Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

4,639 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.38/cwt -1.04 vs last sale · ≈ $813/hd at 563 lb · 165 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $181.05/cwt +3.27 vs last sale · ≈ $947/hd at 523 lb · 150 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.72/cwt +5.27 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 461 lb · 136 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,639	4,099	4,918
Feeder cattle	3,032	1,856	3,131
Slaughter cattle	903	880	684
Replacement cattle	704	1,363	1,103

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 steers under 500 lbs too thinly tested for an accurate trend, but lower undertones noted. Trade mixed on steers 500-800 lbs. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs traded unevenly steady, and heifers over 550 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. The next available report will be Monday, May 3, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–345	335	25	194.00–196.00	$194.77	$652	-21.23
353–396	373	47	190.00–195.00	$192.97	$720	-11.38
411–424	416	14	181.00–186.00	$182.82	$761	—
450–490	455	99	177.00–181.00	$179.04	$815	—
502–540 thin fleshed	519	62	186.00–191.00	$187.04	$971	—
503–546	526	88	162.00–183.00	$176.83	$930	-0.95
550–597	574	103	169.00–180.00	$174.77	$1,003	+8.30
600–625	613	132	158.00–169.00	$163.88	$1,005	-1.49
657	657	8	162.00	$162.00	$1,064	—
717–720	720	58	148.00–149.50	$149.32	$1,075	+9.32
766–789	778	43	133.00–134.00	$133.53	$1,039	-6.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–444	435	52	174.00–181.00	$176.89	$769	—
456–495	476	40	158.00–176.00	$171.58	$817	-10.04
503–542	526	22	171.00–173.00	$172.22	$906	+4.42
559–591	586	27	151.00–153.50	$153.15	$897	-8.53
607	607	9	150.00	$150.00	$910	-5.54
679–680	680	27	141.00	$141.00	$959	-7.00
831–832	831	9	121.50–125.00	$122.67	$1,019	-8.33

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
559	559	28	161.00	$161.00	$900	—
637	637	33	147.00	$147.00	$936	—
676	676	9	142.00	$142.00	$960	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
792	792	6	117.50	$117.50	$931	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–443	415	51	159.00–166.00	$161.08	$668	-3.11
436 fancy	436	7	171.00	$171.00	$746	—
453–458 fancy	455	15	168.00	$168.00	$764	—
450–485	462	121	153.00–167.00	$160.94	$744	+4.49
502–535	524	50	151.00–158.00	$153.89	$806	+1.24
550–589	563	165	140.00–151.00	$144.38	$813	-1.04
620–621	621	56	137.50–141.00	$137.69	$855	—
689–690	689	30	131.00–134.49	$133.21	$918	-1.05
694	694	39	155.50	$155.50	$1,079	+21.24
716–727	719	33	124.00–128.00	$126.90	$912	-1.10
721	721	7	126.00	$126.00	$908	-2.00
781–796	790	12	122.00–122.50	$122.29	$966	-2.21
822	822	8	128.00	$128.00	$1,052	-7.00
850	850	15	120.00	$120.00	$1,020	-0.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	4	162.00	$162.00	$552	—
396–397	397	19	161.00	$161.00	$639	+3.01
403–437	426	22	153.00–156.00	$155.10	$661	+4.58
561–577	571	49	130.00–138.00	$133.31	$761	-4.46
602–649	620	61	127.50–133.00	$130.46	$809	-9.85
655–682	678	12	130.00–133.00	$130.48	$885	—
716–741	726	30	121.00–124.50	$122.36	$888	—
756	756	7	119.50	$119.50	$903	—
765	765	10	118.00	$118.00	$903	—
856	856	10	118.00	$118.00	$1,010	—
947	947	6	118.00	$118.00	$1,117	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–140	119	5	125.00–335.00	$244.58	-133.88
150–175	161	5	225.00–350.00	$287.08	-122.36
225	225	1	385.00	$385.00	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
704	704	10	118.00	$118.00	$831	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	11	183.00	$183.00	$701	—
480	480	15	161.00	$161.00	$773	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80–95	88	2	160.00–325.00	$249.57	—
100–145	124	6	160.00–350.00	$280.87	—
160–175	165	4	275.00–450.00	$357.77	-92.51

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
702	702	6	131.00	$131.00	$920	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1660	1470	80-85%	2	36.00–44.50	$40.80	$600	—
1090–1748	1480	80-85%	147	62.00–73.50	$64.80	$959	—
1040–1790	1489	80-85%	103	55.00–65.00	$60.36	$899	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1140	966	85-90%	8	46.00–52.00	$49.48	$478	—
975	975	85-90%	1	71.50	$71.50	$697	—
736–1795	999	85-90%	94	43.00–59.00	$51.80	$517	—
890–1490	1152	85-90%	113	56.00–66.50	$60.40	$696	-1.59

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–2020	1550	75-80%	93	64.50–76.50	$69.35	$1,075	+1.04
1292–1950	1657	75-80%	51	61.00–65.50	$62.50	$1,036	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1330	1174	7	85.00–100.00	$90.40	$1,061	—
1230	1230	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,009	—
1260–2410	1746	39	74.50–89.50	$83.33	$1,455	—
1510–2230	1866	28	86.00–98.50	$93.07	$1,737	—
1775–2400	2047	19	94.00–109.00	$97.18	$1,989	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1188	1038	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	102.50–110.00	$107.33	$1,114
1035–1635	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	187	62.00–73.50	$68.09	$940
850–1643	1381	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	73.50–82.50	$75.23	$1,039

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1315	1103	(<2 yrs)	Open	116	85.00–92.00	$90.58	$999

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1375	1008	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	32	48.75–61.00	$54.35	$548
885–1345	1178	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	41	58.00–65.00	$62.28	$734
1115–1305	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	87.50–98.00	$92.68	$1,135

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
950	950	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	61.00	$61.00	$580

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–1120	1038	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	95.00–97.50	$96.23	$999

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	82.50	$82.50	$656

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1451	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	950.00–1,000.00	$977.99
995–1388	1264	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	1,075.00–1,375.00	$1,231.82

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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
975–1050	1046	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	985.00–1,060.00	$989.11	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,075.00	$1,075.00	+150.00
1000–1250	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,275.00–1,325.00	$1,293.75	+368.75

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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.