Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 23, 2022

2,913 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $166.47/cwt +7.44 vs last sale · ≈ $869/hd at 522 lb · 71 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.05/cwt ≈ $997/hd at 660 lb · 37 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $157.35/cwt ≈ $1,260/hd at 801 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,913	4,548	2,963
Feeder cattle	1,473	1,944	1,487
Slaughter cattle	1,172	1,704	788
Replacement cattle	268	900	688

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 trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, June 6, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379–385	381	10	186.00–200.00	$195.75	$746	—
473–496	480	28	176.00–181.00	$179.94	$864	—
539	539	31	184.00	$184.00	$992	-4.99
561 thin fleshed	561	13	186.00	$186.00	$1,043	—
563	563	13	175.00	$175.00	$985	-7.00
618	618	13	171.00	$171.00	$1,057	-1.50
653–692	677	24	158.00–162.00	$160.02	$1,083	—
775	775	14	150.50	$150.50	$1,166	-5.50
801	801	32	157.35	$157.35	$1,260	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406–439	424	13	162.00–168.00	$164.65	$698	-13.75
481–495	489	12	163.00–180.00	$168.54	$824	-4.52
510–545	529	14	170.00–172.50	$171.42	$907	-5.58
555–585	567	5	163.00–165.00	$163.83	$929	-3.95
698	698	4	149.00	$149.00	$1,040	-6.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
103–138	120	10	200.00–250.00	$217.26	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
92	92	3	325.00	$325.00	—
173	173	6	425.00	$425.00	-5.77

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
769	769	7	105.00	$105.00	$807	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
144	144	5	350.00	$350.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451	451	18	166.00	$166.00	$749	—
516–537	522	71	162.00–168.00	$166.47	$869	+7.44
571–587	582	7	159.00–163.00	$160.12	$932	—
651–669	660	37	150.00–152.00	$151.05	$997	—
722–730	724	15	141.00–146.50	$145.02	$1,050	-10.98
763	763	9	140.00	$140.00	$1,068	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–543	526	9	150.00–159.00	$155.02	$815	+4.02
575–587	583	16	152.00–159.00	$157.57	$919	+3.07
668–688	683	8	144.00–145.00	$144.24	$985	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	2	210.00–260.00	$235.00	+151.17
125–130	128	2	160.00–310.00	$233.53	+28.53
150–195	178	14	225.00–410.00	$361.61	-11.07
215–230	223	2	460.00–475.00	$467.25	+7.25
323	323	6	560.00	$560.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	9	210.00–225.00	$216.67	—
175	175	1	260.00	$260.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
114	114	4	175.00	$175.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125–135	129	4	225.00–335.00	$251.70	—
150–195	170	5	275.00–475.00	$338.88	—
200–230	205	9	425.00–510.00	$461.21	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622	622	5	117.00	$117.00	$728	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	170.00	$170.00	$743	-2.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1425	1288	80-85%	2	80.50–81.00	$80.72	$1,040	—
1110–1730	1379	80-85%	128	64.50–75.50	$72.01	$993	—
1093–1718	1404	80-85%	117	74.00–87.00	$76.92	$1,080	-1.36
1225–1595	1436	80-85%	57	78.00–89.00	$83.48	$1,199	-0.01

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
191–1427	986	85-90%	104	58.00–69.50	$65.26	$643	—
915–1195	1063	85-90%	7	85.00–92.00	$88.92	$945	+25.39
780–1370	1068	85-90%	26	42.50–61.50	$54.68	$584	-8.85
995–1245	1116	85-90%	14	72.50–80.00	$77.25	$862	+0.49
1135	1135	85-90%	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,124	+26.53
985–1335	1147	85-90%	121	66.75–80.00	$71.04	$815	-1.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1323–2070	1560	75-80%	83	67.00–80.00	$76.67	$1,196	-3.72
1390–2040	1575	75-80%	56	80.00–90.00	$82.74	$1,303	+2.35
1650	1650	75-80%	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,502	+15.99

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
868	868	2	102.00	$102.00	$885	—
900–1108	1040	4	86.00–96.00	$89.76	$934	-13.24
1185–2020	1618	23	85.00–103.00	$93.52	$1,513	—
1562–2315	1945	28	95.00–116.00	$103.04	$2,004	—
1950–2520	2151	7	104.00–125.00	$117.09	$2,519	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1049	1036	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	875.00–960.00	$943.84
1027–1420	1142	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	1,110.00–1,225.00	$1,160.90
1000–1285	1231	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	910.00–1,275.00	$1,147.50
1380	1380	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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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
745–1200	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	1,225.00–1,500.00	$1,311.27	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	19	1,260.00–1,325.00	$1,307.89	—
1050–1300	1181	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	49	1,110.00–1,325.00	$1,282.32	—
1150–1450	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,425.00–1,450.00	$1,433.61	+153.66
1225–1285	1274	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,260.00–1,635.00	$1,418.99	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1039–1390	1156	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,325.00	$1,310.02	—
1250	1250	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1293	1293	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
950–1615	1324	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	23	1,160.00–1,385.00	$1,310.01	—
1130–1605	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	1,125.00–1,225.00	$1,162.70	-412.30
1387–1715	1505	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,400.00–1,475.00	$1,444.35	+44.26
1587	1587	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1750	1750	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
911	911	5	98.00	$98.00	$893	—
973–978	975	5	98.00–98.50	$98.20	$957	-2.30
1002–1043	1018	19	98.50–99.50	$99.05	$1,008	-2.03
1055–1080	1067	7	98.00–99.50	$98.65	$1,053	-3.49
1111–1135	1125	15	98.00–100.00	$99.73	$1,122	-1.64
1165	1165	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,177	-0.23
1222–1235	1223	10	99.00–99.50	$99.45	$1,216	-1.42
1265–1290	1274	19	95.00–101.00	$100.00	$1,274	-2.00
1315	1315	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,223	-6.00
1350–1355	1351	10	98.00–100.00	$99.70	$1,347	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570–1585	1578	22	89.00–89.50	$89.25	$1,408	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	5	57.50	$57.50	$332	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895	895	1	90.00	$90.00	$806	-7.00

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	1	87.50	$87.50	$1,133	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	1,310.00	$1,310.00	—

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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.