Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2025-01-11

Sterling

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

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Sat, Jan 11

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1867

← Jan 8Jan 11Jan 10 →

Receipts

3,042 head

▲ 207 vs last sale 2,835▲ 539 vs year ago 2,503 · +21.5%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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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 — 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 $356.03/cwt on 686 head.

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

Price by quality 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.

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

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

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	203	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	451.16/cwt	440.00–462.50	1,471	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,475	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,718	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,634	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	407	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,638	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,801	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	421	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,785	41
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,632	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	400.03/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,840	116
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	464	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,612	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,657	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	382.64/cwt	377.50–386.00	1,883	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	376.79/cwt	372.00–382.00	1,937	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	388.50/cwt	388.50–388.50	2,016	115
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	367.04/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,920	105
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	343.60/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,828	21
Steers	500–550	Large 2	545	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,458	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	352.29/cwt	344.00–355.00	2,022	190
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	330.65/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,931	12
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	584	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,913	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	590	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,000	162
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	309.48/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,841	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	335.21/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,041	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,099	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	316.33/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,999	86
Steers	600–650	Large 1	640	305.81/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,957	12
Steers	650–700	Large 1	658	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,974	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	666	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,905	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	307.64/cwt	304.00–314.50	2,070	79
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	678	281.82/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,911	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	292.93/cwt	286.00–302.50	2,004	118
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	284.86/cwt	283.00–289.00	2,094	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,879	10
Steers	750–800	Large 1	753	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,056	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	283.10/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,160	108
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	267.88/cwt	265.50–274.50	2,226	78
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,320	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	266	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	334	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,461	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	341	406.62/cwt	392.50–410.00	1,387	36
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,227	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,584	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	407.18/cwt	402.00–408.50	1,694	112
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	366.65/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,606	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,481	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	452	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,745	134
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	368.18/cwt	366.00–375.00	1,712	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	354.26/cwt	345.00–357.00	1,683	56
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	498	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,581	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	345.45/cwt	339.00–347.00	1,786	146
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	324.85/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,715	95
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	531	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,715	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	542	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,789	90
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,641	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	318.26/cwt	313.00–323.00	1,779	76
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	570	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,607	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	298.44/cwt	296.00–302.50	1,704	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,831	138
Heifers	550–600	Large 2	587	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,394	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	283.16/cwt	277.00–289.00	1,741	68
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	619	281.83/cwt	277.00–288.00	1,745	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,757	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	268.09/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,686	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	652	309.60/cwt	307.00–312.00	2,019	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	673	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,763	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	275.31/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,858	46
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	729	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,910	50
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	268.79/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,976	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	267.69/cwt	265.00–270.00	2,026	13
Heifers	750–800	Large 2	773	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,778	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,666	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	286.25/cwt	283.00–287.50	1,763	11

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 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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	587	237.50	237.50
2	750–800	773	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	650–700	652	307.00–312.00	309.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	666	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	616	283.00–287.50	286.25

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.