Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 26, 2021

2,893 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.05/cwt +17.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,059/hd at 756 lb · 61 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $159.90/cwt -21.15 vs last sale · ≈ $823/hd at 514 lb · 50 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.87/cwt -6.85 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 469 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,893	4,639	2,209
Feeder cattle	1,498	3,032	1,069
Slaughter cattle	853	903	761
Replacement cattle	542	704	379

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. The light test of feeder steers under 750 lbs traded with weak undertone, while steers weighing over 750 lbs traded firm. Feeder heifers traded steady to 5.00 lower, though lightly tested. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. The next available report will be Monday, May 10, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404–447	430	34	175.00–180.00	$176.38	$758	-6.44
456–496	473	30	162.00–179.00	$171.37	$811	-7.67
504 fancy	504	15	166.00	$166.00	$837	—
501–548	519	35	152.00–164.00	$157.29	$816	-19.54
550–596	589	19	150.00–152.00	$150.30	$885	-24.47
673	673	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,036	-8.00
717	717	7	141.00	$141.00	$1,011	-8.32
753–787	780	15	138.00–140.00	$138.39	$1,079	+4.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–438	431	25	170.00–171.00	$170.27	$734	-6.62
458	458	2	167.00	$167.00	$765	-4.58
534	534	6	155.00	$155.00	$828	-17.22
563–595	586	14	146.00–159.00	$153.49	$899	+0.34
611	611	8	148.00	$148.00	$904	-2.00
653–670	665	18	135.00–148.00	$141.01	$938	+0.01

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	4	161.00	$161.00	$630	—
408–430	422	33	158.00–168.00	$161.83	$683	+0.75
455–490	469	42	151.00–157.00	$154.87	$726	-6.07
521–544	528	30	149.00–157.00	$151.38	$799	-2.51
554–575	571	19	140.00–145.00	$141.02	$805	-3.36
601–620	613	12	136.00–141.00	$136.75	$838	-0.94
651–677	661	27	126.00–127.00	$126.38	$835	-6.83
705–732	724	20	123.00–125.00	$123.52	$894	-2.48
752	752	44	147.00	$147.00	$1,105	—
768	768	17	121.00–123.00	$122.06	$937	-0.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379–391	384	17	153.00–155.00	$154.16	$592	-6.84
469–495	482	23	140.00–152.00	$145.62	$702	—
524–538	527	11	138.00–144.00	$139.11	$733	—
571–583	576	42	126.00–137.00	$130.34	$751	-2.97

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	1	88.00	$88.00	$933	—
1130	1130	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,006	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
534	534	6	141.00	$141.00	$753	—
713	713	13	125.00	$125.00	$891	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	385.00	$385.00	+135.43
160–195	180	3	350.00–425.00	$399.31	+41.54
225	225	1	410.00	$410.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1275	1270	80-85%	2	69.00–70.00	$69.50	$883	—
980–1870	1329	80-85%	106	61.50–72.00	$65.88	$876	—
1103–1655	1386	80-85%	85	64.00–75.00	$68.76	$953	—
993–1825	1420	80-85%	125	52.00–65.00	$59.88	$850	—
1430–1800	1615	80-85%	2	38.50–49.00	$44.35	$716	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
748–1160	957	85-90%	16	32.50–52.00	$44.67	$427	-4.81
835–1405	1052	85-90%	50	48.00–59.00	$55.40	$583	—
920–1315	1117	85-90%	34	58.00–71.00	$63.58	$710	—
895–1525	1165	85-90%	60	58.00–67.50	$60.86	$709	+0.46

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490	1490	75-80%	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,043	—
1233–2080	1588	75-80%	74	65.00–77.00	$68.77	$1,092	—
1280–1835	1607	75-80%	44	58.00–65.50	$61.46	$988	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1215	1210	2	81.00–86.00	$83.49	$1,010	+1.49
1355–2220	1626	19	76.00–88.50	$82.61	$1,343	—
1405–2215	1861	30	86.00–97.50	$91.86	$1,710	-1.21
1675–2360	2048	13	95.00–108.00	$98.80	$2,023	+1.62

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
975–1343	1216	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	46	61.00–69.00	$64.02	$778
1030–1510	1236	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	63	61.00–67.50	$66.44	$821

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1223	1075	(<2 yrs)	Open	22	90.00–105.00	$96.54	$1,038
865–1495	1181	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	72.00–87.50	$79.93	$944

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
858–1478	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	910.00–975.00	$966.72
1105–1388	1176	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	810.00–910.00	$839.51
1332–1362	1347	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	910.00–975.00	$942.14

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1156	1156	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1417	1417	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	775.00	$775.00
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	860.00	$860.00
1355–1400	1387	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	975.00	$975.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
936–1016	963	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,016.20

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
968–1180	992	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	975.00–1,035.00	$982.93

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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
1150–1315	1217	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	1,010.00–1,110.00	$1,038.98	—
1100–1425	1232	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	48	1,450.00–1,575.00	$1,522.70	—
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	1,735.00	$1,735.00	—
1275	1275	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	1,310.00	$1,310.00	—
1180–1350	1293	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	1,610.00–1,650.00	$1,614.76	—
1426	1426	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1472–1732	1559	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,600.00–1,950.00	$1,820.36	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1223–1513	1357	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,260.34	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–1190	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,375.00–1,400.00	$1,392.50	—
1095–1110	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00–1,025.00	$1,008.48	—
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
973	973	2	88.00	$88.00	$856	—
1003–1028	1015	10	88.00–89.00	$88.50	$898	—
1098	1098	14	89.00	$89.00	$977	—
1160–1198	1190	5	89.00–91.00	$90.61	$1,078	—
1210	1210	1	89.50	$89.50	$1,083	—
1269–1290	1273	5	88.50–89.00	$88.90	$1,132	—
1305–1320	1315	3	87.50–89.00	$88.50	$1,164	—
1413–1422	1420	11	84.50–89.00	$85.31	$1,211	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
852	852	5	88.00	$88.00	$750	—
1353	1353	2	81.50	$81.50	$1,103	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	6	60.00	$60.00	$696	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–1100	972	(<2 yrs)	Open	84	1,800.00–1,900.00	$1,844.95	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1285	1285	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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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.