Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 19, 2022

3,258 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $176.08/cwt +5.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,009/hd at 573 lb · 158 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $178.74/cwt -1.03 vs last sale · ≈ $853/hd at 477 lb · 84 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $191.96/cwt +0.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,008/hd at 525 lb · 78 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,258	2,336	3,734
Feeder cattle	2,210	1,298	2,604
Slaughter cattle	994	1,022	959
Replacement cattle	54	16	171

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. It continues to be a slow start to the fall run with few calves hitting the barns. Feeder cattle markets lightly tested. Steers under 500 lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower, and over 500 lbs steady to 4.00 higher with instances of 6.00 to 8.00 higher on a few 850-950 lb steers. Heifers under 500 lbs lightly tested at 1.00 to 5.00 lower, 500-700 lbs steady to 6.00 higher and over 750 lbs too thinly tested for a market trend. Dairy heifers over 1000 lbs were 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, October 3, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–347	340	24	212.00–230.00	$225.32	$766	+1.35
363 thin fleshed	363	3	235.00	$235.00	$853	—
385–391	389	11	205.00–222.50	$213.67	$831	-3.57
404–437	423	38	196.00–215.00	$206.61	$874	-1.36
461–498	483	62	191.50–221.00	$203.42	$983	-2.68
507–545	525	78	188.00–198.00	$191.96	$1,008	+0.59
557–596	572	24	185.50–192.00	$189.54	$1,084	+2.43
610–643 unweaned	630	40	178.00–183.00	$181.94	$1,146	-1.89
635	635	5	186.00	$186.00	$1,181	+1.00
651–655 unweaned	652	21	179.00–180.00	$179.14	$1,168	+3.32
659–665	660	27	178.00–180.00	$179.63	$1,186	—
730	730	3	177.00	$177.00	$1,292	+4.00
732 unweaned	732	2	172.50	$172.50	$1,263	—
760 unweaned	760	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,292	—
802–818	812	17	161.00–167.00	$163.93	$1,331	—
895	895	2	168.00	$168.00	$1,504	+7.80
908–917	916	46	159.00–163.25	$162.79	$1,491	+6.79
1346	1346	5	119.00	$119.00	$1,602	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	175.00	$175.00	$578	—
451–493	480	41	147.50–191.00	$184.86	$887	-4.76
513–531	520	24	181.00–187.00	$183.17	$952	-1.95
550–581	564	20	142.00–172.00	$164.74	$929	-18.54
608	608	2	183.50	$183.50	$1,116	—
616 unweaned	616	7	168.00	$168.00	$1,035	—
650–665	661	4	171.50–177.50	$176.03	$1,164	—
702–748	726	15	165.00–170.00	$168.24	$1,221	—
853	853	6	150.00	$150.00	$1,280	+9.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	26	213.00	$213.00	$1,197	—
639	639	25	179.50	$179.50	$1,147	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–331	328	12	186.00–200.00	$197.76	$649	-4.24
350–397	383	41	181.00–205.00	$191.37	$733	-2.54
405–433	424	40	176.00–190.00	$181.19	$768	-3.12
452–493	477	84	172.50–188.00	$178.74	$853	-1.03
519–538	522	30	172.00–180.00	$173.10	$904	-0.21
550–591	573	158	166.00–187.00	$176.08	$1,009	+5.89
605–620 unweaned	615	40	163.00–172.00	$169.04	$1,040	+1.75
615–626	620	13	166.00–170.00	$168.14	$1,042	+6.14
658–673	671	27	168.50–169.00	$168.68	$1,132	+2.68
675 unweaned	675	5	168.00	$168.00	$1,134	+1.56
733	733	4	164.00	$164.00	$1,202	+8.00
760–792	778	14	162.00–165.00	$163.26	$1,270	-2.74
808 fancy	808	19	163.00	$163.00	$1,317	—
800–832	816	12	141.00–155.00	$147.86	$1,207	-12.14
918–933	928	15	145.50–146.50	$145.83	$1,353	—
958–996	966	28	136.00–145.00	$139.94	$1,352	—
1056	1056	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,510	—
1245	1245	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,307	—
1282	1282	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,513	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	10	172.00	$172.00	$645	—
489	489	12	166.00	$166.00	$812	-3.55
525–527	526	20	165.00–167.50	$166.15	$874	—
550–596	570	36	152.00–168.00	$161.71	$922	—
618	618	2	157.00	$157.00	$970	—
667	667	9	161.00	$161.00	$1,074	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
641	641	11	170.00	$170.00	$1,090	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	3	172.00	$172.00	$1,018	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	1	100.00	$100.00	$840	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1135	1118	85-90%	2	60.00–64.00	$61.97	$693	—
645–1600	1131	85-90%	93	22.50–67.00	$50.65	$573	—
795–1610	1151	85-90%	14	40.00–58.00	$48.58	$559	-22.87
992–1348	1213	85-90%	13	80.00–95.00	$84.47	$1,025	—
980–1435	1237	85-90%	20	67.00–78.00	$73.35	$907	—
745–1870	1238	85-90%	154	52.50–75.00	$64.09	$793	—
900–1670	1314	85-90%	160	46.00–79.50	$71.49	$939	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1356	1326	80-85%	8	78.50–94.00	$80.46	$1,067	—
1111–1595	1372	80-85%	21	81.00–87.50	$83.39	$1,144	—
765–1810	1385	80-85%	73	71.00–88.00	$81.94	$1,135	—
990–1851	1445	80-85%	94	65.00–81.00	$74.16	$1,072	-3.67
1580	1580	80-85%	1	97.50	$97.50	$1,540	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	75-80%	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,502	—
1200–1975	1539	75-80%	35	77.00–92.00	$84.60	$1,302	—
1240–1970	1541	75-80%	36	69.00–82.00	$76.60	$1,180	—
1416–1805	1570	75-80%	16	81.50–92.00	$84.51	$1,327	—
1555–1632	1625	75-80%	11	77.00–79.00	$78.83	$1,281	-20.74
1585–1745	1665	75-80%	2	93.50–94.00	$93.74	$1,561	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–760	647	12	129.00–145.00	$136.44	$883	—
1050	1050	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,181	+2.50
1317–1671	1535	22	90.00–95.50	$94.67	$1,453	—
875–2145	1539	28	72.00–99.00	$91.66	$1,411	—
1480–2285	1911	30	97.00–109.00	$102.49	$1,959	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
995–1013	1010	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	97.50–106.00	$104.80	$1,058

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1338	1157	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	124.00–136.00	$128.59	$1,488

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1588	1351	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	1,300.00–1,425.00	$1,362.95
1415	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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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
1360	1360	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
1750	1750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	4	90.00	$90.00	$327	—
492	492	3	92.50	$92.50	$455	—
785	785	1	92.50	$92.50	$726	—
847–848	847	5	95.00–115.00	$106.99	$906	—
859–895	884	20	111.00–119.00	$117.56	$1,039	—
918–936	931	11	116.00–121.00	$119.65	$1,114	+9.65
1020–1030	1023	7	109.00–119.00	$115.99	$1,187	-0.01
1080	1080	4	115.00	$115.00	$1,242	+3.05
1130	1130	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,311	—
1420	1420	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,519	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	7	120.00	$120.00	$1,068	—
1043	1043	6	121.50	$121.50	$1,267	-2.94
1062–1070	1065	6	119.00–120.00	$119.17	$1,269	-4.63
1130–1145	1140	4	119.00–122.00	$119.75	$1,365	-3.89

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319	319	3	50.00	$50.00	$160	—
740	740	1	75.00	$75.00	$555	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	82.50	$82.50	$370	—

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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.