Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 26, 2022

1,834 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $171.75/cwt -9.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,183/hd at 689 lb · 61 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $165.00/cwt -1.80 vs last sale · ≈ $960/hd at 582 lb · 54 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $167.59/cwt ≈ $1,027/hd at 613 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,834	3,995	682
Feeder cattle	547	2,901	291
Slaughter cattle	854	429	382
Replacement cattle	433	665	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: No comparable trades to trend.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
607	607	10	185.00	$185.00	$1,123	-10.68
689	689	61	171.75	$171.75	$1,183	-9.20
733	733	6	171.00	$171.00	$1,253	-4.47
784	784	6	170.00	$170.00	$1,333	—
1005	1005	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,387	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602–614	613	40	167.00–175.00	$167.59	$1,027	—
675	675	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,114	-2.86
842	842	11	141.00	$141.00	$1,187	-23.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	4	197.50	$197.50	$861	—
480–495	482	23	175.00–185.00	$176.34	$850	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	9	176.50	$176.50	$962	+12.76
582	582	54	165.00	$165.00	$960	-2.17
603	603	6	155.00	$155.00	$935	-12.70
721	721	11	147.50	$147.50	$1,063	—
1020	1020	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,306	—
1085–1090	1088	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,404	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–494	477	8	166.00–170.00	$168.07	$802	—
515	515	15	162.00	$162.00	$834	—
575–590	577	7	150.00–152.50	$152.13	$878	—
1090	1090	4	94.00	$94.00	$1,025	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1103–1145	1117	4	126.00–130.00	$128.97	$1,441	—
1150–1165	1158	2	121.00–128.00	$124.52	$1,442	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1385	1263	80-85%	5	86.00–93.00	$90.90	$1,148	+27.42
1135–1575	1351	80-85%	15	72.00–81.00	$75.16	$1,015	—
1265–1500	1379	80-85%	21	62.00–69.50	$67.70	$934	—
1330–1460	1397	80-85%	5	41.00–52.00	$46.46	$649	—
1140–1615	1415	80-85%	3	83.00–96.00	$90.23	$1,277	—
1245–1765	1466	80-85%	152	56.00–69.50	$65.79	$964	—
1190–1713	1558	80-85%	234	70.00–80.50	$73.13	$1,139	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1165	1064	85-90%	6	76.00–90.00	$82.16	$874	—
755–1290	1112	85-90%	28	49.00–59.00	$54.07	$601	-9.34
935–1270	1136	85-90%	62	61.00–72.50	$65.88	$748	+2.76
1085–1189	1150	85-90%	9	73.00–75.00	$74.13	$852	+6.77
905–1495	1193	85-90%	14	22.50–46.00	$38.45	$459	-27.12
826–1391	1201	85-90%	158	60.00–71.50	$65.65	$788	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530–2045	1701	75-80%	43	76.50–85.00	$79.19	$1,347	—
1670–1920	1796	75-80%	33	68.00–75.00	$72.55	$1,303	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
998	998	2	127.50	$127.50	$1,272	—
1030	1030	1	92.50	$92.50	$953	—
1380–2055	1717	10	79.00–89.50	$86.47	$1,485	—
1485–2210	1830	13	90.00–100.50	$93.40	$1,709	+5.08
2245–2395	2320	2	106.50–107.50	$106.98	$2,482	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140–1380	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,032.29
1075–1398	1272	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	128	775.00–960.00	$887.24
1269–1515	1317	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,275.00–1,375.00	$1,357.30
1076–1538	1319	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	85	1,175.00–1,325.00	$1,278.01
1253–1478	1356	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	1,025.00–1,125.00	$1,103.15
1300–1417	1388	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,192.56

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1218	1218	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1310	1310	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
1233–1543	1353	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	1,350.00–1,550.00	$1,478.18
1355	1355	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1405	1405	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1315–1525	1473	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,025.00–1,035.00	$1,032.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
904–1005	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	1,235.00–1,325.00	$1,280.93
1088	1088	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	700.00	$700.00
1116–1388	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	975.00–1,100.00	$1,004.65
1220	1220	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1042	1042	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	675.00	$675.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1093	977	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,225.00–1,385.00	$1,282.32
984	984	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
888	888	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,066	—
910–947	933	13	119.50–122.50	$121.82	$1,137	—
966–980	973	25	121.00–123.00	$122.28	$1,190	—
1000–1041	1020	41	122.00–124.00	$123.17	$1,256	—
1068–1074	1071	33	123.50–124.00	$123.79	$1,326	—
1107–1149	1123	30	122.00–124.00	$123.32	$1,385	—
1155–1198	1180	4	123.00–124.50	$123.89	$1,462	—
1335	1335	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,642	—
1360	1360	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,591	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	109.00	$109.00	$807	—
830–845	844	10	118.00–118.50	$118.45	$1,000	—
855–888	871	18	115.00–119.00	$117.16	$1,020	—
995	995	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,124	—
1010	1010	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,182	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	82.50	$82.50	$549	—
740	740	1	100.00	$100.00	$740	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	1	70.00	$70.00	$654	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1142	1142	5	75.00	$75.00	$856	—

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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.