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

Sterling

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

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Nov 11

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1900

← Nov 4Nov 11latest

Receipts

1,943 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 1,914▲ 394 vs year ago 1,549 · +25.4%

Also sold hereStock Show SpecialSat Jan 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. We are starting to see a few more weaned calves come through, but the majority of the sale was still comprised of preconditioned calves coming off the cow. Feeder steers traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower, with a few high quality 500 and 600 pound weaned calves trading 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower, with a few 500 and 600 pound weaned groups trading 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Next available report will be Wednesday, November 18, 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 $437.19/cwt on 292 head, up $19.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +6.71 against this barn's trailing median of $430.49.

Average price

$437.19

▲ 19.18 vs prior sale

292 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,382

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

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

$75.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.54

vs CO average

+24.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	466.14	2,466	63
Medium and Large 1-2	548	439.35	2,408	124
Medium and Large 2	552	426.10	2,354	75
Medium 1	546	402.50	2,198	11thin
Medium 1-2	544	390.95	2,128	19thin

One grade step is worth $75.20/cwt here — about $337 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale292 hd

437.19

—

CO average4 barns · 1,322 hd

421.66

+15.54

National average94 barns · 10,230 hd

412.28

+24.91

This barn, trailing median6 sales

430.49

+6.71

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

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $445.30, low $396.50, median $430.49 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

87 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 · Steers47 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	268	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	1,902	15
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,824	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	351	597.00/cwt	597.00–597.00	2,095	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,163	17
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	399	503.46/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,009	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,075	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	534.69/cwt	532.50–537.50	2,272	11
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	440	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,804	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,265	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	463	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,303	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	473.49/cwt	472.50–475.00	2,197	24
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	471	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,908	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	498.66/cwt	497.50–503.00	2,374	109
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	460.61/cwt	460.00–462.50	2,285	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	506	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,464	31
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	508	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,134	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,501	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,414	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	436.23/cwt	435.00–438.00	2,286	21
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	533	396.40/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,113	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	536	453.05/cwt	445.00–454.00	2,428	78
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	547	434.00/cwt	431.00–436.00	2,374	35
Steers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	568	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,229	7
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	569	379.13/cwt	372.50–382.50	2,157	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	574	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,417	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	577	407.81/cwt	404.00–412.00	2,353	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	593	397.06/cwt	396.00–402.50	2,355	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	596	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,420	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,412	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	411.49/cwt	400.00–414.00	2,506	66
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	623	382.85/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,385	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	389.38/cwt	379.00–390.00	2,445	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,331	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	657	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,569	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	663	367.98/cwt	362.00–377.00	2,440	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	375.09/cwt	364.00–384.00	2,498	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	669	350.51/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,345	15
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	694	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,408	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	361.63/cwt	351.00–362.00	2,513	56
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	346.69/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,468	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	716	343.52/cwt	342.50–346.00	2,460	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	737	335.93/cwt	335.00–337.00	2,476	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	769	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,538	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,516	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	776	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,444	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,477	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	293	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	361	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,634	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,582	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	1,775	50
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	405	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,762	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	441.84/cwt	441.00–442.50	1,798	37
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	409	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,538	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,767	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	425.90/cwt	420.00–427.00	1,874	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	460	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,622	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,797	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	482	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,793	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	492	371.80/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,829	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	395.50/cwt	395.50–395.50	1,962	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	385.34/cwt	382.50–390.00	1,946	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	394.12/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,006	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	531	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,766	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	532	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,883	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,996	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2Unweaned	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	548	381.14/cwt	380.00–383.00	2,089	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1Unweaned	556	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,863	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,124	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	571	358.77/cwt	357.50–360.00	2,049	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	574	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,923	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	349.11/cwt	347.50–352.00	2,028	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	585	345.73/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,023	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	590	382.00/cwt	372.00–383.00	2,254	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,445	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	343.29/cwt	341.00–347.00	2,128	57
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	625	338.69/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,117	57
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	642	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,022	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,145	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	333.08/cwt	331.00–339.00	2,218	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	680	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,183	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	687	304.92/cwt	302.50–308.00	2,095	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	688	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,119	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	312.22/cwt	307.50–317.00	2,229	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	732	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,123	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,582	6

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 11, 2026

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

Receipts 1,943Last week 1,914Year ago 1,549

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	351	597.00	597.00
6	450–500	463	497.50	497.50
31	500–550	506	487.00	487.00
20	550–600	574	421.00	421.00
66	600–650	609	400.00–414.00	411.49
21	650–700	657	391.00	391.00
32	700–750	716	342.50–346.00	343.52
6	750–800	769	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	547	431.00–436.00	434.00
12	550–600	593	396.00–402.50	397.06
15	650–700	669	350.00–352.50	350.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
78	500–550	536	445.00–454.00	453.05
39	550–600	577	404.00–412.00	407.81
31	600–650	623	377.50–385.00	382.85
30	650–700	663	362.00–377.00	367.98
26	700–750	737	335.00–337.00	335.93
5	750–800	776	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	341	535.00	535.00
4	400–450	413	502.50	502.50
12	450–500	496	460.00–462.50	460.61
21	500–550	524	435.00–438.00	436.23
7	550–600	596	406.00	406.00
5	600–650	637	366.00	366.00
56	650–700	695	351.00–362.00	361.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	410.00	410.00
6	450–500	471	405.00	405.00
13	500–550	533	390.00–405.00	396.40
6	550–600	569	372.50–382.50	379.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	568	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	308	617.50	617.50
17	350–400	395	547.50	547.50
11	400–450	425	532.50–537.50	534.69
109	450–500	476	497.50–503.00	498.66
12	500–550	513	487.50	487.50
7	600–650	603	400.00	400.00
16	700–750	712	345.00–347.50	346.69
14	750–800	774	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	268	1,550.00	1,550.00
16	400–450	445	509.00	509.00
24	450–500	464	472.50–475.00	473.49
7	500–550	522	462.50	462.50
34	600–650	628	379.00–390.00	389.38
30	650–700	666	364.00–384.00	375.09
8	750–800	794	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	399	500.00–505.00	503.46
4	500–550	508	420.00	420.00
4	650–700	694	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	500–550	509	390.00–395.00	394.12
62	550–600	590	372.00–383.00	382.00
5	600–650	619	395.00	395.00
27	650–700	666	331.00–339.00	333.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	492	370.00–375.00	371.80
10	550–600	585	345.00–347.50	345.73
9	650–700	687	302.50–308.00	304.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	548	380.00–383.00	381.14
12	550–600	571	357.50–360.00	358.77
57	600–650	625	335.00–342.50	338.69
4	650–700	680	321.00	321.00
3	700–750	732	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	545	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	293	1,300.00	1,300.00
2	350–400	368	430.00	430.00
8	400–450	439	402.50	402.50
11	450–500	473	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	538	371.00	371.00
17	550–600	581	347.50–352.00	349.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	452.50	452.50
32	400–450	440	420.00–427.00	425.90
31	450–500	496	395.50	395.50
52	500–550	505	382.50–390.00	385.34
57	600–650	620	341.00–347.00	343.29
8	650–700	665	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	409	376.00	376.00
13	450–500	460	352.50	352.50
4	500–550	531	332.50	332.50
12	550–600	574	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	405	435.00	435.00
7	450–500	482	372.00	372.00
10	500–550	532	354.00	354.00
10	600–650	642	315.00	315.00
6	650–700	688	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	556	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	350–400	369	481.00	481.00
37	400–450	407	441.00–442.50	441.84
15	550–600	571	372.00	372.00
10	700–750	714	307.50–317.00	312.22
6	900–950	906	285.00	285.00

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.