Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 21, 2022

2,372 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.00/cwt -6.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,028/hd at 690 lb · 100 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.70/cwt +1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,074/hd at 718 lb · 83 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $153.50/cwt -12.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,147/hd at 747 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,372	6,561	1,926
Feeder cattle	1,303	5,037	882
Slaughter cattle	993	1,108	635
Replacement cattle	76	416	409

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate. Receipts light this week with feeder steers selling mostly 6.00 to 11.00 lower on a light test. Trade mixed on feeder heifers with receipts too light for an accurate trend. Dairy feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower on a light test. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. The next available report will be Monday, April 4, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–388	368	31	222.00–230.00	$226.30	$833	+5.25
440	440	16	211.00	$211.00	$928	-6.50
450–498	465	37	209.00–219.00	$212.64	$989	-6.03
505–539	527	33	192.50–214.00	$197.68	$1,042	-10.53
561–586	582	31	188.00–190.00	$188.97	$1,100	-10.40
611–613	612	25	186.00–187.50	$186.90	$1,144	-5.17
654–692	669	21	164.00–175.00	$169.52	$1,134	-0.69
747	747	61	153.50	$153.50	$1,147	-8.88
859	859	60	145.50	$145.50	$1,250	+10.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–348	338	6	210.00	$210.00	$710	—
437–446	440	16	206.00	$206.00	$906	—
473–493	484	9	204.00–206.00	$205.13	$993	+4.33
545	545	15	197.00	$197.00	$1,074	-1.90
616	616	7	164.00	$164.00	$1,010	-12.86
727	727	6	146.00	$146.00	$1,061	-15.27
875	875	3	126.00	$126.00	$1,102	—
913–914	914	11	119.00–123.00	$120.45	$1,101	—
1003–1011	1009	11	107.50–109.00	$108.59	$1,096	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–385	377	9	181.00–190.00	$186.10	$702	+0.10
428–432	429	13	171.00–177.00	$172.39	$740	-10.42
483–486	485	20	180.00–189.00	$185.41	$899	+8.40
540	540	7	167.00	$167.00	$902	-6.97
550–585	565	41	154.00–165.00	$160.79	$908	-7.10
688–695	690	100	147.00–150.00	$149.00	$1,028	-6.34
700–718	716	79	139.00–150.00	$148.93	$1,066	+1.43
748	748	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,234	+16.61
774–779	776	35	160.00–167.00	$163.99	$1,273	+19.28
789	789	19	133.00	$133.00	$1,049	-11.71
964	964	4	115.00	$115.00	$1,109	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–476	463	14	157.00–162.50	$159.42	$738	-17.74
650	650	3	134.00	$134.00	$871	-13.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	4	150.00	$150.00	$772	—
594	594	5	140.00	$140.00	$832	-14.70
733	733	8	129.50	$129.50	$949	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85–90	88	2	300.00	$300.00	—
105–125	117	6	260.00–325.00	$298.75	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536–544	540	9	181.00–187.00	$183.64	$992	—
608	608	5	142.50	$142.50	$866	—
935	935	5	101.00	$101.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125–130	128	2	400.00–425.00	$412.25	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1257–1585	1304	80-85%	7	95.00–98.00	$97.48	$1,271	+20.98
980–1620	1325	80-85%	100	81.00–92.50	$86.08	$1,141	+9.58
1280–1560	1361	80-85%	18	76.50–83.50	$80.79	$1,100	-6.84
975–1711	1479	80-85%	157	81.00–92.00	$84.70	$1,253	—
1080–1715	1480	80-85%	180	66.00–81.50	$78.25	$1,158	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1280	1028	85-90%	13	90.00–98.00	$93.72	$963	+23.45
765–1400	1072	85-90%	31	59.00–75.00	$68.52	$735	—
860–1295	1133	85-90%	52	75.00–87.50	$80.23	$909	+1.07
1045–1485	1168	85-90%	5	42.50–50.00	$46.67	$545	-39.10
948–1335	1184	85-90%	124	73.00–83.00	$78.25	$926	-7.52

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–2005	1636	75-80%	56	83.00–97.00	$88.84	$1,453	+6.85
1750	1750	75-80%	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,750	—
1660–2060	1778	75-80%	34	73.00–85.50	$81.16	$1,443	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–2135	1616	11	85.00–101.00	$96.61	$1,561	—
1410–2410	1884	21	102.00–114.00	$107.56	$2,026	—
1835–2300	2068	2	116.00–116.50	$116.28	$2,405	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1065–1155	1077	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	106.00–108.00	$106.27	$1,145

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–990	941	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	105.00–115.00	$111.13	$1,046

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1481–1606	1533	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,375.00–1,400.00	$1,389.09

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1327–1425	1402	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,800.00–1,900.00	$1,878.16	—
1425	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165–1373	1316	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,378.28	—
1411	1411	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1485	1485	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
982–995	989	6	109.00–109.50	$109.25	$1,080	+0.75
1060–1097	1072	12	108.50–110.50	$109.26	$1,171	+1.33
1115–1135	1127	4	109.00–110.50	$109.75	$1,237	+1.28
1165–1194	1189	6	106.00–110.50	$109.77	$1,305	+3.87
1220–1223	1222	4	109.00–110.00	$109.25	$1,335	+0.50
1263	1263	2	109.00	$109.00	$1,377	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
913	913	2	101.00	$101.00	$922	—
1105	1105	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,116	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	3	70.00	$70.00	$398	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1470	1372	3	104.00–109.00	$106.26	$1,458	—

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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.