Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 24, 2021

2,963 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $191.79/cwt +17.33 vs last sale · ≈ $892/hd at 465 lb · 91 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $177.09/cwt +16.21 vs last sale · ≈ $985/hd at 556 lb · 91 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.11/cwt -2.89 vs last sale · ≈ $813/hd at 611 lb · 64 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,963	2,921	2,149
Feeder cattle	1,487	1,242	869
Slaughter cattle	788	1,099	687
Replacement cattle	688	580	593

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to Monday: 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 450-600 lbs traded sharply higher on a light test. Feeder heifers too thinly traded for an accurate trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. The next available report will be Monday, June 7, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–484	465	91	186.00–194.00	$191.79	$892	+17.33
503–538	529	53	180.00–189.00	$186.08	$984	+13.35
550–567	556	91	170.50–181.00	$177.09	$985	+16.21
600	600	5	163.00	$163.00	$978	—
669	669	9	150.00	$150.00	$1,004	+2.07
725–726	726	10	138.00–140.00	$138.60	$1,006	-1.40
852–884	872	8	125.50–128.00	$126.42	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	4	170.00	$170.00	$748	+3.24
464–486	472	29	167.00–171.00	$169.58	$800	+4.58
501–537	506	24	160.00–167.00	$166.07	$840	+11.04
573	573	14	166.50	$166.50	$954	+10.50
644	644	6	143.00	$143.00	$921	-4.04
786	786	6	121.00	$121.00	$951	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	7	169.00	$169.00	$666	—
436	436	12	149.00	$149.00	$650	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404–428	415	14	151.00–156.00	$154.03	$639	—
453–486	470	51	149.00–158.00	$152.38	$716	—
501–543	518	62	144.00–150.00	$146.80	$760	—
564–582	578	25	142.50–147.00	$143.38	$829	+6.94
600–639	611	64	131.50–138.00	$133.11	$813	-2.89
660	660	6	143.00	$143.00	$944	+9.76
729	729	5	126.00	$126.00	$919	-6.00
757–791	773	42	120.00–129.00	$124.69	$964	+1.19
1095–1098	1096	7	103.00–107.00	$104.71	$1,148	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	7	143.00	$143.00	$473	—
395	395	14	151.00	$151.00	$596	+1.00
454–488	465	16	143.50–146.00	$144.34	$671	-0.66
525–548	537	39	137.00–144.00	$138.30	$743	+2.03
550–560	555	11	141.00–142.00	$141.46	$785	—
626–638	633	13	130.00–135.00	$132.29	$837	+10.96
680–688	686	8	121.00–127.00	$125.51	$861	—
720	720	12	116.00	$116.00	$835	—
1018	1018	5	101.00	$101.00	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–120	115	4	235.00–250.00	$238.28	—
150–178	159	11	275.00–350.00	$296.95	+22.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
791	791	11	112.00	$112.00	$886	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
143	143	2	400.00	$400.00	—
155–170	161	7	300.00–400.00	$332.11	-52.89
203–233	214	11	385.00–435.00	$418.05	+51.85

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1064	1064	7	109.50	$109.50	$1,165	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1353	1292	80-85%	4	76.00–81.00	$78.38	$1,013	+13.35
1193–1665	1380	80-85%	147	65.00–74.00	$69.27	$956	+1.52
1126–1712	1392	80-85%	132	62.00–71.00	$64.85	$903	+6.25
1030–1705	1408	80-85%	96	50.00–64.00	$58.35	$822	—
1305–1710	1507	80-85%	13	40.00–48.50	$44.05	$664	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1240	1017	85-90%	9	35.00–52.00	$43.59	$443	—
985–1180	1090	85-90%	11	70.00–76.00	$72.49	$790	+1.12
870–1300	1129	85-90%	68	59.00–67.50	$61.11	$690	-0.67
850–1430	1131	85-90%	55	48.00–58.50	$54.66	$618	-7.12
905–1215	1141	85-90%	19	62.00–69.00	$65.85	$751	+4.07

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1990	1604	75-80%	47	64.00–76.50	$69.12	$1,109	—
1465–1885	1617	75-80%	7	70.00–81.00	$73.68	$1,191	—
1350–1980	1655	75-80%	25	51.00–64.00	$60.22	$997	-10.78

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1053–1330	1223	23	87.00–96.00	$89.48	$1,094	—
1050–1360	1225	8	60.00–84.00	$72.60	$889	—
1330–2735	1820	34	70.00–87.50	$82.79	$1,507	—
1450–2485	2027	33	87.00–96.00	$90.94	$1,843	-6.68
2088–2100	2092	3	96.00–100.00	$97.34	$2,036	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
898–1413	1181	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	129	56.00–67.00	$64.26	$759

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1350	1138	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	77.00–88.00	$81.08	$923

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1290	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	735.00	$735.00
1260–1531	1398	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	900.00–975.00	$930.88
1155–1454	1406	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	810.00–960.00	$912.70

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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
1100–1150	1121	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	1,550.00–1,575.00	$1,564.01	+502.44
1075–1500	1393	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	33	1,210.00–1,310.00	$1,259.40	—
1400–1475	1433	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	1,700.00–1,775.00	$1,741.22	—
1450–1500	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	40	1,385.00–1,400.00	$1,395.39	+170.39
1450–1580	1520	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	36	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,215.05	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1106–1275	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	950.00–1,010.00	$991.35	—
1155–1530	1354	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	925.00–1,025.00	$963.10	—
1300–1770	1476	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,150.00–1,310.00	$1,234.71	-260.68
1350–1695	1495	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,372.53	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1315	1241	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,224.17	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	4	70.00	$70.00	$263	—
875	875	5	82.50	$82.50	$722	—
910–935	923	2	83.00	$83.00	$766	—
977–998	988	7	84.50–85.50	$85.07	$840	+1.47
1007–1037	1028	21	83.00–86.00	$84.86	$872	+1.51
1060–1080	1070	2	83.50–84.50	$84.00	$899	+0.41
1123–1148	1136	4	84.00–84.50	$84.25	$957	+0.92
1184	1184	4	85.00	$85.00	$1,006	+1.34
1210–1240	1229	17	82.50–85.50	$84.88	$1,043	+1.55
1265	1265	2	84.00	$84.00	$1,063	+0.67
1411	1411	4	84.00	$84.00	$1,185	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	7	67.50	$67.50	$234	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	75.00	$75.00	$514	—
825	825	1	71.00	$71.00	$586	-8.00
900	900	1	77.00	$77.00	$693	-0.60
1340	1340	1	70.00	$70.00	$938	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
728	728	4	52.50	$52.50	$382	—

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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.