Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 14, 2020

10,536 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $150.77/cwt -0.94 vs last sale · ≈ $937/hd at 622 lb · 464 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $144.96/cwt -0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $969/hd at 668 lb · 404 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $159.83/cwt +2.74 vs last sale · ≈ $909/hd at 569 lb · 394 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,536	21,123	9,971
Feeder cattle	6,881	17,735	4,838
Slaughter cattle	1,066	1,291	250
Replacement cattle	2,589	2,097	4,883

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. Across all auctions, a lighter supply of Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. In the slaughter cows and bulls supply, average dressing Breakers traded 1.00 higher, average dressing Boners 2.00 higher, average dressing Leans steady, and average dressing Bulls steady. Middle Aged stock cows traded mostly steady. No comparable trades on bred cows and cow calf pairs to trend. The next available report will be Monday, January 11, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	7	226.00	$226.00	$640	+1.00
317–348	334	24	197.50–215.00	$211.38	$706	-2.22
350–391	373	135	186.00–214.00	$206.50	$770	+7.03
400–405 thin fleshed	402	18	190.00–192.00	$190.78	$767	-4.11
412–448	433	99	180.00–187.00	$184.80	$800	-0.19
460–489	475	95	169.50–183.00	$176.02	$836	-1.42
500 thin fleshed	500	38	181.00	$181.00	$905	+8.07
501–546	530	183	158.00–173.00	$166.13	$880	-2.69
550–556 fancy	554	27	164.00–168.00	$166.82	$924	-3.68
559–569 thin fleshed	563	94	164.00–168.00	$166.28	$936	+0.82
555–594	572	273	149.50–161.50	$156.92	$898	+1.56
605–611 fancy	609	75	159.25–160.00	$159.52	$971	-14.48
600–647 unweaned	621	96	135.50–143.50	$139.35	$865	-2.25
600–646	625	293	146.00–155.50	$152.27	$952	+0.35
659 fancy	659	70	154.60	$154.60	$1,019	—
651–677 unweaned	665	52	129.00–138.50	$132.92	$884	+0.17
651–698	671	282	140.00–149.00	$144.79	$972	-0.72
701 fancy	701	7	143.50	$143.50	$1,006	+0.50
713	713	15	138.00	$138.00	$984	-3.40
700–740	721	212	131.00–146.00	$140.73	$1,015	-0.67
741 unweaned	741	9	135.00	$135.00	$1,000	-1.12
751–794	782	235	131.00–142.75	$136.58	$1,068	+0.47
800–813	810	151	133.50–136.50	$134.23	$1,087	-0.28
861 fancy	861	60	137.25	$137.25	$1,182	—
851–895	885	112	121.00–133.00	$130.35	$1,154	-3.39
1030	1030	4	130.50	$130.50	$1,344	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	5	183.00	$183.00	$525	—
326–345	341	18	205.00–210.00	$207.70	$708	—
359–385	374	25	175.00–191.00	$184.23	$689	+1.97
460–494	481	100	159.00–168.00	$163.05	$784	-3.99
504–545	534	84	146.00–155.00	$149.13	$796	-4.86
549 unweaned	549	4	142.00	$142.00	$780	—
551–596	577	148	140.00–151.50	$145.62	$840	-4.41
605–649	636	17	142.00–147.00	$143.45	$912	+0.57
667–690	680	34	131.00–140.50	$138.40	$941	-5.14
855–887	873	16	126.00–129.00	$127.93	$1,117	-4.91
917	917	6	121.00	$121.00	$1,110	—
973	973	2	119.50	$119.50	$1,163	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432–433	432	38	159.00–162.00	$160.19	$692	—
452–486	474	18	151.00–159.00	$156.92	$744	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516–535	523	11	144.00–147.00	$145.12	$759	—
570	570	4	139.00	$139.00	$792	-4.00
726	726	4	130.00	$130.00	$944	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	5	170.00	$170.00	$738	—
624	624	8	142.00	$142.00	$886	-7.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
263	263	3	560.00	$560.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	5	166.00–172.00	$169.60	$539	+11.60
353–385	372	52	161.00–171.00	$166.62	$620	+1.81
423–441	433	56	153.00–158.00	$155.83	$675	+1.68
451–498	474	185	141.00–153.00	$147.61	$700	-5.04
474 fancy	474	42	161.50	$161.50	$766	—
519 fancy	519	8	147.00	$147.00	$763	-12.50
500–546	521	149	135.00–153.00	$144.54	$753	-1.20
557 unweaned	557	10	130.00	$130.00	$724	—
550–596	572	346	130.00–147.00	$139.13	$796	+0.11
602 fancy	602	9	145.00	$145.00	$873	—
600–640	614	257	128.00–135.50	$131.43	$807	-6.70
600–647 unweaned	625	65	125.00–129.00	$126.87	$793	-2.15
650 unweaned	650	9	123.00	$123.00	$800	-1.55
656–695	676	173	126.00–135.00	$130.47	$882	-0.22
702–738	724	122	121.00–126.50	$123.34	$893	-7.05
755–792	785	74	120.00–121.00	$120.57	$946	-8.88
791	791	47	130.00	$130.00	$1,028	+0.55
908–919	915	12	132.50–134.00	$133.50	$1,222	—
943	943	3	111.00	$111.00	$1,047	—
973	973	2	112.00	$112.00	$1,090	—
1035	1035	7	123.50	$123.50	$1,278	+13.50
1106	1106	7	125.00	$125.00	$1,382	+7.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–340	320	9	160.00–162.00	$160.94	$515	—
385–398	392	10	151.00–153.00	$151.98	$596	-4.32
405–448	421	78	145.00–151.00	$147.37	$620	-2.51
466–490	485	33	132.00–140.00	$136.09	$660	-4.14
504–548	533	148	134.00–140.00	$136.66	$728	-1.48
589–598	594	44	128.00–133.00	$130.28	$774	-3.32
609–640	617	30	125.00–130.00	$128.00	$790	-2.61
661–687	678	29	123.50–128.00	$125.12	$848	-2.38
730–743	737	22	120.00–126.00	$123.56	$911	+1.56
820–823	822	4	120.00–123.00	$122.25	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347–348	347	15	142.50–149.00	$147.70	$513	—
528	528	5	129.00	$129.00	$681	-1.00
633	633	20	118.50	$118.50	$750	-3.25

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
534	534	16	136.00	$136.00	$726	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	12	126.00	$126.00	$646	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	4	136.00	$136.00	$646	—
575	575	2	131.00	$131.00	$753	-2.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
704	704	4	119.00	$119.00	$838	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–390	371	9	165.00–171.00	$168.90	$627	—
499	499	8	145.00	$145.00	$724	—
682	682	3	119.00	$119.00	$812	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	9	175.00	$175.00	$686	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1268–1440	1332	80-85%	36	66.00–76.00	$72.77	$969	+14.89
1038–1815	1435	80-85%	183	42.00–54.50	$46.21	$663	—
1120–1640	1440	80-85%	91	54.00–64.00	$60.39	$870	—
1558–1755	1610	80-85%	16	29.00–41.50	$39.42	$635	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1250	986	85-90%	23	22.00–37.00	$32.82	$324	—
830–1495	1143	85-90%	111	43.00–53.00	$46.89	$536	+7.71
845–1476	1194	85-90%	35	32.00–48.00	$40.02	$478	+12.06

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320	1320	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$818	—
1227–1879	1634	75-80%	83	55.00–65.00	$61.82	$1,010	—
1425–1915	1751	75-80%	32	44.00–54.00	$47.54	$832	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–2095	1682	17	68.00–77.50	$74.58	$1,254	+0.34
1375–2275	1889	4	85.50–88.00	$86.60	$1,636	—
1545–2630	1907	21	77.00–86.00	$81.98	$1,563	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
802–1470	1159	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	596	45.00–60.00	$54.73	$634

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
992–1170	1083	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	92.00–97.50	$94.47	$1,023
790–1254	1124	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	67	67.50–82.00	$72.46	$814
1059–1567	1337	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	116	53.00–64.50	$58.78	$786
1200–1540	1384	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	47.00–52.00	$49.93	$691

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
929–1103	1035	(<2 yrs)	Open	54	70.00–75.00	$73.07	$756

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
813–1122	989	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	65.00–66.00	$65.84	$651

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
897	897	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	86.50	$86.50	$776

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
983–1260	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	69	1,300.00–1,450.00	$1,357.04
1050–1109	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	810.00–875.00	$821.66
1061–1270	1171	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	16	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,157.37
1158–1218	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	36	860.00–960.00	$886.22
1122–1306	1198	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	75	550.00–650.00	$595.66
1121–1430	1223	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	54	725.00–860.00	$780.39
1200–1384	1249	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	72	660.00–775.00	$707.06
1272	1272	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1168–1710	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	127	950.00–1,400.00	$1,077.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	975.00	$975.00
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,385.00	$1,385.00
1136–1223	1158	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	725.00–835.00	$805.95
1038–1650	1288	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	139	510.00–835.00	$694.14
1103–1610	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	98	775.00–960.00	$849.35
1187–1850	1382	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	46	925.00–1,285.00	$1,105.56
1398	1398	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1088–1460	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	775.00–810.00	$804.37

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1190	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	750.00–775.00	$760.97

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
963	963	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	1,075.00	$1,075.00
948–1159	980	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	1,175.00–1,350.00	$1,239.79
1087–1302	1212	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	97	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,569.42

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1148–1323	1236	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	1,775.00–2,000.00	$1,924.97
1257–1375	1304	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	1,700.00–1,900.00	$1,837.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
847–980	924	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	825.00–1,000.00	$948.97
953–994	976	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	1,250.00–1,260.00	$1,253.53

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1228	1228	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1590	1590	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.