Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 8, 2021

9,886 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $162.40/cwt +1.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,010/hd at 622 lb · 634 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.22/cwt +7.29 vs last sale · ≈ $817/hd at 523 lb · 557 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $172.59/cwt +3.79 vs last sale · ≈ $980/hd at 568 lb · 483 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,886	10,259	8,233
Feeder cattle	8,161	9,259	6,787
Slaughter cattle	596	604	930
Replacement cattle	1,129	396	516

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compare to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 450 lbs traded sharply higher on a light test, 450-700 lbs steady to 4.00 higher, and over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs traded mostly steady to 4.00 higher, 500-600 lbs 7.00 higher, and over 600 lbs unevenly steady. In the slaughter cows and bulls supply, average dressing traded 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Stock cows traded 2.00 lower on a light test. The next available report will be Monday, March 22, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
231	231	32	222.00	$222.00	$513	—
375–396	383	29	215.00–217.50	$215.98	$827	+15.47
400–431	423	138	202.50–209.50	$206.19	$872	+15.03
474 fancy	474	60	199.00	$199.00	$943	—
450–496	477	110	175.00–193.00	$188.48	$899	-0.44
515–520 fancy	519	122	190.00–194.00	$191.04	$991	—
500–544	522	307	173.00–187.00	$181.29	$946	+0.01
550–594	568	483	163.00–178.00	$172.59	$980	+3.79
616 thin fleshed	616	85	168.50	$168.50	$1,038	—
602–647	623	549	150.00–165.25	$161.45	$1,006	+0.85
660–685	673	309	143.00–152.25	$147.25	$991	±0.00
705–721 thin fleshed	708	103	142.00–143.00	$142.19	$1,007	—
707–733	718	168	135.00–137.50	$136.33	$979	-1.20
755–790	779	162	133.75–137.50	$135.53	$1,056	-0.06
806–848	827	205	123.00–132.25	$130.40	$1,078	-1.89
853–890	864	109	125.00–129.50	$127.81	$1,104	-2.01
908	908	18	121.00	$121.00	$1,099	-2.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–367	356	47	186.00–193.00	$189.48	$675	+1.26
433	433	14	173.00	$173.00	$749	-9.36
482–493	484	9	171.00	$171.00	$828	-4.34
500–541	518	9	156.00–161.00	$158.32	$820	-11.80
592	592	18	153.00	$153.00	$906	-4.30
605–638	634	84	146.00–150.00	$146.28	$927	-2.04
650–684	664	43	138.50–141.50	$139.80	$928	+1.21

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	62	173.00	$173.00	$931	—
582–585	584	83	160.00–164.00	$161.73	$945	—
619	619	12	150.00	$150.00	$928	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	25	125.00	$125.00	$1,006	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–394	386	55	167.00–177.50	$175.95	$679	+12.88
400–444	429	66	164.00–171.00	$166.50	$714	+3.57
450–497	475	241	154.00–164.00	$158.77	$754	+0.20
513 fancy	513	43	162.50	$162.50	$834	—
501–547	524	514	146.00–159.00	$155.70	$816	+6.77
556–598	574	280	136.00–157.00	$150.54	$864	+7.34
613–646	629	417	132.00–143.50	$137.18	$863	-0.47
614–637 fancy	629	30	145.00–146.50	$145.49	$915	+3.99
669 fancy	669	22	141.00	$141.00	$943	—
650–689	670	303	131.00–139.00	$133.63	$895	-1.06
700–747	723	262	126.00–131.75	$128.82	$931	+1.00
753–797	778	248	123.00–128.25	$126.55	$985	+1.86
808–838	827	11	120.00–121.00	$120.36	$995	-1.43

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	35	152.00	$152.00	$696	—
564–585	573	91	140.50–143.00	$141.57	$811	+4.57

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–396	383	21	150.00–159.00	$154.43	$591	-4.51
576–588	579	95	141.00–143.00	$142.59	$826	+8.84

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1540	1467	3	83.00–95.00	$89.93	$1,319	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	11	145.00	$145.00	$761	-8.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1720	1283	80-85%	81	39.50–60.00	$53.80	$690	—
1008–1756	1349	80-85%	151	53.00–66.00	$57.46	$775	—
1585	1585	80-85%	1	67.00	$67.00	$1,062	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698–1109	878	85-90%	23	31.00–43.00	$37.68	$331	—
830–1455	1067	85-90%	63	32.00–54.00	$45.36	$484	—
905–1505	1161	85-90%	72	49.00–57.00	$53.49	$621	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–2040	1614	75-80%	44	58.00–69.00	$64.84	$1,047	—
1235–1845	1632	75-80%	59	48.50–62.00	$56.95	$929	—
1655	1655	75-80%	1	71.50	$71.50	$1,183	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045	1045	1	89.00	$89.00	$930	—
1140–2495	1640	19	70.00–82.00	$76.92	$1,261	—
1965–2130	2047	3	88.00–108.50	$95.08	$1,946	—
1615–2475	2072	28	82.00–95.00	$84.59	$1,753	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1255	1040	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	101.50–111.00	$108.87	$1,132
1015–1400	1143	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	72.00–83.00	$75.86	$867
1030–1455	1202	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	55	53.00–60.50	$57.55	$692
1110–1655	1378	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	115	60.00–69.00	$65.26	$899

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1680	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	92	48.00–61.00	$55.07	$628

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
953–1414	1093	(<2 yrs)	Open	46	84.00–87.50	$85.69	$937

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–980	788	(<2 yrs)	Open	22	71.00–79.00	$75.70	$597

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
947–1120	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	59.50–68.00	$61.72	$601

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1270	1270	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	63.00	$63.00	$800

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1187	1187	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1057–1450	1233	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	750.00–885.00	$809.50
1063–1395	1293	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	88	835.00–1,410.00	$1,338.68
1304	1304	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	785.00	$785.00
1307–1319	1313	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	1,285.00–1,300.00	$1,292.47
1321	1321	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1054–1593	1367	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	161	660.00–1,150.00	$991.82

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1394	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	950.00–985.00	$973.56
1066–1234	1159	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	685.00–710.00	$699.78
1211	1211	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1228–1270	1252	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	760.00–825.00	$787.32
1123–1330	1255	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	1,235.00–1,260.00	$1,245.41
1172–1392	1319	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	925.00–1,085.00	$1,033.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1108–1577	1254	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	54	685.00–875.00	$848.40
1290–1614	1460	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,117.68

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
923–1090	995	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,210.00–1,400.00	$1,320.79

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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
975–1300	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,250.00–1,375.00	$1,339.53	—
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,585.00	$1,585.00	—
1200–1375	1282	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,125.00–1,260.00	$1,198.54	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1243–1332	1296	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,135.00–1,250.00	$1,179.11	—

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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.