Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2025-01-04

Sterling

Name: Sterling livestock auction prices — 2025-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-04

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Sat, Jan 4

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1867

← Jan 13Jan 4Jan 8 →

Receipts

2,303 head

▼ 200 vs last sale 2,503▼ 200 vs year ago 2,503 · −8.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as this was the first stock show special of the year. Seemed to be stronger tones than the last reported sale in the middle of December. Next available report will be Wednesday, January 8, 2025.

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 $344.01/cwt on 239 head.

Average price

$344.01

239 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$22.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs CO average

+11.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	347.56	1,924	173
Medium and Large 1-2	553	339.14	1,877	42
Medium 1	578	332.00	1,919	6thin
Medium and Large 2	571	327.00	1,867	3thin
Medium 1-2	542	325.00	1,760	15thin

One grade step is worth $22.56/cwt here — about $164 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 sale239 hd

344.01

—

CO average1 barns · 239 hd

344.01

+0.00

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+11.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

60 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. 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	272	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,183	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	456.09/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,569	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	399.67/cwt	396.00–402.50	1,687	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	389.15/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,856	51
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	372.85/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,816	38
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	495	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,695	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	362.46/cwt	357.00–367.00	1,863	46
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	529	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,746	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	350.57/cwt	350.00–352.50	1,865	17
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	567	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,786	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	342.16/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,943	127
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	331.37/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,882	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,867	3
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	578	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,919	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	324.43/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,034	190
Steers	600–650	Medium 1	630	290.31/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,829	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	306.87/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,936	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	306.11/cwt	304.00–314.00	2,066	58
Steers	650–700	Large 1	677	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,913	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	291.95/cwt	290.00–297.50	2,020	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	716	264.18/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,892	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	290.84/cwt	283.00–294.00	2,117	160
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,082	111
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	283.73/cwt	281.00–285.50	2,168	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	272.98/cwt	268.00–278.00	2,154	27
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	806	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,317	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	269.07/cwt	269.00–270.00	2,188	45
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	825	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,083	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	264.02/cwt	262.50–267.50	2,223	90
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,217	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,306	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	276	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,014	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,334	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	361	350.38/cwt	347.50–352.50	1,265	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	365.83/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,412	35
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	397	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,320	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,478	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,561	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	350.37/cwt	344.00–354.00	1,636	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	473	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,490	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	335.33/cwt	331.00–338.00	1,650	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	315.80/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,639	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	296.61/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,605	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	289.15/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,576	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	291.63/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,654	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	282.38/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,646	52
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	265.41/cwt	262.50–272.00	1,561	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	274.70/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,714	143
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,690	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	667	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,848	67
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	267.99/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,801	135
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,734	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1-2	717	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,757	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	258.14/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,913	68
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	742	249.73/cwt	249.00–251.00	1,853	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	247.41/cwt	246.00–252.50	1,898	82
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,841	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,934	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,838	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,738	4

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 Stock Show Special - Sterling, CO

Sat Jan 4, 2025

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

Receipts 2,303Last week 2,503Year ago 2,503

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	344	450.00–460.00	456.09
27	400–450	422	396.00–402.50	399.67
51	450–500	477	385.00–390.00	389.15
46	500–550	514	357.00–367.00	362.46
127	550–600	568	340.00–344.00	342.16
190	600–650	627	320.00–332.00	324.43
58	650–700	675	304.00–314.00	306.11
160	700–750	728	283.00–294.00	290.84
26	750–800	764	281.00–285.50	283.73
45	800–850	813	269.00–270.00	269.07
13	850–900	866	256.00	256.00
13	900–950	915	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	495	342.50	342.50
10	500–550	529	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	567	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	272	435.00	435.00
38	450–500	487	370.00–380.00	372.85
17	500–550	532	350.00–352.50	350.57
25	550–600	568	330.00–337.50	331.37
36	600–650	631	300.00–312.50	306.87
67	650–700	692	290.00–297.50	291.95
111	700–750	741	281.00	281.00
27	750–800	789	268.00–278.00	272.98
90	800–850	842	262.50–267.50	264.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	571	327.00	327.00
22	700–750	716	264.00–265.00	264.18
2	800–850	825	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	677	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	578	332.00	332.00
13	600–650	630	287.50–295.00	290.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	800–850	806	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	380.00	380.00
19	400–450	430	363.00	363.00
23	450–500	467	344.00–354.00	350.37
19	500–550	519	312.50–320.00	315.80
39	550–600	567	290.00–297.50	291.63
143	600–650	624	272.00–278.00	274.70
135	650–700	672	263.00–270.00	267.99
68	700–750	741	255.00–259.00	258.14
82	750–800	767	246.00–252.50	247.41
4	800–850	809	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	650–700	667	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	386	355.00–367.50	365.83
4	400–450	420	352.00	352.00
71	450–500	492	331.00–338.00	335.33
26	500–550	541	295.00–302.50	296.61
52	550–600	583	280.00–285.00	282.38
4	600–650	640	264.00	264.00
13	650–700	680	255.00	255.00
19	700–750	742	249.00–251.00	249.73
4	750–800	780	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	276	367.50	367.50
14	350–400	361	347.50–352.50	350.38
21	500–550	545	287.00–292.00	289.15
13	550–600	588	262.50–272.00	265.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	397	332.50	332.50
11	700–750	717	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	578	318.00	318.00
4	700–750	724	240.00	240.00

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.