Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 22, 2023

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	882	950	2,913
Feeder cattle	280	293	1,473
Slaughter cattle	550	574	1,172
Replacement cattle	52	83	268

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 1 Colorado auction market included: Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand good on slaughter cows and bulls. Trade activity light on good demand for feeder cattle. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded for a trend. Feeder dairy heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	4	257.50	$257.50	$1,455	+15.00
674	674	9	222.50	$222.50	$1,500	-8.50
705	705	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,593	—
764	764	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,528	+5.74
1008	1008	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,814	—
1169	1169	9	162.00	$162.00	$1,894	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	7	230.00	$230.00	$888	—
543	543	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,086	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
678	678	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,397	—
722	722	3	191.00	$191.00	$1,379	+1.00
1205	1205	11	155.00	$155.00	$1,868	+20.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	3	227.50	$227.50	$792	—
456	456	6	221.00	$221.00	$1,008	—
745	745	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,266	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	250.00	$250.00	—
100–110	103	5	200.00–300.00	$256.07	—
155	155	1	350.00	$350.00	—
228	228	2	375.00	$375.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
641	641	5	205.00	$205.00	$1,314	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	217.50	$217.50	$750	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
617	617	3	232.50	$232.50	$1,435	—
748	748	4	198.00	$198.00	$1,481	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	125.00	$125.00	—
150	150	1	325.00	$325.00	—
210–225	218	3	450.00–475.00	$466.60	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235	1235	80-85%	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,371	—
1075–1525	1338	80-85%	8	88.00–97.00	$94.86	$1,269	-8.00
1200–1558	1377	80-85%	52	100.50–111.00	$107.53	$1,481	-0.01
1205–1705	1410	80-85%	11	107.00–111.00	$109.24	$1,540	+9.68
1140–1715	1436	80-85%	37	83.00–93.00	$89.17	$1,280	-10.39
1145–1720	1518	80-85%	88	94.00–105.00	$98.25	$1,491	—
1405–1685	1563	80-85%	3	61.00–78.00	$71.30	$1,114	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1125	1020	85-90%	3	52.50–76.00	$61.24	$625	+0.25
870–1220	1032	85-90%	8	80.00–89.00	$84.58	$873	+23.59
1075–1180	1140	85-90%	6	104.50–113.00	$107.20	$1,222	+24.12
990–1300	1152	85-90%	13	93.50–104.50	$97.23	$1,120	+2.23
890–1730	1218	85-90%	59	89.00–100.50	$94.53	$1,151	—
910–1640	1243	85-90%	80	76.00–88.50	$84.24	$1,047	—
780–1590	1296	85-90%	16	55.00–74.00	$69.32	$898	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1605	1485	75-80%	19	101.50–110.00	$109.20	$1,622	—
1570–1750	1655	75-80%	3	113.00–118.00	$114.76	$1,899	—
1405–1920	1677	75-80%	63	103.00–112.00	$105.78	$1,774	—
1699–1760	1709	75-80%	6	94.00–98.00	$94.69	$1,618	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1508	1508	65-75%	4	132.00	$132.00	$1,991	—
1870	1870	65-75%	1	109.00	$109.00	$2,038	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–980	973	2	147.50–152.50	$149.98	$1,459	—
1225–1780	1463	5	100.00–110.00	$105.44	$1,543	—
1385–1765	1611	4	113.00–124.00	$119.70	$1,928	—
1470–1960	1724	5	102.00–111.00	$109.47	$1,887	—
1260–2350	1847	13	113.00–122.50	$119.86	$2,214	—
1450–2420	1947	18	125.00–135.50	$128.47	$2,501	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1180	1039	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	120.00–133.00	$126.37	$1,313

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1203	1203	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	108.50	$108.50	$1,305

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1250	1250	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,738

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1195	1195	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,326

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1480	1480	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1460–1698	1619	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,625.00–1,900.00	$1,817.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135–1370	1282	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,450.00–1,600.00	$1,538.82

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180–1240	1210	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,635.00	$1,565.83

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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
1235–1504	1437	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,925.00–2,100.00	$1,963.41	—
1544	1544	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1553	1553	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,925.00	$1,925.00	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1183	1183	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1270	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1525	1525	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
832	832	5	138.50	$138.50	$1,152	+0.50
880	880	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,197	—
930–932	931	4	138.50–140.00	$139.25	$1,296	-0.74
985	985	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,379	+2.50
1021–1036	1027	16	144.50–145.50	$145.12	$1,490	—
1058–1080	1068	15	143.50–144.50	$144.23	$1,540	—
1120–1130	1124	10	143.50–145.00	$144.10	$1,620	—
1310–1338	1331	4	140.50–143.50	$142.76	$1,900	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1032	1032	29	153.50	$153.50	$1,584	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	6	91.00	$91.00	$383	—
775	775	1	81.00	$81.00	$628	—
935	935	1	134.50	$134.50	$1,258	—
1067	1067	3	137.50	$137.50	$1,467	—
1125	1125	1	136.50	$136.50	$1,536	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–576	576	7	82.50–87.50	$86.79	$500	—
655–690	662	5	85.00–90.00	$88.96	$589	—

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180	180	3	375.00	$375.00	—
213	213	3	375.00	$375.00	—
504	504	4	325.00	$325.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1089	1089	27	155.50	$155.50	$1,693	—

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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.