Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as this was the first stock show special of the year. Seemed to be stronger tones than the last reported sale in the middle of December. Next available report will be Wednesday, January 8, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.01/cwt on 239 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −157.50 against this barn's trailing median of $501.51.

Average price

$344.01

239 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$22.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs CO average

+11.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	347.56	1,924	173
Medium and Large 1-2	553	339.14	1,877	42
Medium 1	578	332.00	1,919	6thin
Medium and Large 2	571	327.00	1,867	3thin
Medium 1-2	542	325.00	1,760	15thin

One grade step is worth $22.56/cwt here — about $164 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.36, low $475.96, median $501.51 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 sale239 hd

344.01

—

CO average1 barns · 239 hd

344.01

+0.00

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+11.14

This barn, trailing median3 sales

501.51

−157.50

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

60 lots · USDA AMS · Sterling Livestock Commission Stock Show Special - 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 and Large 1	300–350	344	456.09/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,569	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	399.67/cwt	396.00–402.50	1,687	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	283.73/cwt	281.00–285.50	2,168	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	306.11/cwt	304.00–314.00	2,066	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	389.15/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,856	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	362.46/cwt	357.00–367.00	1,863	46
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	529	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,746	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	495	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,695	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	567	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,786	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	290.84/cwt	283.00–294.00	2,117	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	342.16/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,943	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	269.07/cwt	269.00–270.00	2,188	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	272	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,183	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	372.85/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,816	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	306.87/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,936	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,082	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	264.02/cwt	262.50–267.50	2,223	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	272.98/cwt	268.00–278.00	2,154	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	264.18/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,892	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,867	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,083	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	291.95/cwt	290.00–297.50	2,020	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	331.37/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,882	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	350.57/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,865	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	247.41/cwt	246.00–252.50	1,898	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	258.14/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,913	68
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	473	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,490	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	667	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,848	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,738	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,838	3
Steers	Large 1	650–700	677	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,913	6
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	578	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,919	6
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	630	290.31/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,829	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,217	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,306	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	324.43/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,034	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,734	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	276	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,014	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	265.41/cwt	262.50–272.00	1,561	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	350.38/cwt	347.50–352.50	1,265	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	289.15/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,576	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	806	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,317	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	365.83/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,412	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	282.38/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,646	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	335.33/cwt	331.00–338.00	1,650	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,690	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,934	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	397	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,320	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	717	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,757	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	249.73/cwt	249.00–251.00	1,853	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	296.61/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,605	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	267.99/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,801	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	274.70/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,714	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,561	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	315.80/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,639	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	350.37/cwt	344.00–354.00	1,636	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	291.63/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,654	39

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 Stock Show Special - Sterling, CO

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	344	450.00–460.00	456.09
27	400–450	422	396.00–402.50	399.67
51	450–500	477	385.00–390.00	389.15
46	500–550	514	357.00–367.00	362.46
127	550–600	568	340.00–344.00	342.16
190	600–650	627	320.00–332.00	324.43
58	650–700	675	304.00–314.00	306.11
160	700–750	728	283.00–294.00	290.84
26	750–800	764	281.00–285.50	283.73
45	800–850	813	269.00–270.00	269.07
13	850–900	866	256.00	256.00
13	900–950	915	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	495	342.50	342.50
10	500–550	529	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	567	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	272	435.00	435.00
38	450–500	487	370.00–380.00	372.85
17	500–550	532	350.00–352.50	350.57
25	550–600	568	330.00–337.50	331.37
36	600–650	631	300.00–312.50	306.87
67	650–700	692	290.00–297.50	291.95
111	700–750	741	281.00	281.00
27	750–800	789	268.00–278.00	272.98
90	800–850	842	262.50–267.50	264.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	571	327.00	327.00
22	700–750	716	264.00–265.00	264.18
2	800–850	825	252.50	252.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	677	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	578	332.00	332.00
13	600–650	630	287.50–295.00	290.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	800–850	806	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	380.00	380.00
19	400–450	430	363.00	363.00
23	450–500	467	344.00–354.00	350.37
19	500–550	519	312.50–320.00	315.80
39	550–600	567	290.00–297.50	291.63
143	600–650	624	272.00–278.00	274.70
135	650–700	672	263.00–270.00	267.99
68	700–750	741	255.00–259.00	258.14
82	750–800	767	246.00–252.50	247.41
4	800–850	809	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	650–700	667	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	386	355.00–367.50	365.83
4	400–450	420	352.00	352.00
71	450–500	492	331.00–338.00	335.33
26	500–550	541	295.00–302.50	296.61
52	550–600	583	280.00–285.00	282.38
4	600–650	640	264.00	264.00
13	650–700	680	255.00	255.00
19	700–750	742	249.00–251.00	249.73
4	750–800	780	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	276	367.50	367.50
14	350–400	361	347.50–352.50	350.38
21	500–550	545	287.00–292.00	289.15
13	550–600	588	262.50–272.00	265.41
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	397	332.50	332.50
11	700–750	717	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	578	318.00	318.00
4	700–750	724	240.00	240.00

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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