Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 15, 2021

2,786 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.89/cwt +6.53 vs last sale · ≈ $924/hd at 670 lb · 105 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $149.01/cwt +6.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,012/hd at 679 lb · 101 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $144.65/cwt +6.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,050/hd at 726 lb · 100 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,786	7,391	4,440
Feeder cattle	1,216	5,323	4,103
Slaughter cattle	426	876	206
Replacement cattle	1,144	1,192	131

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: La Junta Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 550 lbs traded mostly sharply higher on a light test, 550-650 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, and over 650 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded unevenly steady, 600-650 lbs 5.00 lower, and over 650 lbs 6.00 higher. In the slaughter cow and bull supply, average dressing Breakers traded 2.00 lower, average dressing Boners 1.00 lower, average dressing Leans 3.00 higher, and average dressing bulls 1.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, March 1, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	9	212.00	$212.00	$731	+15.00
408–437	419	28	187.00–193.00	$189.55	$794	+4.23
460–473	465	25	183.00–197.50	$192.44	$895	+12.41
500–537	520	40	161.00–185.00	$182.33	$948	+9.82
550	550	5	156.00	$156.00	$858	-3.86
615 fancy	615	33	163.00	$163.00	$1,002	—
621–643	627	11	146.00–147.00	$146.28	$917	-4.28
654–681	679	101	147.00–150.00	$149.01	$1,012	+6.72
710–747	726	100	141.00–146.25	$144.65	$1,050	+7.32
774–781	775	77	132.50–140.10	$139.40	$1,080	+6.05
816 fancy	816	44	142.75	$142.75	$1,165	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–345	331	11	191.00	$191.00	$632	-7.58
377	377	6	181.00	$181.00	$682	-13.00
444	444	6	181.00	$181.00	$804	+5.91
493	493	4	179.00	$179.00	$882	+7.32
635	635	3	142.00	$142.00	$902	-0.43
653–699	684	21	130.00–135.50	$133.75	$915	-2.27
761	761	4	123.00	$123.00	$936	-7.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
827	827	3	110.00	$110.00	$910	—
896	896	5	123.00	$123.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–348	340	6	191.00–195.00	$192.95	$656	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	4	131.00	$131.00	$1,022	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	6	161.00	$161.00	$625	-7.50
416–431	418	25	154.00–155.00	$154.84	$647	-1.98
489	489	17	152.00	$152.00	$743	-1.39
509–528	516	57	145.00–150.00	$146.97	$758	+1.76
555–585	574	24	134.00–141.00	$136.18	$782	-1.25
611–615	611	66	128.50–138.00	$129.22	$790	-5.38
659–690	670	105	136.00–139.00	$137.89	$924	+6.53
748–749	749	48	135.00–136.00	$135.12	$1,012	+5.57
790	790	4	105.00	$105.00	$830	-19.59

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–418	410	12	151.00–156.00	$152.99	$627	-5.01
473	473	3	144.00	$144.00	$681	-1.00
500	500	2	141.00	$141.00	$705	-1.39
566	566	12	129.00	$129.00	$730	-3.75
600–622	609	17	124.00–130.00	$125.40	$764	-7.60
655	655	2	120.00	$120.00	$786	-4.25
669	669	8	125.50	$125.50	$840	+1.25
720	720	4	123.50	$123.50	$889	+2.54

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–490	488	6	121.00	$121.00	$590	—
594	594	6	112.00	$112.00	$665	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	11	121.00	$121.00	$647	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	4	143.00	$143.00	$516	—
441	441	5	146.00	$146.00	$644	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	2	121.00	$121.00	$793	—
950	950	2	106.00	$106.00	$1,007	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255	1255	80-85%	1	73.00	$73.00	$916	—
995–1740	1382	80-85%	156	62.00–71.00	$65.19	$901	—
1005–1740	1486	80-85%	31	50.00–61.50	$59.00	$877	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$620	—
758–1350	972	85-90%	8	25.00–53.00	$42.96	$418	-7.81
930–1295	1086	85-90%	53	55.00–68.00	$62.27	$676	+2.70
855–1495	1118	85-90%	10	41.00–60.00	$51.31	$574	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1553	1553	75-80%	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,149	+3.20
1293–1850	1625	75-80%	46	63.00–74.50	$67.27	$1,093	—
1438–1846	1761	75-80%	14	61.00–66.00	$61.73	$1,087	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	1	95.00	$95.00	$874	—
1405–2330	1939	17	85.00–99.00	$93.62	$1,815	—
1685–2695	2026	4	83.00–91.50	$89.19	$1,807	—
2015–2415	2275	3	101.50–102.00	$101.82	$2,316	—

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Stock Cows

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1170	973	(<2 yrs)	Open	36	80.00–86.00	$82.01	$798

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
970–1495	1232	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	66.00–73.00	$69.35	$854
1070–1480	1258	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	88.00–101.50	$93.49	$1,176

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955–1305	1119	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	105.00–112.50	$107.21	$1,200
950–1325	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	71.00–81.00	$72.25	$827
1135–1470	1259	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	63.00–69.00	$66.71	$840

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
706	706	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	38.50	$38.50	$272

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–983	904	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	61.00–67.50	$63.34	$573

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
958	958	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	79.00	$79.00	$757

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1109	1109	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	775.00	$775.00
1000–1534	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	1,225.00–1,375.00	$1,289.86
1078–1401	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	85	950.00–1,135.00	$1,046.98
1145–1402	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	73	800.00–985.00	$875.52
1122–1364	1297	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	44	1,175.00–1,310.00	$1,244.64
1471–1500	1490	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	1,010.00–1,110.00	$1,070.99
1393–1576	1508	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,101.83

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
961–1212	1040	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,329.19

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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
950–1325	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,311.53	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
1155–1340	1259	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	21	1,000.00–1,160.00	$1,058.37	—

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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.