Sale reports / Colorado / Sterling / 2026-01-14

Sterling

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

Feeder Cattle · Sterling, Colorado · Wed, Jan 14

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1867

← Jan 10Jan 14Jan 17 →

Receipts

2,307 head

▼ 941 vs last sale 3,248▲ 2,307 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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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 — 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 $501.51/cwt on 194 head.

Average price

$501.51

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

Price by quality 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.

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

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

Every lot

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. 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	298	705.71/cwt	700.00–710.00	2,103	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	631.40/cwt	627.50–640.00	2,633	65
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,510	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,425	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	569.44/cwt	565.00–575.00	2,614	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	545.72/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,652	46
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	522.55/cwt	515.00–530.00	2,702	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	532.89/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,792	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	506.98/cwt	500.00–511.00	2,722	8
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	537	495.96/cwt	495.00–497.50	2,663	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,870	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	503.40/cwt	502.00–507.50	2,849	32
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	575	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,559	5
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	592	464.15/cwt	460.00–469.00	2,748	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	594	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,807	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	455.09/cwt	451.00–459.00	2,858	162
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,663	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	435.88/cwt	430.00–442.50	2,781	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	413.87/cwt	407.50–417.50	2,765	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	425.61/cwt	420.00–428.00	2,852	130
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	400.39/cwt	397.00–403.00	2,735	37
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	731	378.37/cwt	375.00–381.00	2,766	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	384.75/cwt	384.00–396.00	2,832	76
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	383.33/cwt	382.00–396.00	2,825	69
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	374.43/cwt	370.00–381.00	2,887	64
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,836	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	357.87/cwt	357.50–358.00	2,956	54
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	353.64/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,932	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	3,084	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	894	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,852	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,988	129
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,831	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,132	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,286	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,161	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	506.55/cwt	505.00–517.50	2,366	57
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	493.62/cwt	487.50–500.00	2,345	69
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	496	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,331	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	503	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,201	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	428.69/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,238	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,406	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	447.76/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,499	67
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	426.85/cwt	420.00–434.00	2,446	146
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	417.77/cwt	417.50–418.00	2,436	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	408.84/cwt	407.50–410.00	2,514	45
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	387.53/cwt	381.00–392.50	2,469	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	649	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,434	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	667	375.78/cwt	364.00–378.00	2,506	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	374.55/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,506	100
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	406.77/cwt	402.50–416.00	2,758	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1-2	682	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,438	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	683	362.63/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,477	31
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	691	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,405	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,674	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	343.29/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,633	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium 1	784	326.86/cwt	317.50–330.00	2,563	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,637	5

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 →

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Receipts 2,307Last week 3,248Year ago 0

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	503	437.50	437.50
5	650–700	682	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	691	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	575	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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.