Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as last reported sale was almost 3 weeks ago. Cattle of all classifications and weights sold with very strong tones. Prices are very comparable with the stock show specials two and a half weeks ago, some a bit stronger. 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 $499.84/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −1.26 against this barn's trailing median of $501.10.

Average price

$499.84

94 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$22.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+38.58

vs CO average

+16.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	505.19	2,792	72
Medium and Large 1-2	561	482.35	2,706	22

One grade step is worth $22.83/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale94 hd

499.84

—

CO average3 barns · 538 hd

461.26

+38.58

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+16.81

This barn, trailing median2 sales

501.10

−1.26

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

58 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	900–950	909	309.37/cwt	305.00–312.00	2,812	32
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	675	372.84/cwt	369.00–380.00	2,517	58
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	782	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,581	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	645	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,451	3
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	749	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,547	27
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	585	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,282	3
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	642	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,359	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,709	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,659	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	470.62/cwt	469.00–475.00	2,715	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	416.06/cwt	410.00–417.00	2,867	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	431.74/cwt	430.00–432.50	2,552	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,565	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	339.55/cwt	335.00–345.50	2,699	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	363.42/cwt	358.00–367.00	3,035	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,031	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	480.74/cwt	477.00–482.50	2,279	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,675	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	936	327.64/cwt	327.00–330.00	3,067	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	357.61/cwt	355.00–364.00	2,721	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	600	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,538	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	391.93/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,845	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,188	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,367	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,078	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	443.22/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,566	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,628	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	376.91/cwt	372.00–378.00	2,966	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	373.38/cwt	367.50–379.00	2,692	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,301	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	343.00/cwt	339.00–344.00	2,785	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,928	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,727	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	390.55/cwt	382.50–395.00	2,558	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	3,134	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	389.11/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,946	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,629	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	586.00/cwt	586.00–586.00	2,643	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	486.80/cwt	480.00–491.00	2,512	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	518.46/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,691	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	348.02/cwt	347.00–349.00	3,226	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	463.66/cwt	456.00–469.00	2,875	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	502.26/cwt	498.00–504.00	2,813	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	332.73/cwt	332.50–334.00	3,168	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	364.36/cwt	357.00–369.00	3,115	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	433.19/cwt	426.00–436.00	2,859	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	410.35/cwt	407.00–418.00	2,622	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,508	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	446.92/cwt	440.00–451.00	2,771	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,328	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	404.11/cwt	399.00–408.50	2,914	290
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	677	358.14/cwt	352.50–361.00	2,425	9
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	526	450.68/cwt	448.00–455.00	2,371	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	544	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,394	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	690	336.40/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,321	65
Steers	Medium 1	850–900	886	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,835	5

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 Feb 4, 2026

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

Receipts 3,195Last week 1,873Year ago 2,541

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	409	535.00	535.00
22	450–500	474	477.00–482.50	480.74
26	500–550	540	475.00	475.00
16	550–600	591	430.00–432.50	431.74
70	600–650	639	407.00–418.00	410.35
25	650–700	669	405.00	405.00
28	700–750	749	355.00	355.00
184	750–800	795	335.00–345.50	339.55
7	800–850	839	325.00	325.00
3	850–900	860	317.50	317.50
32	900–950	909	305.00–312.00	309.37
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	650–700	675	369.00–380.00	372.84
27	700–750	749	340.00	340.00
12	750–800	782	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	645	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	526	448.00–455.00	450.68
3	550–600	585	390.00	390.00
7	600–650	642	367.50	367.50
9	650–700	677	352.50–361.00	358.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	430	535.00	535.00
6	450–500	471	502.50	502.50
32	500–550	516	480.00–491.00	486.80
38	550–600	579	440.00–445.00	443.22
42	600–650	600	438.00	438.00
99	650–700	655	382.50–395.00	390.55
258	700–750	721	367.50–379.00	373.38
34	750–800	761	355.00–364.00	357.61
20	800–850	812	339.00–344.00	343.00
34	850–900	856	342.00	342.00
8	950–1000	953	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	600	423.00	423.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	627	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	544	440.00	440.00
65	650–700	690	330.00–340.00	336.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	565.00	565.00
6	450–500	492	545.00	545.00
7	500–550	527	507.50	507.50
15	550–600	577	469.00–475.00	470.62
24	600–650	620	440.00–451.00	446.92
118	650–700	689	410.00–417.00	416.06
19	700–750	726	380.00–397.50	391.93
196	750–800	787	372.00–378.00	376.91
162	800–850	835	358.00–367.00	363.42
8	850–900	889	341.00	341.00
14	900–950	936	327.00–330.00	327.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	424	620.00	620.00
12	450–500	451	586.00	586.00
13	500–550	519	515.00–520.00	518.46
59	550–600	560	498.00–504.00	502.26
132	600–650	620	456.00–469.00	463.66
44	650–700	660	426.00–436.00	433.19
290	700–750	721	399.00–408.50	404.11
66	750–800	757	385.00–395.00	389.11
111	800–850	839	373.50	373.50
78	850–900	855	357.00–369.00	364.36
36	900–950	927	347.00–349.00	348.02
73	950–1000	952	332.50–334.00	332.73
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	886	320.00	320.00

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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