Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 20, 2021

3,734 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $158.88/cwt ≈ $1,252/hd at 788 lb · 211 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $152.01/cwt ≈ $1,332/hd at 876 lb · 131 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.31/cwt ≈ $1,203/hd at 889 lb · 120 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,734	603	5,511
Feeder cattle	2,604	260	3,700
Slaughter cattle	959	318	1,157
Replacement cattle	171	25	654

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Not enough comparable trades on beef type breeds of feeder cattle for a comparison. Dairy heifers this week sold steady to 2.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, October 4, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–342	328	16	209.00–212.00	$210.25	$690	—
370–373	372	4	201.00–207.00	$204.01	$759	—
400–433	414	31	180.00–197.00	$188.33	$780	+15.33
458–475	463	17	176.00–178.00	$176.78	$818	—
500–533	520	55	156.00–174.00	$165.01	$858	—
550–588	572	82	152.00–171.00	$156.27	$894	—
622–637 unweaned	627	50	136.00–153.00	$145.84	$914	—
660 unweaned	660	11	155.50	$155.50	$1,026	—
655–678	671	57	146.00–160.00	$154.33	$1,036	—
711 unweaned	711	9	148.50	$148.50	$1,056	—
705–727	715	79	146.00–156.00	$153.82	$1,100	—
750–796	788	211	141.50–161.00	$158.88	$1,252	—
855–893	876	131	148.50–154.00	$152.01	$1,332	—
904–926	907	75	137.50–156.00	$148.43	$1,346	—
955–973	964	65	137.50–147.00	$139.07	$1,341	—
1036	1036	19	127.00	$127.00	$1,316	—
1058	1058	8	123.00	$123.00	$1,301	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	7	174.00	$174.00	$833	—
539	539	8	165.00	$165.00	$889	—
643	643	18	148.00	$148.00	$952	—
800–837	836	29	145.50–147.50	$145.57	$1,217	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316–332	323	7	166.00–173.00	$169.92	$549	—
365–390	382	13	157.00–158.00	$157.29	$601	—
400–445	425	58	141.00–152.00	$145.31	$618	—
474–488	485	20	142.00–147.00	$142.98	$693	—
503–539	525	72	140.00–148.00	$143.15	$752	—
559–577	565	9	136.00–140.00	$138.64	$783	—
610–622	618	27	142.00–155.50	$151.06	$934	—
620 fancy	620	11	149.50	$149.50	$927	—
665–689	677	27	133.00–139.00	$134.75	$912	—
683 unweaned	683	4	137.50	$137.50	$939	—
701	701	4	142.00	$142.00	$995	—
776	776	17	146.00	$146.00	$1,133	—
810–841	825	51	136.00–144.50	$137.73	$1,136	—
861–896	889	120	127.00–137.75	$135.31	$1,203	—
904	904	32	137.00	$137.00	$1,238	—
953–979	972	49	122.00–133.10	$131.09	$1,274	—
1011	1011	9	121.00	$121.00	$1,223	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	6	162.00	$162.00	$585	—
455–486	480	10	152.00–155.00	$154.43	$741	—
503–545	509	17	139.00–147.00	$144.80	$737	—
584–589	587	32	131.00–132.50	$131.75	$773	—
595 unweaned	595	6	139.00	$139.00	$827	—
610	610	6	141.00	$141.00	$860	—
630–646 unweaned	639	13	138.00–140.00	$138.91	$888	—
728	728	6	140.00	$140.00	$1,019	—
754–783	760	9	137.00–138.00	$137.77	$1,047	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1207–1565	1349	80-85%	15	75.50–87.00	$78.65	$1,061	—
1105–1730	1403	80-85%	118	50.00–64.00	$57.12	$801	-14.91
1153–1634	1412	80-85%	162	65.00–76.00	$71.40	$1,008	-0.63
1140–1710	1469	80-85%	76	62.00–76.00	$66.66	$979	-2.77
1400–1715	1496	80-85%	7	38.00–45.00	$41.59	$622	-40.62

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1440	1033	85-90%	51	22.00–51.01	$35.30	$365	—
1070	1070	85-90%	3	65.00	$65.00	$696	—
960–1200	1107	85-90%	12	70.00–76.00	$73.68	$816	—
835–1295	1146	85-90%	46	57.00–66.00	$59.77	$685	—
1000–1285	1148	85-90%	15	62.00–68.50	$65.70	$754	—
590–1485	1168	85-90%	85	43.00–61.50	$52.40	$612	+0.61

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1308–1853	1628	75-80%	18	57.00–69.00	$65.24	$1,062	—
1315–2020	1637	75-80%	83	70.50–79.00	$74.03	$1,212	—
1770	1770	75-80%	1	41.00	$41.00	$726	—
1705–2015	1821	75-80%	12	80.00–85.00	$81.56	$1,485	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–2745	1711	49	69.00–85.50	$79.80	$1,365	—
1400–2365	1911	64	80.50–93.00	$85.56	$1,635	—
1790–2240	2012	5	88.00–98.00	$91.34	$1,838	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1045–1355	1177	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	86.00–94.00	$90.29	$1,063

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1106–1131	1121	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,325.00–1,350.00	$1,335.28
1106–1310	1167	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,350.00–1,385.00	$1,378.53
1189	1189	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,510.00	$1,510.00
1196	1196	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	810.00	$810.00
1218–1382	1312	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,236.70

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1090–1313	1302	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	21	1,125.00–1,285.00	$1,278.62
1265–1460	1343	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	950.00	$950.00
1361–1548	1388	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	900.00–975.00	$911.95

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1053	1053	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1175	1120	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,134.43

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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
1188–1340	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,125.00–1,150.00	$1,129.58	—
1290–1656	1511	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,085.00–1,300.00	$1,211.18	—
1498–1610	1545	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,250.28	—
1742	1742	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
898	898	7	90.50	$90.50	$813	-2.00
906	906	4	90.50	$90.50	$820	-2.71
965–995	986	16	90.00–92.50	$91.63	$903	-2.48
1023–1046	1031	9	91.00–92.50	$91.99	$948	-1.62
1069–1080	1076	20	92.50–93.50	$93.15	$1,002	-0.65
1145	1145	1	92.50	$92.50	$1,059	-0.01
1175–1178	1177	4	91.00–93.00	$91.50	$1,077	-0.79
1201–1248	1231	17	89.50–93.50	$92.44	$1,138	+0.60
1260–1265	1263	3	91.50–94.00	$92.33	$1,166	-1.17
1325–1347	1344	7	91.00–93.50	$91.35	$1,228	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–815	807	5	84.00–89.00	$85.01	$686	-2.41
862–895	871	6	86.00–89.00	$86.84	$756	-2.16
919	919	6	89.50	$89.50	$823	—
970	970	1	88.50	$88.50	$858	—
1005–1042	1039	12	81.00–89.00	$88.36	$918	—
1078	1078	6	88.00	$88.00	$949	—
1135–1140	1137	3	87.00–88.00	$87.33	$993	—
1185	1185	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,043	—
1270	1270	2	84.00	$84.00	$1,067	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	6	60.00	$60.00	$289	—
576	576	11	72.50	$72.50	$418	+1.63
747	747	3	65.00	$65.00	$486	—
955	955	3	65.00	$65.00	$621	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1392–1625	1526	21	85.00–90.00	$88.35	$1,348	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
793	793	3	82.00	$82.00	$650	—
875–892	888	4	76.00–83.00	$77.72	$690	—
1324	1324	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,046	—

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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.