Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 25, 2022

2,565 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.96/cwt ≈ $976/hd at 618 lb · 98 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $165.95/cwt -0.79 vs last sale · ≈ $868/hd at 523 lb · 68 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $191.55/cwt +0.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,011/hd at 528 lb · 63 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,565	4,197	2,893
Feeder cattle	1,613	3,115	1,498
Slaughter cattle	845	990	853
Replacement cattle	107	92	542

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. Demand ranged from moderate to good. Feeder steers weighing 500-550 and 600-700 lbs sold firm on a light test. All other weight classes too lightly tested. Feeder heifers 400-600 lbs sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 lower; 650-750 lbs sold unevenly, from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher; all other weight classes too lightly tested. Feeder dairy heifers over 900 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower and average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, May 9, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	8	192.00	$192.00	$920	+0.64
508–543	528	63	186.00–195.00	$191.55	$1,011	+1.82
553	553	4	189.00	$189.00	$1,045	+7.16
613 thin fleshed	613	18	186.00	$186.00	$1,140	—
611–648	622	14	181.00–186.00	$184.51	$1,148	+9.88
653–689	677	21	166.00–172.00	$168.44	$1,140	+1.37
866	866	12	147.50	$147.50	$1,277	—
868	868	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,259	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	3	193.00	$193.00	$594	—
400–448	426	26	186.00–190.00	$187.64	$799	+3.64
457–483	471	13	171.00–181.00	$176.59	$832	-6.41
613	613	6	161.00	$161.00	$987	-6.72
660	660	6	155.00	$155.00	$1,023	—
739	739	8	151.00	$151.00	$1,116	-6.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
283–295	288	7	300.00–550.00	$467.67	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–438	434	21	173.00–174.00	$173.77	$754	-2.86
483	483	5	165.00	$165.00	$797	-4.87
501–528	523	68	161.00–167.50	$165.95	$868	+0.51
598	598	13	158.00	$158.00	$945	-5.72
601–641	618	96	153.00–162.00	$158.59	$980	—
623	623	2	127.50	$127.50	$794	—
654–682	665	25	151.00–155.00	$151.80	$1,009	+3.60
702–744	721	43	139.50–152.00	$145.10	$1,046	-3.64
765	765	3	144.00	$144.00	$1,102	-3.20
822–848	840	13	130.00–140.50	$133.16	$1,119	—
906	906	9	128.00	$128.00	$1,160	—
981	981	8	125.00	$125.00	$1,226	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
739	739	26	140.00	$140.00	$1,035	±0.00
804	804	37	127.50	$127.50	$1,025	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–389	380	11	158.00–163.00	$159.75	$607	-9.25
433–441	439	11	157.00–158.00	$157.27	$690	-3.73
454–485	471	15	151.00–152.00	$151.55	$714	-4.82
694	694	6	136.00	$136.00	$944	—
742	742	10	145.00	$145.00	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–129	123	6	210.00–260.00	$220.19	—
158	158	2	310.00	$310.00	—
225–243	237	3	325.00–450.00	$364.56	—
258	258	3	375.00	$375.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	3	159.00	$159.00	$824	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	250.00	$250.00	—
135–148	143	8	275.00–375.00	$321.28	—
150–192	185	6	275.00–460.00	$435.00	—
225–240	238	6	510.00–525.00	$522.63	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–910	900	85-90%	2	46.00–51.00	$48.53	$437	—
800–1390	1034	85-90%	25	37.50–69.00	$56.29	$582	—
885–1220	1093	85-90%	15	72.00–86.00	$77.86	$851	+9.06
985–1215	1117	85-90%	3	87.50–92.50	$89.22	$997	+6.70
1133	1133	85-90%	8	55.00	$55.00	$623	-27.52
925–1615	1204	85-90%	98	55.00–75.00	$68.07	$820	—
1160–1310	1221	85-90%	5	80.00–82.00	$80.61	$984	—
750–1640	1302	85-90%	140	71.00–79.50	$74.41	$969	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1480	1227	80-85%	6	90.00–100.00	$94.52	$1,160	—
1045–1750	1320	80-85%	106	75.50–88.00	$80.78	$1,066	—
1025–1655	1400	80-85%	47	76.00–89.00	$82.12	$1,150	-2.18
1040–1850	1403	80-85%	118	64.00–81.00	$74.24	$1,042	-6.76
1420	1420	80-85%	1	51.00	$51.00	$724	-41.35
1295–1795	1465	80-85%	5	84.00–97.00	$92.23	$1,351	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1758	1475	75-80%	60	78.50–94.00	$83.04	$1,225	—
1440–1850	1561	75-80%	5	86.00–87.00	$86.61	$1,352	—
1225–1970	1635	75-80%	47	70.00–81.00	$76.99	$1,259	-10.25
1555–1915	1735	75-80%	2	86.00–88.50	$87.38	$1,516	—
1725–1880	1808	75-80%	3	83.00–85.50	$84.20	$1,522	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1795	1176	4	68.00–87.50	$82.42	$969	—
1300	1300	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,235	—
1195–2660	1764	23	86.00–102.50	$92.81	$1,637	—
1120–2420	1820	36	96.00–112.00	$104.25	$1,897	+5.69
1810–2190	1938	3	106.00–108.00	$106.78	$2,069	-1.47

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
881–1245	968	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	109.00–115.00	$111.60	$1,080
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	97.50	$97.50	$1,116

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
928–1130	985	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	91.00–108.00	$97.35	$959

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1130–1250	1190	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	92.50–107.50	$100.38	$1,195

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1345–1485	1405	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,227.35
1225–1555	1420	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,311.20
1558	1558	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1600	1600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,335.00	$1,335.00
1750	1750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,450.00	$1,450.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1445	1445	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,410.00	$1,410.00

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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
1142–1365	1179	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00–1,275.00	$1,270.18	—
1197	1197	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,235.00	$1,235.00	—
1562	1562	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—
1610	1610	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1363	1363	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
1435	1435	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1600	1600	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
1795	1795	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1240–1242	1242	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	850.00–1,050.00	$874.96	—
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1173	1173	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1500	1500	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
928	928	5	103.50	$103.50	$960	-2.78
972–980	976	10	104.50–105.50	$105.15	$1,026	-1.85
1015–1045	1030	20	104.50–106.00	$105.58	$1,087	+0.06
1055–1085	1069	13	105.50–107.00	$106.42	$1,138	+0.07
1113–1147	1139	36	105.00–107.00	$106.35	$1,211	-1.03
1155–1195	1175	11	105.00–106.50	$105.91	$1,244	+1.41
1220	1220	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,293	-0.50
1285	1285	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,362	-1.50
1370	1370	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,452	-1.89
1495	1495	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,510	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	3	100.00	$100.00	$840	—
853	853	2	100.00	$100.00	$853	—
950–980	965	2	100.00–103.50	$101.78	$982	—
1195	1195	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,231	—
1572	1572	3	90.00	$90.00	$1,415	—
1644	1644	4	86.00	$86.00	$1,414	—
1698	1698	4	87.00	$87.00	$1,477	—
1755	1755	4	90.00	$90.00	$1,580	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	50.00	$50.00	$320	—
673–675	674	2	52.50–55.00	$53.75	$362	—
705–723	714	8	71.00–72.50	$71.74	$512	—
760	760	2	75.00	$75.00	$570	+4.00
850	850	1	71.00	$71.00	$604	—
1035	1035	1	72.00	$72.00	$745	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	4	94.00	$94.00	$761	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280	1280	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,306	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1525	1525	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	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
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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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.