Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 28, 2021

2,468 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.14/cwt ≈ $981/hd at 737 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,468	558	1,216
Feeder cattle	1,961	121	471
Slaughter cattle	476	430	526
Replacement cattle	31	7	219

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for two Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady while slaughter bulls traded 2.00 higher. Feeding cows traded mostly steady. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle and replacement cattle had no comparisons from last week. The next available report will be Monday, July 12, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–835	823	6	126.00–130.00	$127.97	$1,053	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
731–743	737	20	130.00–135.00	$133.14	$981	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	7	142.50	$142.50	$626	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	5	150.00	$150.00	$680	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1565	1373	80-85%	81	67.00–76.50	$72.33	$993	-0.67
1200–1704	1467	80-85%	74	64.00–76.00	$67.25	$987	—
1205–1715	1487	80-85%	90	51.00–63.50	$59.31	$882	—
1335–1677	1519	80-85%	7	43.50–47.50	$45.73	$695	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1135	1033	85-90%	6	71.00–75.00	$73.88	$763	+44.99
875–1362	1116	85-90%	50	45.00–57.50	$53.37	$596	—
1055–1255	1149	85-90%	17	60.00–70.00	$65.75	$755	—
910–1525	1201	85-90%	15	29.00–44.00	$37.75	$453	-15.83
925–1420	1207	85-90%	71	58.00–67.50	$60.30	$728	+6.72

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1840	1637	75-80%	3	80.00–85.00	$83.03	$1,359	—
1545–2100	1751	75-80%	19	68.00–77.00	$71.10	$1,245	+1.74
1715–1935	1825	75-80%	2	60.00–65.50	$62.58	$1,142	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–2130	1607	7	82.00–91.00	$87.17	$1,401	—
1670–2275	1961	17	93.00–99.50	$97.56	$1,913	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
940–1096	1052	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	84.00–89.50	$85.71	$902

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1765	1765	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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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
1562	1562	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
204	204	23	119.00	$119.00	$243	—
269	269	34	109.00	$109.00	$293	—
355	355	2	110.00	$110.00	$390	—
436	436	7	113.00	$113.00	$493	—
920–948	935	18	90.50–93.50	$91.97	$860	—
959–991	971	22	88.00–92.00	$91.08	$884	-0.17
1025–1035	1030	4	89.50–91.00	$89.87	$926	-1.21
1053–1085	1073	21	89.50–92.50	$90.84	$975	-0.30
1100–1138	1113	20	89.00–93.00	$91.05	$1,013	-0.45
1152–1197	1172	23	91.00–93.50	$92.06	$1,079	+0.31
1223–1245	1230	15	87.50–91.50	$89.84	$1,105	—
1255–1281	1274	14	87.50–93.00	$91.11	$1,161	+1.11
1314	1314	4	92.00	$92.00	$1,209	+3.00
1355	1355	3	91.50	$91.50	$1,240	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	293	39	73.00–76.00	$75.79	$222	—
343	343	14	73.00	$73.00	$250	—
364–367	365	31	75.00–80.00	$76.46	$279	—
420–422	421	19	76.00–82.00	$79.78	$336	—
698	698	3	71.00	$71.00	$496	—
805–817	815	18	86.00–89.50	$88.92	$725	+4.92
863–899	885	8	83.00–89.00	$87.41	$774	—
940	940	6	87.00	$87.00	$818	—
1046–1049	1048	28	89.50–90.00	$89.75	$941	—
1088	1088	3	89.00	$89.00	$968	—
1179	1179	8	88.00	$88.00	$1,038	—
1220–1245	1233	2	86.50–88.50	$87.51	$1,079	+2.51
1371	1371	4	76.00	$76.00	$1,042	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233	233	9	134.00	$134.00	$312	—
288	288	3	127.00	$127.00	$366	—
306	306	69	125.00	$125.00	$382	—
355–386	382	15	118.00–131.00	$119.61	$457	—
408	408	6	132.00	$132.00	$539	—
555–581	575	8	110.00–114.00	$113.03	$650	—
644–645	644	5	109.50–114.00	$110.40	$711	—
904	904	7	113.50	$113.50	$1,026	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278–295	286	19	52.50–67.00	$57.43	$164	—
338	338	3	54.00	$54.00	$183	—
359–376	369	7	50.00–62.50	$57.28	$211	—
418	418	3	62.00	$62.00	$259	—
557	557	5	62.00	$62.00	$345	—
958	958	2	50.00	$50.00	$479	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
664	664	5	39.00	$39.00	$259	—
738	738	14	38.00	$38.00	$280	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	3	72.50	$72.50	$303	—
628	628	11	59.50	$59.50	$374	—
938	938	4	69.00	$69.00	$647	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246	246	16	30.00	$30.00	$74	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
173–176	175	40	104.00–105.00	$104.50	$183	—
215–240	237	84	100.00	$100.00	$237	—
255–285	276	55	100.00–108.00	$105.44	$291	—
303–345	329	30	100.00–112.00	$106.22	$349	—
359–365	360	16	100.00–115.00	$112.15	$404	—
405–415	408	76	101.00–112.50	$110.40	$450	—
484–491	487	70	94.00–104.00	$100.25	$488	—
506–522	509	33	90.00–99.50	$97.43	$496	—
597	597	17	88.00	$88.00	$525	—
672–693	675	31	84.50–88.00	$87.54	$591	—
713	713	2	81.00	$81.00	$578	—
750–785	777	18	79.00–86.50	$83.79	$651	—
810–820	815	2	80.00–88.00	$84.02	$685	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
196	196	9	117.00	$117.00	$229	—
212	212	22	122.00–125.00	$124.32	$264	—
257–285	267	25	125.00–132.00	$127.69	$341	—
340	340	2	117.00	$117.00	$398	—
356 fancy	356	8	159.00	$159.00	$566	—
350–388	386	48	116.50–132.50	$117.71	$454	—
401 fancy	401	13	151.00	$151.00	$606	—
403–431	419	52	114.00–129.00	$122.09	$512	—
453–481	457	30	115.75–117.50	$116.00	$530	—
792	792	24	89.50	$89.50	$709	—
910	910	18	90.50	$90.50	$824	—
1078	1078	7	89.50	$89.50	$965	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	5	142.00	$142.00	$338	—
291–294	293	86	140.00–157.00	$144.39	$423	—
357	357	3	131.00	$131.00	$468	—
360 fancy	360	20	170.00	$170.00	$612	—
450	450	3	146.00	$146.00	$657	—
517	517	16	130.00	$130.00	$672	—
613–639 fancy	622	19	151.00–153.00	$151.54	$943	—
755	755	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,012	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
193	193	20	90.00	$90.00	$174	—
261–295	274	62	92.50–102.50	$98.54	$270	—
304	304	7	102.00	$102.00	$310	—
408–438	420	5	85.00–91.00	$87.50	$368	—
450	450	2	72.50	$72.50	$326	—
515	515	5	72.50	$72.50	$373	—
739	739	17	75.00	$75.00	$554	—
765	765	2	74.00	$74.00	$566	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	42	177.50	$177.50	$595	—
429–442	436	24	167.00–172.00	$169.54	$739	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274	274	9	64.00	$64.00	$175	—
363	363	2	71.00	$71.00	$258	—
454	454	4	70.00	$70.00	$318	—
560	560	11	62.50	$62.50	$350	—
715	715	2	63.00	$63.00	$450	—

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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.