Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2026-11-04

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2026-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Nov 4

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Oct 28Nov 4latest

Receipts

1,914 head

▲ 210 vs last sale 1,704▼ 87 vs year ago 2,001 · −4.3%

Also sold hereStock Show SpecialSat Jan 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Sale was comprised of mostly preconditioned calves coming off the cow. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Next available report will be available Wednesday, November 11, 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 $418.01/cwt on 212 head, down $6.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −6.08 against this barn's trailing median of $424.09.

Average price

$418.01

▼ 6.08 vs prior sale

212 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$504

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$108.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.66

vs CO average

+3.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	448.42	2,469	62
Medium and Large 1-2	547	430.87	2,357	46
Medium and Large 2	558	410.08	2,288	14thin
Medium 1	587	396.93	2,328	67
Large 1-2	568	395.00	2,244	6thin
Medium 1-2	571	379.24	2,165	13thin
Medium 2	578	340.00	1,965	4thin

One grade step is worth $108.42/cwt here — about $504 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale212 hd

418.01

—

CO average5 barns · 2,189 hd

414.35

+3.66

National average135 barns · 15,890 hd

414.30

+3.71

This barn, trailing median5 sales

424.09

−6.08

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

5 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $445.30, low $396.50, median $424.09 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

73 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 1-2	297	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,782	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,117	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,206	31
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	412	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,988	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	497.97/cwt	487.50–502.50	2,146	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,306	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Full	455	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,059	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	457	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,045	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	483.85/cwt	482.50–486.00	2,269	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	502.64/cwt	498.00–510.00	2,377	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	493	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,255	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,243	11
Steers	500–550	Medium 1Unweaned	526	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,170	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	541	454.77/cwt	445.00–457.50	2,460	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	545	431.27/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,350	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	558	410.08/cwt	400.00–413.00	2,288	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	561	441.65/cwt	437.00–445.00	2,478	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	565	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,401	27
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2Unweaned	568	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,244	6
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	571	379.24/cwt	372.50–385.00	2,165	13
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	573	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,321	6
Steers	550–600	Medium 2	578	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,965	4
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	596	394.01/cwt	387.00–395.00	2,348	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,265	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	401.69/cwt	397.50–407.00	2,535	93
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	632	388.75/cwt	381.00–394.00	2,457	146
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	632	371.49/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,348	81
Steers	600–650	Medium 1Unweaned	640	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,208	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	657	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,365	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	661	380.95/cwt	377.50–389.00	2,518	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	668	364.87/cwt	362.50–375.00	2,437	84
Steers	650–700	Medium 1Unweaned	677	340.53/cwt	340.00–341.00	2,305	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	710	359.13/cwt	357.00–362.00	2,550	44
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	717	329.80/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,365	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	724	343.72/cwt	341.00–351.00	2,489	74
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	807	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,461	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	909	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,727	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	326	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,467	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,584	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	368	404.88/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,490	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	397	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,695	18
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	418	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,463	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,708	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	428	430.90/cwt	426.00–440.00	1,844	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1Unweaned	436	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,799	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	397.38/cwt	395.00–402.50	1,832	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	477	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,825	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	488	407.52/cwt	400.00–409.00	1,989	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	492	395.07/cwt	392.50–396.00	1,944	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1Unweaned	499	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,876	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,017	10
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	504	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,714	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	519	383.65/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,991	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,058	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	403.09/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,165	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	354.04/cwt	352.50–357.50	1,961	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,059	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	394.01/cwt	392.50–395.00	2,269	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	578	369.04/cwt	352.50–566.00	2,133	173
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	578	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,000	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	594	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,031	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	371.45/cwt	367.00–378.00	2,262	49
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	614	336.28/cwt	335.00–337.50	2,065	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	623	358.64/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,234	11
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	649	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,866	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	653	343.94/cwt	343.00–345.00	2,246	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,342	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1Unweaned	663	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,095	9
Heifers	650–700	Large 1Unweaned	685	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,089	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	688	323.60/cwt	318.00–326.00	2,226	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	702	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,324	18

This sale against other markets

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 Nov 4, 2026

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

Receipts 1,914Last week 1,704Year ago 2,001

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	418	350.00	350.00
22	500–550	504	340.00	340.00
10	600–650	649	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	326	450.00	450.00
15	350–400	358	442.50	442.50
13	450–500	461	395.00–402.50	397.38
10	500–550	503	401.00	401.00
13	550–600	554	352.50–357.50	354.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	685	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	397	427.00	427.00
6	400–450	426	401.00	401.00
3	450–500	450	385.00	385.00
8	500–550	536	384.00	384.00
9	550–600	568	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	368	400.00–412.50	404.88
10	450–500	475	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	412.50	412.50
13	450–500	499	376.00	376.00
4	550–600	578	346.00	346.00
9	650–700	663	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	488	400.00–409.00	407.52
24	500–550	537	397.50–420.00	403.09
22	550–600	576	392.50–395.00	394.01
49	600–650	609	367.00–378.00	371.45
3	650–700	655	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	428	426.00–440.00	430.90
23	450–500	492	392.50–396.00	395.07
8	500–550	519	380.00–390.00	383.65
173	550–600	578	352.50–566.00	369.04
11	600–650	623	355.00–360.00	358.64
36	650–700	653	343.00–345.00	343.94
18	700–750	702	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	594	342.00	342.00
48	600–650	614	335.00–337.50	336.28
30	650–700	688	318.00–326.00	323.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	412	482.50	482.50
3	450–500	457	447.50	447.50
6	550–600	573	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	297	600.00	600.00
3	400–450	435	530.00	530.00
16	450–500	469	482.50–486.00	483.85
11	500–550	504	445.00	445.00
10	900–950	909	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	455	452.50	452.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	431	487.50–502.50	497.97
6	600–650	600	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	336	630.00	630.00
31	400–450	401	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	571	372.50–385.00	379.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	457.50	457.50
14	550–600	558	400.00–413.00	410.08
81	600–650	632	365.00–375.00	371.49
9	650–700	657	360.00	360.00
12	700–750	717	320.00–332.50	329.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	578	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	450–500	473	498.00–510.00	502.64
32	500–550	541	445.00–457.50	454.77
30	550–600	561	437.00–445.00	441.65
93	600–650	631	397.50–407.00	401.69
24	650–700	661	377.50–389.00	380.95
44	700–750	710	357.00–362.00	359.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	545	425.00–435.00	431.27
27	550–600	565	425.00	425.00
146	600–650	632	381.00–394.00	388.75
84	650–700	668	362.50–375.00	364.87
74	700–750	724	341.00–351.00	343.72
3	800–850	807	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	526	412.50	412.50
54	550–600	596	387.00–395.00	394.01
18	600–650	640	345.00	345.00
11	650–700	677	340.00–341.00	340.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	568	395.00	395.00

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.