Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 25, 2021

6,077 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.82/cwt +7.56 vs last sale · ≈ $852/hd at 623 lb · 392 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $141.90/cwt +3.28 vs last sale · ≈ $949/hd at 669 lb · 242 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $151.71/cwt +1.49 vs last sale · ≈ $936/hd at 617 lb · 201 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,077	16,098	8,572
Feeder cattle	3,567	13,459	6,928
Slaughter cattle	469	603	348
Replacement cattle	2,041	2,036	1,296

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: La Junta Livestock, Winter Livestock, Sterling Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 450 lbs traded 6.00 to 11.00 lower on a light test, 450-850 lbs trade mixed from 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher, and no comparable trades over 850 lbs. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs traded mostly 2.00 to 11.00 lower, 550-800 lbs mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher, and no comparable trades over 800 lbs. In the slaughter cow and bull supply, average dressing Breakers 3.00 higher, average dressing Boners 4.00 higher, average dressing Leans 4.00 higher, and average dressing Bulls 7.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, February 8, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	23	209.00	$209.00	$694	-6.23
391	391	28	192.00	$192.00	$751	-11.10
404	404	11	184.00	$184.00	$743	-8.78
407 thin fleshed	407	24	193.00	$193.00	$786	—
450–455 thin fleshed	452	9	186.50–187.00	$186.72	$844	+5.85
476–487	482	20	173.00–183.00	$177.94	$858	+0.46
509–544	525	178	160.00–171.50	$167.93	$882	-1.96
550–579	562	110	154.00–165.00	$160.05	$899	+1.33
614 fancy	614	68	158.50	$158.50	$973	—
603–631	618	133	145.50–152.00	$148.24	$916	-1.98
650–695	669	242	133.50–146.50	$141.90	$949	+10.40
704–747	716	139	131.00–142.00	$137.47	$984	+1.55
750–797	777	82	130.00–134.00	$131.87	$1,025	-0.48
800–805	804	38	134.00–135.00	$134.71	$1,083	+3.74
967	967	6	132.00	$132.00	$1,276	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–346	339	9	196.00	$196.00	$664	-2.00
381–391	389	21	186.00–198.00	$194.01	$755	+5.58
410–446	433	46	178.00–187.50	$180.95	$784	+0.25
478–481	480	14	171.00–173.00	$171.85	$825	-3.70
529	529	9	153.50	$153.50	$812	-3.53
573–596	583	14	138.00–145.50	$141.29	$824	-7.65
676–689	680	25	124.00–127.00	$124.85	$849	-13.56

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	10	164.00	$164.00	$646	-1.79
400–423	413	18	150.00–151.00	$150.43	$621	-7.29
453–498	478	101	145.00–152.00	$148.58	$710	-2.17
502–547	525	130	134.00–144.00	$136.65	$717	-10.90
550–583	570	100	132.50–140.00	$137.81	$786	+2.35
606–610 fancy	607	107	143.50–146.00	$145.37	$882	—
602–646	629	285	127.00–139.00	$133.61	$840	+4.38
650–698	671	162	126.00–136.50	$132.78	$891	+5.86
706–739	722	147	127.00–130.50	$130.05	$939	+2.87
755	755	32	123.00	$123.00	$929	-2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	5	162.50	$162.50	$564	-2.28
402–421	412	10	151.00–152.00	$151.51	$624	-0.26
482	482	7	147.00	$147.00	$709	+3.41
504–545	537	61	130.50–141.50	$134.34	$721	-1.51
550	550	7	129.00	$129.00	$710	—
600–621	616	27	126.00–128.00	$127.16	$783	-2.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	5	129.00	$129.00	$543	-17.05
535	535	8	121.00	$121.00	$647	-6.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	8	130.00	$130.00	$642	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140	1140	80-85%	1	61.00	$61.00	$695	—
970–1720	1347	80-85%	22	41.00–55.00	$50.18	$676	—
1005–1680	1405	80-85%	231	53.00–64.00	$57.39	$806	+8.59

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1195	978	85-90%	6	27.50–42.00	$39.38	$385	—
830–1370	1025	85-90%	14	32.00–47.00	$40.92	$419	—
720–1282	1071	85-90%	60	46.00–55.50	$52.00	$557	+12.35
995–1180	1130	85-90%	19	56.00–60.50	$57.36	$648	+9.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435	1435	75-80%	1	69.00	$69.00	$990	—
1320–1955	1706	75-80%	55	56.00–66.00	$59.39	$1,013	—
1338–2005	1712	75-80%	10	50.00–55.50	$53.68	$919	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–2775	1802	16	75.00–79.00	$78.14	$1,408	—
1365–2090	1825	15	80.00–89.50	$87.66	$1,600	—
1815–2495	2124	7	88.00–90.50	$89.27	$1,896	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–2305	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	57	45.00–60.00	$52.05	$605

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
804–1393	1073	(<2 yrs)	Open	55	70.00–79.50	$77.83	$835

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1042–1210	1104	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	99.00–108.00	$103.70	$1,145
995–1320	1149	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	67.00–75.00	$72.38	$832
1060–1480	1314	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	56.00–64.00	$59.58	$783

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880–1129	1046	(<2 yrs)	Open	27	80.00–83.00	$80.84	$846

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
702	702	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	38.00	$38.00	$267

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
857–1235	934	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	90.50–94.00	$91.42	$854

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
703–710	704	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	61.00–62.50	$62.20	$438

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1465	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	58.00	$58.00	$850

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
961–1098	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	34	810.00–850.00	$824.86
948–1443	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,035.14
1152–1213 thin fleshed	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	59	625.00–685.00	$670.34
1157–1362	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	1,250.00–1,385.00	$1,314.78
1230–1450	1317	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	201	725.00–885.00	$771.29
1158–1515	1349	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	44	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,047.14
1336–1372	1354	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,012.33
1177–1498	1383	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	810.00–925.00	$850.64
1376–1430	1394	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,425.00–1,475.00	$1,442.10
1293–1512	1431	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	700.00–850.00	$804.11
1533	1533	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1247–1860	1546	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	925.00–1,060.00	$1,021.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1073–1293	1161	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,046.84
1152–1507	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,110.00–1,175.00	$1,145.50
1078–1517	1336	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	950.00–975.00	$966.70
1158–1595	1436	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	700.00–900.00	$809.87
1348–1501	1457	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	775.00–885.00	$858.76
1495	1495	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	650.00	$650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1078–1306	1128	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	173	1,225.00–1,550.00	$1,394.46

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
906–1040	959	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	89	1,300.00–1,425.00	$1,371.32
1147–1295	1207	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	64	1,650.00–1,900.00	$1,739.10

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–988	983	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	850.00–925.00	$908.64
945–1192	1105	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	52	950.00–1,125.00	$1,060.12

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
868–1032	977	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	900.00–925.00	$904.93

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1200	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,210.00–1,275.00	$1,222.50	±0.00
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	900.00	$900.00	±0.00
1352–1403	1362	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	1,225.00–1,300.00	$1,284.55	—
1511–1629	1594	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,425.00–1,525.00	$1,470.90	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	12	61.00	$61.00	$286	—
537	537	5	61.00	$61.00	$328	—

Large 3-4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
262–289	274	9	110.00–140.00	$124.06	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571	571	6	61.00	$61.00	$348	—

Large 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
273	273	4	50.00	$50.00	-11.00

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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.