Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 22, 2021

1,926 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.25/cwt +1.25 vs last sale · ≈ $888/hd at 576 lb · 36 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $118.10/cwt ≈ $1,088/hd at 921 lb · 35 head

light 8-weight M 1 steers $119.00/cwt ≈ $1,002/hd at 842 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,926	3,304	4,972
Feeder cattle	882	2,088	4,021
Slaughter cattle	635	373	914
Replacement cattle	409	843	37

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auctions included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate for feeder cattle. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded for an accurate trend. Trade activity and demand moderate to good on slaughter cows and bulls. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, bulls 5.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, April 5, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	2	201.00	$201.00	$609	—
421–440	427	12	181.00–191.00	$184.43	$788	+3.43
480	480	2	174.00	$174.00	$835	-16.00
568–583	581	15	163.00–164.00	$163.87	$952	-9.63
613–648	627	13	140.00–155.00	$148.58	$932	-18.60
664–684	674	14	141.00	$141.00	$950	—
721–744	734	12	128.00–137.00	$133.32	$979	-1.83
800	800	4	126.00	$126.00	$1,008	-3.92
917–924	921	35	117.50–119.00	$118.10	$1,088	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	5	193.00	$193.00	$643	+8.00
373	373	3	181.00	$181.00	$675	±0.00
444	444	7	180.00	$180.00	$799	-2.00
470–478	475	18	171.00–176.00	$172.65	$820	+0.46
510–530	519	17	159.00–167.50	$164.13	$852	+3.64
568–583	576	36	151.00–157.50	$154.25	$888	+1.25
608–640	624	16	141.00–145.00	$143.20	$894	-6.06
668	668	5	140.00	$140.00	$935	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
743	743	29	119.50	$119.50	$888	—
842	842	33	119.00	$119.00	$1,002	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
697	697	3	131.00	$131.00	$913	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389–396	394	12	166.00–180.00	$170.61	$672	—
460–474	466	10	153.00–155.00	$153.81	$717	-2.47
529–535	532	7	146.00–153.00	$149.02	$793	+4.17
552–589	575	26	140.00–149.00	$143.91	$827	+2.97
607–644	627	32	131.00–136.00	$133.61	$838	-5.14
661–680	675	16	129.00–133.00	$130.51	$881	-1.49
700–721	717	21	120.00–126.00	$124.86	$895	-2.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	173.00	$173.00	$550	+18.00
538–543	540	9	131.00–135.00	$133.66	$722	—
570–582	577	5	132.00–136.00	$133.58	$771	—
786	786	5	118.00	$118.00	$927	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
933–1753	1353	80-85%	184	60.00–70.00	$63.79	$863	—
1385	1385	80-85%	1	76.50	$76.50	$1,060	—
1495–1505	1500	80-85%	2	32.00–35.00	$33.51	$503	—
995–2090	1548	80-85%	27	51.00–61.00	$58.34	$903	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1165	1107	85-90%	3	64.00–68.50	$66.75	$739	+10.32
855–1705	1165	85-90%	18	17.50–48.00	$34.52	$402	—
875–1530	1219	85-90%	147	54.00–64.00	$59.26	$722	—
915–1790	1274	85-90%	23	39.50–56.00	$47.95	$611	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1965	1627	75-80%	27	64.00–73.00	$66.62	$1,084	—
1225–1804	1645	75-80%	27	60.50–63.50	$61.48	$1,011	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–1080	935	3	52.50–77.50	$69.15	$647	—
1005–1380	1235	14	77.50–87.50	$82.42	$1,018	—
1175–1970	1548	8	77.00–84.00	$80.94	$1,253	—
1011–2410	1593	45	84.00–95.00	$89.08	$1,419	—
1043–2355	1815	12	95.00–106.00	$99.40	$1,804	+15.40

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995–1343	1154	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	102	59.00–66.00	$62.97	$727
1215–1325	1248	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	86.00–108.00	$97.94	$1,222
1275–1445	1343	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	61.00–67.00	$66.00	$886

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1175	974	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	97.00–115.00	$104.68	$1,020
1000–1290	1196	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	34	65.00–74.00	$69.13	$827
1240–1635	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	64.00–69.50	$66.83	$969

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1220	1067	(<2 yrs)	Open	34	79.00–85.00	$82.33	$878
1050–1575	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	60.00–84.00	$74.03	$903
1126–1768	1501	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	21	58.00–67.00	$62.67	$941

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–1120	956	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	68.50–92.50	$79.82	$763
1105–1570	1378	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	60.50–68.50	$64.96	$895

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1059–1340	1109	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	85.50–90.00	$87.94	$975
1360	1360	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,156

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
573–1065	718	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	60.00–74.00	$66.11	$475

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1025	965	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	59.00–65.00	$62.08	$599

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1158–1406	1307	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1468	1468	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1470	1470	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

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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
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1078–1341	1198	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,410.00–1,600.00	$1,503.29	—
1248	1248	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	+424.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1315	1315	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1019	1019	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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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.