Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 26, 2023

2,035 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $238.28/cwt ≈ $1,520/hd at 638 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,035	695	1,845
Feeder cattle	1,662	236	1,103
Slaughter cattle	350	444	723
Replacement cattle	23	15	19

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 and demand were moderate to good. Feeder cattle too thinly traded for an accurate trend. Slaughter cows traded 3.00 to 8.00 higher, while slaughter bulls traded 7.75 higher. Feeding cows traded steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,708	—
1310	1310	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,572	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1630	1493	3	150.00–166.00	$160.18	$2,391	—
1885	1885	1	124.00	$124.00	$2,337	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,356	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
633–639	638	11	235.00–239.00	$238.28	$1,520	—
660	660	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,584	—
1234	1234	5	159.00	$159.00	$1,962	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	3	172.50	$172.50	$1,337	—
889	889	6	170.00	$170.00	$1,511	+20.00
968–975	970	3	152.00–162.50	$158.98	$1,542	+18.98
1073	1073	2	141.00	$141.00	$1,513	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
873	873	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,310	—
1020	1020	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,402	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,316	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1340	1309	80-85%	4	118.00–128.00	$122.89	$1,609	—
1335	1335	80-85%	2	62.50–70.00	$66.25	$884	—
1240–1595	1433	80-85%	23	105.00–115.00	$111.72	$1,601	+17.97
1300–1570	1446	80-85%	6	116.00–124.50	$119.73	$1,731	+44.80
1218–1665	1475	80-85%	69	105.00–115.00	$107.89	$1,591	—
1250–1670	1482	80-85%	68	86.00–104.50	$96.91	$1,436	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1520	1013	85-90%	12	52.50–75.00	$63.60	$644	—
690–1250	1042	85-90%	32	80.00–95.00	$90.26	$941	—
1005–1205	1105	85-90%	2	105.00	$105.00	$1,160	-8.90
1130–1205	1139	85-90%	11	115.50–122.50	$118.03	$1,344	+20.17
915–1260	1163	85-90%	40	97.00–107.00	$101.26	$1,178	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1910	1678	75-80%	27	110.50–121.50	$114.52	$1,922	+18.41
1660–1835	1730	75-80%	13	95.00–109.50	$106.23	$1,838	—
1735	1735	75-80%	1	90.50	$90.50	$1,570	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,256	—
970–1210	1090	2	122.00–122.50	$122.22	$1,332	—
1110–1195	1144	4	110.00–119.00	$112.90	$1,292	—
1085–1725	1491	12	105.00–120.50	$116.10	$1,731	—
1400–2080	1728	9	125.00–132.50	$129.09	$2,231	+22.66
1255–2160	1896	8	134.00–139.50	$136.27	$2,584	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1034–1250	1091	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	140.00–146.00	$141.25	$1,541
1053–1205	1142	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	120.00–141.00	$129.21	$1,476

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1190–1400	1271	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	149.00–158.00	$151.52	$1,926

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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
1493	1493	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–339	316	17	230.00–255.00	$243.96	$771	—
355–394	367	61	240.00–287.50	$276.06	$1,013	+111.06
425–428	425	43	220.00–237.50	$235.04	$999	—
468–496	477	12	200.00–210.00	$206.54	$985	—
531–544	536	21	187.50–202.50	$198.70	$1,065	—
553–590	569	39	187.50–211.00	$202.03	$1,150	—
693	693	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,178	—
701	701	16	187.50	$187.50	$1,314	—
775–785	780	2	160.00–162.00	$160.99	$1,256	—
815	815	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,271	—
883	883	10	152.00	$152.00	$1,342	+1.00
904–915	906	21	157.00–159.50	$159.14	$1,442	—
950–993	972	8	156.00–160.00	$159.01	$1,546	+1.01
1022–1043	1030	10	158.00–161.00	$159.49	$1,643	+0.05
1080–1095	1086	4	160.50–162.00	$161.25	$1,751	-1.04
1115–1140	1131	17	159.00–162.00	$160.76	$1,818	+2.44
1155–1192	1171	33	161.50–169.00	$163.92	$1,920	+0.42
1212	1212	2	162.00	$162.00	$1,963	+1.50
1270	1270	1	158.50	$158.50	$2,013	+1.50
1305	1305	4	142.50	$142.50	$1,860	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	3	250.00	$250.00	$650	—
320–349	337	16	220.00–235.00	$231.43	$780	—
383	383	8	220.00	$220.00	$843	—
430	430	2	205.00	$205.00	$882	—
485	485	1	195.00	$195.00	$946	—
555–598	559	23	167.50–170.00	$167.73	$938	—
633	633	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,076	—
1094	1094	9	142.00	$142.00	$1,553	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	2	195.00	$195.00	$581	—
383	383	14	177.50	$177.50	$680	—
410	410	20	167.50	$167.50	$687	—
545	545	3	150.00	$150.00	$818	—
600–625	608	3	152.50–160.00	$157.43	$957	—
835–840	838	2	149.00–153.00	$151.01	$1,265	—
945	945	2	152.00	$152.00	$1,436	+4.50
1045	1045	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,620	—
1165	1165	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,759	+18.50

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
172	172	10	175.00	$175.00	$301	—
413	413	4	150.00	$150.00	$620	—
721	721	7	127.00	$127.00	$916	—
755–775	765	2	122.50–127.50	$125.03	$956	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	9	115.00	$115.00	$356	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	6	52.50	$52.50	$308	—

Large 3-4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
178	178	4	160.00	$160.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254–275	255	17	280.00–320.00	$282.54	$720	—
314–348	334	68	290.00–334.00	$318.10	$1,062	—
367–393	384	104	285.00–315.00	$310.73	$1,193	—
409–441	421	53	270.00–307.50	$291.27	$1,226	—
510–542	515	18	240.00–255.00	$252.37	$1,300	—
569–588	581	32	220.00–235.00	$228.36	$1,327	—
696	696	11	200.00	$200.00	$1,392	—
710	710	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,207	—
758	758	4	177.50	$177.50	$1,345	—
983	983	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,573	—
1030	1030	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,725	—
1157	1157	3	147.50	$147.50	$1,707	—
1300	1300	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,950	—
1560	1560	4	132.50	$132.50	$2,067	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
256	256	17	207.50	$207.50	$531	—
306–343	337	53	211.00–217.50	$216.50	$730	—
350–398	374	155	197.50–235.00	$211.51	$791	—
404–435	421	64	182.50–200.00	$194.67	$820	—
460–494	483	15	170.00–205.00	$188.46	$910	—
705–737	732	6	152.50–155.00	$152.90	$1,119	—
825	825	1	117.50	$117.50	$969	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–298	291	12	240.00–260.00	$248.21	$722	—
340	340	3	275.00	$275.00	$935	—
352–396	390	79	237.50–265.00	$240.26	$937	—
403–441	426	23	230.00–265.00	$257.35	$1,096	—
460–477	463	45	222.50–227.50	$226.70	$1,050	—
501–536	513	72	190.00–222.50	$217.23	$1,114	—
574	574	9	205.00	$205.00	$1,177	—
618	618	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,112	—
985	985	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,379	-17.50

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272–291	287	15	200.00	$200.00	$574	—
328	328	2	180.00	$180.00	$590	—
358	358	8	175.00	$175.00	$626	—
435	435	1	175.00	$175.00	$761	—
563	563	3	162.50	$162.50	$915	—

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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.