Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 5, 2023

2,935 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,935	911	3,079
Feeder cattle	2,254	219	2,373
Slaughter cattle	651	632	656
Replacement cattle	30	60	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded for an accurate trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,224	—
532	532	3	262.50	$262.50	$1,396	—
605	605	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,618	+12.50
960	960	1	178.50	$178.50	$1,714	—
1029	1029	6	177.50	$177.50	$1,826	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	385.00	$385.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,309	-2.50
815	815	5	177.00	$177.00	$1,443	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	5	247.50	$247.50	$1,223	—
1025	1025	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,461	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1373	1373	2	149.00	$149.00	$2,046	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,258	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,382	—
1010	1010	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,525	—
1070	1070	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,605	—
1110	1110	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,693	—
1155–1180	1168	2	149.00–158.00	$153.55	$1,793	—
1310–1320	1315	2	147.50–152.50	$150.01	$1,973	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,346	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1261	1226	80-85%	21	117.00–128.00	$119.91	$1,470	—
1180–1533	1318	80-85%	56	103.00–115.00	$109.74	$1,446	+13.74
1315–1430	1374	80-85%	4	113.00–114.50	$113.64	$1,561	+9.86
1040–1675	1404	80-85%	90	99.00–110.50	$102.39	$1,438	-3.24
1358–1560	1404	80-85%	8	91.00–102.00	$97.48	$1,369	-8.15
1020–1730	1452	80-85%	69	85.00–98.00	$93.79	$1,362	+2.55
1745	1745	80-85%	1	72.00	$72.00	$1,256	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–985	868	85-90%	5	57.50–67.50	$62.17	$540	—
693–1285	983	85-90%	13	111.00–123.00	$115.98	$1,140	—
965–1140	1053	85-90%	2	105.00–108.00	$106.62	$1,123	+42.20
839–1415	1086	85-90%	28	92.00–99.00	$95.57	$1,038	+31.15
840–1308	1137	85-90%	15	77.50–91.50	$88.89	$1,011	-18.79
895–1547	1218	85-90%	86	91.00–104.00	$95.06	$1,158	-0.70
995–1495	1249	85-90%	9	60.00–72.50	$69.59	$869	—
750–1525	1279	85-90%	50	75.00–90.50	$85.91	$1,099	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1338	1337	75-80%	3	103.50–106.50	$105.50	$1,411	—
1455	1455	75-80%	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,979	—
1320–1635	1471	75-80%	49	108.00–113.50	$111.37	$1,638	—
1343–1975	1583	75-80%	31	101.00–112.50	$103.96	$1,646	—
1728–1805	1747	75-80%	4	87.00–98.00	$95.16	$1,662	+1.16

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445–1995	1707	65-75%	41	104.50–117.00	$112.25	$1,916	—
1745–2000	1887	65-75%	3	118.00–121.00	$119.26	$2,250	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,813	+13.56
1415–1500	1458	2	106.00–114.00	$109.88	$1,602	—
1295–1730	1513	5	113.50–125.00	$117.78	$1,782	—
1530	1530	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,729	—
1430–2150	1779	11	116.50–128.00	$122.87	$2,186	—
1730–2460	2073	15	128.50–136.50	$131.65	$2,729	-0.64

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990–1196	1124	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	122.50–142.00	$132.22	$1,486
1200	1200	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,524

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1215	1057	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	138.00–147.50	$144.36	$1,526

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–1060	798	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	146.00–170.00	$155.59	$1,242

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880	880	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,012

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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
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
1235	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1476	1476	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1410–1640	1487	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,950.00–2,225.00	$2,123.88	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020–1220	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,900.00–1,950.00	$1,927.23	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
244	244	4	260.00	$260.00	$634	—
258–297	281	15	260.00–270.00	$263.67	$741	—
374	374	8	277.50	$277.50	$1,038	—
402–437	412	60	255.00–277.50	$266.13	$1,096	—
544–545	544	17	185.00–187.50	$185.15	$1,007	—
565–588	579	8	177.50–205.00	$190.78	$1,105	—
635	635	2	142.50	$142.50	$905	—
659–660	659	9	165.00–177.50	$173.33	$1,142	—
703	703	2	157.50	$157.50	$1,107	—
753	753	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,235	—
855	855	8	144.00	$144.00	$1,231	—
901–929	913	22	145.00–147.50	$146.46	$1,337	—
975–990	986	15	147.50–151.00	$148.17	$1,461	—
1002–1027	1016	24	148.00–156.00	$150.71	$1,531	—
1053–1099	1070	19	147.50–152.50	$149.50	$1,600	—
1143	1143	2	147.50	$147.50	$1,686	—
1175–1190	1183	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,763	—
1388	1388	3	145.50	$145.50	$2,020	—
1430	1430	1	145.00	$145.00	$2,074	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	12	235.00	$235.00	$616	—
304–343	321	18	230.00–242.50	$240.04	$771	—
363–377	371	23	230.00–247.50	$238.51	$885	—
406–419	414	15	230.00–237.50	$234.56	$971	—
468	468	10	227.50	$227.50	$1,065	—
514–543	529	12	185.00–192.50	$188.85	$999	—
552–599	573	18	157.50–161.00	$159.13	$912	—
649	649	7	145.00	$145.00	$941	—
684–695	693	27	147.50–149.00	$147.83	$1,024	—
743	743	12	141.00	$141.00	$1,048	—
778	778	5	146.00	$146.00	$1,136	—
908	908	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,226	-6.00
958	958	2	137.50	$137.50	$1,317	-5.50
1090	1090	4	144.50	$144.50	$1,575	—
1465	1465	4	120.00	$120.00	$1,758	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	4	202.50	$202.50	$589	—
324	324	10	210.00	$210.00	$680	—
352–390	375	29	190.00–210.00	$200.17	$751	—
452–497	475	27	127.50–170.00	$154.02	$732	—
502–504	503	14	155.00–160.00	$157.50	$792	+32.50
550	550	5	142.50	$142.50	$784	+22.50
619	619	10	135.00	$135.00	$836	—
663	663	16	160.00	$160.00	$1,061	—
714–727	721	9	125.00–127.50	$126.40	$911	—
790	790	2	132.50	$132.50	$1,047	—
805–810	808	2	120.00–143.50	$131.79	$1,065	—
850	850	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,173	—

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
284	284	12	525.00	$525.00	—
418	418	10	710.00	$710.00	—
550–553	552	23	910.00–950.00	$930.92	—
733	733	11	1,010.00	$1,010.00	—
770	770	12	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
219	219	6	150.00	$150.00	$328	—
280	280	4	150.00	$150.00	$420	—
325–333	329	8	150.00–160.00	$155.06	$510	—
350–390	367	16	117.50–150.00	$134.44	$493	—
426–432	430	25	150.00–156.00	$151.90	$653	—
456	456	9	135.00	$135.00	$616	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	7	100.00	$100.00	$518	—
611	611	13	112.50	$112.50	$687	—
813	813	2	97.50	$97.50	$793	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	2	91.00	$91.00	$705	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	2	290.00	$290.00	$705	—
257–298	281	22	275.00–330.00	$309.94	$871	—
316–348	328	196	280.00–335.00	$310.12	$1,017	—
356–399	384	127	280.00–340.00	$326.18	$1,253	—
404–439	417	49	300.00–320.00	$312.44	$1,303	—
454–491	470	40	299.00–300.00	$299.73	$1,409	—
513–540	520	20	280.00–282.50	$281.48	$1,464	—
561–593	579	27	235.00–245.00	$240.69	$1,394	—
657	657	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,248	—
704	704	8	175.00	$175.00	$1,232	—
751	751	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,464	—
860	860	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,505	—
908	908	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,362	—
995	995	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,517	—
1538	1538	13	137.50	$137.50	$2,115	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
229–238	233	41	200.00–225.00	$211.04	$492	—
260–278	266	13	200.00–220.00	$213.56	$568	—
301–349	325	153	187.50–220.00	$208.23	$677	—
371–388	383	54	207.50–220.00	$210.79	$807	—
400–445	416	44	200.00–210.00	$207.48	$863	—
508	508	22	186.00	$186.00	$945	—
593	593	7	160.00	$160.00	$949	—
650	650	1	150.00	$150.00	$975	—
715–728	720	16	137.50–145.00	$140.92	$1,015	—
816	816	9	130.00	$130.00	$1,061	—
1050	1050	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,155	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	260.00	$260.00	$520	—
300–341	340	37	212.50–260.00	$213.63	$726	—
352–358	355	7	235.00–255.00	$246.51	$875	—
418–438	425	75	215.00–230.00	$216.85	$922	—
455	455	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,206	—
503–527	513	97	192.50–207.50	$200.49	$1,029	—
565–597	595	23	182.50–215.00	$200.61	$1,194	—
612–615	612	22	162.50–185.00	$163.53	$1,001	—
670–675	671	4	150.00–155.00	$151.26	$1,015	—
707–738	725	7	152.50–155.00	$153.95	$1,116	—
781–795	783	18	150.00–165.00	$152.54	$1,194	—
970	970	13	133.00	$133.00	$1,290	—
1188	1188	5	117.50	$117.50	$1,396	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218	218	2	150.00	$150.00	$327	—
388	388	10	202.50	$202.50	$786	—
437–444	442	11	160.00–187.50	$180.09	$796	—
596–599	598	11	135.00–137.50	$135.91	$813	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	6	70.00	$70.00	$378	—
566	566	5	117.50	$117.50	$665	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065	1065	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—

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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.