Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher with a few set of high quality, preconditioned calves under 500 pounds sharply higher. 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 $476.06/cwt on 427 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −25.05 against this barn's trailing median of $501.10.

Average price

$476.06

427 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$49.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+37.38

vs CO average

+17.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	487.40	2,619	192
Medium and Large 1-2	541	472.72	2,558	184
Medium and Large 2	535	472.50	2,528	10thin
Medium 1-2	526	440.82	2,319	12thin
Medium 1	564	437.94	2,468	29

One grade step is worth $49.47/cwt here — about $151 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 sale427 hd

476.06

—

CO average4 barns · 2,096 hd

438.67

+37.38

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+17.92

This barn, trailing median2 sales

501.10

−25.05

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

55 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	400–450	424	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,353	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	523.00/cwt	523.00–523.00	2,500	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	480.95/cwt	478.00–490.00	2,588	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	582	391.21/cwt	387.50–392.50	2,277	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	726	368.67/cwt	365.00–372.00	2,677	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	763	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,613	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	661	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,594	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,127	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,173	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	649	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,330	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	385	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,282	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	537	383.18/cwt	382.50–384.00	2,058	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	624	411.09/cwt	405.00–412.50	2,565	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	378	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,032	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	673	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,187	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	598	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,260	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	535	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,528	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	430	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,004	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	471	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,284	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	614	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,303	13
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	567	353.89/cwt	352.50–355.00	2,007	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,024	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	526	440.82/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,319	12
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,617	3
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	737	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,598	3
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	545	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,493	17
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	494	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,322	10
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	600–650	645	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,574	16
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	551	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,997	4
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	590	410.22/cwt	407.50–414.00	2,420	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,933	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	399.86/cwt	395.00–406.00	2,627	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,586	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,076	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,419	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	326.27/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,692	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,813	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	427.79/cwt	424.00–431.00	2,627	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	721	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,469	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,673	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	413	586.00/cwt	586.00–586.00	2,420	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	278	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	2,002	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,191	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,366	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,233	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	502.09/cwt	500.00–507.50	2,581	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,392	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	556	432.08/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,402	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	379.47/cwt	379.00–380.00	2,338	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,194	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,552	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,326	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 22, 2025

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

Receipts 1,684Last week 1,110Year ago 1,802

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	424	555.00	555.00
13	450–500	460	496.00	496.00
153	500–550	538	478.00–490.00	480.95
31	550–600	556	427.50–440.00	432.08
28	600–650	624	405.00–412.50	411.09
11	650–700	661	392.50	392.50
18	700–750	726	365.00–372.00	368.67
6	750–800	763	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	278	720.00	720.00
20	350–400	381	635.00	635.00
22	400–450	413	586.00	586.00
62	450–500	478	523.00	523.00
125	500–550	514	500.00–507.50	502.09
67	550–600	581	460.00	460.00
74	600–650	614	424.00–431.00	427.79
70	650–700	657	395.00–406.00	399.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	537.50	537.50
5	450–500	471	485.00	485.00
10	500–550	535	472.50	472.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	526	435.00–445.00	440.82
13	600–650	614	375.00	375.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	712	367.50	367.50
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	737	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	494	470.00	470.00
17	500–550	545	457.50	457.50
12	550–600	590	407.50–414.00	410.22
16	600–650	645	399.00	399.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	604	422.50	422.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	465.00	465.00
40	450–500	478	445.00	445.00
8	500–550	545	402.50	402.50
34	550–600	582	387.50–392.50	391.21
15	600–650	649	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	612	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	400–450	430	466.00	466.00
20	500–550	537	382.50–384.00	383.18
25	550–600	598	378.00	378.00
4	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
4	650–700	673	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	440	460.00	460.00
18	500–550	531	364.00	364.00
11	550–600	567	352.50–355.00	353.89
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	551	362.50	362.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	305	520.00	520.00
6	400–450	405	512.50	512.50
36	450–500	475	470.00	470.00
63	500–550	528	415.00	415.00
50	550–600	577	410.00	410.00
15	600–650	616	379.00–380.00	379.47
39	650–700	670	357.00	357.00
6	700–750	721	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	800–850	825	325.00–327.50	326.27
5	950–1000	987	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	684	340.00	340.00
3	800–850	807	290.00	290.00

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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