Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 31, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	713	2,963	1,019
Feeder cattle	227	1,487	272
Slaughter cattle	454	788	472
Replacement cattle	32	688	275

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 1 Colorado auction market included: Livestock Exchange. Due to a lack of comparable trades, no market trend available. The next available report will be Monday, June 14, 2021.

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Feeder Heifers

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	8	127.00	$127.00	$617	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
636	636	4	137.00	$137.00	$871	+3.89
703	703	2	137.00	$137.00	$963	+11.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
928	928	5	87.00	$87.00	$807	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1560	1332	80-85%	3	75.00–79.00	$77.31	$1,030	—
1140–1631	1375	80-85%	75	65.50–76.00	$71.01	$976	+1.74
1205–1695	1450	80-85%	93	63.00–72.50	$65.02	$943	—
1225–1745	1485	80-85%	50	55.00–62.50	$60.18	$894	—
1520–1545	1535	80-85%	3	31.00–45.00	$39.38	$604	-4.67

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	85-90%	1	77.00	$77.00	$839	+4.51
945–1400	1120	85-90%	23	62.00–72.00	$67.52	$756	+6.41
805–1530	1148	85-90%	10	31.00–43.00	$36.71	$421	-29.14
985–1380	1163	85-90%	74	58.00–68.00	$61.55	$716	—
805–1447	1173	85-90%	24	45.00–57.00	$52.22	$613	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1575–2045	1746	75-80%	35	65.50–76.50	$69.11	$1,207	—
1733–1935	1827	75-80%	8	60.50–64.50	$63.97	$1,169	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–2215	1544	22	76.00–87.50	$84.44	$1,304	—
1610–2520	1969	21	90.00–98.00	$93.10	$1,833	—
2010–2165	2088	2	100.00	$100.00	$2,088	+2.66

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1352–1462	1408	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,225.96

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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
1308–1620	1354	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	1,300.00–1,375.00	$1,363.34	+400.24
1440	1440	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,360.00	$1,360.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
843	843	2	85.00	$85.00	$717	—
856–888	867	25	85.00–85.50	$85.42	$741	+2.92
935	935	1	85.50	$85.50	$799	+2.50
993	993	12	86.50	$86.50	$859	+1.43
1003	1003	6	87.50	$87.50	$878	+2.64
1053–1094	1076	21	85.50–86.50	$86.10	$926	+2.10
1115–1138	1135	11	86.00–87.00	$86.55	$982	+2.30
1173–1190	1179	4	75.00–85.50	$82.62	$974	-2.38
1207	1207	3	84.50	$84.50	$1,020	-0.38
1280	1280	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,062	-1.00
1300	1300	6	78.50	$78.50	$1,020	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
738–744	742	7	71.00	$71.00	$527	—
800–848	832	3	79.00–81.50	$80.70	$671	+9.70

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
692	692	5	67.00	$67.00	$464	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
677	677	5	50.00	$50.00	$338	—

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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.