Sterling Livestock Commission Market Report

Sterling, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 12, 2025

1,546 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $264.81/cwt +11.81 vs last sale · ≈ $2,426/hd at 916 lb · 153 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $367.44/cwt +18.44 vs last sale · ≈ $2,179/hd at 593 lb · 91 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $275.92/cwt +8.18 vs last sale · ≈ $2,022/hd at 733 lb · 79 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,546	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–385	379	7	435.00–440.00	$437.09	$1,657	—
451–458	453	41	405.00–415.00	$410.47	$1,859	+19.47
512–538	536	64	377.50–387.50	$378.40	$2,028	+22.56
580–594	593	91	357.50–368.00	$367.44	$2,179	+18.44
603–626	617	34	337.50–347.00	$341.05	$2,104	+18.55
657	657	7	327.50	$327.50	$2,152	+28.67
705–726	715	17	303.00–306.00	$304.75	$2,179	+28.24
752	752	5	282.00	$282.00	$2,121	+8.32
831	831	63	276.50	$276.50	$2,298	+7.00
879	879	8	268.00	$268.00	$2,356	+18.00
913–931	916	153	263.00–266.50	$264.81	$2,426	+11.81
962–996	984	14	264.00–265.00	$264.65	$2,604	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	8	410.00	$410.00	$1,841	—
472–488	482	21	387.50–397.50	$390.30	$1,881	+12.69
525	525	12	369.00	$369.00	$1,937	+23.32
620–633	621	22	320.00–327.00	$326.35	$2,027	+11.35
687	687	8	311.00	$311.00	$2,137	—
712–743	727	18	286.00–293.00	$290.06	$2,109	—
766	766	7	277.50	$277.50	$2,126	+11.50
831–837	832	48	266.00–267.00	$266.83	$2,220	—
864–894	875	38	259.50–264.00	$262.07	$2,293	—
951–984	970	29	249.50–260.00	$253.00	$2,454	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478–483	481	9	372.50–380.00	$376.69	$1,812	—
523–546	542	19	350.00–352.50	$350.38	$1,899	+12.88
590	590	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,858	+12.50
626–647	634	8	308.00–314.00	$310.30	$1,967	—
930	930	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,232	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	5	312.50	$312.50	$1,819	—
608–644	636	23	282.50–290.00	$288.44	$1,834	—
650	650	3	282.50	$282.50	$1,836	—
758	758	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,895	—
871	871	5	241.00	$241.00	$2,099	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155	155	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–387	369	21	420.00–425.00	$421.77	$1,556	—
403–449	431	13	410.00–413.50	$412.26	$1,777	+39.76
455	455	13	402.50	$402.50	$1,831	+43.19
557–575	565	27	317.00–323.00	$319.74	$1,807	+8.07
608–615	610	22	300.00–305.00	$303.40	$1,851	+1.18
672	672	43	279.00	$279.00	$1,875	-4.89
711	711	10	265.00	$265.00	$1,884	-2.74
736	736	69	277.50	$277.50	$2,042	+9.76
768	768	2	262.00	$262.00	$2,012	±0.00
813	813	3	255.00	$255.00	$2,073	—
868–876	872	35	240.00–245.00	$241.42	$2,105	+20.42
921	921	65	238.50	$238.50	$2,197	—
978	978	10	231.00	$231.00	$2,259	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	4	412.00	$412.00	$1,360	—
416–438	427	14	390.00–397.50	$392.61	$1,676	—
470	470	7	372.50	$372.50	$1,751	+24.50
501–546	520	30	342.50–347.00	$345.04	$1,794	+26.84
570–582	577	34	310.00–315.00	$312.93	$1,806	+19.81
619	619	20	291.00	$291.00	$1,801	—
658–681	671	9	269.00–275.00	$271.62	$1,823	-0.41
722–745	741	19	257.50–264.00	$260.25	$1,928	—
763–795	772	27	252.00–257.50	$253.11	$1,954	-6.48
831	831	15	244.50	$244.50	$2,032	+22.00
868	868	14	234.50	$234.50	$2,035	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	6	380.00	$380.00	$1,642	+47.50
492	492	13	352.50–355.00	$353.08	$1,737	+28.92
530	530	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,776	+67.50
748	748	16	256.00	$256.00	$1,915	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	4	412.50	$412.50	$1,229	—
375	375	4	370.00	$370.00	$1,388	—
474	474	4	348.00	$348.00	$1,650	—
592	592	14	303.00	$303.00	$1,794	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,696	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574	574	4	322.50	$322.50	$1,851	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–90	83	3	450.00–525.00	$486.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1033–1265	1097	80-85%	9	156.50–168.00	$161.09	$1,767	—
1000–1490	1232	80-85%	13	134.00–141.00	$137.19	$1,690	—
1200–1395	1323	80-85%	6	142.00–148.50	$143.67	$1,901	—
1065–1585	1337	80-85%	40	135.00–148.00	$141.91	$1,897	—
1285–1495	1378	80-85%	5	125.00–132.00	$128.37	$1,769	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–960	878	85-90%	3	137.00–151.00	$145.99	$1,282	—
955	955	85-90%	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,624	—
980	980	85-90%	1	94.00	$94.00	$921	—
940–1080	1003	85-90%	3	161.00–180.00	$169.56	$1,701	—
1000–1110	1055	85-90%	2	134.00–140.00	$137.16	$1,447	—
1125–1165	1157	85-90%	5	124.00–133.00	$130.44	$1,509	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1630	1630	75-80%	1	139.00	$139.00	$2,266	—
1490–1725	1645	75-80%	14	142.00–146.00	$143.53	$2,361	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1990	1729	5	162.00–168.00	$165.14	$2,855	—
1900	1900	1	159.00	$159.00	$3,021	—
2020–2155	2093	3	176.00–184.00	$179.58	$3,759	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1096	1096	9	188.00	$188.00	$2,060	—
1168	1168	4	189.00	$189.00	$2,208	—
1205	1205	1	187.00	$187.00	$2,253	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	7	185.00	$185.00	$921	—
803	803	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,486	—
897	897	3	178.00	$178.00	$1,597	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980	980	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,813	—
1239	1239	6	179.00	$179.00	$2,218	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,161	—
930	930	2	126.00	$126.00	$1,172	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.