23.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	472.17	2,620	92
Medium 1	504	435.00	2,192	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	564	434.07	2,448	86
Medium and Large 2	555	431.55	2,396	41
Medium 1-2	582	403.03	2,348	19thin

One grade step is worth $69.15/cwt here — about $273 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale243 hd

445.66

—

CO average4 barns · 1,318 hd

435.04

+10.62

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−23.38

This barn, trailing median2 sales

501.10

−55.44

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

56 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	650–700	675	384.80/cwt	382.50–390.00	2,597	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	715	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,789	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	3,115	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	504	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,369	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	375	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,100	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	469	499.48/cwt	495.00–503.50	2,343	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,670	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	310	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	567	432.32/cwt	429.00–439.00	2,451	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	525.69/cwt	522.50–527.50	2,313	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	761	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	612	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,313	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	616	419.27/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,583	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	573	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,183	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	522	453.52/cwt	452.50–455.00	2,367	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	499	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,083	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	575	375.19/cwt	372.50–377.50	2,157	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,459	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,194	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	734	365.65/cwt	364.00–370.00	2,684	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	582	410.74/cwt	407.50–416.00	2,391	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	677	375.99/cwt	367.50–377.50	2,545	51
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	591	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,394	16
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	489	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,797	5
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	600–650	627	356.60/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,236	12
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	537	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,108	3
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	510	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,925	8
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	426	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,747	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	482	424.06/cwt	422.50–430.00	2,044	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	1,787	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,023	283.69/cwt	282.50–286.00	2,902	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	533	395.96/cwt	390.00–398.00	2,110	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	359.26/cwt	358.00–361.00	2,939	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,368	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,426	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	703	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	775	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,643	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,438	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	514.63/cwt	514.00–520.00	2,429	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	619	392.06/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,427	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	700–750	731	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,602	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	3,226	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	439.97/cwt	438.00–443.00	2,107	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	353.27/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,406	25
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	350–400	393	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,014	2
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	493	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,305	4
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	504	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,192	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,082	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,371	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	829	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,819	39
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	658	347.10/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,284	13
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	493	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,935	6
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	605	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,344	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	850–900	877	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,350	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	530	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,948	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	595	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,097	17

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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 1,110Last week 1,135Year ago 972

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	560.00	560.00
8	400–450	440	522.50–527.50	525.69
19	450–500	469	495.00–503.50	499.48
4	500–550	504	470.00	470.00
82	550–600	567	429.00–439.00	432.32
49	600–650	616	410.00–422.50	419.27
16	650–700	675	382.50–390.00	384.80
21	700–750	734	364.00–370.00	365.65
7	750–800	761	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	382	635.00	635.00
55	450–500	472	514.00–520.00	514.63
20	500–550	508	480.00	480.00
72	550–600	568	470.00	470.00
10	700–750	715	390.00	390.00
39	800–850	829	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	800–850	818	358.00–361.00	359.26
5	850–900	880	354.00	354.00
9	900–950	914	353.00	353.00
6	1000–1050	1,033	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	522	452.50–455.00	453.52
16	550–600	582	407.50–416.00	410.74
5	600–650	619	390.00–395.00	392.06
51	650–700	677	367.50–377.50	375.99
6	700–750	731	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	589	417.50	417.50
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	537	392.50	392.50
16	550–600	591	405.00	405.00
12	600–650	627	355.00–360.00	356.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,023	282.50–286.00	283.69
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	512.50	512.50
4	450–500	493	467.50	467.50
5	500–550	504	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	605	387.50	387.50
13	650–700	658	342.50–350.00	347.10
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	877	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	525.00	525.00
9	450–500	482	422.50–430.00	424.06
34	500–550	533	390.00–398.00	395.96
16	550–600	573	381.00	381.00
27	600–650	612	378.00	378.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	499	417.50	417.50
27	550–600	575	372.50–377.50	375.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	650	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	489	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	426	410.00	410.00
6	450–500	493	392.50	392.50
8	500–550	510	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	479.00	479.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	470.00	470.00
25	450–500	479	438.00–443.00	439.97
16	600–650	604	392.50	392.50
25	650–700	681	350.00–358.00	353.27
5	700–750	703	336.00	336.00
30	750–800	775	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	367.50	367.50
17	550–600	595	352.50	352.50

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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