Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers traded mostly 4.00 to 16.00 higher with a few high quality steers sharply higher. Feeder heifers traded mostly 3.00 to 15.00 higher with a few high quality replacement type heifers sharply higher. Next available report will be Saturday, January 17, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $501.51/cwt on 194 head, down $3.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $501.51.

Average price

$501.51

▼ 3.85 vs prior sale

194 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$82.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.28

vs CO average

+29.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	527.77	2,824	68
Medium and Large 1-2	553	508.62	2,811	44
Medium and Large 2	561	492.20	2,763	14thin
Medium 1	574	474.75	2,724	63
Medium 1-2	575	445.00	2,559	5thin

One grade step is worth $82.77/cwt here — about $265 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 sale194 hd

501.51

—

CO average5 barns · 2,302 hd

472.23

+29.28

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+29.53

This barn, trailing median3 sales

501.51

+0.00

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

57 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	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	406.77/cwt	402.50–416.00	2,758	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	631.40/cwt	627.50–640.00	2,633	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	522.55/cwt	515.00–530.00	2,702	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	343.29/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,633	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	408.84/cwt	407.50–410.00	2,514	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	3,084	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,870	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,286	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	426.85/cwt	420.00–434.00	2,446	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	705.71/cwt	700.00–710.00	2,103	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	532.89/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,792	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	357.87/cwt	357.50–358.00	2,956	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	374.43/cwt	370.00–381.00	2,887	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	425.61/cwt	420.00–428.00	2,852	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	384.75/cwt	384.00–396.00	2,832	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,988	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	569.44/cwt	565.00–575.00	2,614	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	417.77/cwt	417.50–418.00	2,436	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	375.78/cwt	364.00–378.00	2,506	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	378.37/cwt	375.00–381.00	2,766	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	506.98/cwt	500.00–511.00	2,722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	506.55/cwt	505.00–517.50	2,366	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	447.76/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,499	67
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	503	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,201	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	575	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,559	5
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	537	495.96/cwt	495.00–497.50	2,663	21
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	592	464.15/cwt	460.00–469.00	2,748	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	455.09/cwt	451.00–459.00	2,858	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	387.53/cwt	381.00–392.50	2,469	14
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	691	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,405	14
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	649	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,434	8
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	496	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,331	9
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	784	326.86/cwt	317.50–330.00	2,563	16
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	683	362.63/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,477	31
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	682	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,438	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	428.69/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,238	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	894	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,852	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,836	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	493.62/cwt	487.50–500.00	2,345	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	353.64/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,932	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	413.87/cwt	407.50–417.50	2,765	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	400.39/cwt	397.00–403.00	2,735	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,161	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,132	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,406	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,663	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,807	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,510	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	435.88/cwt	430.00–442.50	2,781	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	374.55/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,506	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	503.40/cwt	502.00–507.50	2,849	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	545.72/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,652	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	383.33/cwt	382.00–396.00	2,825	69

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	401	570.00	570.00
57	450–500	467	505.00–517.50	506.55
67	550–600	558	445.00–455.00	447.76
25	650–700	678	402.50–416.00	406.77
3	700–750	748	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	374	570.00	570.00
69	450–500	475	487.50–500.00	493.62
20	500–550	530	454.00	454.00
146	550–600	573	420.00–434.00	426.85
45	600–650	615	407.50–410.00	408.84
100	650–700	669	370.00–382.50	374.55
20	750–800	767	338.00–345.00	343.29
5	800–850	814	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	565.00	565.00
10	400–450	441	490.00	490.00
10	500–550	522	425.00–432.50	428.69
15	550–600	583	417.50–418.00	417.77
14	600–650	637	381.00–392.50	387.53
39	650–700	667	364.00–378.00	375.78
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	503	437.50	437.50
5	650–700	682	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	691	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	496	470.00	470.00
8	600–650	649	375.00	375.00
31	650–700	683	360.00–370.00	362.63
16	750–800	784	317.50–330.00	326.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	298	700.00–710.00	705.71
65	400–450	417	627.50–640.00	631.40
9	450–500	459	565.00–575.00	569.44
41	500–550	524	530.00–540.00	532.89
27	550–600	552	520.00	520.00
162	600–650	628	451.00–459.00	455.09
130	650–700	670	420.00–428.00	425.61
76	700–750	736	384.00–396.00	384.75
64	750–800	771	370.00–381.00	374.43
54	800–850	826	357.50–358.00	357.87
16	850–900	864	357.00	357.00
129	900–950	911	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	585.00	585.00
46	450–500	486	540.00–550.00	545.72
12	500–550	517	515.00–530.00	522.55
32	550–600	566	502.00–507.50	503.40
19	600–650	638	430.00–442.50	435.88
31	650–700	668	407.50–417.50	413.87
69	700–750	737	382.00–396.00	383.33
7	750–800	777	365.00	365.00
22	800–850	829	347.50–355.00	353.64
5	850–900	894	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	545.00	545.00
8	500–550	537	500.00–511.00	506.98
6	550–600	594	472.50	472.50
4	600–650	634	420.00	420.00
37	650–700	683	397.00–403.00	400.39
7	700–750	731	375.00–381.00	378.37
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	575	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	537	495.00–497.50	495.96
42	550–600	592	460.00–469.00	464.15

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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