Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 650 pounds traded 3.00 higher, while feeder steers over 700 pounds traded steady. Feeder heifers traded mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Last of the three stock show specials for 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.03/cwt on 686 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −145.48 against this barn's trailing median of $501.51.

Average price

$356.03

686 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$465

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

$95.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.37

vs CO average

+13.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	363.31	1,923	117
Medium and Large 1	562	358.30	2,012	510
Large 1-2	584	327.50	1,913	13thin
Medium and Large 2	563	326.96	1,840	41
Large 2	545	267.50	1,458	5thin

One grade step is worth $95.81/cwt here — about $465 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale686 hd

356.03

—

CO average5 barns · 2,682 hd

342.67

+13.37

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+13.95

This barn, trailing median3 sales

501.51

−145.48

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

75 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
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	570	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,607	2
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	619	281.83/cwt	277.00–288.00	1,745	31
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	729	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,910	50
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	587	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,394	3
Steers	Large 2	500–550	545	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,458	5
Heifers	Large 2	750–800	773	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	266	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	330.65/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,931	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	316.33/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,999	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	298.44/cwt	296.00–302.50	1,704	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,634	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	366.65/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,606	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,641	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	343.60/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,828	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	268.09/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,686	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,879	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	406.62/cwt	392.50–410.00	1,387	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,715	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	203	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	354.26/cwt	345.00–357.00	1,683	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	345.45/cwt	339.00–347.00	1,786	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	292.93/cwt	286.00–302.50	2,004	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	367.04/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,920	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,227	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	666	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,905	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	283.10/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,160	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	673	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,763	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	324.85/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,715	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	382.64/cwt	377.50–386.00	1,883	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,000	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,785	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	307.64/cwt	304.00–314.50	2,070	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	334	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,461	14
Steers	Large 1	650–700	658	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,974	15
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	464	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,612	4
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	678	281.82/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,911	18
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	498	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,581	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	584	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,913	13
Steers	Large 1	600–650	640	305.81/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,957	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,481	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	309.48/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,841	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,099	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	286.25/cwt	283.00–287.50	1,763	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	652	309.60/cwt	307.00–312.00	2,019	46
Steers	Large 1	750–800	753	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,056	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	335.21/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,041	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	376.79/cwt	372.00–382.00	1,937	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,789	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,320	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	407.18/cwt	402.00–408.50	1,694	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	400.03/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,840	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	388.50/cwt	388.50–388.50	2,016	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	352.29/cwt	344.00–355.00	2,022	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	451.16/cwt	440.00–462.50	1,471	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	284.86/cwt	283.00–289.00	2,094	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,757	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	368.18/cwt	366.00–375.00	1,712	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	267.69/cwt	265.00–270.00	2,026	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,584	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	275.31/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,858	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	267.88/cwt	265.50–274.50	2,226	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	318.26/cwt	313.00–323.00	1,779	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	283.16/cwt	277.00–289.00	1,741	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,801	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,831	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	452	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,745	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	268.79/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,976	10

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

Sat Jan 11, 2025

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

Receipts 3,042Last week 2,835Year ago 2,503

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	282.00	282.00
31	600–650	619	277.00–288.00	281.83
50	700–750	729	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	587	237.50	237.50
2	750–800	773	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
4	250–300	266	850.00	850.00
36	300–350	341	392.50–410.00	406.62
3	350–400	353	347.50	347.50
35	400–450	438	350.00–372.50	366.65
56	450–500	475	345.00–357.00	354.26
95	500–550	528	312.50–335.00	324.85
37	550–600	571	296.00–302.50	298.44
20	600–650	629	265.00–277.00	268.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	442	335.00	335.00
6	500–550	547	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	531	323.00	323.00
8	650–700	673	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	1,025.00	1,025.00
10	350–400	391	405.00	405.00
112	400–450	416	402.00–408.50	407.18
32	450–500	465	366.00–375.00	368.18
146	500–550	517	339.00–347.00	345.45
76	550–600	559	313.00–323.00	318.26
68	600–650	615	277.00–289.00	283.16
46	650–700	675	270.00–283.00	275.31
10	700–750	735	268.00–270.00	268.79
13	750–800	757	265.00–270.00	267.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	334	437.50	437.50
134	450–500	452	386.00	386.00
90	500–550	542	330.00	330.00
138	550–600	583	314.00	314.00
5	600–650	621	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	650–700	652	307.00–312.00	309.60
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	203	750.00	750.00
1	300–350	345	427.50	427.50
16	350–400	396	412.50	412.50
2	400–450	407	402.50	402.50
27	450–500	492	377.50–386.00	382.64
105	500–550	523	360.00–370.00	367.04
12	550–600	584	330.00–332.00	330.65
86	600–650	632	305.00–325.00	316.33
118	650–700	684	286.00–302.50	292.93
10	700–750	744	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	372.50	372.50
1	450–500	470	352.50	352.50
21	500–550	532	330.00–355.00	343.60
20	550–600	595	300.00–315.00	309.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	666	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	1,250.00	1,250.00
6	300–350	326	440.00–462.50	451.16
5	350–400	384	447.50	447.50
5	400–450	415	434.00	434.00
116	450–500	460	395.00–407.50	400.03
43	500–550	514	372.00–382.00	376.79
190	550–600	574	344.00–355.00	352.29
46	600–650	609	332.00–340.00	335.21
79	650–700	673	304.00–314.50	307.64
19	700–750	735	283.00–289.00	284.86
108	750–800	763	280.00–285.00	283.10
78	800–850	831	265.50–274.50	267.88
5	850–900	882	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	421	424.00	424.00
115	500–550	519	388.50	388.50
162	550–600	590	339.00	339.00
17	600–650	612	343.00	343.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	640	304.00–315.00	305.81
15	650–700	658	300.00	300.00
3	750–800	753	273.00	273.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	347.50	347.50
13	550–600	584	327.50	327.50
18	650–700	678	272.00–283.00	281.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	616	283.00–287.50	286.25

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