Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 700 pounds traded mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher with a few sharply higher, while feeder steers over 700 pounds traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher with a few sharply higher. Next available report will be Saturday, January 11, 2025 for the last of the three stock show specials.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.18/cwt on 344 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −119.40 against this barn's trailing median of $434.59.

Average price

$315.18

344 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$40.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.26

vs CO average

+9.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	319.01	1,741	265
Medium and Large 1-2	559	303.85	1,700	72
Medium 1	539	292.50	1,577	4thin
Medium and Large 2	592	279.00	1,652	3thin

One grade step is worth $40.01/cwt here — about $89 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.66, low $434.00, median $434.59 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 sale344 hd

315.18

—

CO average4 barns · 1,615 hd

299.93

+15.26

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

+9.94

This barn, trailing median3 sales

434.59

−119.40

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

77 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	800–850	808	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,133	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	649	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,635	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	339	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,325	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	318.66/cwt	299.00–320.00	1,692	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	600–650	629	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,934	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	368.51/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,599	28
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	578	308.44/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,783	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	273.75/cwt	269.00–276.00	1,695	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	340.40/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,668	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,748	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	314.75/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,693	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	459	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,556	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,507	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	393	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,317	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	290.23/cwt	286.00–297.00	1,701	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	264.31/cwt	261.00–269.00	1,895	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	242.54/cwt	240.50–249.00	1,848	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	270.35/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,806	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	285.17/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,765	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	255.08/cwt	253.00–256.50	1,865	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	401.07/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,524	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	237.58/cwt	236.00–239.00	2,057	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	358.19/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,701	14
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	483	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,630	3
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	539	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	307.88/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,758	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,975	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,711	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	336.76/cwt	334.00–345.00	1,731	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	636	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,933	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	757	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,044	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	835	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,937	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	697	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,784	50
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,420	6
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	769	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,953	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1150–1200	1,183	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,070	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	1050–1100	1,058	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,799	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 3	750–800	780	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,373	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,059	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,906	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,927	5
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	750–800	795	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	875	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,085	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,920	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,115	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,079	2
Dairy Heifers	Small 2-3	800–850	833	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	925	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	843	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,040	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1150–1200	1,197	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,011	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	355.14/cwt	345.00–359.00	1,928	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	498	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,793	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,915	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	800–850	809	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,958	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	243.98/cwt	242.00–246.00	2,218	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1250–1300	1,298	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,726	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	267.00/cwt	266.00–269.00	2,123	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	294.89/cwt	293.00–302.00	2,011	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	404	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,606	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	311.67/cwt	302.50–315.00	2,076	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	300.69/cwt	298.00–302.00	1,918	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	270.39/cwt	266.00–272.00	1,941	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,198	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	369.69/cwt	367.50–372.50	1,771	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,607	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	404.63/cwt	404.00–412.50	1,776	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	320.62/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,959	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	344.61/cwt	341.00–352.00	1,988	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	389.33/cwt	386.00–397.00	1,857	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	371.09/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,930	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	333.60/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,928	61
Steers	Large 1	500–550	536	328.71/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,762	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	284.65/cwt	279.00–290.00	2,084	125
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	669	284.92/cwt	284.00–286.00	1,906	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	332.30/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,054	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	283.38/cwt	281.00–287.00	2,185	169
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	670	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,715	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,529	18

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

Wed Jan 8, 2025

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Receipts 2,835Last week 2,303Year ago 2,091

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	439	404.00–412.50	404.63
42	450–500	477	386.00–397.00	389.33
70	500–550	520	365.00–380.00	371.09
69	550–600	577	341.00–352.00	344.61
163	600–650	618	325.00–336.00	332.30
45	650–700	666	302.50–315.00	311.67
125	700–750	732	279.00–290.00	284.65
169	750–800	771	281.00–287.00	283.38
6	800–850	808	264.00	264.00
11	850–900	862	255.00	255.00
6	900–950	909	242.00–246.00	243.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	629	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	578	308.00–310.00	308.44
33	650–700	669	284.00–286.00	284.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	593	325.00	325.00
4	800–850	809	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	493	350.00	350.00
43	600–650	638	298.00–302.00	300.69
3	800–850	843	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	385	417.50	417.50
42	450–500	479	367.50–372.50	369.69
119	500–550	543	345.00–359.00	355.14
61	550–600	578	320.00–336.00	333.60
37	600–650	611	315.00–322.50	320.62
23	650–700	682	293.00–302.00	294.89
15	700–750	718	266.00–272.00	270.39
9	750–800	795	266.00–269.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	404	397.50	397.50
43	450–500	498	360.00	360.00
29	600–650	603	317.50	317.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	536	325.00–332.50	328.71
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	670	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	459	339.00	339.00
8	600–650	649	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	391.00	391.00
46	500–550	531	299.00–320.00	318.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	387.50	387.50
4	350–400	394	382.50	382.50
28	400–450	434	367.50–370.00	368.51
20	450–500	490	340.00–341.00	340.40
40	500–550	538	305.00–320.00	314.75
32	550–600	586	286.00–297.00	290.23
80	600–650	619	269.00–276.00	273.75
5	650–700	662	264.00	264.00
27	700–750	731	253.00–256.50	255.08
63	750–800	762	240.50–249.00	242.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	455	336.00	336.00
3	550–600	592	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	350–400	380	400.00–405.00	401.07
16	400–450	448	382.00	382.00
14	450–500	475	355.00–362.50	358.19
85	500–550	514	334.00–345.00	336.76
134	550–600	571	305.00–312.00	307.88
112	600–650	619	278.00–290.00	285.17
31	650–700	668	267.00–275.00	270.35
133	700–750	717	261.00–269.00	264.31
143	800–850	806	245.00	245.00
17	850–900	866	236.00–239.00	237.58
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	539	292.50	292.50
7	750–800	769	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	636	304.00	304.00
75	750–800	757	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	835	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	650–700	697	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	483	294.00	294.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,085	177.00	177.00
4	1150–1200	1,183	175.00	175.00
1	1250–1300	1,298	165.00	165.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	795	110.00	110.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1100–1150	1,115	186.50	186.50
Dairy Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	833	111.00	111.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1150–1200	1,197	168.00	168.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,058	170.00	170.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	780	176.00	176.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,059	180.00	180.00

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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