Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 22, 2022

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $191.60/cwt ≈ $743/hd at 388 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	900	1,035	613
Feeder cattle	254	193	187
Slaughter cattle	627	802	422
Replacement cattle	19	40	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 1 Colorado auction market included: Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded for a trend. Feeder dairy heifers crossed with Angus weighing 1000 lbs and up sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher with instances of 5.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Colorado auction markets will soon transition out of their combined summer sale schedules and resume their feeder cattle auctions in September as cattlemen are running out of grass. The next available report will be Tuesday, September 6, 2022 due to the upcoming Labor Day weekend.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
747	747	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,270	—
932	932	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,491	—
965	965	4	159.00	$159.00	$1,534	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–397	388	11	187.50–195.00	$191.60	$743	—
1055–1094	1091	12	118.00–124.00	$118.48	$1,293	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	4	181.00	$181.00	$932	—
817	817	7	160.00	$160.00	$1,307	—
1005	1005	3	137.50	$137.50	$1,382	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235	1235	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,494	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1213–1670	1343	80-85%	63	84.00–94.50	$88.13	$1,184	—
1265–1540	1411	80-85%	10	95.00–103.50	$99.06	$1,398	+43.78
1205–1775	1468	80-85%	156	83.00–94.00	$87.10	$1,279	+11.10
1223–1690	1469	80-85%	46	70.00–82.50	$77.86	$1,144	+1.86
1360–1643	1549	80-85%	15	40.00–67.50	$57.63	$893	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	85-90%	1	93.00	$93.00	$921	—
822–1490	1036	85-90%	23	32.50–50.00	$39.94	$414	—
820–1425	1078	85-90%	38	61.00–74.00	$68.93	$743	—
980–1180	1126	85-90%	9	87.00–95.00	$90.80	$1,022	+43.92
930–1400	1176	85-90%	79	75.00–86.00	$79.79	$938	+2.13
1085–1250	1191	85-90%	9	82.00–89.00	$85.81	$1,022	+8.15

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1545–2075	1710	75-80%	34	90.00–100.00	$95.74	$1,637	+4.12
1740	1740	75-80%	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$1,836	+13.88
1560–1930	1748	75-80%	15	81.00–89.00	$85.26	$1,490	-6.36

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,219	—
1010–1170	1090	2	109.00–112.00	$110.39	$1,203	—
955–1275	1098	6	90.00–101.00	$95.36	$1,047	—
1220–2045	1563	13	85.00–109.50	$102.90	$1,608	—
1460–2110	1787	29	110.00–120.50	$113.36	$2,026	—
1895–2080	1993	4	121.50–123.50	$122.86	$2,449	+13.49

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–935	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	105.00–111.00	$109.69	$938
1125–1170	1153	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	98.00–98.50	$98.17	$1,132

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,129

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1415	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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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
1247	1247	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,585.00	$1,585.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–845	826	7	114.00–115.00	$114.85	$949	—
855–875	867	6	114.00–118.50	$116.60	$1,011	+0.60
959–975	963	4	120.50–121.50	$121.25	$1,168	—
1014–1026	1017	24	120.00–122.00	$120.50	$1,225	+2.50
1063–1090	1078	17	115.00–121.50	$120.14	$1,295	+2.86
1100–1146	1136	17	115.00–123.00	$119.90	$1,362	+1.89
1152–1195	1168	20	118.50–122.50	$120.08	$1,403	+2.57
1201–1202	1202	15	121.50–123.00	$122.10	$1,468	—
1250	1250	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,531	+6.58

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570–1840	1725	20	101.00–108.00	$104.03	$1,795	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	2	62.50	$62.50	$412	—
812	812	9	50.00	$50.00	$406	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
596	596	7	72.50	$72.50	$432	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,119	—
1365	1365	2	106.00	$106.00	$1,447	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	87.50	$87.50	$586	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
858	858	3	100.00	$100.00	$858	—

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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.