Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 8, 2022

1,653 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary report →

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $175.62/cwt ≈ $1,470/hd at 837 lb · 55 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.15/cwt ≈ $1,193/hd at 689 lb · 53 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 steers $258.50/cwt ≈ $832/hd at 322 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,653	2,253	1,540
Feeder cattle	798	1,710	1,079
Slaughter cattle	813	527	461
Replacement cattle	42	16	0

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 were moderate to good. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded to trend. 950-1200 lb feeder dairy heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher on a light test. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher with instances of 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Offerings of stock cows, bred cows and cow/calf pairs were light this week. Auction markets are looking to transition out of their summer schedules in early September. The next available report will be Monday, August 22, 2022.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
271	271	16	281.00	$281.00	$762	—
322	322	40	258.50	$258.50	$832	—
472	472	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,015	—
657	657	7	194.00	$194.00	$1,275	—
725	725	8	182.00	$182.00	$1,320	—
782	782	23	184.00	$184.00	$1,439	—
828–848	837	55	174.00–181.50	$175.62	$1,470	—
862	862	9	171.00	$171.00	$1,474	—
965	965	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,554	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
251	251	6	310.00	$310.00	$778	—
326	326	9	244.00	$244.00	$795	—
371	371	11	252.50	$252.50	$937	—
424	424	5	235.00	$235.00	$996	—
788	788	8	177.50	$177.50	$1,399	—
823	823	11	173.00	$173.00	$1,424	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–343	335	10	244.00–252.50	$245.74	$823	—
412	412	6	207.50	$207.50	$855	—
557–580	566	11	191.00–197.00	$194.22	$1,099	—
713–748	733	12	175.00–179.00	$176.47	$1,294	—
763	763	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,343	—
880	880	2	158.00	$158.00	$1,390	+26.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429	429	6	195.00	$195.00	$837	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
848	848	5	126.00	$126.00	$1,068	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–289	271	31	230.00–233.00	$232.17	$629	—
326–337	329	31	225.00–242.00	$237.50	$781	—
374	374	5	230.00	$230.00	$860	+65.00
443	443	2	194.00	$194.00	$859	—
517–533	526	7	173.00–180.00	$177.05	$931	—
573	573	4	172.00	$172.00	$986	—
658–695	689	53	172.50–176.50	$173.15	$1,193	—
726	726	24	171.50	$171.50	$1,245	—
801–841	821	14	160.00–166.50	$163.17	$1,340	—
920–946	933	16	158.50–159.00	$158.75	$1,481	—
1060	1060	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,325	-5.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	13	225.00	$225.00	$729	—
400	400	13	225.00	$225.00	$900	—
706–735	716	12	166.50–167.50	$166.84	$1,195	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–434	427	9	175.00–183.00	$178.95	$764	—
600–620	607	3	148.00–168.00	$161.19	$978	—
863–870	867	9	146.00–159.00	$152.78	$1,325	—
903	903	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,228	—
983–984	984	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,230	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
173	173	5	225.00	$225.00	$389	—
524	524	9	100.00	$100.00	$524	—
577	577	9	96.00	$96.00	$554	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910	910	8	96.00	$96.00	$874	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
857–1110	920	4	107.00–110.00	$109.10	$1,004	—
1068	1068	4	120.00	$120.00	$1,282	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	6	90.00	$90.00	$374	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	3	182.00	$182.00	$855	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,261	—
1151	1151	14	127.50	$127.50	$1,468	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	11	193.00	$193.00	$1,000	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1162–1555	1333	80-85%	19	82.50–105.00	$96.73	$1,289	—
1168–1770	1391	80-85%	252	71.00–90.00	$84.35	$1,173	+3.35
1200–1620	1416	80-85%	39	83.50–90.00	$86.91	$1,231	+15.34
1225–1635	1469	80-85%	79	61.00–78.50	$72.89	$1,071	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
732–1475	944	85-90%	30	35.00–55.00	$46.92	$443	—
1120	1120	85-90%	1	92.50	$92.50	$1,036	+17.13
805–1340	1143	85-90%	67	57.50–73.50	$68.34	$781	+5.78
1140–1160	1150	85-90%	2	87.00–90.00	$88.51	$1,018	—
905–1335	1162	85-90%	165	66.50–86.00	$79.20	$920	—
1180–1235	1208	85-90%	2	84.50	$84.50	$1,021	+0.46

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1685–1890	1747	75-80%	19	75.00–86.00	$81.88	$1,430	+1.78
1605–1960	1751	75-80%	41	87.00–99.00	$91.82	$1,608	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	2	114.00	$114.00	$1,442	—
1360–1695	1528	2	91.00–105.50	$97.45	$1,489	—
1410–2420	1810	17	109.00–118.00	$114.72	$2,076	—
1665–2370	2060	8	119.00–128.00	$124.29	$2,560	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1126–1166	1152	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	89.00–96.50	$93.91	$1,082

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1011–1075	1021	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	102.50–124.50	$120.03	$1,226

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1254	1254	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1388	1388	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,285.00	$1,285.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,075.00	$1,075.00

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1685	1685	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	$22,326	—

↑ Back to top

Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
892	892	3	114.00	$114.00	$1,017	—
975–985	980	3	115.50–116.50	$116.00	$1,137	+2.50
1038–1041	1039	10	113.50–116.00	$115.00	$1,195	+1.50
1053–1096	1084	17	114.00–117.00	$116.00	$1,257	+2.19
1102–1139	1120	32	110.00–117.50	$116.42	$1,304	+4.06
1172–1189	1176	40	116.50–117.00	$116.55	$1,371	+2.80
1230	1230	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,378	-2.00
1272	1272	3	115.50	$115.50	$1,469	—
1340	1340	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,474	-6.00
1355	1355	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,477	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	62.50	$62.50	$409	—
825	825	1	75.00	$75.00	$619	+7.50
890	890	1	72.50	$72.50	$645	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	1	97.50	$97.50	$834	-12.50

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	1	87.50	$87.50	$766	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450	1450	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,610	—

↑ Back to top

Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1139	1139	7	100.00	$100.00	$1,139	—

↑ Back to top

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.