Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 2, 2022

6,545 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $167.59/cwt +9.59 vs last sale · ≈ $951/hd at 567 lb · 156 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.65/cwt +6.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,067/hd at 672 lb · 139 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.15/cwt +6.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,099/hd at 727 lb · 138 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,545	2,565	6,289
Feeder cattle	4,794	1,613	4,517
Slaughter cattle	1,375	845	932
Replacement cattle	376	107	840

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity moderate to good. Feeder steers too thinly tested for an accurate trend. Feeder heifers across all weight classes sold mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of 8.00 to 11.00 higher on a light test. Dairy feeder heifers over 900 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, May 16, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–392	382	13	196.00–205.00	$203.15	$776	—
409–429	421	41	194.00–203.00	$197.18	$830	—
456–493	473	29	185.00–198.00	$193.36	$915	+1.36
505–516	510	62	194.00–197.00	$195.29	$996	+3.74
500–518 thin fleshed	512	22	200.00–201.50	$201.03	$1,029	—
550–593	576	89	180.00–198.50	$193.20	$1,113	+4.20
609–630	615	46	170.00–182.00	$178.04	$1,095	-6.47
660–686	682	92	174.00–177.50	$176.78	$1,206	+8.34
701–729	722	61	156.00–164.00	$160.82	$1,161	—
751 value added	751	75	173.00	$173.00	$1,299	—
750–787	778	40	156.00–160.00	$156.90	$1,221	—
801–813	808	18	151.00–154.50	$152.63	$1,233	—
870–883	873	20	145.00–146.00	$145.82	$1,273	+0.82
922	922	5	142.00	$142.00	$1,309	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357 unweaned	357	8	182.50	$182.50	$652	—
435–438	436	14	194.00–196.00	$195.14	$851	+7.50
485–489	486	17	187.00–192.50	$191.20	$929	+14.61
512–544	533	47	181.00–188.50	$186.32	$993	—
550–598	569	68	173.00–185.00	$178.43	$1,015	—
602–645	619	68	162.00–178.50	$173.59	$1,075	+12.59
655–697	684	40	164.00–173.00	$167.84	$1,148	+12.84
705–720	718	6	155.00–159.00	$158.34	$1,137	+7.34
796	796	4	149.00	$149.00	$1,186	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–497	491	11	187.50–189.00	$188.03	$923	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	7	191.00	$191.00	$808	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406 fancy	406	22	199.00	$199.00	$808	—
407 thin fleshed	407	5	191.00	$191.00	$777	—
416	416	13	181.00	$181.00	$753	+7.23
453–497	477	118	173.00–181.00	$176.71	$843	+11.71
504–547	524	128	159.00–174.50	$168.87	$885	+2.92
552–596	567	141	157.00–176.00	$167.12	$948	+9.12
569 thin fleshed	569	15	172.00	$172.00	$979	—
606	606	46	171.00	$171.00	$1,036	+12.41
611 fancy	611	32	169.00	$169.00	$1,033	—
603–639	627	50	156.50–165.00	$159.11	$998	+31.61
650–691	671	114	154.00–161.00	$156.60	$1,051	+4.80
679 fancy	679	25	168.00	$168.00	$1,141	—
702–745	727	138	145.00–154.00	$151.15	$1,099	+6.05
756–794	780	32	145.50–150.50	$146.71	$1,144	+2.71
801–845	829	50	138.00–142.25	$139.41	$1,156	+6.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–444	429	9	172.00–176.00	$174.49	$749	+17.22
461–488	482	33	157.00–168.00	$163.96	$790	+12.41
512–530	521	34	155.00–166.00	$158.09	$824	—
550–590	578	28	154.00–163.00	$159.72	$923	—
608–646	623	47	152.00–156.00	$155.10	$966	—
656–695	684	76	146.00–154.00	$151.86	$1,039	+15.86
750	750	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,072	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	19	150.00	$150.00	$998	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1218–1440	1253	80-85%	10	87.50–95.00	$88.85	$1,113	—
1190–1618	1375	80-85%	155	73.00–89.00	$81.21	$1,117	—
1075–1685	1391	80-85%	108	72.00–85.00	$77.86	$1,083	—
1140–1690	1490	80-85%	167	60.00–77.00	$67.25	$1,002	-24.98
1430–1673	1560	80-85%	8	42.50–57.50	$50.90	$794	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1160	1036	85-90%	5	81.00–84.00	$82.70	$857	+26.41
850–1435	1040	85-90%	57	30.00–66.00	$57.00	$593	+0.71
875–1380	1140	85-90%	84	70.00–81.00	$73.45	$837	+18.45
765–1480	1160	85-90%	142	50.00–72.00	$63.92	$741	—
1100–1285	1180	85-90%	26	71.00–84.00	$79.41	$937	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1975	1632	75-80%	70	66.00–80.50	$73.11	$1,193	-3.88
1335–1892	1644	75-80%	66	77.50–87.50	$84.55	$1,390	+7.56
1265–1913	1743	75-80%	8	88.00–90.00	$88.47	$1,542	+1.09

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1333	1196	21	102.00–111.00	$103.53	$1,238	+21.11
1170–1258	1225	5	91.00–96.00	$94.85	$1,162	—
1050–2845	1758	31	71.00–101.00	$90.20	$1,586	-2.61
1570–2460	1961	56	96.00–114.00	$102.42	$2,008	—
1695–2405	2117	9	104.00–119.00	$112.72	$2,386	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1179	1179	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,135.00	$1,135.00
990–1328	1194	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	49	1,210.00–1,400.00	$1,348.12
1145–1336	1274	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,110.00–1,175.00	$1,127.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1161–1389	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,156.91
1205–1380	1311	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,123.98
1067–1805	1374	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	975.00–1,325.00	$1,111.63
1320–1480	1389	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	875.00–1,050.00	$975.13

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
963–1105	1018	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	1,135.00–1,275.00	$1,216.80

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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
947	947	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—
925–1100	1009	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	1,625.00–1,650.00	$1,637.48	—
1175–1250	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	1,310.00–1,425.00	$1,373.10	—
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1145–1630	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	49	1,425.00–1,800.00	$1,607.44	—
1496	1496	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1985	1985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	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
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1000–1468	1274	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,303.27	—
1200–1443	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	1,125.00–1,285.00	$1,169.67	—
1452	1452	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1434–1580	1524	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	27	1,475.00–1,500.00	$1,489.27	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	3	150.00	$150.00	$370	—
364	364	5	150.00	$150.00	$546	—
438	438	6	145.00	$145.00	$635	—
471	471	4	134.00	$134.00	$631	—
518	518	3	131.00	$131.00	$679	—
601	601	10	129.00	$129.00	$775	—
940–945	943	6	102.50–103.50	$102.83	$970	-0.67
963–990	974	11	102.50–104.50	$103.27	$1,006	-1.88
1011–1043	1026	18	103.00–106.00	$104.85	$1,076	-0.73
1052–1093	1078	34	102.50–109.00	$104.68	$1,128	-1.74
1100–1149	1134	32	104.50–106.00	$105.19	$1,193	-1.16
1167–1197	1182	20	105.00–106.50	$105.38	$1,246	-0.53
1220–1249	1237	42	102.00–105.50	$104.62	$1,294	-1.38
1286–1293	1287	14	101.50–102.50	$101.64	$1,308	-4.36
1320–1348	1332	6	103.00–105.50	$104.24	$1,388	—
1355	1355	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,396	-3.00

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
239	239	5	111.00	$111.00	$265	—
321	321	4	96.00	$96.00	$308	—
414	414	15	90.00	$90.00	$373	—
439 fancy	439	4	117.00	$117.00	$514	—
455–472	462	13	85.00	$85.00	$393	—
615	615	3	85.00	$85.00	$523	—
660	660	2	90.00	$90.00	$594	—
953–958	956	4	102.00–106.00	$104.01	$994	+2.23
1052–1096	1067	29	97.50–103.00	$102.10	$1,089	—
1126–1143	1131	12	100.00–102.00	$101.41	$1,147	—
1168–1175	1170	14	100.00–101.00	$100.78	$1,179	-2.22

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390–398	394	6	80.00–92.00	$86.06	$339	—
525	525	2	52.00	$52.00	$273	—
750–792	786	44	54.00–57.00	$54.44	$428	—
984	984	10	68.50	$68.50	$674	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252	252	5	106.00	$106.00	$267	—
325–333	331	11	83.00–87.00	$84.07	$278	—
413–438	425	25	79.00–83.00	$80.29	$341	—
488	488	3	86.00	$86.00	$420	—
528	528	2	86.00	$86.00	$454	—
660	660	3	72.02	$72.02	$475	—
835	835	3	70.00	$70.00	$584	-24.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	3	173.00	$173.00	$488	—
421	421	17	153.00	$153.00	$644	—
565	565	3	124.00	$124.00	$701	—
640	640	12	135.50	$135.50	$867	—
716	716	9	113.00	$113.00	$809	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	13	82.00	$82.00	$242	—
328	328	3	79.00	$79.00	$259	—
374	374	6	50.00	$50.00	$187	—
553	553	2	54.00	$54.00	$299	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	146.00	$146.00	$358	—
252–291	274	61	130.00–146.00	$136.59	$374	—
307–323	313	17	131.00–145.00	$139.90	$438	—
360–390	375	130	118.00–127.00	$122.68	$460	—
384 value added	384	9	142.50	$142.50	$547	—
473–483	477	50	103.00–124.00	$112.28	$536	—
500–533	509	48	94.00–103.00	$99.39	$506	—
600–649	613	94	91.00–102.50	$100.57	$616	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	21	195.00	$195.00	$725	—
410–431	415	78	195.00–197.00	$195.53	$811	—
525	525	8	180.00	$180.00	$945	—
602	602	3	144.00	$144.00	$867	—
759	759	4	128.50	$128.50	$975	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
186	186	28	124.00	$124.00	$231	—
341	341	19	120.00	$120.00	$409	—
362–398	384	20	111.00–113.00	$111.75	$429	—
400	400	4	90.00	$90.00	$360	—
579	579	8	85.00	$85.00	$492	—
716	716	8	75.00	$75.00	$537	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	160.00	$160.00	$509	—
453	453	13	138.00	$138.00	$625	—
539	539	5	122.50	$122.50	$660	—
556	556	4	110.00	$110.00	$612	—
746	746	7	104.00	$104.00	$776	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	188.00	$188.00	$634	—
528	528	4	167.00	$167.00	$882	—
569–580	571	12	143.00–144.00	$143.83	$821	—
795	795	12	105.50	$105.50	$839	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	2	80.00	$80.00	$210	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–850	835	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	1,635.00–1,650.00	$1,641.36	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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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.