Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 9, 2022

3,122 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.64/cwt -8.95 vs last sale · ≈ $919/hd at 579 lb · 71 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.93/cwt -8.94 vs last sale · ≈ $846/hd at 529 lb · 38 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $193.75/cwt +0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,070/hd at 552 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,122	6,545	3,240
Feeder cattle	1,519	4,794	1,274
Slaughter cattle	1,282	1,375	930
Replacement cattle	321	376	1,036

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 to good. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded for an accurate market trend. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, May 23, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	6	182.50	$182.50	$770	-12.64
491	491	9	187.00	$187.00	$918	-4.20
563–581	574	30	167.00–175.00	$169.00	$970	-9.43
600–618	607	25	151.00–173.00	$168.39	$1,022	-5.20
658	658	14	161.00	$161.00	$1,059	-6.84
722–748	737	32	141.00–150.00	$147.66	$1,088	-10.68
758	758	4	139.00	$139.00	$1,054	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–485	462	17	181.00–196.00	$183.78	$849	-9.58
550–554	552	32	193.50–194.00	$193.75	$1,070	+0.55
600–617	614	32	182.00–185.00	$184.54	$1,133	+6.50
1061	1061	7	124.00	$124.00	$1,316	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
162	162	12	400.00	$400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	10	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	8	172.50	$172.50	$826	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	6	167.00	$167.00	$730	-14.00
460	460	7	161.00–163.00	$161.86	$745	-14.85
515–535	529	38	159.00–161.00	$159.93	$846	-8.94
561–594	579	71	156.50–165.00	$158.64	$919	-8.48
676	676	8	153.00	$153.00	$1,034	-3.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	6	172.00	$172.00	$621	—
433	433	5	169.00	$169.00	$732	-5.49
531–538	534	11	150.00–160.00	$155.42	$830	-2.67
564	564	7	152.50	$152.50	$860	-7.22
600–610	605	18	151.00–154.00	$151.83	$919	-3.27
737	737	9	143.50	$143.50	$1,058	—
813	813	3	138.00	$138.00	$1,122	—
925	925	9	125.00	$125.00	$1,156	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
641	641	16	149.50	$149.50	$958	—
690	690	9	140.00	$140.00	$966	—
700–730	710	26	140.50–142.00	$141.47	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577	577	25	147.50	$147.50	$851	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
143	143	6	335.00	$335.00	—
166	166	5	400.00	$400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
127	127	7	225.00	$225.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
617	617	5	151.00	$151.00	$932	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1640	1366	80-85%	140	61.00–74.00	$68.20	$932	-13.01
1100–1666	1389	80-85%	102	69.00–85.50	$75.53	$1,049	-2.33
1228–1611	1437	80-85%	52	80.00–89.00	$85.50	$1,229	—
1395–1545	1469	80-85%	7	88.00–98.00	$91.37	$1,342	+24.12
1330–1593	1489	80-85%	14	44.00–59.00	$54.16	$806	-13.09

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1840	1543	75-80%	71	62.00–79.00	$71.66	$1,106	—
1200–2105	1606	75-80%	136	73.00–95.00	$80.15	$1,287	+7.04
1945	1945	75-80%	6	84.00	$84.00	$1,634	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–1305	1042	85-90%	56	32.00–61.00	$51.49	$537	-5.51
970–1258	1111	85-90%	22	73.00–84.00	$79.67	$885	+6.22
947–1330	1161	85-90%	64	50.00–67.50	$63.35	$735	-0.57
975–1275	1174	85-90%	47	68.00–75.00	$70.04	$822	-9.37

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–995	928	2	92.50	$92.50	$858	—
985–1410	1138	6	100.00–108.00	$101.88	$1,159	—
1445–2465	1942	20	85.00–98.50	$92.37	$1,794	—
1580–2470	1958	33	94.00–111.50	$101.04	$1,978	-1.38
2130–2335	2233	2	102.50–103.00	$102.76	$2,295	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1093	1037	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	101.00–109.00	$103.01	$1,068
960–1315	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	91.00–96.00	$92.78	$1,062

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–940	928	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	112.00–128.00	$113.78	$1,056

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1480	1272	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,139.08
1284–1429	1312	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,220.75
1225–1595	1344	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	900.00–1,135.00	$1,041.81

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1289	1289	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1293–1485	1389	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,385.00–1,425.00	$1,403.62

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
983–1203	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,050.00–1,125.00	$1,106.74
1201	1201	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,110.00	$1,110.00

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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
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
1000–1210	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,600.00–1,725.00	$1,671.69	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1150–1350	1166	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,113.37	—
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,500.00	$1,500.00	-100.00
1180–1550	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,349.41	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1256–1485	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	950.00–1,150.00	$992.36	—
1410–1675	1571	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,333.08	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
969–980	972	4	102.00	$102.00	$991	-1.27
1038	1038	4	101.50	$101.50	$1,054	-3.35
1050–1081	1073	11	101.00–107.00	$102.59	$1,101	-2.09
1125	1125	3	103.50	$103.50	$1,164	-1.69
1168–1176	1173	9	103.00–103.50	$103.33	$1,212	-2.05
1225	1225	1	103.50	$103.50	$1,268	-1.12
1254	1254	5	102.00	$102.00	$1,279	+0.36
1335	1335	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,348	-3.24
1352	1352	6	103.50	$103.50	$1,399	+0.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1427–1534	1491	33	100.50–112.50	$103.39	$1,542	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–303	303	6	92.50–97.50	$95.00	$288	-1.00
368–388	382	13	85.00–92.50	$87.22	$333	—
465	465	3	85.00	$85.00	$395	±0.00
1248	1248	2	95.00	$95.00	$1,186	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–1290	1024	(<2 yrs)	Open	46	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,757.43	—

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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.