Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 29, 2021

7,218 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.33/cwt +10.31 vs last sale · ≈ $815/hd at 512 lb · 361 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.69/cwt +13.08 vs last sale · ≈ $906/hd at 618 lb · 280 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.50/cwt +7.64 vs last sale · ≈ $953/hd at 719 lb · 280 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,218	1,926	4,972
Feeder cattle	6,098	882	4,021
Slaughter cattle	672	635	914
Replacement cattle	448	409	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 to good. Feeder cattle trade was too thin last week for an accurate trend, but sharply higher undertones were noted. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. The next available report will be Monday, April 12, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–348	322	54	215.00–220.00	$216.79	$698	+15.79
351–390	369	76	211.00–218.00	$214.91	$793	—
350–388 fancy	370	19	221.00–223.00	$221.86	$821	—
413–418 thin fleshed	415	30	213.00–215.00	$214.33	$889	—
408–444	428	37	201.00–207.00	$203.70	$872	+19.27
456–489	474	201	189.00–208.00	$201.31	$954	+27.31
500–545	526	126	180.00–198.00	$192.80	$1,014	—
527–533 thin fleshed	530	47	200.00–204.00	$202.12	$1,071	—
558–582	572	150	185.00–193.00	$189.26	$1,083	+25.39
570–588 thin fleshed	586	44	196.00	$196.00	$1,149	—
603 fancy	603	46	190.00	$190.00	$1,146	—
600–647	621	97	152.00–177.00	$173.27	$1,076	+24.69
653 thin fleshed	653	52	169.00	$169.00	$1,104	—
703 thin fleshed	703	28	158.00	$158.00	$1,111	—
700–728	706	49	146.00–148.00	$147.62	$1,042	+14.30
750–792	755	185	134.00–140.00	$137.54	$1,038	—
788 thin fleshed	788	21	148.00	$148.00	$1,166	—
808–818	811	15	131.00–133.00	$131.93	$1,070	+5.93
853–889	869	135	123.00–130.50	$128.87	$1,120	—
936–947	941	35	123.50–126.00	$124.07	$1,167	+5.97
975	975	13	123.50	$123.50	$1,204	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–443	437	4	173.00–177.00	$175.03	$765	-4.97
475–497	489	68	178.00–193.00	$188.51	$922	+15.86
500–534	519	16	184.00–187.00	$185.74	$964	+21.61
633	633	16	163.00	$163.00	$1,032	+19.80
759–778	771	45	131.00–132.00	$131.35	$1,013	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
694	694	16	144.00	$144.00	$999	—
789	789	35	133.49	$133.49	$1,053	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567	567	18	182.00	$182.00	$1,032	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	14	152.00	$152.00	$670	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
589	589	7	136.00	$136.00	$801	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–395	370	84	161.00–181.00	$178.82	$662	+8.21
410 fancy	410	10	172.00	$172.00	$705	—
406–443	433	125	168.00–171.00	$169.06	$732	—
455–490 fancy	478	126	171.00–176.00	$174.26	$833	—
459–496	483	79	151.00–170.00	$163.30	$789	+9.49
502 thin fleshed	502	8	171.00	$171.00	$858	—
502–533	512	353	154.00–162.00	$159.07	$814	+10.05
555–592	574	235	144.00–159.00	$152.66	$876	+8.75
614 fancy	614	81	152.51	$152.51	$936	—
600–636	619	199	135.00–151.00	$144.32	$893	+10.71
653–694	663	188	136.00–144.00	$139.98	$928	+9.47
716	716	62	138.50	$138.50	$992	+13.64
700–746	720	218	126.00–133.75	$130.80	$942	+5.94
756–795	763	17	120.00–129.00	$127.34	$972	—
800–846	818	101	124.00–130.50	$126.89	$1,038	—
900–930	917	26	115.50–120.00	$117.37	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–370	356	13	155.00–160.00	$156.59	$557	—
418–434	428	87	157.00–163.00	$160.05	$685	—
458	458	16	160.00	$160.00	$733	—
530	530	34	151.00	$151.00	$800	+17.34
556–592	585	64	134.00–149.00	$145.19	$849	+11.61
604–608	606	16	141.00	$141.00	$854	—
671–673	672	16	128.00–131.00	$129.88	$873	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
609	609	52	140.00	$140.00	$853	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	10	151.00	$151.00	$664	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80–95	88	2	175.00–225.00	$202.14	—
100–120	111	5	175.00–350.00	$299.37	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
663	663	6	136.00	$136.00	$902	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105–135	118	4	285.00–400.00	$356.22	—
155	155	1	360.00	$360.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1708	1380	80-85%	140	60.00–69.50	$63.31	$874	-13.19
1019–1707	1442	80-85%	75	41.00–63.00	$57.97	$836	—
1510–1530	1517	80-85%	3	22.50–31.00	$25.49	$387	-8.02

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
688–1190	907	85-90%	30	42.00–58.00	$48.80	$443	—
693–1285	939	85-90%	21	22.50–48.00	$35.65	$335	—
955–1190	1100	85-90%	13	64.00–67.50	$65.57	$721	-1.18
845–1390	1142	85-90%	117	53.00–63.50	$59.62	$681	-7.13

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1620	1475	75-80%	16	70.00–72.00	$70.23	$1,036	—
1280–1835	1520	75-80%	30	63.50–70.00	$67.34	$1,024	—
1728–1872	1805	75-80%	55	46.00–61.50	$58.59	$1,058	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–2220	1631	28	76.00–86.00	$80.41	$1,311	—
1135–2110	1887	10	90.00–106.00	$97.13	$1,833	—
1495–2225	1904	26	82.00–97.50	$89.20	$1,698	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860–1085	989	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	100.00–112.50	$104.79	$1,036
930–1465	1169	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	70.00–82.50	$73.84	$863
1035–1694	1387	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	61	61.00–69.50	$66.86	$927

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
841–1320	1040	(<2 yrs)	Open	82	80.00–87.50	$85.85	$893

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
787–1360	824	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	70.00–79.00	$74.52	$614

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–985	840	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	116.00–127.50	$120.76	$1,014
905–1185	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	87.50–97.50	$95.28	$1,037

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1050	968	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	62.00–69.00	$65.80	$637

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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
1109–1169	1141	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	32	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,145.57	-404.43
1258–1340	1287	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,300.00–1,325.00	$1,307.44	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000–1154	1094	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	900.00–1,000.00	$964.46	—
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1735	1735	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,336	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1175	1143	(<2 yrs)	Open	29	2,300.00–2,400.00	$2,347.96	—
1100–1225	1173	(<2 yrs)	Open	121	2,100.00–2,300.00	$2,200.17	—

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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.