Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Feeder steers below 600 pounds traded mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher with a few fancy steers sharply higher, while steers above 600 pounds traded mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers below 600 pounds traded mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher with a few fancy heifer sharply higher, while heifers below 600 pounds traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. 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 $410.52/cwt on 335 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −90.58 against this barn's trailing median of $501.10.

Average price

$410.52

335 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,298

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$598

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

$111.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.95

vs CO average

−14.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	441.47	2,464	113
Medium and Large 1-2	566	417.02	2,361	110
Medium and Large 2	535	399.88	2,139	24
Large 1	550	387.50	2,131	5thin
Medium 1	561	370.55	2,080	70
Medium 1-2	565	330.19	1,866	13thin

One grade step is worth $111.28/cwt here — about $598 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 sale335 hd

410.52

—

CO average4 barns · 1,574 hd

413.47

−2.95

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−14.35

This barn, trailing median2 sales

501.10

−90.58

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

70 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 1Unweaned	700–750	730	345.59/cwt	343.50–351.00	2,523	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	404.28/cwt	401.00–410.00	2,345	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	549	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,127	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	398.40/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,924	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	718	288.52/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,072	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	973	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	340.94/cwt	332.50–343.00	2,155	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	754	303.74/cwt	302.50–305.00	2,290	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	303.99/cwt	303.00–305.00	2,478	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	335.14/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,131	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	347.78/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,365	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	737	318.68/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,349	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,146	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	509	434.96/cwt	427.50–437.50	2,214	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	414.87/cwt	412.50–422.50	2,381	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,079	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	672	337.54/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,268	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	391	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	697	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,056	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	614	363.66/cwt	352.50–367.50	2,233	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	544	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,026	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	433	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,808	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	660	310.63/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,050	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	413	472.26/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,950	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	561	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,160	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	618	338.04/cwt	317.50–342.50	2,089	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	522	407.32/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,126	16
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	437	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,759	8
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	5
Steers	Large 1	600–650	634	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,124	7
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,131	5
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,032	6
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	610	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,922	3
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	576	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,872	7
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	472	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,935	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,838	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	618	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,761	7
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	541	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,880	7
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	494	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,778	8
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	650–700	689	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,188	20
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	600–650	610	324.04/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,977	10
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	594	367.15/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,181	36
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	530	370.37/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,963	30
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	593	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,809	6
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	501	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,017	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	696	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,346	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,022	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	461	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,017	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	351.02/cwt	345.00–358.00	2,166	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,037	13
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	493	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,726	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	648	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,404	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	441.33/cwt	438.00–442.00	2,471	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,155	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,184	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	398.56/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,120	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,369	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	591.34/cwt	590.00–592.50	2,218	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	595	370.46/cwt	361.00–372.00	2,204	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,057	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	689	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,239	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,337	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,349	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	433.73/cwt	425.00–437.50	2,342	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,327	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	412.32/cwt	409.00–415.00	1,967	15

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 Nov 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,549Last week 2,001Year ago 1,336

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	375	590.00–592.50	591.34
55	450–500	460	508.00	508.00
6	500–550	524	444.00	444.00
107	550–600	560	438.00–442.00	441.33
41	600–650	648	371.00	371.00
3	650–700	665	358.00	358.00
28	700–750	730	343.50–351.00	345.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	448	479.00	479.00
8	500–550	509	427.50–437.50	434.96
16	550–600	580	401.00–410.00	404.28
20	600–650	614	352.50–367.50	363.66
34	650–700	672	335.00–345.00	337.54
16	700–750	737	315.00–330.00	318.68
20	750–800	754	302.50–305.00	303.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	973	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	540	425.00–437.50	433.73
73	550–600	574	412.50–422.50	414.87
5	600–650	636	325.00–350.00	335.14
133	650–700	680	340.00–352.50	347.78
15	700–750	734	320.00	320.00
6	800–850	815	303.00–305.00	303.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	413	470.00–475.00	472.26
5	450–500	461	437.50	437.50
16	500–550	522	405.00–417.50	407.32
8	550–600	561	385.00	385.00
38	600–650	618	317.50–342.50	338.04
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	634	335.00	335.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	550	387.50	387.50
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	410.00	410.00
4	500–550	501	402.50	402.50
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	541	347.50	347.50
6	550–600	593	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	530	365.00–375.00	370.37
36	550–600	594	355.00–370.00	367.15
10	600–650	610	315.00–330.00	324.04
20	650–700	689	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	696	337.00	337.00
4	700–750	746	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	481	400.00	400.00
19	500–550	547	380.00	380.00
37	600–650	632	332.50–343.00	340.94
4	750–800	755	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	483	395.00–400.00	398.40
15	500–550	549	387.50	387.50
42	550–600	595	361.00–372.00	370.46
8	650–700	660	310.00–312.50	310.63
10	700–750	718	285.00–290.00	288.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	445.00	445.00
5	400–450	433	417.50	417.50
8	500–550	544	372.50	372.50
3	650–700	697	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	437	402.50	402.50
8	450–500	494	360.00	360.00
5	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	610	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	493	350.00	350.00
7	550–600	576	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	593	305.00	305.00
7	600–650	618	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	637	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	477	409.00–415.00	412.32
19	500–550	532	395.00–405.00	398.56
6	550–600	553	395.00	395.00
43	600–650	617	345.00–358.00	351.02
21	650–700	689	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	487.50	487.50
5	500–550	513	401.00	401.00
13	550–600	558	365.00	365.00
19	600–650	621	347.00	347.00

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