Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers traded mostly steady to 6.00 higher, while feeder heifers traded mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Not as many feeder heifers from reputable breeders and the quality was not as high on the feeder heifers as the previous recorded sale. However, tones remain strong for all feeder cattle. 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 $502.37/cwt on 137 head, up $2.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +1.26 against this barn's trailing median of $501.10.

Average price

$502.37

▲ 2.52 vs prior sale

137 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,767

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$416

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

$80.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+35.96

vs CO average

+23.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	515.67	2,784	81
Medium and Large 1-2	563	502.70	2,831	34
Medium and Large 2	586	474.00	2,778	7thin
Medium 1	596	455.00	2,712	6thin
Medium 1-2	544	435.00	2,368	9thin

One grade step is worth $80.67/cwt here — about $416 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 sale137 hd

502.37

—

CO average3 barns · 488 hd

466.41

+35.96

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+23.98

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

56 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 1	450–500	453	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,106	4
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	575	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,329	5
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	439	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,081	13
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	381	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,876	19
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	548	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,945	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	250–300	292	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,475	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	323.75/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,681	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,353	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	413.82/cwt	403.00–416.00	2,781	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,650	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,375	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	415.00/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,465	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,798	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,465	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	403	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,230	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	443.94/cwt	442.50–445.00	2,348	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	425.97/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,492	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,033	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,228	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1300–1350	1,314	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,917	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	562.48/cwt	560.00–565.00	2,604	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	511.91/cwt	510.00–512.50	2,662	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	393.74/cwt	388.00–397.00	2,851	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,932	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,545	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	3,011	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	357	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,017	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	399.54/cwt	397.50–410.00	2,533	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,410	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	459.32/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,829	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	509.47/cwt	504.00–512.00	2,802	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,001	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,415	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,571	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,576	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	3,076	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	442.44/cwt	442.00–446.00	2,840	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	344.33/cwt	342.50–347.00	2,514	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,333	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	521.15/cwt	515.00–525.00	2,767	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	480.76/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,904	57
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	472	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,289	6
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	333	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,848	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	684	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,326	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	356	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,525	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,636	12
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	376	531.65/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,999	22
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	596	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,712	6
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	493	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,549	7
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	629	423.78/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,666	16
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	565	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,401	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	534	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,350	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 Feb 11, 2026

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

Receipts 1,053Last week 3,195Year ago 1,288

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	381	492.50	492.50
13	400–450	439	474.00	474.00
4	450–500	453	465.00	465.00
5	550–600	575	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	292	505.00	505.00
5	350–400	356	465.00	465.00
10	500–550	548	355.00	355.00
4	650–700	684	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	433	515.00	515.00
36	450–500	498	484.00	484.00
17	500–550	506	465.00	465.00
39	550–600	585	425.00–435.00	425.97
31	600–650	634	397.50–410.00	399.54
12	650–700	668	369.00	369.00
7	750–800	755	351.00	351.00
12	800–850	828	320.00–325.00	323.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	529	442.50–445.00	443.94
15	550–600	594	412.50–420.00	415.00
7	600–650	618	377.50	377.50
7	650–700	669	355.00	355.00
12	700–750	730	342.50–347.00	344.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	505.00	505.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	502.50	502.50
12	550–600	550	439.00	439.00
17	600–650	606	420.00	420.00
22	650–700	661	382.00	382.00
12	700–750	703	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	463	560.00–565.00	562.48
13	500–550	520	510.00–512.50	511.91
21	550–600	590	497.00	497.00
57	600–650	616	450.00–465.00	459.32
37	650–700	672	403.00–416.00	413.82
18	700–750	724	388.00–397.00	393.74
3	1000–1050	1,033	312.50	312.50
4	1300–1350	1,314	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	586	474.00	474.00
36	600–650	642	442.00–446.00	442.44
2	650–700	683	400.00	400.00
5	700–750	746	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	418	615.00	615.00
4	450–500	456	565.00	565.00
43	500–550	531	515.00–525.00	521.15
38	550–600	550	504.00–512.00	509.47
57	600–650	604	470.00–485.00	480.76
8	700–750	732	410.00	410.00
41	750–800	768	392.00	392.00
19	800–850	827	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	565.00	565.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	485.00	485.00
6	500–550	534	440.00	440.00
3	550–600	565	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	333	555.00	555.00
22	350–400	376	530.00–535.00	531.65
7	450–500	493	517.00	517.00
6	550–600	596	455.00	455.00
16	600–650	629	420.00–440.00	423.78

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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