Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 16, 2022

4,548 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.11/cwt +9.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,145/hd at 773 lb · 37 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $155.53/cwt -5.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,065/hd at 685 lb · 32 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.15/cwt -16.85 vs last sale · ≈ $638/hd at 419 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,548	3,122	2,921
Feeder cattle	1,944	1,519	1,242
Slaughter cattle	1,704	1,282	1,099
Replacement cattle	900	321	580

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 cattle too thinly traded for an accurate market trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Due to the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, the next available report will be Tuesday, May 31, 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
356–373	362	6	196.00–200.00	$197.38	$715	—
423–446	431	17	176.00–181.00	$178.40	$769	-4.10
463–489	478	20	169.00–177.00	$173.06	$827	-13.94
533	533	5	177.00	$177.00	$943	—
556–575	564	16	166.00–170.00	$167.78	$946	-1.22
603–640	625	5	159.00–171.00	$163.63	$1,023	-4.76
651–690	685	32	153.00–156.00	$155.53	$1,065	-5.47
731	731	8	151.00	$151.00	$1,104	+3.34
763–780	773	37	147.00–150.00	$148.11	$1,145	+9.11

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	11	195.00	$195.00	$852	—
507–540	522	11	181.00–198.00	$188.99	$987	—
580	580	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,056	-11.75
636	636	14	172.50	$172.50	$1,097	-12.04
752–753	753	20	156.00	$156.00	$1,175	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
156–186	172	15	425.00–435.00	$430.77	+30.77
246	246	7	560.00	$560.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	2	161.00	$161.00	$399	—
333	333	5	171.00	$171.00	$569	—
402–428	419	29	151.00–156.00	$152.15	$638	-16.85
456	456	4	156.00	$156.00	$711	—
514–535	521	6	151.00	$151.00	$787	-4.42
552	552	13	154.50	$154.50	$853	+2.00
611–641	627	27	145.00–150.00	$147.07	$922	-4.76
720–748	734	21	141.00–145.00	$143.01	$1,050	-0.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60–95	78	6	60.00–110.00	$83.83	—
110–120	117	3	85.00–260.00	$205.00	-130.00
150–170 unweaned	160	9	325.00–435.00	$422.78	—
175–180	178	18	360.00–385.00	$372.68	-27.32
200–240 unweaned	224	5	450.00–475.00	$466.07	—
243	243	10	460.00	$460.00	—
296	296	4	525.00	$525.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536–548	542	16	156.00–162.00	$159.03	$862	-0.90
615	615	17	159.00	$159.00	$978	—
707	707	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,103	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	9	151.50	$151.50	$698	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–1550	1500	3	101.00–108.00	$103.29	$1,549	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65–95 unweaned	81	4	110.00–160.00	$141.92	—
105–135 unweaned	120	11	125.00–275.00	$214.05	—
155–190 unweaned	178	5	300.00–385.00	$357.78	—
200–245 unweaned	224	12	425.00–525.00	$485.95	—
255 unweaned	255	1	500.00	$500.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	3	172.00	$172.00	$731	—
452	452	9	166.00	$166.00	$750	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1700	1404	80-85%	187	68.00–87.50	$78.28	$1,099	-7.22
1013–1700	1417	80-85%	156	62.00–74.50	$71.08	$1,007	-14.42
1355–1560	1421	80-85%	5	45.00–58.00	$53.76	$764	-31.74
1215–1602	1435	80-85%	120	75.00–88.50	$83.49	$1,198	-2.01
1285–1535	1461	80-85%	8	88.00–99.00	$93.47	$1,366	+2.10

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1455	1059	85-90%	108	55.00–67.00	$63.53	$673	—
895–1220	1101	85-90%	19	44.00–61.00	$57.57	$634	-22.10
935–1250	1110	85-90%	57	72.00–83.00	$76.76	$852	-2.91
800–1335	1125	85-90%	90	67.00–79.00	$72.47	$815	-7.20
1005–1212	1157	85-90%	9	85.00–89.00	$86.83	$1,005	+23.48
1350	1350	85-90%	1	74.00	$74.00	$999	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	75-80%	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,238	+10.34
1245–2070	1571	75-80%	97	74.00–93.00	$80.39	$1,263	—
1315–2230	1681	75-80%	84	66.00–81.00	$75.01	$1,261	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1024	1024	4	103.00	$103.00	$1,055	—
995–1305	1217	17	75.00–95.00	$83.79	$1,020	—
1280–2140	1675	36	85.00–101.50	$94.63	$1,585	—
1450–2295	1846	55	95.00–112.00	$101.61	$1,876	—
1905–2560	2259	9	102.00–120.50	$113.07	$2,554	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1250	1004	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	90.00–97.00	$92.56	$929
865–1130	1031	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	100.00–109.00	$105.94	$1,092

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040–1095	1067	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	100.00–105.00	$102.69	$1,096

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1039–1250	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	925.00–1,010.00	$967.41
957–1427	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	85	1,025.00–1,200.00	$1,100.17
1310–1408	1327	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	885.00–935.00	$894.36
1356–1364	1362	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	1,010.00–1,025.00	$1,021.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1359	1359	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	985.00	$985.00
1238–1488	1385	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,166.88
1210–1740	1490	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	1,185.00–1,350.00	$1,260.14

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
967–1063	1015	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	910.00–1,000.00	$949.11
1226	1226	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,060.00	$1,060.00

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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
1150–1325	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	195	1,235.00–1,335.00	$1,279.95	—
1050–1426	1314	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	48	1,360.00–1,510.00	$1,464.37	—
1277–1418	1333	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,625.00–1,675.00	$1,646.27	—
493–1587	1381	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	1,525.00–1,675.00	$1,598.16	—
1195–1751	1432	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	157	1,300.00–1,675.00	$1,508.54	+159.13
1470–1663	1556	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,425.00–1,450.00	$1,438.12	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1129	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,210.00	$1,210.00	—
1386	1386	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	1,135.00	$1,135.00	—
1424	1424	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
1335–1557	1466	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,228.89	—
1248–1703	1526	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	25	1,275.00–1,435.00	$1,400.09	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	2	100.50	$100.50	$990	-1.50
1006–1043	1013	21	100.50–102.00	$101.08	$1,024	-0.42
1053–1090	1059	14	101.00–103.00	$102.14	$1,082	-0.45
1104–1131	1112	22	101.00–102.00	$101.37	$1,127	-2.13
1185–1188	1187	13	101.00–101.50	$101.23	$1,202	-2.10
1215–1223	1221	4	100.50–102.00	$100.87	$1,232	-2.63
1255	1255	2	102.00	$102.00	$1,280	±0.00
1345	1345	2	99.00	$99.00	$1,332	-2.00

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	4	87.50	$87.50	$289	-7.50
868	868	10	97.00	$97.00	$842	—
971	971	7	99.50	$99.50	$966	—
1080	1080	10	97.00	$97.00	$1,048	—
1113–1119	1116	8	97.50–98.00	$97.75	$1,091	—
1215–1246	1231	8	92.00–97.00	$94.53	$1,164	-0.47
1255	1255	1	99.50	$99.50	$1,249	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	3	72.50	$72.50	$260	—
468	468	3	72.50	$72.50	$339	—
725	725	2	77.50	$77.50	$562	—
905–926	923	8	73.00–77.50	$73.55	$679	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339–343	340	10	57.50	$57.50	$196	—
458	458	3	67.50	$67.50	$309	—
768	768	2	68.00	$68.00	$522	—
860	860	1	70.00	$70.00	$602	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1208	1208	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1222	1222	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

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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.