Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

13,131 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $138.27/cwt ≈ $860/hd at 622 lb · 893 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $142.43/cwt ≈ $813/hd at 571 lb · 875 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $152.51/cwt ≈ $791/hd at 518 lb · 669 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	13,131	14,652	8,957
Feeder cattle	10,836	—	8,180
Slaughter cattle	1,446	—	723
Replacement cattle	849	—	54

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Livestock exchange, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Sterling Livestock. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 650 lbs mostly 2.00 to 10.00 lower, and steers over 650 lbs trade uneven from 7.00 lower to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs traded 5.00 to 10.00 lower, 500-600 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 600-750 lbs 1.00 higher, with no market test on heifers over 750 lbs. In the slaughter cattle supply, average dressing slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Average dressing Bulls traded 2.00 higher. The next available report will be Friday, October 23, 2020.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
290	290	7	195.00	$195.00	$566
315–348	327	40	178.00–206.00	$192.38	$629
350–399	377	167	176.00–212.00	$190.53	$718
404–449	424	226	156.00–180.00	$167.12	$709
450–498	472	412	143.00–176.00	$153.48	$724
476–478 thin fleshed	477	11	159.00–160.00	$159.36	$760
500 thin fleshed	500	53	157.00	$157.00	$785
500–548	520	616	141.00–165.25	$152.12	$791
550–599	570	787	130.50–156.25	$141.98	$809
570 thin fleshed	570	60	148.50	$148.50	$846
598	598	28	142.00	$142.00	$849
604–646	620	132	138.50–158.00	$151.73	$941
601–645 unweaned	622	708	128.00–140.00	$134.90	$839
626 fancy	626	49	151.25	$151.25	$947
636	636	4	132.00	$132.00	$840
661	661	10	131.00	$131.00	$866
651–691	663	267	137.50–153.00	$142.67	$946
662–687 unweaned	678	194	125.00–134.25	$131.26	$890
700–747	712	126	131.50–152.25	$147.86	$1,053
705–733 unweaned	716	32	130.00–131.00	$130.41	$934
762 fancy	762	27	146.25	$146.25	$1,114
755–795	771	61	123.00–145.75	$131.04	$1,010
780	780	28	134.50	$134.50	$1,049
813–829	815	69	135.50–139.75	$139.19	$1,134
855–888	873	42	136.00–139.75	$138.22	$1,207
921	921	10	128.50	$128.50	$1,183
964	964	8	124.00	$124.00	$1,195
1022	1022	3	117.00	$117.00	$1,196

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
288	288	23	181.00	$181.00	$521
320–326	323	23	181.00–182.00	$181.26	$585
380–398	391	24	170.00–175.00	$171.41	$670
418–443	429	22	161.00–170.00	$165.49	$710
488–489	488	19	157.00–159.00	$157.84	$770
504–549	530	112	136.00–153.25	$145.22	$770
550–598	580	86	131.00–148.50	$139.03	$806
614 unweaned	614	16	125.50	$125.50	$771
610–628	617	25	134.00–149.50	$139.67	$862
671–683	674	7	143.00–143.50	$143.14	$965
718	718	5	124.00	$124.00	$890
770–785	781	54	128.00–132.00	$130.22	$1,017
824–847	830	40	121.50–125.00	$123.96	$1,029
871	871	7	122.50	$122.50	$1,067

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
436	436	8	146.00	$146.00	$637
521–547	527	50	123.00–125.50	$124.88	$658
580	580	46	126.00	$126.00	$731

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
256	256	7	177.50	$177.50	$454
532	532	7	136.00	$136.00	$724
568	568	13	127.00	$127.00	$721
630	630	31	133.00	$133.00	$838

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
533–548	543	13	136.00–138.00	$137.40	$746
613–628 unweaned	619	10	125.00	$125.00	$774

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
270–282	276	6	162.50–165.00	$163.72	$452
352–398	373	99	139.50–150.50	$143.97	$537
403 fancy	403	20	142.00	$142.00	$572
413 thin fleshed	413	8	145.00	$145.00	$599
400–448	422	167	130.00–151.00	$136.77	$577
450–496	469	276	125.00–145.00	$133.75	$627
483 thin fleshed	483	58	135.00	$135.00	$652
516–520 fancy	516	41	138.50–158.00	$140.42	$725
500–548	532	411	120.00–146.00	$131.49	$700
550–596	570	444	120.00–145.00	$127.74	$728
604–648	621	163	125.00–141.00	$130.63	$811
600–641 unweaned	624	102	121.00–129.50	$126.56	$790
642	642	3	126.00	$126.00	$809
653–694	668	179	127.00–138.75	$130.90	$874
653–685 unweaned	672	51	125.00–126.00	$125.56	$844
701–722 unweaned	714	17	124.00–126.00	$125.18	$894
709–745	732	58	125.00–130.50	$127.22	$931
756–786	774	12	121.00–123.50	$122.48	$948
850–896	860	44	121.00–126.00	$124.64	$1,072
1020	1020	14	123.00	$123.00	$1,255
1038	1038	5	105.00	$105.00	$1,090

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
300–347	321	40	151.00–158.00	$153.83	$494
351–399	374	112	126.00–154.00	$141.05	$528
407–443	432	167	121.00–149.00	$132.72	$573
450–497	483	171	116.00–142.50	$129.07	$623
505–545	528	85	126.00–141.00	$137.23	$725
557–589	577	69	118.00–136.50	$128.22	$740
601–635	616	59	131.00–133.00	$132.17	$814
666 unweaned	666	4	115.00	$115.00	$766
677–691	689	21	124.00–128.00	$127.01	$875
750	750	3	123.00	$123.00	$922
842	842	3	123.00	$123.00	$1,036

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
285–292	289	19	152.50	$152.50	$441
358–397	375	20	142.00–145.50	$144.11	$540
418–448	440	19	120.00–126.00	$124.50	$548
473	473	49	133.00	$133.00	$629
564–585	571	24	111.00–128.00	$121.85	$696

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
526	526	9	119.00	$119.00	$626
551	551	17	113.00	$113.00	$623

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
390	390	12	121.00	$121.00	$472

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
415	415	6	129.00	$129.00	$535

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
519–525	521	12	120.00–135.00	$125.04	$651
581	581	7	116.00	$116.00	$674

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1230	1050	85-90%	10	60.00–65.00	$61.31	$644
820–1475	1102	85-90%	50	25.00–42.50	$36.44	$402
720–1525	1138	85-90%	220	42.00–52.00	$47.64	$542
820–1515	1176	85-90%	81	48.00–59.00	$53.22	$626

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1750	1373	80-85%	118	56.00–65.00	$60.05	$824
1020–1835	1410	80-85%	128	49.50–56.00	$51.98	$733
1208–1770	1510	80-85%	52	36.00–49.00	$46.50	$702

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1300–1895	1577	75-80%	34	51.00–58.50	$55.43	$874
1315–2020	1638	75-80%	50	57.00–69.50	$61.43	$1,006
1560–2040	1740	75-80%	14	63.00–72.50	$69.46	$1,209

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995	995	2	75.00	$75.00	$746
1115–2110	1585	26	65.00–76.50	$72.55	$1,150
1350–2330	1789	52	76.00–85.50	$80.09	$1,433
2000	2000	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,760

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1080	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	82.50–87.50	$85.37	$737
905–1755	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	258	48.50–63.00	$55.21	$676

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–1270	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	69.00–80.00	$73.09	$721
958–1065	994	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	100.00–110.00	$106.43	$1,058
1170–1465	1310	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	27	50.00–59.50	$54.71	$717
1015–1515	1332	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	65	60.50–68.00	$64.91	$865

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1423	1103	(<2 yrs)	Open	43	81.00–89.00	$86.79	$957

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1095–1548	1332	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	58.50–61.00	$59.55	$793

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1460	1460	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,153

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1059–1247	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,070.41
1127–1383	1222	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	113	625.00–760.00	$703.49
1255–1368	1299	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	810.00–975.00	$889.88

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1520	1152	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	800.00–1,000.00	$961.20
1214–1295	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	700.00–760.00	$730.97
1233–1430	1272	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	700.00–710.00	$702.25
1172–1386	1274	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	51	610.00–785.00	$705.56
1270–1640	1393	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–860.00	$823.54
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1228	1228	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
828	828	7	90.00	$90.00	$745
945	945	2	90.00	$90.00	$850

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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.