Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 11, 2022

2,664 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $183.26/cwt ≈ $1,607/hd at 877 lb · 319 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $189.20/cwt ≈ $1,466/hd at 775 lb · 286 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $184.28/cwt ≈ $1,552/hd at 842 lb · 176 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,664	1,048	821
Feeder cattle	1,480	190	208
Slaughter cattle	1,067	781	607
Replacement cattle	117	77	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Sterling Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderated to good. Feeder cattle too thinly traded for a trend. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower with slaughter bulls 10.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, July 25, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	11	262.00	$262.00	$747	—
380	380	21	240.00–241.00	$240.95	$916	—
630	630	4	199.00	$199.00	$1,254	—
693	693	12	192.00	$192.00	$1,331	—
713–727	724	77	190.50–190.75	$190.69	$1,381	—
760–779	775	286	184.00–190.75	$189.20	$1,466	—
828–844	842	176	182.00–185.25	$184.28	$1,552	—
853–898	877	319	181.00–184.25	$183.26	$1,607	—
914	914	120	182.25	$182.25	$1,666	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281	281	4	244.00	$244.00	$686	—
676–693	687	18	185.50–187.00	$185.99	$1,278	—
748	748	5	186.00	$186.00	$1,391	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200–233	212	6	460.00–485.00	$476.25	-62.23

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	5	172.00	$172.00	$1,290	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288–292	290	8	232.50–240.00	$237.16	$688	—
302–344	331	10	226.00–233.00	$231.09	$765	—
385	385	2	232.50	$232.50	$895	—
1058	1058	11	127.75	$127.75	$1,352	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
674	674	11	166.00	$166.00	$1,119	—
735	735	9	161.00	$161.00	$1,183	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
857	857	11	158.00	$158.00	$1,354	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
214–245	224	10	450.00–485.00	$478.22	+28.22

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
898–1180	971	85-90%	7	90.00–95.00	$92.70	$900	—
835–1390	1081	85-90%	69	36.00–58.50	$52.87	$572	—
1070–1200	1148	85-90%	3	87.00–95.00	$90.72	$1,041	+15.17
813–1413	1153	85-90%	150	57.00–74.50	$66.89	$771	-12.61
965–1272	1167	85-90%	47	70.50–85.00	$76.85	$897	-2.65
860–1270	1171	85-90%	39	74.00–87.50	$78.00	$913	-1.50
1089–1264	1192	85-90%	72	65.00–73.00	$71.02	$847	-12.09

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270	1270	80-85%	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,181	+5.30
1210–1530	1321	80-85%	53	80.00–92.00	$84.44	$1,115	—
1280–1565	1378	80-85%	10	95.00–99.00	$97.07	$1,338	+13.82
1240–1560	1399	80-85%	68	71.00–79.50	$77.53	$1,085	-5.72
1205–1763	1427	80-85%	183	66.00–79.50	$73.72	$1,052	+10.32
1310–1750	1474	80-85%	9	61.00–65.00	$62.39	$920	-25.95
1218–1734	1478	80-85%	57	80.00–91.00	$83.87	$1,240	-4.47

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1805	1645	75-80%	4	100.00–105.00	$103.85	$1,708	—
1405–1835	1664	75-80%	14	86.00–98.00	$90.06	$1,499	—
1625–1875	1765	75-80%	9	73.00–84.00	$76.72	$1,354	-10.18

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–848	827	3	130.00–131.00	$130.32	$1,078	—
900–1030	965	2	105.00–110.00	$107.33	$1,036	-4.67
850–1320	1127	8	76.00–100.00	$93.87	$1,058	—
1145–2005	1639	22	90.00–109.50	$100.82	$1,652	—
1765–2490	1976	15	105.00–118.50	$111.36	$2,200	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
823–1045	844	(<2 yrs)	Open	21	103.00–117.50	$112.47	$949
1055–1285	1144	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	95.00–99.00	$97.32	$1,113

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730	730	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,029
1010–1073	1023	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	107.50–118.00	$110.10	$1,126

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1395	1395	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1380–1510	1430	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,110.00–1,185.00	$1,149.59

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1172	1172	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,085.00	$1,085.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1069–1126	1087	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,210.00–1,275.00	$1,230.73

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1231	1231	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1352	1352	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—
1252–1610	1388	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	33	1,400.00–1,510.00	$1,475.77	—
1253–1467	1393	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,300.00–1,425.00	$1,394.21	—
1396	1396	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,385.00	$1,385.00	—
1520	1520	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,625.00	$1,625.00	+100.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–840	819	10	102.50–107.00	$103.88	$851	-0.12
855	855	1	108.00	$108.00	$923	+8.00
910–930	920	2	115.00–115.50	$115.25	$1,060	—
960–998	974	10	114.00–115.50	$114.91	$1,119	+5.91
1010–1040	1032	20	115.00–117.50	$116.43	$1,202	+2.99
1055–1095	1079	13	103.00–116.50	$114.44	$1,235	-1.56
1108–1123	1119	16	115.00–116.50	$115.72	$1,295	—
1150–1199	1174	17	108.50–117.50	$116.22	$1,364	-0.28
1203–1245	1216	20	114.00–116.50	$116.25	$1,414	—
1270	1270	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,492	+3.50
1355	1355	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,545	—
1403	1403	2	108.00	$108.00	$1,515	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	3	62.50	$62.50	$369	—
630	630	1	65.00	$65.00	$410	-7.50
661–696	677	11	70.00–75.00	$72.34	$490	—
740–748	746	5	62.50–75.00	$72.52	$541	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	2	80.00	$80.00	$580	—
765–783	774	9	81.00–82.50	$81.84	$633	-0.66
800	800	1	81.00	$81.00	$648	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
799	799	5	95.00	$95.00	$759	—
828–839	835	6	96.00–98.00	$97.34	$813	—

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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.