Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 25, 2023

4,103 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $291.92/cwt ≈ $1,513/hd at 518 lb · 164 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $303.53/cwt ≈ $1,438/hd at 474 lb · 125 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $236.12/cwt ≈ $1,913/hd at 810 lb · 121 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,103	614	6,709
Feeder cattle	3,225	182	5,567
Slaughter cattle	756	415	1,109
Replacement cattle	122	17	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were moderate. No comparable trades on feeder steers and heifers from the prior week. Feeder dairy heifers over 950 lbs sold 5.00 lower to 1.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 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
312–345	325	11	324.00–329.00	$325.65	$1,058	—
360–388	370	28	304.00–308.00	$305.22	$1,129	—
423–448	446	39	288.00–297.00	$295.79	$1,319	—
455–495 value added	469	91	306.00–310.00	$308.24	$1,446	—
450–498	487	34	289.00–299.00	$290.93	$1,417	—
505–531	517	89	275.00–292.00	$283.43	$1,465	—
516–526 value added	520	75	300.00–303.00	$302.00	$1,570	—
555–565	557	20	270.00–282.00	$279.57	$1,557	—
625 unweaned	625	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,631	—
629	629	17	245.50	$245.50	$1,544	—
682	682	57	265.00	$265.00	$1,807	—
724–735	731	29	249.00–258.00	$254.62	$1,861	—
751–791	779	86	252.00–264.00	$254.15	$1,980	—
814	814	7	252.00	$252.00	$2,051	—
860	860	23	240.00	$240.00	$2,064	—
904–945	917	76	236.00–244.50	$241.73	$2,217	—
1045	1045	4	212.00	$212.00	$2,215	—
1331	1331	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,784	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–318	315	15	301.00–311.00	$304.31	$959	—
395	395	6	296.00	$296.00	$1,169	—
430–449	438	30	276.00–288.00	$283.03	$1,240	—
460 unweaned	460	7	266.00	$266.00	$1,224	—
452–498	478	24	271.00–285.00	$278.25	$1,330	—
501–512	507	10	268.00–274.00	$271.03	$1,374	—
544 unweaned	544	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,306	—
556–565 unweaned	560	13	231.00–237.00	$233.79	$1,309	—
556–590	573	46	261.00–270.50	$262.93	$1,507	—
600–629	620	59	251.00–264.00	$256.75	$1,592	—
663–689	678	51	236.00–258.00	$246.32	$1,670	—
705–725	720	11	242.50–246.00	$245.15	$1,765	—
755–796	766	43	239.00–246.00	$243.41	$1,865	—
830–845	837	14	231.00–237.50	$232.04	$1,942	—
904–940	909	29	220.00–231.00	$228.40	$2,076	—
1010	1010	4	213.00	$213.00	$2,151	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	295.00	$295.00	$708	—
284	284	3	280.00	$280.00	$795	—
370–383	376	21	261.00–274.00	$270.35	$1,017	—
412–444	433	36	253.00–272.50	$259.43	$1,123	—
453–463	454	24	251.00–267.00	$264.77	$1,202	—
532–538	537	14	260.00–261.00	$260.79	$1,400	—
550–590	572	25	243.00–258.00	$250.11	$1,431	—
602–640	621	21	232.50–251.00	$241.48	$1,500	—
650–697	676	14	232.50–288.00	$242.81	$1,641	—
725–743	736	10	222.50–244.00	$241.38	$1,777	—
750–785	769	10	212.00–232.50	$225.79	$1,736	—
805–845	836	10	221.00–227.50	$223.49	$1,868	—
1014	1014	8	118.00	$118.00	$1,197	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
727	727	16	237.00	$237.00	$1,723	—
783	783	28	238.50	$238.50	$1,867	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	5	241.00	$241.00	$1,080	—
490	490	20	208.00	$208.00	$1,019	—
500	500	3	208.00	$208.00	$1,040	—
934	934	14	235.50	$235.50	$2,200	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	7	241.00	$241.00	$1,015	—
651–684	666	18	229.00–237.50	$234.47	$1,562	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
632	632	17	194.00	$194.00	$1,226	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	13	245.00	$245.00	$1,379	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,358	—
638	638	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,576	—
675	675	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,559	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
596	596	7	172.00	$172.00	$1,025	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–338	315	23	292.00–298.00	$296.82	$935	—
360–388	381	4	280.00–287.00	$281.65	$1,073	—
407–447	424	76	267.00–288.00	$280.98	$1,191	—
453–493	468	63	262.00–277.00	$273.59	$1,280	—
505–519	515	36	255.00–262.00	$258.71	$1,332	—
562	562	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,270	—
554–581	567	28	250.00–255.00	$252.34	$1,431	—
599	599	5	211.00	$211.00	$1,264	—
600–648	631	53	241.00–246.00	$244.64	$1,544	—
628–635 unweaned	633	17	232.00–238.00	$233.40	$1,477	—
755	755	3	233.00	$233.00	$1,759	—
801–836	810	121	234.50–239.00	$236.12	$1,913	—
869–881	874	33	229.00–235.00	$233.17	$2,038	—
910	910	1	228.00	$228.00	$2,075	—
956–979	971	12	220.50–226.00	$222.30	$2,159	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–333	324	30	274.00–285.00	$277.43	$899	—
362–395	382	27	261.00–280.00	$266.62	$1,018	—
401–445	427	54	260.00–270.00	$265.83	$1,135	—
444	444	23	242.00	$242.00	$1,074	—
451–495	479	56	251.00–267.00	$261.76	$1,254	—
508–549	531	90	235.00–252.00	$242.61	$1,288	—
552–590	570	45	236.00–246.00	$238.68	$1,360	—
612–620	615	6	238.00–241.00	$239.99	$1,476	—
733	733	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,620	—
825	825	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,898	—
968	968	10	186.00	$186.00	$1,800	—
1000–1038	1014	6	136.00–180.00	$163.74	$1,660	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	261.00	$261.00	$744	—
340	340	1	267.50	$267.50	$910	—
360–385	368	42	231.00–261.00	$245.88	$905	—
411–445	428	16	211.00–245.00	$231.10	$989	—
439 unweaned	439	16	229.00	$229.00	$1,005	—
462–493	483	17	232.00–242.50	$239.00	$1,154	—
486 unweaned	486	7	221.00	$221.00	$1,074	—
529	529	5	221.00	$221.00	$1,169	—
565–573	571	4	237.50–238.00	$237.88	$1,358	—
608–647	626	10	229.00–232.00	$230.20	$1,441	—
653–692	670	19	211.00–233.00	$227.68	$1,525	—
700	700	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,610	—
795	795	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,789	—
821	821	6	211.00	$211.00	$1,732	—
853–863	857	5	201.00–216.00	$207.04	$1,774	—
953	953	2	161.00	$161.00	$1,534	—
1033	1033	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,436	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	4	212.00	$212.00	$933	—
461–479	471	21	210.00–228.00	$220.32	$1,038	—
542	542	6	221.00	$221.00	$1,198	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	25	179.00	$179.00	$573	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	14	233.00	$233.00	$1,030	—
454	454	7	209.00	$209.00	$949	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554	554	12	221.00	$221.00	$1,224	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
773	773	10	71.00	$71.00	$549	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602	602	4	232.50	$232.50	$1,400	—
1081	1081	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,957	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401	401	7	231.00	$231.00	$926	—
520	520	7	216.00	$216.00	$1,123	—
571	571	6	217.00	$217.00	$1,239	—
883	883	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,333	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
624	624	10	235.00	$235.00	$1,466	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
682–695	685	4	222.00–228.00	$226.48	$1,551	—
802–840	815	3	187.50–195.00	$192.42	$1,568	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–1515	1035	85-90%	53	36.00–81.00	$63.60	$658	-24.40
1054–1315	1073	85-90%	15	112.00–126.00	$122.25	$1,312	—
700–1548	1151	85-90%	118	71.00–91.00	$85.01	$978	-3.54
1095–1395	1184	85-90%	4	103.00–114.00	$106.73	$1,264	+7.56
1198	1198	85-90%	11	90.50	$90.50	$1,084	-8.67
1245–1263	1262	85-90%	12	93.00–101.00	$100.34	$1,266	—
675–1610	1268	85-90%	130	90.00–104.00	$94.38	$1,197	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1223	1196	80-85%	6	116.00–132.00	$119.58	$1,430	—
1015–1675	1320	80-85%	42	81.00–99.00	$91.42	$1,207	—
1230–1750	1357	80-85%	35	111.50–123.00	$116.61	$1,582	-0.90
1320–1490	1407	80-85%	3	107.50–113.00	$110.12	$1,549	—
1195–2280	1412	80-85%	145	95.00–113.00	$104.37	$1,474	-13.49

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–2015	1580	75-80%	25	103.00–118.00	$112.23	$1,773	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–2115	1636	65-75%	7	114.00–120.00	$117.81	$1,927	—
1975	1975	65-75%	1	103.00	$103.00	$2,034	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–1220	925	10	122.50–128.00	$123.64	$1,144	—
880–990	952	3	96.00–101.00	$99.46	$947	—
951–1165	1007	10	140.00–151.00	$148.94	$1,500	—
880–1850	1518	20	91.00–112.00	$103.66	$1,574	—
1200–2310	1810	38	112.50–127.00	$117.98	$2,135	—
2105–2200	2168	3	119.50–131.00	$123.39	$2,675	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–910	896	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	147.00–152.50	$147.61	$1,323
1307	1307	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	167.00	$167.00	$2,183

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1054	1054	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	126.00	$126.00	$1,328

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
905–1290	1080	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	132.50–145.00	$138.83	$1,499

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015	1015	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,522
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,511

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025	1025	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,496

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,650.00	$1,650.00
915–1280	1046	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,260.00–1,475.00	$1,374.73
1115–1215	1182	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	975.00–1,100.00	$1,060.68
1080–1640	1247	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	1,275.00–1,575.00	$1,345.09
1055–1550	1283	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,350.00–1,650.00	$1,441.25
1316	1316	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,325.00	$1,325.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1027	1027	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00
1176–1367	1285	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,300.00–1,475.00	$1,406.37
1220–1627	1342	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,775.00–2,000.00	$1,860.42

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
679	679	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00

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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
1535	1535	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
624	624	6	164.00	$164.00	$1,023	—
845	845	1	159.50	$159.50	$1,348	-8.98
910–938	930	16	159.00–160.00	$159.22	$1,481	—
953–980	971	6	158.50–160.00	$159.24	$1,546	-0.26
1030–1045	1036	6	156.00–160.00	$158.83	$1,645	-4.67
1053–1075	1064	10	159.00–161.00	$160.10	$1,703	+0.51
1123	1123	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,797	+1.00
1178	1178	3	159.50	$159.50	$1,879	+1.50
1224–1246	1232	15	159.50–160.50	$160.16	$1,973	—
1280–1292	1289	11	159.50–160.50	$160.05	$2,063	—
1303–1345	1315	13	155.00–160.00	$159.26	$2,094	—
1360–1375	1368	4	155.00–158.50	$157.12	$2,149	+6.12
1450	1450	1	156.00	$156.00	$2,262	—
1530	1530	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,951	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	2	91.00	$91.00	$453	—
592	592	3	103.00	$103.00	$610	—
1085	1085	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,617	—
1265	1265	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,784	—
1400	1400	8	127.50	$127.50	$1,785	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	3	118.00	$118.00	$476	—
640	640	2	91.00	$91.00	$582	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	2	131.00	$131.00	$996	—

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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.