Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2026-10-21

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2026-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Oct 21

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

1,718 head

▲ 451 vs last sale 1,267▲ 34 vs year ago 1,684 · +2.0%

Also sold hereStock Show SpecialSat Jan 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher with a few high quality steers and heifers sharply higher. Most calves were preconditioned and coming off the cow. Next available report will be Wednesday, October 28, 2026.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $445.30/cwt on 327 head, up $8.42 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 4 comparable sales and sits +14.81 against this barn's trailing median of $430.49.

Average price

$445.30

▲ 8.42 vs prior sale

327 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$98.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.08

vs CO average

+6.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	468.09	2,454	84
Medium and Large 1-2	542	449.24	2,434	168
Medium 1	534	422.50	2,256	6thin
Medium and Large 2	567	414.44	2,351	62
Medium 1-2	584	370.00	2,161	7thin

One grade step is worth $98.09/cwt here — about $293 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale327 hd

445.30

—

CO average5 barns · 1,616 hd

422.21

+23.08

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

+6.03

This barn, trailing median4 sales

430.49

+14.81

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $445.30, low $396.50, median $430.49 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

69 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	268	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	587.40/cwt	585.00–590.00	2,173	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,293	13
Steers	350–400	Medium 1-2	381	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,657	17
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	392	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,627	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,248	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	565.45/cwt	561.00–576.00	2,352	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	449	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,144	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,214	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	471	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,343	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	472	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,935	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	503.68/cwt	497.50–504.50	2,403	81
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	481	454.56/cwt	452.50–457.50	2,186	7
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	482	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,049	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	511	482.34/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,465	58
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	524	439.94/cwt	438.00–442.50	2,305	14
Steers	500–550	Medium 1Unweaned	534	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,256	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	536	453.19/cwt	445.00–456.50	2,429	146
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	554	436.31/cwt	434.00–440.00	2,417	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	580	407.00/cwt	405.00–409.00	2,361	48
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	581	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,458	22
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	584	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,161	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	609	403.71/cwt	400.00–405.50	2,459	72
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,570	43
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	624	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,328	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	633	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,450	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	680	376.11/cwt	370.00–383.00	2,558	88
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	691	366.75/cwt	355.00–368.00	2,534	43
Steers	650–700	Medium 1-2Unweaned	698	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,199	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	734	345.84/cwt	344.00–349.00	2,538	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	738	328.31/cwt	324.00–332.50	2,423	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	758	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,577	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	773	323.32/cwt	322.50–325.00	2,499	9
Steers	750–800	Medium 1-2Unweaned	797	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,423	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,610	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	854	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,801	27
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	932	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,712	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	286	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,558	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,757	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,814	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	433.66/cwt	432.50–435.00	1,830	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,944	59
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	395.68/cwt	392.50–402.50	1,903	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,975	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	487	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,890	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	504	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,051	74
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,186	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1Unweaned	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,915	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	540	367.22/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,983	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,977	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	564	380.49/cwt	371.00–387.00	2,146	109
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	580	350.59/cwt	347.00–357.50	2,033	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1Unweaned	616	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,925	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,273	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	633	332.83/cwt	332.50–333.00	2,107	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,168	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	663	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,327	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	668	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,104	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	677	330.65/cwt	326.00–335.00	2,239	42
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	771	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,459	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium 1Unweaned	798	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,294	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	841	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,430	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,765	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2Full	995	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,458	4
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,090	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,161	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium 1Unweaned	658	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,875	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 21, 2026

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

Receipts 1,718Last week 1,267Year ago 1,684

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
58	500–550	511	480.00–485.00	482.34
26	550–600	554	434.00–440.00	436.31
43	600–650	612	420.00	420.00
27	850–900	854	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	381	435.00	435.00
8	450–500	482	425.00	425.00
7	550–600	584	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
12	250–300	268	2,100.00	2,100.00
13	350–400	379	605.00	605.00
37	400–450	416	561.00–576.00	565.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	415.00	415.00
11	450–500	472	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	524	438.00–442.50	439.94
48	550–600	580	405.00–409.00	407.00
14	600–650	633	387.00	387.00
43	650–700	691	355.00–368.00	366.75
14	700–750	738	324.00–332.50	328.31
9	750–800	773	322.50–325.00	323.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	497.50	497.50
146	500–550	536	445.00–456.50	453.19
22	550–600	581	423.00	423.00
72	600–650	609	400.00–405.50	403.71
88	650–700	680	370.00–383.00	376.11
27	700–750	734	344.00–349.00	345.84
4	750–800	758	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	698	315.00	315.00
10	750–800	797	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	585.00–590.00	587.40
3	400–450	405	555.00	555.00
81	450–500	477	497.50–504.50	503.68
6	800–850	813	321.00	321.00
7	900–950	932	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	477.50	477.50
11	450–500	466	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	534	422.50	422.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	481	452.50–457.50	454.56
6	600–650	624	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	512	427.00	427.00
23	600–650	621	366.00	366.00
32	650–700	663	351.00	351.00
25	750–800	771	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	487	388.00	388.00
34	500–550	540	360.00–372.50	367.22
25	550–600	580	347.00–357.50	350.59
3	650–700	668	315.00	315.00
9	800–850	841	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
74	500–550	504	407.00	407.00
109	550–600	564	371.00–387.00	380.49
9	600–650	633	332.50–333.00	332.83
42	650–700	677	326.00–335.00	330.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	286	1,550.00	1,550.00
31	350–400	386	470.00	470.00
13	400–450	422	432.50–435.00	433.66
20	450–500	483	409.00	409.00
6	850–900	864	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	310	502.50	502.50
4	350–400	355	495.00	495.00
59	400–450	434	448.00	448.00
8	1050–1100	1,090	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	515	355.00	355.00
7	600–650	616	312.50	312.50
3	750–800	798	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	481	392.50–402.50	395.68
6	500–550	519	369.00	369.00
6	550–600	557	355.00	355.00
12	650–700	652	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	495	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	995	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	658	285.00	285.00

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.