Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 4, 2021

14,132 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $154.76/cwt +4.00 vs last sale · ≈ $960/hd at 621 lb · 563 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $141.52/cwt +1.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,031/hd at 728 lb · 547 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.74/cwt +6.87 vs last sale · ≈ $830/hd at 569 lb · 517 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	14,132	10,536
Feeder cattle	10,947	6,881
Slaughter cattle	774	1,066
Replacement cattle	2,411	2,589

Market comments — USDA reporter

Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock Auction, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Livestock Exchange, and Sterling Livestock. Centennial Livestock hosted their monthly dairy auction. Livestock Exhange hosted their 1st of 3 stock show specials. Sterling Livestock hosted their 1st of 3 stock show specials. No comparison available as this is the first published report in three weeks. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. The next available report will be Monday, January 18, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–344	340	23	205.00–221.00	$213.55	$726	+2.17
359 thin fleshed	359	6	220.00	$220.00	$790	—
369–395	377	65	203.00–215.00	$210.11	$792	+3.61
418 thin fleshed	418	13	201.00	$201.00	$840	+10.22
402–444	431	141	182.00–202.00	$193.42	$834	+8.62
450–495	466	244	177.00–195.00	$185.38	$864	+9.36
468 fancy	468	10	189.00	$189.00	$885	—
519 thin fleshed	519	8	186.00	$186.00	$965	+5.00
505–539	528	410	159.00–186.00	$178.07	$940	+11.94
528–541 unweaned	535	15	162.00–162.50	$162.23	$868	—
552 thin fleshed	552	6	167.50	$167.50	$925	+1.22
550–598	569	336	149.00–177.50	$164.89	$938	+7.97
600–647	620	485	137.00–167.00	$156.38	$970	+4.11
607–649 unweaned	624	78	142.00–146.50	$144.72	$903	+5.37
650–693	667	466	136.00–155.00	$146.41	$977	+1.62
658–683 unweaned	677	46	134.50–138.00	$136.62	$925	+3.70
722 thin fleshed	722	50	145.75	$145.75	$1,052	—
700–745	729	497	133.00–149.25	$141.09	$1,029	+0.36
755 fancy	755	50	146.50	$146.50	$1,106	—
751–793	765	233	129.00–143.00	$135.19	$1,034	-1.39
802–844	823	364	121.00–140.50	$133.60	$1,100	-0.63
842 fancy	842	16	145.00	$145.00	$1,221	—
869–891	884	142	123.00–130.00	$127.78	$1,130	-2.57
919–931	924	104	124.50–129.50	$127.81	$1,181	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–433	422	23	183.00–189.00	$187.74	$792	—
458–497	485	65	167.00–183.00	$172.87	$838	+9.82
500–549	543	86	149.00–173.00	$165.93	$901	+16.80
546 unweaned	546	9	164.00	$164.00	$895	+22.00
553–598	578	66	158.00–163.00	$160.61	$928	+14.99
606–648	627	140	145.00–155.00	$152.13	$954	+8.68
655–690	679	48	139.00–146.00	$143.03	$971	+4.63
682–686	684	16	128.50–131.00	$129.75	$887	-8.65
708–723	713	31	126.00–138.00	$133.68	$953	—
723	723	18	128.00	$128.00	$925	—
752–799	784	49	125.50–135.00	$129.94	$1,019	—
827–828	827	15	125.00–126.00	$125.67	$1,039	—
891	891	19	125.25	$125.25	$1,116	-2.68

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	46	132.00	$132.00	$904	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595 unweaned	595	18	147.00	$147.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
956	956	5	109.00	$109.00	$1,042	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–328	326	18	163.00–166.00	$164.51	$536	-5.09
367 fancy	367	9	182.50	$182.50	$670	—
353–394	380	119	156.00–169.00	$163.89	$623	-2.73
429–434 thin fleshed	432	16	166.50–167.00	$166.75	$720	—
400–449	433	166	155.00–173.00	$160.04	$693	+4.21
456 fancy	456	9	157.00	$157.00	$716	-4.50
450–492	474	263	146.00–165.00	$155.10	$735	+7.49
500–544	517	418	146.00–157.00	$151.85	$785	+7.31
539 unweaned	539	7	128.00	$128.00	$690	—
550 thin fleshed	550	18	150.50	$150.50	$828	—
563 fancy	563	8	150.00	$150.00	$844	—
550–595	570	491	137.00–155.00	$145.50	$829	+6.37
604 fancy	604	13	144.00	$144.00	$870	-1.00
604–649	622	414	129.00–143.50	$136.58	$850	+5.15
636 unweaned	636	10	127.50	$127.50	$811	+0.63
638	638	2	130.00	$130.00	$829	-1.43
662–676 unweaned	673	37	116.00–126.50	$121.12	$815	-1.88
650–697	679	383	124.50–140.00	$130.60	$887	+0.13
681	681	16	117.50	$117.50	$800	-12.97
704–746	722	186	122.00–131.00	$128.14	$925	+4.80
752–783	762	209	121.00–131.00	$127.48	$971	+6.91
768	768	6	112.50	$112.50	$864	-8.07
805 fancy	805	37	125.50	$125.50	$1,010	—
806–841	817	132	120.00–130.75	$125.91	$1,029	—
825 unweaned	825	12	118.00	$118.00	$974	—
871	871	10	115.50	$115.50	$1,006	—
906	906	5	108.00	$108.00	$978	-25.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–374	365	13	151.00–156.00	$152.97	$558	+0.99
405–448	421	27	150.00–154.00	$151.93	$640	+4.56
450–499	492	72	142.00–154.00	$149.00	$733	+12.91
501–543	519	79	132.00–150.00	$141.32	$733	+4.66
554–597	582	189	130.00–142.00	$136.50	$794	+6.22
604–638	629	88	122.00–133.75	$130.01	$818	+2.01
648	648	18	127.50	$127.50	$826	-0.50
664–698	676	28	119.00–127.00	$125.84	$851	+0.72
692	692	14	121.00	$121.00	$837	-4.12
712–729	721	60	117.00–126.00	$121.20	$874	-2.36
774–795	784	13	120.50–122.00	$121.20	$950	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577–586	584	65	125.00–136.00	$133.32	$779	+2.32

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
644	644	32	128.50	$128.50	$828	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	13	120.00	$120.00	$646	—
583	583	8	110.00	$110.00	$641	—
768	768	4	85.00	$85.00	$653	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
902	902	5	100.00	$100.00	$902	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536	536	4	123.00	$123.00	$659	-6.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623	623	25	131.00	$131.00	$816	—
661	661	13	124.00	$124.00	$820	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	10	166.00	$166.00	$674	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1630	1104	85-90%	23	24.00–43.00	$32.95	$364	—
844–1460	1175	85-90%	124	42.00–52.00	$45.35	$533	+5.33
825–1545	1183	85-90%	133	30.00–46.00	$39.57	$468	-0.45

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1670	1342	80-85%	100	51.00–60.00	$54.72	$734	-18.05
1100–1785	1457	80-85%	144	40.50–52.00	$44.80	$653	—
1225–1668	1502	80-85%	20	31.00–39.50	$36.16	$543	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455	1455	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$873	—
1330–2020	1637	75-80%	51	53.00–62.50	$57.27	$938	-4.55
1485–2198	1754	75-80%	49	42.00–53.00	$45.27	$794	-2.27
1760–1855	1808	75-80%	2	38.50–39.50	$39.01	$705	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1325	1270	2	61.00–65.50	$63.35	$805	—
1300–2370	1832	26	66.50–78.00	$74.30	$1,361	—
1510–2295	1892	30	77.50–84.50	$80.72	$1,527	-5.88
1845–2565	2012	6	85.00–87.50	$85.95	$1,729	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1925	1227	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	418	46.00–58.00	$52.37	$643

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
957–1045	978	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	101.50–104.00	$102.38	$1,001
881–1295	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	78	64.00–77.50	$71.21	$730
1209–1458	1302	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	40	47.50–51.50	$49.70	$647
1166–1573	1376	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	148	52.00–60.50	$55.06	$758

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
876–1315	1034	(<2 yrs)	Open	87	70.00–73.00	$72.27	$747

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625–1370	957	(<2 yrs)	Open	62	55.00–69.50	$66.70	$638

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
728–808	768	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	34.00–38.00	$36.10	$277

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–925	915	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	81.00–87.50	$82.24	$752
978	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	60.00	$60.00	$587

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995–1055	1027	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	95.50–97.50	$96.11	$987

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–1020	937	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,010.00–1,060.00	$1,042.99
1079–1357	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,400.00–1,460.00	$1,431.61
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	675.00	$675.00
1248–1304	1271	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,525.00–1,550.00	$1,535.56
1123–1459	1305	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	120	1,135.00–1,310.00	$1,202.82
1109–1548	1337	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	169	725.00–850.00	$793.69
1427 fancy	1427	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1450 fancy	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	1,510.00	$1,510.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1093–1112	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,275.00–1,375.00	$1,297.40
1043–1575	1184	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	775.00–860.00	$822.68
1166–1402	1287	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	600.00–725.00	$685.31
1335	1335	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1368–1473	1394	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	775.00–860.00	$797.45
1275–1627	1414	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	910.00–1,000.00	$963.95

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960–1265	1117	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	217	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,384.99

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
882	882	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
884	884	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	1,085.00	$1,085.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1200	1133	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,100.00–1,125.00	$1,108.82	—
1100–1200	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,400.00–1,450.00	$1,414.10	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279	279	4	139.00	$139.00	$388	—
335	335	5	148.00	$148.00	$496	—
455	455	15	150.50	$150.50	$685	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
584	584	8	72.00	$72.00	$420	—
623	623	2	80.00	$80.00	$498	—
680	680	1	75.00	$75.00	$510	—
791	791	8	80.00	$80.00	$633	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	61.00	$61.00	$229	—
434	434	15	34.00	$34.00	$148	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	419	4	69.00–70.00	$69.27	$290	—
465	465	3	69.00	$69.00	$321	—
860	860	1	64.00	$64.00	$550	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	7	134.00	$134.00	$586	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264–285	267	68	125.00–134.00	$128.33	$343	—
325–339	336	70	119.00–128.00	$120.71	$406	—
351–380	369	45	113.00–120.00	$115.09	$425	—
402–433	421	87	106.00–109.00	$107.22	$451	—
450	450	3	97.00	$97.00	$436	—
535	535	12	90.00	$90.00	$482	—
543 value added	543	8	138.00	$138.00	$749	—
571	571	14	90.00	$90.00	$514	—
604–626	616	40	85.00–94.00	$90.56	$558	—
689	689	7	85.00	$85.00	$586	—
700	700	3	86.00	$86.00	$602	—
785	785	1	77.00	$77.00	$604	—
811	811	5	70.00	$70.00	$568	—
983	983	2	83.00	$83.00	$816	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	9	162.00	$162.00	$481	—
324–346	335	12	157.00–166.00	$162.49	$544	—
400–433	432	58	161.00–169.50	$169.36	$732	—
462	462	16	153.00	$153.00	$707	—
586	586	4	132.00	$132.00	$774	—
682–699	690	9	110.50–122.50	$117.09	$808	—
809	809	13	119.75	$119.75	$969	—
863–895	891	16	111.50–123.25	$121.83	$1,086	—
967	967	3	92.50	$92.50	$894	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–297	288	5	109.00–110.00	$109.38	$315	—
321	321	5	116.00	$116.00	$372	—
373	373	6	97.00	$97.00	$362	—
380–399	392	22	100.00–105.00	$102.88	$403	—
443	443	4	97.00	$97.00	$430	—
472–477	476	12	84.00–92.00	$85.98	$409	—
508–545	520	60	82.00–88.00	$85.89	$447	—
578–596	583	23	85.00–86.50	$86.10	$502	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	14	151.00	$151.00	$669	—
490	490	1	133.00	$133.00	$652	—
623	623	4	105.00	$105.00	$654	—
670	670	3	93.50	$93.50	$626	—
816	816	9	95.50	$95.50	$779	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	2	90.00	$90.00	$286	—
383	383	2	91.00	$91.00	$349	—
423	423	2	82.00	$82.00	$347	—

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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.