Sterling Livestock Commission Market Report

Sterling, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 10, 2025

1,566 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $411.82/cwt +29.27 vs last sale · ≈ $2,563/hd at 622 lb · 205 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $479.26/cwt +7.26 vs last sale · ≈ $2,554/hd at 533 lb · 158 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $393.30/cwt +25.80 vs last sale · ≈ $2,522/hd at 641 lb · 106 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,566	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	9	555.00	$555.00	$2,142	—
415–449	444	47	541.00–545.00	$541.56	$2,405	—
467	467	19	530.00	$530.00	$2,475	—
522 unweaned	522	34	479.00	$479.00	$2,500	—
525–537	536	124	479.00–482.50	$479.33	$2,569	+7.33
553	553	36	463.00	$463.00	$2,560	+26.00
602–627	622	128	402.50–415.00	$412.92	$2,568	+30.37
623 unweaned	623	77	410.00	$410.00	$2,554	—
653–665	654	68	383.00–395.00	$393.13	$2,571	+18.73
700–746	724	46	370.00–379.00	$372.77	$2,699	+21.22
735 unweaned	735	28	365.00	$365.00	$2,683	—
753 unweaned	753	18	345.00	$345.00	$2,598	—
756–773	763	70	351.00–360.00	$355.95	$2,716	+7.62
806–820	810	7	345.00–347.50	$345.72	$2,800	+23.22
931	931	19	319.00	$319.00	$2,970	+21.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441 unweaned	441	9	522.00	$522.00	$2,302	—
447	447	11	526.00	$526.00	$2,351	—
470 unweaned	470	10	510.00	$510.00	$2,397	—
496	496	25	503.00	$503.00	$2,495	—
507–513	508	29	462.50–475.00	$464.24	$2,358	+26.04
518–535 unweaned	532	31	459.00–460.00	$459.16	$2,443	—
553–576	565	55	425.00–447.50	$436.33	$2,465	+33.83
568 unweaned	568	8	430.00	$430.00	$2,442	+30.62
628–639 unweaned	635	11	385.00–390.00	$388.20	$2,465	—
629–647	642	95	390.00–397.00	$393.89	$2,529	+26.39
663–688	682	37	368.00–379.00	$376.57	$2,568	+14.45
738–749	747	11	352.50–365.00	$359.99	$2,689	+18.87
778	778	6	342.50	$342.50	$2,665	—
803	803	2	332.00	$332.00	$2,666	+29.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	4	482.50	$482.50	$2,142	—
513–517	514	23	445.00–455.00	$448.50	$2,305	—
597	597	5	410.00	$410.00	$2,448	—
680	680	5	350.00	$350.00	$2,380	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	10	505.00	$505.00	$2,126	—
489	489	6	485.00	$485.00	$2,372	+57.50
650–683	674	11	355.00–364.00	$361.63	$2,437	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	17	435.00	$435.00	$1,927	—
450	450	9	435.00	$435.00	$1,958	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795 unweaned	795	4	272.50	$272.50	$2,166	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	4	490.00	$490.00	$2,097	—
459–481	477	24	450.00–465.00	$452.40	$2,158	+39.90
501–509	503	20	431.00–442.50	$439.59	$2,211	+44.59
551–580	558	32	415.00–420.00	$419.20	$2,339	+62.44
563 unweaned	563	6	413.00	$413.00	$2,325	—
604 unweaned	604	9	392.50	$392.50	$2,371	—
603–609	606	16	390.00–393.00	$391.49	$2,372	+41.87
657	657	11	359.00–367.50	$363.64	$2,389	+26.67
664 unweaned	664	5	365.00	$365.00	$2,424	+57.50
708	708	15	334.00	$334.00	$2,365	+23.19
810	810	21	318.00	$318.00	$2,576	—
1093	1093	4	260.00	$260.00	$2,842	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	3	476.00	$476.00	$1,871	—
445–448	447	6	465.00–472.00	$468.49	$2,094	+63.49
478	478	6	430.00	$430.00	$2,055	+40.00
493 unweaned	493	26	439.00	$439.00	$2,164	—
531–543	537	36	418.00–427.00	$421.93	$2,266	+72.76
568–586	578	12	392.50–406.00	$399.96	$2,312	+54.96
625 unweaned	625	10	367.00	$367.00	$2,294	—
621–639	628	20	367.50–377.50	$373.43	$2,345	+48.29
653–680	671	16	335.00–352.50	$345.38	$2,317	+17.88
798	798	2	291.00	$291.00	$2,322	+6.00
904	904	5	272.00	$272.00	$2,459	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	3	452.50	$452.50	$1,878	—
429 unweaned	429	9	435.00	$435.00	$1,866	—
508–531	521	7	405.00–412.50	$408.13	$2,126	—
561–588	584	25	382.00–390.00	$388.77	$2,270	—
644	644	7	362.50	$362.50	$2,334	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	17	385.00	$385.00	$1,729	—
525	525	14	360.00	$360.00	$1,890	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	4	455.00	$455.00	$1,697	—
478	478	7	412.50	$412.50	$1,972	—

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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.