Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 22, 2021

3,704 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.04/cwt +3.86 vs last sale · ≈ $801/hd at 572 lb · 180 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.19/cwt +6.97 vs last sale · ≈ $853/hd at 626 lb · 140 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $150.16/cwt -8.66 vs last sale · ≈ $942/hd at 627 lb · 138 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,704	2,786	4,726
Feeder cattle	2,433	1,216	2,129
Slaughter cattle	533	426	217
Replacement cattle	738	1,144	2,380

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers across all weight classes traded mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower with instances of sharply lower on 450-550 lb steers. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher, 450-550 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower, 550-650 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, and over 650 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower on a light test. In the slaughter cow and bull supply, average dressing Breakers traded 3.00 lower, and average dressing Boners, Leans, and Bulls were 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Stock cows returning to feed traded 9.00 to 11.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, March 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
314	314	5	194.00	$194.00	$609	-18.00
369–370	369	33	188.00–199.00	$194.63	$718	—
400–448	434	36	181.00–191.00	$185.84	$807	-3.71
450–498	476	53	172.00–183.00	$179.18	$853	-13.26
511–529 fancy	525	55	180.00	$180.00	$945	—
500–542	530	31	166.00–177.00	$172.54	$914	-9.79
565 fancy	565	16	177.00	$177.00	$1,000	—
554–587	578	78	156.00–164.00	$161.72	$935	+5.72
600–644	627	138	142.00–166.00	$150.16	$942	+3.88
652–693	669	138	136.00–148.00	$143.29	$959	-5.72
728 fancy	728	37	143.50	$143.50	$1,045	—
714–736	729	65	136.00–138.00	$136.55	$995	-8.10
774–791	785	27	132.50–133.00	$132.66	$1,041	-6.74
803–832	813	85	130.50–132.50	$131.58	$1,070	—
863	863	10	126.50	$126.50	$1,092	—
939	939	7	124.50	$124.50	$1,169	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	182.00	$182.00	$724	+1.00
435	435	2	162.00	$162.00	$705	-19.00
455–489	472	14	171.00	$171.00	$807	-8.00
553–590	573	9	140.00–147.00	$143.00	$819	—
707–743	733	18	132.50–133.00	$132.87	$974	—
788	788	19	128.00	$128.00	$1,009	+5.00
944	944	7	105.00	$105.00	$991	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	7	169.00	$169.00	$674	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–389	375	11	160.00–166.00	$162.60	$610	+1.60
408–441	426	53	152.00–167.00	$156.53	$667	+1.69
450–495	476	97	144.00–158.00	$150.84	$718	-1.16
498 fancy	498	6	161.00	$161.00	$802	—
504 fancy	504	8	155.00	$155.00	$781	—
503–538	525	43	136.00–146.00	$140.30	$737	-6.67
553–596	572	180	134.00–145.00	$140.04	$801	+3.86
600–644	626	140	130.00–139.25	$136.19	$853	+6.97
650–685	666	61	129.00–133.00	$131.75	$877	-6.14
700–744	712	60	126.50–129.50	$127.87	$910	—
785	785	11	121.00	$121.00	$950	+16.00
805	805	23	123.00	$123.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443–446	446	13	149.00–155.00	$149.92	$669	—
452	452	3	153.00	$153.00	$692	+9.00
503–538	526	9	136.00–140.00	$137.27	$722	-3.73
593	593	3	132.00	$132.00	$783	+3.00
638	638	8	126.50	$126.50	$807	+1.10
685–690	688	9	126.00	$126.00	$867	+0.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	5	136.00	$136.00	$608	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1745	1372	80-85%	90	56.00–67.50	$59.46	$816	-5.73
1085–1740	1435	80-85%	130	44.00–63.00	$54.05	$776	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1390	1026	85-90%	40	39.00–57.00	$46.35	$476	—
945–1289	1132	85-90%	81	50.50–61.00	$54.41	$616	+3.10

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1630	1473	75-80%	2	69.00	$69.00	$1,016	—
1255–1830	1479	75-80%	65	60.50–70.00	$64.87	$959	—
1286–1925	1697	75-80%	31	50.00–63.50	$56.43	$958	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	1	77.00	$77.00	$970	—
1375–2450	1714	31	70.00–82.00	$77.32	$1,325	—
1625–2400	1980	12	83.00–93.50	$87.13	$1,725	—
1845–2225	2035	2	91.00–99.00	$94.63	$1,926	+5.44
2705	2705	1	61.00	$61.00	$1,650	—

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Stock Cows

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1318	1068	(<2 yrs)	Open	150	82.00–87.00	$85.42	$912

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895	895	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,029
1180–1570	1219	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	68.00–71.00	$69.69	$850
1070–1445	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	55.00–57.50	$56.12	$727
1030–1610	1324	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	71	58.00–66.50	$62.37	$826

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
960–1185	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	82.50–86.00	$84.43	$906
1005–1415	1131	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	58	51.00–63.50	$58.92	$666
1170	1170	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	122.50	$122.50	$1,433

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
833–1305	937	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	70.00–79.00	$75.87	$711

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
713	713	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	34.00	$34.00	$242

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1415	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,150.00–1,285.00	$1,233.39
1408–1410	1409	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,235.00–1,300.00	$1,256.69
1123–1725	1415	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	73	710.00–935.00	$889.75
1375–1530	1423	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	760.00–800.00	$776.79
1408–1438	1431	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	900.00–1,025.00	$994.24
1228–2030	1446	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	42	935.00–1,300.00	$1,148.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1090	1063	Young (2-4 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	9	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1081–1187	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	1,600.00–1,625.00	$1,620.98
1235–1480	1326	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,075.09
1293–1409	1371	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	700.00–750.00	$735.20
1253–1525	1403	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	675.00–975.00	$758.95
1498	1498	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1178–1305	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	825.00–1,000.00	$885.58
1210–1355	1274	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	600.00–700.00	$662.61
1279–1381	1324	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	700.00	$700.00

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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
1177–1235	1192	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00–1,450.00	$1,411.13	—
1150–1285	1218	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00–1,775.00	$1,715.97	—
1259–1818	1367	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,175.00–1,475.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250–1470	1323	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,124.06	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1326–1508	1399	22	71.00–82.50	$76.48	$1,070	—

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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.