Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 8, 2023

2,025 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $190.56/cwt -2.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,498/hd at 786 lb · 76 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $225.37/cwt +20.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,629/hd at 723 lb · 52 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $241.80/cwt +2.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,258/hd at 520 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,025	6,122	3,122
Feeder cattle	1,045	4,775	1,519
Slaughter cattle	584	936	1,282
Replacement cattle	396	411	321

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction reports included: Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were good. Feeder cattle were too thinly traded for a trend. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher; average dressing bulls 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	4	272.50	$272.50	$997	+5.03
515–527	520	30	235.00–264.00	$258.61	$1,345	+7.54
597	597	7	251.00	$251.00	$1,498	+7.47
620–639	637	10	239.00–243.00	$239.39	$1,525	+13.21
688–693	691	5	235.00–237.50	$236.00	$1,631	+10.57
701–727	723	52	225.00–227.50	$225.37	$1,629	+20.66
760–769	763	13	210.50–212.00	$210.97	$1,610	—
805–826	823	7	199.00–200.00	$199.86	$1,645	+7.30
865–885	883	31	194.00–196.00	$194.19	$1,715	—
913	913	26	185.25	$185.25	$1,691	—
961	961	32	187.00	$187.00	$1,797	—
1149	1149	15	164.50	$164.50	$1,890	—
1395	1395	6	145.00	$145.00	$2,023	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	9	258.00	$258.00	$1,151	—
450–472	467	19	232.50–258.00	$252.83	$1,181	+9.43
508–535	524	5	246.00–249.00	$247.84	$1,299	-0.31
559–580	568	7	194.00–240.00	$214.13	$1,216	+3.13
755–760	758	2	179.00–182.00	$180.50	$1,368	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	3	152.50	$152.50	$1,022	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	245.00	$245.00	$674	-54.00
444 value added	444	16	251.00	$251.00	$1,114	—
447	447	18	233.00	$233.00	$1,042	+15.00
515–540	518	20	222.00–237.00	$235.43	$1,220	-3.51
523 value added	523	19	248.50	$248.50	$1,300	—
564–594	580	38	216.00–229.00	$220.86	$1,281	+0.19
630	630	5	212.00	$212.00	$1,336	-0.64
661	661	18	206.00	$206.00	$1,362	-1.91
754–796	786	76	189.00–195.50	$190.56	$1,498	—
801	801	7	189.00	$189.00	$1,514	+2.27
885	885	13	184.50	$184.50	$1,633	—
953	953	9	172.00	$172.00	$1,639	—
1122	1122	13	158.50	$158.50	$1,778	—
1218	1218	16	156.50	$156.50	$1,906	—
1273	1273	15	153.50	$153.50	$1,954	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	3	222.00	$222.00	$821	—
414 unweaned	414	6	190.00	$190.00	$787	—
425–445	432	6	220.00–222.50	$220.86	$954	+18.83
510–545	517	10	202.00–212.50	$209.30	$1,082	—
571–598	581	7	194.00–200.00	$198.24	$1,152	—
601–635	612	6	195.00–202.00	$199.58	$1,221	+1.58
670	670	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,327	—
709	709	13	189.00–196.50	$194.19	$1,377	—
777	777	33	181.50	$181.50	$1,410	—
800	800	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,360	—
935	935	26	166.00	$166.00	$1,552	—
953	953	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,544	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
318	318	5	475.00	$475.00	—

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105–135	120	2	250.00–260.00	$255.63	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
868	868	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,285	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	1	275.00	$275.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	1	250.00	$250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215	215	1	375.00	$375.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1630	1331	80-85%	53	91.00–104.00	$97.48	$1,297	+6.36
1150–1549	1347	80-85%	15	104.00–114.00	$107.06	$1,442	+15.94
1125–1785	1463	80-85%	96	89.00–103.50	$94.70	$1,385	—
1235–1670	1505	80-85%	32	78.00–88.50	$84.99	$1,279	—
1345–1705	1525	80-85%	2	84.50–88.50	$86.74	$1,323	—
1420–1667	1555	80-85%	16	105.50–108.00	$107.67	$1,674	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1095	1001	85-90%	4	100.00–112.50	$106.44	$1,065	+11.14
765–1455	1032	85-90%	3	47.50–50.00	$49.29	$509	-46.01
875–1315	1075	85-90%	8	42.50–65.00	$56.84	$611	-23.95
910–1245	1089	85-90%	9	75.00–84.00	$81.77	$890	+16.22
1125–1185	1155	85-90%	2	97.50–101.00	$99.30	$1,147	+7.85
960–1390	1174	85-90%	70	80.00–97.50	$88.06	$1,034	-3.39
745–1640	1175	85-90%	53	70.00–84.00	$78.88	$927	-12.57
900–1560	1228	85-90%	55	85.00–92.50	$88.66	$1,089	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1443	1443	75-80%	3	99.50	$99.50	$1,436	—
1350–1785	1491	75-80%	5	110.00–122.00	$114.24	$1,703	—
1535	1535	75-80%	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,228	-18.91
1244–1898	1595	75-80%	53	95.00–106.50	$101.01	$1,611	—
1685–1855	1774	75-80%	4	89.50–94.50	$93.05	$1,651	+6.35

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
933–1202	1050	15	124.50–145.00	$138.39	$1,453	—
1285–1730	1490	6	101.00–111.00	$105.83	$1,577	—
1230–2195	1674	9	114.00–120.50	$118.84	$1,989	—
1300–2215	1723	8	120.50–127.50	$122.74	$2,115	—
1730	1730	1	116.00	$116.00	$2,007	—
1810	1810	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,919	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1163	1031	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	115.00–133.00	$126.23	$1,301
1085	1085	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,215

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	127.50	$127.50	$1,721

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1321	1213	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,500.00–1,725.00	$1,662.89
1215–1296	1244	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	1,300.00–1,375.00	$1,347.41
1160–1337	1289	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,375.00–1,485.00	$1,412.93
1334	1334	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1137–1275	1229	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,650.00–1,850.00	$1,788.32
1327	1327	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1345–1419	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	1,375.00–1,425.00	$1,380.96
1444	1444	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,510.00	$1,510.00
1608	1608	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,410.00	$1,410.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1479–1650	1508	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,625.00–1,700.00	$1,687.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180–1244	1231	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,625.00–1,825.00	$1,786.66

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
961–1975	1226	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	1,900.00–2,175.00	$2,016.18	—
1324–1638	1393	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	1,525.00–1,875.00	$1,754.22	—
1383–1448	1410	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	1,500.00–1,550.00	$1,519.72	—
1423	1423	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
1293–1638	1523	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,550.00–1,875.00	$1,783.03	—
1485–1633	1602	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,625.00–1,775.00	$1,753.05	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1168–1615	1237	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	1,450.00–2,000.00	$1,688.25	—
1195–1372	1251	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	1,000.00–1,400.00	$1,199.51	—
1418–1550	1520	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,900.00–2,150.00	$2,096.16	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1202–1680	1281	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	1,800.00–2,150.00	$1,944.71	+178.94
1175–1550	1327	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	2,275.00–2,600.00	$2,430.42	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1160–1348	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,338.70	—
1416	1416	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1130–1170	1164	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,239.11	—

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1203	1203	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1805	1805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
802	802	5	137.00	$137.00	$1,099	—
898	898	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,257	—
949	949	15	143.50	$143.50	$1,362	+2.50
1008–1036	1024	28	140.00–145.50	$142.96	$1,464	-1.91
1055	1055	2	140.50	$140.50	$1,482	-5.00
1103–1147	1121	5	144.50–146.50	$145.32	$1,629	-0.30
1168–1173	1169	11	140.50–141.50	$141.32	$1,652	-3.84
1213	1213	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,698	-5.00

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	4	127.50	$127.50	$886	—
797	797	17	133.50	$133.50	$1,064	+3.42
810	810	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,102	—
899	899	10	141.00	$141.00	$1,268	—
900–915	908	2	139.00–142.50	$140.76	$1,278	—
980	980	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,411	—
1010–1045	1020	7	143.00–144.00	$143.29	$1,462	+5.29
1089–1095	1090	12	144.50	$144.50	$1,575	—
1105–1135	1115	3	143.50–144.50	$143.84	$1,604	—
1150	1150	1	144.50	$144.50	$1,662	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	3	32.50	$32.50	$155	—
653	653	8	67.50	$67.50	$441	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
899	899	7	137.00	$137.00	$1,232	—
915	915	3	138.50	$138.50	$1,267	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	7	127.50	$127.50	$460	—
620	620	1	97.50	$97.50	$604	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,210	—
1130	1130	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,695	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
923–1083	972	(<2 yrs)	Open	70	2,175.00–2,500.00	$2,437.95	—
1445	1445	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980–1233	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,725.00–1,850.00	$1,810.68	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880	880	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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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.