Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2026-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as this is the first covered sale of the fall run. Next available report will be Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.50/cwt on 79 head, down $105.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −103.34 against this barn's trailing median of $499.84.

Average price

$396.50

▼ 105.87 vs prior sale

79 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$402

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$49.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.89

vs CO average

−25.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	412.02	2,327	28
Medium and Large 1-2	574	391.51	2,247	38
Medium and Large 2	523	387.13	2,025	8thin
Medium 1	531	362.50	1,925	5thin

One grade step is worth $49.52/cwt here — about $402 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.37, low $396.50, median $499.84 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale79 hd

396.50

—

CO average4 barns · 681 hd

409.38

−12.89

National average89 barns · 9,909 hd

421.64

−25.14

This barn, trailing median3 sales

499.84

−103.34

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

51 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 1	450–500	472	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	512	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,782	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	765	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	369.01/cwt	362.00–371.00	2,059	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,573	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	841	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	977	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,990	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	750–800	757	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,120	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,885	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,736	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,993	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	584	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,708	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	334.61/cwt	334.00–337.50	2,218	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	554	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,911	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	346.28/cwt	343.00–349.00	2,143	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	584	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,260	30
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	600–650	611	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,032	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,805	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,693	7
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	605	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,102	6
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	531	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	503	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,974	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	700–750	745	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,459	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	421.68/cwt	419.00–423.00	2,294	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,996	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,104	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,941	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	675	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,396	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	644	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,518	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	705	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,425	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,197	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,326	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	404.75/cwt	400.00–406.00	2,327	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,468	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	605	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,163	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	372.16/cwt	370.00–372.50	2,817	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	464.42/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,211	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	642	376.93/cwt	375.00–378.00	2,420	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	536	408.42/cwt	407.50–410.00	2,189	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	668	372.25/cwt	364.00–376.00	2,487	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	789	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,604	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	416.70/cwt	412.50–420.00	1,796	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,943	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,775	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	515	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,609	3

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 Oct 7, 2026

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

Receipts 770Last week 0Year ago 1,135

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as this is the first covered sale of the fall run. Next available report will be Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	385.00	385.00
5	500–550	531	362.50	362.50
6	600–650	605	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	400.00	400.00
15	600–650	601	387.00	387.00
7	700–750	746	361.00	361.00
3	750–800	770	340.00	340.00
12	850–900	869	332.00	332.00
6	950–1000	977	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	757	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	583	371.00	371.00
5	600–650	606	362.50	362.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	536	407.50–410.00	408.42
30	550–600	584	387.00	387.00
17	600–650	642	375.00–378.00	376.93
57	650–700	668	364.00–376.00	372.25
59	700–750	705	344.00	344.00
15	750–800	789	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	611	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	476	460.00–465.00	464.42
5	550–600	573	415.00	415.00
18	700–750	748	375.00	375.00
38	750–800	757	370.00–372.50	372.16
10	850–900	850	346.00	346.00
53	950–1000	955	325.00	325.00
21	1000–1050	1,002	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	503	392.50	392.50
14	600–650	605	357.50	357.50
6	650–700	675	355.00	355.00
4	700–750	745	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	544	419.00–423.00	421.68
14	550–600	575	400.00–406.00	404.75
19	600–650	644	391.00	391.00
13	650–700	660	374.00	374.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	512	348.00	348.00
5	550–600	554	345.00	345.00
3	750–800	765	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	540	369.00	369.00
21	550–600	558	362.00–371.00	369.01
33	600–650	619	343.00–349.00	346.28
46	650–700	663	334.00–337.50	334.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	412.50–420.00	416.70
13	450–500	451	385.00	385.00
5	500–550	508	382.50	382.50
5	750–800	750	343.00	343.00
4	900–950	916	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	841	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	312.50	312.50
6	550–600	584	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	449	380.00	380.00
2	850–900	890	290.00	290.00

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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