Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 15, 2023

950 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $175.00/cwt -14.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,438/hd at 822 lb · 13 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $237.50/cwt +15.50 vs last sale · ≈ $869/hd at 366 lb · 12 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $207.83/cwt ≈ $1,016/hd at 489 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	950	2,025	4,548
Feeder cattle	293	1,045	1,944
Slaughter cattle	574	584	1,704
Replacement cattle	83	396	900

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 1 Colorado auction market included: Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. No trend available on feeder cattle due to a lack of comparable trades. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher; bulls 1.00 lower. Dairy feeder heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497–498	498	8	252.50–257.50	$254.37	$1,267	—
557–584	569	9	242.50	$242.50	$1,380	-8.50
622	622	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,493	+0.61
677	677	5	231.00	$231.00	$1,564	-5.00
753–778	771	7	193.00–197.50	$194.26	$1,498	-16.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	4	255.00	$255.00	$903	—
515	515	5	237.50	$237.50	$1,223	-10.34
553	553	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,286	+18.37
609	609	4	227.50	$227.50	$1,385	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	237.50	$237.50	$933	—
410	410	2	227.50	$227.50	$933	—
663	663	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,359	+52.50
807	807	3	176.00	$176.00	$1,420	—
853	853	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,365	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560	1560	1	146.00	$146.00	$2,278	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,026	+9.50
499	499	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,098	—
527	527	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,133	-20.43
573	573	2	212.50	$212.50	$1,218	-8.36
620–630	625	4	204.00–212.50	$208.28	$1,302	-3.72
728	728	10	190.00	$190.00	$1,383	—
801–847	822	13	175.00	$175.00	$1,438	-14.00
955–965	960	2	157.50–161.00	$159.24	$1,529	-12.76
1050–1085	1070	3	146.00–147.50	$146.50	$1,568	—
1203	1203	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,624	-21.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–374	366	12	237.50	$237.50	$869	+15.50
425	425	2	225.00	$225.00	$956	+4.14
478–496	489	11	202.50–217.50	$207.83	$1,016	—
532	532	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,064	-9.30
580	580	3	197.50	$197.50	$1,146	-0.74
670	670	2	172.50	$172.50	$1,156	-25.50
813	813	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,252	-16.00
880	880	3	152.00–153.00	$152.33	$1,341	—
945	945	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,347	-23.50
1070–1080	1077	3	137.50–141.00	$139.84	$1,506	—
1100	1100	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,348	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	4	222.50	$222.50	$846	—
795	795	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,200	—
935	935	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,206	—
950	950	2	117.50–127.00	$122.25	$1,161	—
1115	1115	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,282	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,924	—
1375	1375	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,650	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,233	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1485	1340	80-85%	19	99.50–105.50	$102.86	$1,378	-4.20
1213–1560	1381	80-85%	29	106.00–110.50	$107.54	$1,485	—
1200–1595	1384	80-85%	32	106.00–119.00	$108.46	$1,501	—
1200–1692	1436	80-85%	112	94.00–105.50	$99.56	$1,430	—
1265–1680	1459	80-85%	43	77.50–93.00	$88.30	$1,288	-6.40

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1090	1001	85-90%	6	57.50–62.50	$60.99	$611	-45.45
928–1185	1100	85-90%	14	101.00–109.00	$103.43	$1,138	—
1060–1150	1105	85-90%	2	102.50–112.00	$107.44	$1,187	—
805–1405	1122	85-90%	18	75.00–89.00	$83.08	$932	—
1150	1150	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,092	-4.30
845–1360	1161	85-90%	61	89.00–100.00	$94.66	$1,099	-4.64

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600–1870	1757	75-80%	33	100.00–109.00	$103.99	$1,827	+10.94
1675–1965	1770	75-80%	11	87.50–98.50	$94.56	$1,674	+1.51
1570–2085	1810	75-80%	16	110.00–120.00	$113.58	$2,056	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1120	1034	5	132.50–152.50	$140.13	$1,449	—
1220–1380	1333	9	110.00–118.50	$114.24	$1,523	—
1135–2085	1546	12	95.00–111.50	$104.98	$1,623	—
1315–2290	1790	18	112.50–122.50	$117.34	$2,100	—
2000–2370	2127	3	124.50–131.50	$128.82	$2,740	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1469	1469	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,675.00	$1,675.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205–1320	1282	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,275.00–1,325.00	$1,290.67

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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
1168–1205	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,900.00–2,025.00	$1,982.46	—
1145–1258	1224	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,280.30	-407.95
1240	1240	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	-138.25
1303–1450	1325	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	1,475.00–1,575.00	$1,542.74	—
1366	1366	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—
1381–1568	1408	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	27	1,700.00–1,725.00	$1,703.09	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1263–1780	1626	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,175.00–2,250.00	$2,238.35	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895	895	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,280	+3.00
935	935	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,337	-0.50
953–997	977	12	141.50–147.50	$143.30	$1,400	—
1013–1035	1024	6	144.00–145.50	$144.50	$1,480	+1.54
1067–1088	1076	22	145.50–146.50	$145.73	$1,568	+5.23
1101–1145	1118	9	144.50–146.50	$145.45	$1,626	+0.13
1182	1182	6	146.50	$146.50	$1,732	+5.18
1205	1205	9	147.50	$147.50	$1,777	+7.50

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1116	1116	7	151.00	$151.00	$1,685	+1.00
1155	1155	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,732	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,166	+2.00
925–935	930	2	139.00–141.00	$139.99	$1,302	-0.77
980	980	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,348	-6.50
1155	1155	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,617	-4.50
1423	1423	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,907	—
1480	1480	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,924	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1818	1818	3	111.00	$111.00	$2,018	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	1	87.50	$87.50	$700	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	1	92.50	$92.50	$980	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1116	1116	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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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.