Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 6, 2022

3,079 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.47/cwt ≈ $1,194/hd at 915 lb · 135 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.35/cwt ≈ $985/hd at 634 lb · 32 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $180.26/cwt ≈ $860/hd at 477 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,079	1,001	2,554
Feeder cattle	2,373	293	1,926
Slaughter cattle	656	660	586
Replacement cattle	50	48	42

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auctions included Livestock Exchange and Centennial Livestock. Trade activity and demand good on steers and heifers, very good on slaughter cows and bulls. Feeder steers an heifers too lightly tested from the prior week for an accurate trend. Baby calves 170-245 lbs sold for $425.00-$550.00 per head, 100-160 lbs $160.00-$250.00 per head, and under 100 lbs $110.00-$160.00. Feeder dairy heifers over 900 lbs sold 1.00 to 7.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Compared to last month's dairy feeder cattle auction, trade activity and demand moderate to good as dairy feeder steers sold firm, mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Dairy feeder heifers under 650 lbs sold mostly 15.00 to 30.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, June 20, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556	556	5	176.00	$176.00	$979	—
612 fancy	612	8	182.50	$182.50	$1,117	—
628	628	6	175.00	$175.00	$1,099	+5.00
658	658	6	176.50	$176.50	$1,161	+5.50
748	748	17	172.00	$172.00	$1,287	+10.00
752 fancy	752	17	174.50	$174.50	$1,312	—
782	782	6	151.00	$151.00	$1,181	—
889	889	4	149.00	$149.00	$1,325	+11.00
924	924	11	143.00	$143.00	$1,321	—
993	993	12	142.00	$142.00	$1,410	—
1008	1008	4	147.00	$147.00	$1,482	—
1053	1053	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,379	—
1133	1133	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,473	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411–423	417	23	189.00–194.00	$191.66	$799	—
467–484	477	26	171.00–186.00	$180.26	$860	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	6	196.00	$196.00	$935	—
518	518	6	182.00	$182.00	$943	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
663	663	11	163.00	$163.00	$1,081	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	9	131.00	$131.00	$753	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	5	159.00	$159.00	$898	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623–649	634	32	153.00–160.00	$155.35	$985	—
737–740	738	5	143.50–145.50	$144.70	$1,068	-1.80
826–845	840	25	135.00	$135.00	$1,134	—
907–941	915	135	130.00–132.00	$130.47	$1,194	—
1016	1016	52	123.50	$123.50	$1,255	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	3	160.00	$160.00	$861	—
580–592	585	8	150.00–151.00	$150.62	$881	—
665–698	685	5	143.00–144.00	$143.39	$982	+3.89

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1720	1387	80-85%	46	82.50–91.00	$86.49	$1,200	+3.44
1070–1955	1418	80-85%	213	80.00–89.00	$84.69	$1,201	+10.38
1060–1715	1463	80-85%	31	90.00–98.00	$92.34	$1,351	+9.74
1285–1668	1493	80-85%	24	74.50–78.00	$76.22	$1,138	-6.38

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	85-90%	2	67.00	$67.00	$603	—
725–1515	928	85-90%	18	32.50–56.00	$45.13	$419	—
1063–1180	1092	85-90%	4	89.00–92.00	$91.19	$996	+3.08
1075–1155	1115	85-90%	2	75.00–86.00	$80.70	$900	+15.82
825–1525	1182	85-90%	17	58.50–69.50	$63.24	$747	-10.55
800–1795	1256	85-90%	190	70.00–82.00	$77.66	$975	—
1065–1483	1278	85-90%	16	83.00–91.00	$85.68	$1,095	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485–1812	1670	75-80%	38	83.00–94.00	$90.79	$1,516	—
1645–1950	1793	75-80%	4	76.00–81.00	$78.27	$1,403	-5.81

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	1	118.00	$118.00	$832	—
995	995	1	100.00	$100.00	$995	—
1305–2780	1624	9	91.00–104.50	$98.22	$1,595	—
1195–2425	1916	14	106.00–115.50	$110.61	$2,119	—
1640–2390	2016	11	116.50–129.00	$120.82	$2,436	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1050	974	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	96.00–115.00	$108.83	$1,060
1200–1540	1370	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	93.00–93.50	$93.28	$1,278

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790	790	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	117.50	$117.50	$928
1258	1258	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	99.00	$99.00	$1,245

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1270	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	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
1425	1425	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,710.00	$1,710.00	—
1539	1539	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
1553	1553	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—
1605	1605	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1642	1642	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1348	1348	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1495	1495	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1410	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	14	167.00	$167.00	$573	—
394 fancy	394	4	182.50	$182.50	$719	—
426–432	431	37	160.00–161.00	$160.79	$693	—
488	488	27	149.50	$149.50	$730	—
573	573	34	150.00	$150.00	$860	—
605–633	626	19	141.00–142.00	$141.25	$884	—
679	679	57	139.00	$139.00	$944	—
832	832	69	129.50	$129.50	$1,077	—
1048	1048	4	107.50	$107.50	$1,127	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	12	129.00	$129.00	$435	—
394	394	12	121.00	$121.00	$477	—
400	400	17	119.00	$119.00	$476	—
454	454	18	100.00	$100.00	$454	—
570–593	581	15	98.00–99.00	$98.52	$572	—
640	640	6	98.00	$98.00	$627	—
839	839	4	93.00	$93.00	$780	—
955–987	982	7	91.00–92.00	$91.14	$895	-0.60
1062–1080	1065	6	94.00–97.00	$94.51	$1,007	-1.33
1104–1145	1116	8	90.00–93.00	$92.62	$1,034	+0.62
1150	1150	19	95.00	$95.00	$1,092	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	9	137.50	$137.50	$424	—
347 value added	347	2	137.50	$137.50	$477	—
384	384	4	137.50	$137.50	$528	—
506–543	520	8	123.00–137.50	$131.82	$685	—
638–645	640	3	108.00–118.00	$114.64	$734	—
830	830	1	107.50	$107.50	$892	—
925	925	1	103.00	$103.00	$953	+1.52
990–991	991	4	104.00–104.50	$104.12	$1,032	+6.62
1000	1000	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,040	+1.72
1127–1135	1130	7	104.50–105.50	$104.79	$1,184	+5.44
1155–1180	1159	7	104.50–106.00	$104.72	$1,214	+6.91
1270	1270	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,308	+0.83
1310	1310	1	104.50	$104.50	$1,369	+2.50

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
256	256	7	115.00	$115.00	$294	—
840	840	1	80.00	$80.00	$672	—
945	945	1	84.00	$84.00	$794	—
951	951	9	93.00	$93.00	$884	—
1115	1115	1	81.00	$81.00	$903	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	2	55.00	$55.00	$366	—
816–840	826	14	60.00–67.50	$63.27	$523	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	6	74.00	$74.00	$206	—
375	375	2	65.00	$65.00	$244	—
865	865	1	75.00	$75.00	$649	—
930	930	1	80.00	$80.00	$744	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	70.00	$70.00	$508	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	47.50	$47.50	$306	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
194	194	5	152.50	$152.50	$296	—
205	205	16	137.50	$137.50	$282	—
263–292	290	105	131.00–138.00	$137.41	$398	—
317–346	339	41	126.00	$126.00	$427	—
350–371	359	74	122.00–131.00	$126.93	$456	—
403 value added	403	4	175.00	$175.00	$705	—
420–438	429	226	110.00–123.00	$112.97	$485	—
450 value added	450	7	135.00	$135.00	$608	—
515	515	45	114.00	$114.00	$587	—
561	561	25	115.00	$115.00	$645	—
600–640	617	51	100.00–115.00	$109.15	$673	—
770–797	779	46	95.00–100.00	$96.67	$753	—
935	935	2	96.00	$96.00	$898	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	18	199.00	$199.00	$665	—
365–398	383	33	200.00–211.00	$204.77	$784	—
426–439	438	114	202.50–209.00	$203.22	$890	—
456	456	12	195.00	$195.00	$889	—
511–521	514	16	180.00–185.00	$181.27	$932	—
557	557	13	160.00	$160.00	$891	—
624–645	638	16	147.50–148.00	$147.85	$943	—
765	765	3	142.50	$142.50	$1,090	—
882	882	3	132.00	$132.00	$1,164	—
1155	1155	11	115.00	$115.00	$1,328	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
178	178	5	135.00	$135.00	$240	—
260	260	21	126.00	$126.00	$328	—
311	311	5	120.00	$120.00	$373	—
368–393	382	7	110.00–121.00	$114.54	$438	—
420–421	421	11	104.00–113.00	$110.55	$465	—
455–491	476	28	110.00–111.00	$110.59	$526	—
649	649	4	93.00	$93.00	$604	—
813–839	830	11	91.00	$91.00	$755	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–399	391	9	182.50–197.00	$194.00	$759	—
448	448	6	175.00	$175.00	$784	—
501–535	505	17	160.00–162.50	$162.19	$819	—
558	558	2	142.50	$142.50	$795	—
698	698	3	131.00	$131.00	$914	—
743	743	4	120.00	$120.00	$892	—
817	817	3	120.00	$120.00	$980	—
1130	1130	4	114.00	$114.00	$1,288	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540–545	541	7	67.50–70.00	$69.64	$377	—
571	571	4	67.50	$67.50	$385	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521	521	7	115.00	$115.00	$599	—
595	595	2	120.00	$120.00	$714	—

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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.