Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 30, 2021

2,367 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,367	613	1,287
Feeder cattle	1,844	187	331
Slaughter cattle	517	422	750
Replacement cattle	6	4	206

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to Monday: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Dairy feeder steers traded mostly 10.00 to 15.00 higher across weight classes. Comparable trades of dairy feeder heifers sold unevenly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 1.50 higher, while feeding cows traded steady. Slaughter bulls traded 3.00 higher. Starting next week, most of the Colorado auction markets will transition out of their summer schedule, moving their feeder cattle back to the regular sale days. The next available report will be Monday, September 13, 2021.

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1008	1007	8	114.00–115.50	$114.37	$1,152	—
1053–1060	1057	9	103.00–109.00	$107.23	$1,133	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	3	117.00	$117.00	$1,082	—
962	962	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,058	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1545	1432	80-85%	27	66.00–74.00	$68.45	$980	+11.52
1259–1698	1439	80-85%	101	63.00–74.00	$66.41	$956	+9.48
1215–1698	1496	80-85%	97	51.00–62.00	$58.67	$878	—
1475–1705	1542	80-85%	15	35.00–47.00	$38.86	$599	—
1185–1625	1546	80-85%	12	75.00–82.00	$79.85	$1,234	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1001–1435	1152	85-90%	61	44.00–56.50	$51.29	$591	+1.09
855–1375	1183	85-90%	23	25.00–43.50	$40.29	$477	-20.67
1038–1365	1195	85-90%	101	57.00–63.50	$60.14	$719	-0.82

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1635–1935	1758	75-80%	12	74.00–80.00	$77.09	$1,355	+17.98
1545–1870	1760	75-80%	8	81.00–86.00	$82.52	$1,452	+23.41
1690–2010	1764	75-80%	10	62.50–71.00	$66.38	$1,171	+7.27

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1340	1219	4	70.00–77.50	$73.44	$895	—
1450–2115	1728	16	61.00–85.00	$77.79	$1,344	—
1360–2105	1803	14	86.00–94.50	$88.52	$1,596	+4.90
2045–2135	2090	2	98.50–100.00	$99.23	$2,074	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1000	960	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	102.50–112.50	$107.71	$1,034
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	82.50	$82.50	$792

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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
1385–1475	1443	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,175.00–1,275.00	$1,232.94	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
229–241	241	126	132.50	$132.50	$319	—
318	318	5	140.00	$140.00	$445	—
365	365	2	120.00	$120.00	$438	—
855–895	860	10	91.00–93.00	$92.50	$796	+1.24
904–945	921	25	93.00–94.50	$94.12	$867	+0.12
950–975	966	8	93.50–96.50	$95.38	$921	+5.38
1014–1018	1016	10	94.50–95.50	$94.90	$964	+1.54
1068–1082	1076	5	91.50–95.00	$93.61	$1,007	+1.60
1101	1101	5	95.00	$95.00	$1,046	+3.08
1160–1195	1184	6	90.00–94.00	$92.67	$1,097	-0.18
1200	1200	11	94.50	$94.50	$1,134	+0.50
1323	1323	2	90.50	$90.50	$1,197	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	2	92.50	$92.50	$290	—
385	385	28	79.00	$79.00	$304	—
443 fancy	443	17	119.00	$119.00	$527	—
668–680	670	6	77.00–82.50	$81.57	$547	—
729–740	729	42	78.50–85.00	$78.66	$573	—
795	795	1	82.00	$82.00	$652	—
838	838	2	87.50	$87.50	$733	+2.07
875–880	876	9	86.00–89.50	$86.39	$757	—
953–965	955	13	88.50–94.50	$92.65	$885	+4.31
1048	1048	6	93.00	$93.00	$975	—
1062	1062	9	90.00	$90.00	$956	—
1100–1142	1123	9	87.00–92.00	$89.57	$1,006	—
1153–1168	1164	8	89.00–93.50	$92.39	$1,075	—
1220	1220	4	92.00	$92.00	$1,122	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223–230	225	4	157.50–162.00	$158.65	$357	—
258–286	267	15	165.00–175.00	$168.57	$450	—
300–344	325	19	167.00–175.00	$171.90	$559	—
473	473	4	152.00	$152.00	$719	—
558	558	5	140.00	$140.00	$781	—
661	661	16	137.00	$137.00	$906	—
994	994	5	116.00	$116.00	$1,153	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–292	286	14	70.00–80.00	$78.70	$225	—
309–345	311	24	71.00–75.00	$71.19	$221	—
430	430	3	62.50	$62.50	$269	—
493	493	2	62.50	$62.50	$308	—
553	553	3	82.00	$82.00	$453	—
806	806	4	82.00	$82.00	$661	—
1173	1173	2	82.00	$82.00	$962	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
239	239	7	42.50	$42.50	$102	—
650–665	655	3	60.00–70.00	$66.62	$436	—
880	880	2	42.00	$42.00	$370	—
910	910	1	60.00	$60.00	$546	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	8	123.00	$123.00	$517	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
251–270	263	37	112.00–117.50	$115.66	$304	—
322–335	331	52	117.00–123.00	$120.04	$397	—
384–398	389	9	112.50–117.50	$114.19	$444	—
401–415	407	11	108.00–118.00	$111.47	$454	—
405–448 fancy	437	53	124.00–125.00	$124.23	$543	—
461	461	9	110.00	$110.00	$507	—
507–517	513	71	112.00–117.00	$113.74	$583	—
611–636	620	42	108.00–110.00	$108.86	$675	—
655	655	24	105.00	$105.00	$688	—
713–744	741	28	107.50–109.50	$109.29	$810	—
1088	1088	2	94.00	$94.00	$1,023	—
1275	1275	2	96.00–97.00	$96.50	$1,230	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
198	198	66	103.00	$103.00	$204	—
210–236	217	15	95.00–97.50	$96.77	$210	—
264–279	268	68	100.00–105.00	$103.20	$277	—
282 thin fleshed	282	21	135.00	$135.00	$381	—
350	350	7	97.50	$97.50	$341	—
560–593	575	37	101.00–105.00	$102.84	$591	—
635	635	2	100.00	$100.00	$635	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
239 fancy	239	10	196.00	$196.00	$468	—
244	244	111	170.00	$170.00	$415	—
254	254	8	170.00	$170.00	$432	—
278 fancy	278	5	197.50	$197.50	$549	—
396	396	31	170.00	$170.00	$673	—
403–425	412	5	172.50	$172.50	$711	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
201	201	6	127.50	$127.50	$256	—
302–334	309	57	127.00–135.00	$129.18	$399	—
310 thin fleshed	310	5	190.00	$190.00	$589	—
410–416	414	41	120.00–123.00	$122.20	$506	—
464 fancy	464	4	145.00	$145.00	$673	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
271	271	8	194.00	$194.00	$526	—
340	340	46	198.00	$198.00	$673	—
411–423	420	14	180.00–182.50	$180.70	$759	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
256	256	4	85.00	$85.00	$218	—
387	387	5	82.50	$82.50	$319	—
494	494	10	88.00	$88.00	$435	—
636	636	4	59.00	$59.00	$375	—
1004	1004	5	59.00	$59.00	$592	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	3	135.00	$135.00	$490	—
430	430	4	100.00	$100.00	$430	—
518	518	3	95.00	$95.00	$492	—
709	709	7	76.00	$76.00	$539	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
261	261	7	82.50	$82.50	$215	—
608	608	2	74.00	$74.00	$450	—
688	688	2	84.00	$84.00	$578	—
716	716	5	77.50	$77.50	$555	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–320	313	6	46.00–60.00	$55.22	$173	—
365	365	2	40.00	$40.00	$146	—

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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.