Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers traded 3.00 to 15.00 higher with some very high quality, black hided, preconditioned weaned calves sharply higher. Feeder heifers traded 8.00 to 15.00 higher with some of those black, preconditioned, high quality, weaned heifers 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 $463.45/cwt on 345 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −37.65 against this barn's trailing median of $501.10.

Average price

$463.45

345 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$34.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.83

vs CO average

+32.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	476.24	2,556	194
Medium and Large 1-2	543	448.25	2,436	123
Medium 1	529	441.63	2,335	28

One grade step is worth $34.62/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale345 hd

463.45

—

CO average4 barns · 1,570 hd

435.63

+27.83

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+32.82

This barn, trailing median2 sales

501.10

−37.65

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	Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	795	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,166	4
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	478	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,972	7
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	373	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,697	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	450	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,958	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	443	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,927	17
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,126	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,372	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	468.49/cwt	465.00–472.00	2,094	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	399.96/cwt	392.50–406.00	2,312	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	429	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,866	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	408.13/cwt	405.00–412.50	2,126	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	373.43/cwt	367.50–377.50	2,345	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,055	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	345.38/cwt	335.00–352.50	2,317	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	493	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,164	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	388.77/cwt	382.00–390.00	2,270	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	441	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,302	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	421.93/cwt	418.00–427.00	2,266	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,495	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	635	388.20/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,465	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,322	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	359.99/cwt	352.50–365.00	2,689	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	464.24/cwt	462.50–475.00	2,358	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	436.33/cwt	425.00–447.50	2,465	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,351	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	568	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,442	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	904	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,459	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,294	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	532	459.16/cwt	459.00–460.00	2,443	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,665	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	376.57/cwt	368.00–379.00	2,568	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,871	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,097	4
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	514	448.50/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,305	23
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	444	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,142	4
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	680	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,380	5
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	597	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,448	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	449	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,729	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	391.49/cwt	390.00–393.00	2,372	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	361.63/cwt	355.00–364.00	2,437	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,335	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,371	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,093	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	363.64/cwt	359.00–367.50	2,389	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	735	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,683	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	393.13/cwt	383.00–395.00	2,571	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,475	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	355.95/cwt	351.00–360.00	2,716	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,142	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	345.72/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,800	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,325	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	372.77/cwt	370.00–379.00	2,699	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	479.33/cwt	479.00–482.50	2,569	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,970	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,365	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	439.59/cwt	431.00–442.50	2,211	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	412.92/cwt	402.50–415.00	2,568	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,560	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,500	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	452.40/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,158	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,554	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	393.89/cwt	390.00–397.00	2,529	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	541.56/cwt	541.00–545.00	2,405	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,576	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	470	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,397	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	753	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,598	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	419.20/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,339	32

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,873Last week 938Year ago 1,437

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	795	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	443	435.00	435.00
9	450–500	450	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	421	505.00	505.00
6	450–500	489	485.00	485.00
11	650–700	674	355.00–364.00	361.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	441	522.00	522.00
10	450–500	470	510.00	510.00
31	500–550	532	459.00–460.00	459.16
8	550–600	568	430.00	430.00
11	600–650	635	385.00–390.00	388.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	447	526.00	526.00
25	450–500	496	503.00	503.00
29	500–550	508	462.50–475.00	464.24
55	550–600	565	425.00–447.50	436.33
95	600–650	642	390.00–397.00	393.89
37	650–700	682	368.00–379.00	376.57
11	700–750	747	352.50–365.00	359.99
6	750–800	778	342.50	342.50
2	800–850	803	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	444	482.50	482.50
23	500–550	514	445.00–455.00	448.50
5	550–600	597	410.00	410.00
5	650–700	680	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	500–550	522	479.00	479.00
77	600–650	623	410.00	410.00
28	700–750	735	365.00	365.00
18	750–800	753	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	386	555.00	555.00
47	400–450	444	541.00–545.00	541.56
19	450–500	467	530.00	530.00
124	500–550	536	479.00–482.50	479.33
36	550–600	553	463.00	463.00
128	600–650	622	402.50–415.00	412.92
68	650–700	654	383.00–395.00	393.13
46	700–750	724	370.00–379.00	372.77
70	750–800	763	351.00–360.00	355.95
7	800–850	810	345.00–347.50	345.72
19	900–950	931	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	455.00	455.00
7	450–500	478	412.50	412.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	449	385.00	385.00
14	500–550	525	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	476.00	476.00
6	400–450	447	465.00–472.00	468.49
6	450–500	478	430.00	430.00
36	500–550	537	418.00–427.00	421.93
12	550–600	578	392.50–406.00	399.96
20	600–650	628	367.50–377.50	373.43
16	650–700	671	335.00–352.50	345.38
2	750–800	798	291.00	291.00
5	900–950	904	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	429	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	452.50	452.50
7	500–550	521	405.00–412.50	408.13
25	550–600	584	382.00–390.00	388.77
7	600–650	644	362.50	362.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	493	439.00	439.00
10	600–650	625	367.00	367.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	490.00	490.00
24	450–500	477	450.00–465.00	452.40
20	500–550	503	431.00–442.50	439.59
32	550–600	558	415.00–420.00	419.20
16	600–650	606	390.00–393.00	391.49
11	650–700	657	359.00–367.50	363.64
15	700–750	708	334.00	334.00
21	800–850	810	318.00	318.00
4	1050–1100	1,093	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	563	413.00	413.00
9	600–650	604	392.50	392.50
5	650–700	664	365.00	365.00

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