Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 7, 2021

2,554 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $116.46/cwt ≈ $1,088/hd at 934 lb · 172 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.00/cwt ≈ $866/hd at 614 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,554	713	2,891
Feeder cattle	1,926	227	1,311
Slaughter cattle	586	454	644
Replacement cattle	42	32	936

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auctions included: Centennial Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Due to light receipts on feeder cattle, no trend available. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, June 21, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	6	147.00	$147.00	$904	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
255	255	1	425.00	$425.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–935	927	108	114.50–115.50	$115.10	$1,067	—
946	946	64	118.75	$118.75	$1,123	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	8	146.00	$146.00	$800	—
614	614	15	141.00	$141.00	$866	—
686	686	5	136.00	$136.00	$933	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	1	92.00	$92.00	$897	—
1100–1119	1106	12	80.00	$80.00	$885	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	5	130.00	$130.00	$796	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105	105	2	175.00–200.00	$187.50	—
175	175	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	1	76.00	$76.00	$707	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
190	190	1	385.00	$385.00	—
205	205	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1703	1384	80-85%	23	69.00–78.00	$72.05	$997	+1.04
1165–1890	1431	80-85%	158	66.00–73.50	$70.70	$1,012	—
1315–1555	1445	80-85%	20	74.00–79.50	$75.45	$1,090	—
1215–1763	1515	80-85%	42	61.00–65.00	$63.20	$957	+23.82

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1340	1127	85-90%	3	31.00–42.50	$37.25	$420	-30.27
940–1400	1162	85-90%	47	60.00–73.00	$66.51	$773	+4.96
1118–1435	1197	85-90%	11	71.00–80.00	$74.39	$890	+22.17
840–1565	1268	85-90%	40	46.00–57.50	$54.99	$697	—
985–1825	1270	85-90%	119	58.00–69.00	$64.24	$816	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570	1570	75-80%	1	66.00	$66.00	$1,036	—
1480–2050	1778	75-80%	20	68.00–76.00	$71.98	$1,280	—
2020	2020	75-80%	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,616	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1370	1172	10	77.50–96.00	$84.53	$991	—
1488–2255	1887	29	90.00–100.00	$95.70	$1,806	—
1350–2565	1920	17	76.00–89.00	$83.83	$1,610	—
1805–2540	2118	12	102.00–109.00	$105.68	$2,238	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1288	1288	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1200–1425	1313	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,065.71

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1418	1418	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	975.00	$975.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1920	1920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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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
1125–1290	1249	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,460.00	$1,401.44	—
1398	1398	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,485.00	$1,485.00	—
1270–1595	1433	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	-135.00
1352–1576	1480	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,300.00–1,425.00	$1,376.06	—
1535	1535	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1696	1696	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1662	1662	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1510	1510	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	14	87.00	$87.00	$280	—
362	362	42	89.00	$89.00	$322	—
401	401	10	90.00	$90.00	$361	—
570	570	47	80.50	$80.50	$459	—
626	626	8	87.50	$87.50	$548	—
715–723	722	12	72.00–74.00	$72.16	$521	+1.16
940	940	1	84.00	$84.00	$790	—
980	980	1	86.00	$86.00	$843	—
1000–1040	1019	14	72.00–85.00	$79.50	$810	—
1060–1099	1078	9	85.00–86.00	$85.55	$922	—
1100–1135	1119	5	77.00–83.50	$79.09	$885	—
1155–1191	1184	16	73.00–77.00	$74.61	$883	—
1200–1223	1220	9	72.00–73.00	$72.50	$884	—
1269	1269	4	76.00	$76.00	$964	—
1345	1345	1	72.00	$72.00	$968	—
1355–1390	1365	6	75.00	$75.00	$1,024	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253	253	6	146.00	$146.00	$369	—
331–346	339	16	131.00–148.00	$139.69	$474	—
379	379	24	127.00	$127.00	$481	—
395 fancy	395	15	162.00	$162.00	$640	—
432	432	6	138.00	$138.00	$596	—
489	489	18	122.50	$122.50	$599	—
621	621	7	117.50	$117.50	$730	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	5	88.00	$88.00	$322	—
463–473	468	64	69.00–79.00	$78.68	$368	—
630	630	2	65.00	$65.00	$410	—
750	750	1	71.00	$71.00	$532	—
910	910	2	79.00	$79.00	$719	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1118–1145	1125	5	87.00–87.50	$87.20	$981	+0.65
1205	1205	5	86.00	$86.00	$1,036	+1.50
1255–1293	1283	13	80.50–86.50	$84.10	$1,079	+1.10
1365–1398	1390	4	81.00–85.00	$84.02	$1,168	—
1403	1403	4	78.00	$78.00	$1,094	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	60.00	$60.00	$235	—
735	735	1	61.00	$61.00	$448	—
790	790	1	63.00	$63.00	$498	—
970	970	1	65.00	$65.00	$630	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	6	107.50	$107.50	$393	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	14	127.00	$127.00	$248	—
224	224	24	123.00	$123.00	$276	—
259–278	263	21	125.00–127.00	$125.40	$330	—
320–344	336	94	123.50–128.00	$124.67	$419	—
356–397	385	95	112.00–117.50	$115.51	$445	—
408–448	418	63	106.50–117.00	$113.25	$473	—
460–488	483	80	95.00–108.00	$106.46	$514	—
531	531	15	90.00	$90.00	$478	—
567–568	567	28	85.00–93.00	$90.93	$516	—
632	632	9	79.50	$79.50	$502	—
678	678	2	83.00	$83.00	$563	—
752	752	3	81.50	$81.50	$613	—
810	810	2	81.00	$81.00	$656	—
930	930	10	80.50	$80.50	$749	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	39	138.00	$138.00	$331	—
260–278	272	3	133.00–136.00	$133.96	$364	—
355–369	362	29	119.00–130.00	$124.42	$450	—
415–422	417	96	120.85–122.00	$121.25	$506	—
440 fancy	440	8	147.00	$147.00	$647	—
496	496	28	110.00	$110.00	$546	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
251–298	273	15	116.00–119.00	$117.69	$321	—
335–345	341	75	118.50–119.00	$118.69	$405	—
371–382	374	10	92.00–104.00	$95.67	$358	—
419–443	434	27	93.00–101.50	$97.55	$423	—
462–480	475	26	88.00–93.00	$90.09	$428	—
528	528	2	79.00	$79.00	$417	—
660	660	2	77.50	$77.50	$512	—
768	768	9	73.00	$73.00	$561	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	4	165.00	$165.00	$439	—
369–374	372	37	158.00–163.00	$159.08	$592	—
404 fancy	404	29	182.00	$182.00	$735	—
444	444	7	150.00	$150.00	$666	—
524	524	7	155.00	$155.00	$812	—
653	653	9	140.00	$140.00	$914	—
721	721	14	131.00	$131.00	$945	—
865	865	3	119.00	$119.00	$1,029	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	16	140.00	$140.00	$546	—
511	511	17	146.00	$146.00	$746	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433–443	440	14	163.00–164.00	$163.72	$720	—
471	471	5	162.00	$162.00	$763	—
515–535	530	13	159.00–161.50	$160.94	$853	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	4	106.00	$106.00	$244	—
264–277	271	10	111.00–112.00	$111.51	$302	—
357	357	3	97.00	$97.00	$346	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	6	90.00	$90.00	$337	—
435	435	2	69.00	$69.00	$300	—
553	553	3	58.00	$58.00	$321	—
797	797	3	50.00	$50.00	$398	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	6	107.00	$107.00	$415	—
451	451	6	115.00	$115.00	$519	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1084	1084	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1003	1003	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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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.