Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 24, 2023

4,181 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $243.51/cwt +25.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,504/hd at 618 lb · 87 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $199.00/cwt +5.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,415/hd at 711 lb · 76 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $176.36/cwt -5.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,402/hd at 795 lb · 63 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,181	3,251	2,565
Feeder cattle	2,606	2,182	1,613
Slaughter cattle	1,083	926	845
Replacement cattle	492	143	107

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. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly tested to trend, but higher undertones were noted. Average dressing slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	10	260.00	$260.00	$910	-21.20
422–445	431	10	253.00–269.00	$262.40	$1,131	-3.22
471	471	12	263.00	$263.00	$1,239	+6.65
532	532	14	235.00	$235.00	$1,250	-7.22
559–580	569	23	224.00–244.00	$233.75	$1,330	-4.56
592 thin fleshed	592	17	259.00	$259.00	$1,533	—
602–642	611	69	223.00–254.00	$244.95	$1,497	+27.30
644 fancy	644	18	238.00	$238.00	$1,533	—
663–680	669	21	209.00–236.00	$213.43	$1,428	+2.18
723–729	725	23	206.00–216.50	$209.21	$1,517	+14.36
758–778	767	53	190.00–204.50	$197.63	$1,516	+9.44
818–832	826	11	194.00–196.00	$194.90	$1,610	+0.69
990	990	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,693	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	6	266.00	$266.00	$1,043	+4.82
455	455	6	231.00	$231.00	$1,051	-15.00
521–535	529	9	226.00–252.50	$237.60	$1,257	+12.60
554–598	582	22	242.00–248.00	$244.99	$1,426	+22.61
613–648	635	37	233.00–245.00	$240.89	$1,530	—
660–691	676	16	205.00–228.00	$218.58	$1,478	+19.44
701–738	717	9	197.50–205.00	$200.93	$1,441	+8.94
794	794	7	192.50	$192.50	$1,528	—
848	848	3	189.00	$189.00	$1,603	—
865	865	24	174.00	$174.00	$1,505	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–377	376	17	242.50–252.50	$250.18	$941	—
413–425	421	8	245.00–250.00	$248.16	$1,045	—
488–493	491	18	245.00–247.50	$246.24	$1,209	—
512–546	522	14	232.50–240.00	$237.76	$1,241	—
631	631	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,451	—
895	895	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,566	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	6	241.00	$241.00	$1,053	—
494	494	16	234.00	$234.00	$1,156	—
514–544	527	24	201.00–222.50	$210.26	$1,108	—
639	639	4	197.50	$197.50	$1,262	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	12	235.00	$235.00	$1,203	—
673–695	681	8	196.00–197.00	$196.38	$1,337	—
722	722	7	194.00	$194.00	$1,401	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	21	221.00	$221.00	$1,182	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	3	237.50	$237.50	$1,408	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1705	1705	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,995	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	13	272.00	$272.00	$925	+10.00
450–498	483	38	211.00–219.00	$215.58	$1,041	-8.01
507–537	524	33	209.00–237.50	$220.47	$1,155	+9.14
557–590	577	43	208.00–231.00	$218.46	$1,261	+10.35
600–648	624	39	198.00–216.00	$209.20	$1,305	+6.81
650–693	685	61	196.00–212.50	$201.09	$1,377	+10.14
706–733	711	76	188.00–201.00	$199.00	$1,415	+9.88
752–775	772	48	186.00–187.00	$186.12	$1,437	-0.91
839	839	5	162.00	$162.00	$1,359	-21.71
867	867	24	161.00	$161.00	$1,396	—
1013	1013	5	151.00	$151.00	$1,530	—
1023	1023	4	144.00	$144.00	$1,473	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	24	250.00	$250.00	$938	+24.75
433	433	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,039	—
465–487	484	17	237.50–241.00	$238.43	$1,154	+25.43
512	512	8	227.50–235.00	$230.31	$1,179	+21.31
558–590	569	25	201.00–219.00	$208.04	$1,184	+2.45
617–643	627	22	196.00–208.00	$203.22	$1,274	—
663–673	669	10	186.00–191.00	$189.02	$1,265	-10.98
705	705	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,304	+2.71
795–796	795	63	174.00–178.50	$176.36	$1,402	-5.18
817	817	10	170.00	$170.00	$1,389	—
864	864	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,426	—
1052	1052	9	140.00	$140.00	$1,473	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429–443	437	16	230.00–235.00	$232.15	$1,014	—
521–540	531	8	216.00–220.00	$217.96	$1,157	—
588	588	3	211.00	$211.00	$1,241	—
634	634	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,205	—
653	653	6	177.50	$177.50	$1,159	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571	571	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,142	—
630	630	4	187.50	$187.50	$1,181	—
676–688	680	12	185.00–186.00	$185.66	$1,262	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	4	196.00	$196.00	$874	—
495	495	4	203.00	$203.00	$1,005	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
709	709	6	187.50	$187.50	$1,329	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,048	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345	1345	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,782	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	6	204.00	$204.00	$1,193	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	6	204.00	$204.00	$1,193	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1182–1246	1221	80-85%	18	87.00–89.00	$88.25	$1,078	—
1005–1630	1337	80-85%	131	90.00–103.00	$93.35	$1,248	—
970–1667	1352	80-85%	223	73.00–89.50	$85.05	$1,150	-23.41
1305–1520	1396	80-85%	9	104.00–111.00	$106.57	$1,488	+13.43
1260–1595	1421	80-85%	37	91.00–103.50	$98.85	$1,405	+12.81
1255–1550	1454	80-85%	15	104.00–111.00	$105.14	$1,529	—
1305–1598	1495	80-85%	4	70.00–72.50	$71.58	$1,070	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1115	962	85-90%	20	51.00–74.00	$66.24	$637	—
1030	1030	85-90%	2	88.00	$88.00	$906	—
1020–1102	1041	85-90%	8	76.00–81.00	$77.32	$805	—
870–1175	1052	85-90%	8	106.00–112.50	$108.46	$1,141	+2.04
815–1350	1102	85-90%	117	70.50–84.50	$80.16	$883	-1.00
960–1345	1138	85-90%	103	83.00–95.00	$87.01	$990	-5.70
1040–1427	1184	85-90%	44	82.00–97.50	$90.06	$1,066	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1372–1537	1466	75-80%	17	101.00–115.50	$103.38	$1,516	+7.35
1345–1810	1503	75-80%	48	90.00–107.00	$96.73	$1,454	—
1305–1995	1735	75-80%	65	81.00–94.00	$87.94	$1,526	—
1810	1810	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,176	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	2	107.00	$107.00	$1,450	—
1185–1865	1498	7	98.00–105.00	$100.95	$1,512	—
1385–1980	1591	20	88.00–109.50	$104.11	$1,656	—
1355–2295	1909	26	104.00–122.50	$111.97	$2,138	—
1695–2425	2031	8	115.00–129.50	$123.08	$2,500	+2.12

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–940	859	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	132.00–147.50	$139.76	$1,201
795–1250	1057	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	117.50–132.50	$126.35	$1,336

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
962–1172	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	13	1,250.00–1,325.00	$1,288.38
1023–1122	1087	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	825.00–925.00	$891.38
1082–1386	1239	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,460.00–1,700.00	$1,543.53
1245–1580	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,550.00–1,650.00	$1,597.36
1283–1531	1366	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,475.00–1,600.00	$1,530.29

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	48	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
1080–1495	1332	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	1,625.00–1,800.00	$1,703.59	—
1250–1550	1356	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	1,800.00–1,900.00	$1,858.96	—
1425	1425	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,300.00	$2,300.00	-109.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1089–1190	1122	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	43	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1240–1340	1253	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,225.00–1,250.00	$1,246.66	—
1303–1495	1332	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1595	1595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—
1680	1680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1029	1029	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1305–1545	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00	$1,650.00	+50.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
858	858	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,201	—
921	921	10	143.00	$143.00	$1,317	—
965–980	971	11	142.50–144.00	$143.59	$1,394	—
1012–1048	1027	15	145.00–146.00	$145.44	$1,494	+1.94
1080–1099	1091	12	146.00–147.00	$146.50	$1,598	—
1105–1134	1119	35	144.00–147.00	$146.39	$1,638	—
1150–1156	1155	7	141.00–146.00	$145.15	$1,676	—
1218–1235	1225	4	138.50–145.00	$141.77	$1,737	—
1275–1285	1282	3	143.50–145.50	$144.16	$1,848	—
1310	1310	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,913	—
1370–1385	1378	2	135.00–140.00	$137.51	$1,895	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–840	832	6	135.00–138.50	$137.59	$1,145	+3.59
895	895	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,244	—
901	901	6	139.00	$139.00	$1,252	—
975	975	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,355	-3.50
1005	1005	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,357	—
1115–1125	1117	6	138.00–139.00	$138.67	$1,549	—
1315	1315	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,446	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	82.50	$82.50	$367	—
675	675	1	100.00	$100.00	$675	-15.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,947	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885–1250	1080	(<2 yrs)	Open	43	2,300.00–2,500.00	$2,438.56	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	2,225.00	$2,225.00	—

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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.