Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. No trend available as the last covered feeder sale was two weeks ago and featured mostly calves coming off the cow. This weeks sale featured mostly weaned preconditioned calves. Although there is no trend, there were stronger tones than two weeks ago. 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 $429.96/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −71.15 against this barn's trailing median of $501.10.

Average price

$429.96

69 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,339

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$336

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

$89.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.13

vs CO average

+0.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	459.40	2,500	25
Medium and Large 1-2	541	416.39	2,252	41
Medium and Large 2	585	370.00	2,165	3thin

One grade step is worth $89.40/cwt here — about $336 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 sale69 hd

429.96

—

CO average3 barns · 546 hd

412.83

+17.13

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+0.81

This barn, trailing median2 sales

501.10

−71.15

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,036	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	349.62/cwt	349.50–350.00	2,126	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	362.12/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,376	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	349.17/cwt	285.00–382.50	1,816	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,146	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	341.12/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,470	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	438.20/cwt	430.00–443.00	2,274	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,535	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	651	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,986	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,214	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,222	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	399.38/cwt	395.00–402.50	2,241	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	707	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,262	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	616	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,138	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	325.14/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,071	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,319	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,195	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	358.95/cwt	356.00–360.00	2,287	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	752	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,677	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	706	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,407	26
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	4
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	600–650	645	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,145	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	618	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,070	4
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,773	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	382.55/cwt	382.50–383.00	2,471	81
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,095	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	336.97/cwt	332.50–341.00	2,275	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	282.25/cwt	275.00–284.00	2,935	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	665	386.19/cwt	386.00–387.50	2,568	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,009	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	356.76/cwt	352.50–362.50	2,062	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	348.33/cwt	346.50–349.00	2,707	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,434	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	351.55/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,570	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	374.40/cwt	372.50–377.00	2,516	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	731	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,215	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	784	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,289	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,929	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,722	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	310.81/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,300	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,713	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	770	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,387	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,895	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	829	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,512	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,058	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,529	7

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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Receipts 938Last week 1,549Year ago 1,375

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	425	405.00	405.00
5	450–500	486	390.00	390.00
6	500–550	520	285.00–382.50	349.17
4	550–600	590	345.00	345.00
15	600–650	637	310.00–332.50	325.14
8	650–700	676	327.50	327.50
3	700–750	740	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	770	285.00	285.00
2	1000–1050	1,000	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	487	412.50	412.50
9	500–550	521	395.00	395.00
38	550–600	578	352.50–362.50	356.76
29	600–650	608	349.50–350.00	349.62
36	650–700	675	332.50–341.00	336.97
9	700–750	740	310.00–312.50	310.81
15	1000–1050	1,040	275.00–284.00	282.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	651	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	745	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	700–750	706	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	543	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	532	362.50	362.50
3	650–700	660	307.50	307.50
7	700–750	731	303.00	303.00
10	750–800	784	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	460.00	460.00
17	500–550	519	430.00–443.00	438.20
12	550–600	552	402.50	402.50
5	600–650	631	367.50	367.50
7	650–700	656	360.00–365.00	362.12
5	700–750	724	335.00–345.00	341.12
7	800–850	836	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	537	472.00	472.00
9	550–600	557	437.00	437.00
81	600–650	646	382.50–383.00	382.55
12	650–700	672	372.50–377.00	374.40
16	700–750	731	350.00–352.50	351.55
49	750–800	777	346.50–349.00	348.33
3	800–850	800	322.50	322.50
11	850–900	853	318.00	318.00
7	900–950	915	297.50	297.50
6	950–1000	973	285.00	285.00
2	1000–1050	1,039	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	561	395.00–402.50	399.38
14	750–800	770	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	490	427.50	427.50
3	550–600	585	370.00	370.00
22	600–650	637	356.00–360.00	358.95
3	700–750	707	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	616	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	650–700	665	386.00–387.50	386.19
11	750–800	752	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	645	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	618	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	800–850	829	303.00	303.00

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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