Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 16, 2023

10,226 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $170.57/cwt -9.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,059/hd at 621 lb · 345 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $206.99/cwt -10.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,192/hd at 576 lb · 322 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $218.01/cwt -12.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,137/hd at 521 lb · 301 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,226	32,159	14,396
Feeder cattle	7,587	30,520	12,318
Slaughter cattle	935	1,516	1,030
Replacement cattle	1,704	123	1,048

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Severe winter weather in the northern part of the state impacted the number of calves able to hit the market this week. Several of the previously consigned cattle scheduled to sell this week were delayed until future auctions. Trade activity mostly moderate to good. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold uneven on a light test, 500-750 lbs 9.00 to 14.00 lower, and over 750 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifer values under 650 lbs saw the biggest drop this week, selling 10.00-17.00 lower with instances of 23.00 lower, and heifers over 650 lbs were mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, January 30, 2023.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–340	332	26	232.00–276.00	$250.85	$833	-15.12
352–385	372	25	229.00–273.00	$260.13	$968	+3.64
408 fancy	408	6	260.00	$260.00	$1,061	+5.80
400–431	419	84	227.50–254.00	$243.62	$1,021	-6.84
453–455 value added	454	31	252.00–256.00	$253.93	$1,153	+11.71
460–466 fancy	464	19	216.00–244.00	$226.23	$1,050	—
463–497	474	74	230.00–239.00	$233.97	$1,109	+1.92
503 value added	503	49	226.00	$226.00	$1,137	-6.50
502–546	525	252	208.00–227.00	$216.46	$1,136	-13.80
567 fancy	567	62	213.00	$213.00	$1,208	-7.18
555–597	578	260	196.00–218.00	$205.56	$1,188	-12.30
611–615 fancy	614	28	201.00	$201.00	$1,234	-8.08
600–640	619	196	191.00–205.00	$198.89	$1,231	-11.67
653–695	675	259	180.00–191.00	$182.37	$1,231	-12.75
700–743	715	238	172.50–179.60	$176.58	$1,263	-8.97
746 fancy	746	39	181.50	$181.50	$1,354	—
750–798	766	261	171.00–178.00	$175.00	$1,340	-4.35
806–840	829	80	170.00–173.00	$171.18	$1,419	-5.91
877–884	880	75	165.00–167.50	$166.20	$1,463	-2.64
965	965	7	163.00	$163.00	$1,573	-1.29

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	16	236.50	$236.50	$939	—
479	479	64	210.00	$210.00	$1,006	—
506	506	6	207.00	$207.00	$1,047	+12.00
579–595	594	110	193.00–197.00	$196.27	$1,166	+8.27
601	601	18	190.00	$190.00	$1,142	+1.33

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
509	509	10	208.00	$208.00	$1,059	-19.00
598	598	21	195.00	$195.00	$1,166	+2.00
624–639	637	60	187.00–189.00	$187.33	$1,193	-26.50
655–674	658	38	175.00–180.00	$175.81	$1,157	-0.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461–497	471	16	206.00–212.50	$209.72	$988	-7.52
558–584	576	23	181.00–188.00	$185.94	$1,071	-25.97
668–685	675	29	171.00–178.00	$173.91	$1,174	-11.45
731–744	739	20	168.00–169.00	$168.30	$1,244	-7.26
753–777	768	8	155.00–158.00	$156.10	$1,199	-13.31

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	16	156.00	$156.00	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	6	174.00	$174.00	$839	-16.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	5	217.50	$217.50	$733	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–313	307	6	200.00–203.00	$201.53	$619	-35.64
360–394	390	38	194.00–201.00	$198.73	$775	-27.97
400–447	412	127	190.00–198.00	$192.96	$795	-28.94
452–496	479	226	180.00–197.00	$190.72	$914	-17.18
513 fancy	513	13	195.00	$195.00	$1,000	-16.00
500–544	517	277	183.00–192.00	$186.13	$962	-19.69
550 fancy	550	8	185.00	$185.00	$1,018	-24.05
550–597	571	220	170.00–188.00	$177.10	$1,011	-13.97
586	586	43	186.00	$186.00	$1,090	+8.50
600–648	621	345	164.00–177.00	$170.57	$1,059	-9.50
650–695	671	162	151.00–169.00	$166.43	$1,117	+2.69
683	683	15	174.00	$174.00	$1,188	+10.26
701–737	713	177	147.50–171.00	$166.38	$1,186	+26.38
754–796	780	45	141.00–166.50	$161.35	$1,259	+4.35
800–849	822	22	135.00–160.00	$139.89	$1,150	-23.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–378	364	47	181.00–191.00	$185.07	$674	-33.47
432	432	16	195.00	$195.00	$842	-15.60
461–492	474	31	178.00–187.50	$183.36	$869	-14.63
511	511	14	176.00	$176.00	$899	-14.83
557–599	583	58	164.00–169.50	$165.82	$967	+5.82
608–635	617	15	157.00–158.00	$157.66	$973	-13.02

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329	329	25	201.00	$201.00	$661	—
411	411	36	179.00	$179.00	$736	—
505–541	514	110	174.00–179.00	$175.30	$901	-5.12

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	37	181.00	$181.00	$925	+4.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	9	172.50	$172.50	$806	—
542	542	20	157.00	$157.00	$851	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	16	169.00	$169.00	$793	-5.46
528	528	6	175.00	$175.00	$924	-6.82

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286 unweaned	286	10	240.00	$240.00	$686	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1165	1011	85-90%	4	81.00–84.00	$83.14	$841	+21.60
775–1325	1016	85-90%	37	38.00–61.00	$55.35	$562	-6.19
845–1287	1028	85-90%	30	57.50–65.00	$63.19	$650	+1.65
940–1158	1086	85-90%	51	63.50–77.50	$71.14	$773	+17.11
960–1695	1141	85-90%	19	22.50–61.00	$49.25	$562	-21.54
920–1580	1164	85-90%	73	51.00–66.00	$62.78	$731	+1.86
875–1785	1243	85-90%	109	66.00–75.00	$69.08	$859	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1123	1123	80-85%	3	64.00	$64.00	$719	—
1145	1145	80-85%	1	80.50	$80.50	$922	—
1083–1835	1262	80-85%	57	61.00–72.00	$66.80	$843	-4.72
1012–1700	1318	80-85%	107	66.00–76.00	$71.89	$948	+0.50
1660	1660	80-85%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,311	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	75-80%	1	75.00	$75.00	$971	—
1230–1880	1417	75-80%	35	64.00–73.50	$69.74	$988	—
1300–2300	1549	75-80%	115	72.00–84.50	$77.81	$1,205	—
1615–1760	1663	75-80%	3	79.50–80.00	$79.68	$1,325	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460–1592	1556	4	86.00–89.00	$87.47	$1,361	—
1795	1795	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,508	-1.32
1340–2090	1871	8	92.00–100.00	$94.86	$1,775	—
1540–2500	1954	10	92.50–103.50	$98.54	$1,925	+2.31
2010	2010	1	102.00	$102.00	$2,050	-2.50

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1123	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,425.00–1,500.00	$1,467.69
1080–1131	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,283.53
978–1150	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	62	1,150.00–1,225.00	$1,213.41
1189–1218 thin fleshed	1194	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	925.00–935.00	$933.24
1190–1292	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	1,900.00–2,200.00	$2,037.49
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	925.00	$925.00
1143–1321	1232	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,285.00–1,400.00	$1,346.65
1218–1278 thin fleshed	1237	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	55	1,060.00	$1,060.00
1285–1293	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	78	1,710.00–1,810.00	$1,763.06
1055–1750	1314	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	1,475.00–1,775.00	$1,628.57
1313–1446	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,379.23
1237–1535	1419	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	94	1,025.00–1,175.00	$1,110.38
1231–1600	1441	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	97	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,176.24
1500	1500	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1038–1153	1096	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,250.00–1,275.00	$1,261.84
1103–1400	1122	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	825.00–1,250.00	$858.16
1117–1205	1139	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,400.00–1,575.00	$1,528.71
1147–1260 thin fleshed	1199	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	850.00–975.00	$911.96
1321	1321	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1272–1395	1323	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	1,400.00–1,425.00	$1,410.98
1365	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1446	1446	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
899	899	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	1,210.00	$1,210.00
916–1131	1017	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	184	1,650.00–1,750.00	$1,721.78
963–1146	1051	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	109	1,635.00–1,750.00	$1,713.88
1066 fancy	1066	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1146 fancy	1146	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,875.00	$1,875.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
976	976	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,325.00	$1,325.00
993	993	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,400.00	$1,400.00
996	996	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–898	887	39	115.00–118.50	$117.40	$1,041	+2.40
920–947	933	44	115.00–118.50	$117.82	$1,099	-0.55
955–980	970	39	115.00–119.50	$118.60	$1,150	—
1000–1046	1017	11	118.50	$118.50	$1,205	-1.50
1140	1140	1	118.50	$118.50	$1,351	—
1235	1235	1	118.50	$118.50	$1,463	—
1275	1275	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,498	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	62.50	$62.50	$391	—
690	690	1	79.00	$79.00	$545	—
740	740	1	81.00	$81.00	$599	—
775–785	780	2	72.50–88.00	$80.20	$626	—
870–890	880	2	92.50–95.00	$93.76	$825	—
1025	1025	1	72.50	$72.50	$743	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
888	888	2	100.00	$100.00	$888	-10.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	65.00	$65.00	$549	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	1	50.00	$50.00	$385	—

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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.