Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 3, 2024

2,754 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $380.00/cwt ≈ $1,330/hd at 350 lb · 43 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $361.00/cwt +39.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,134/hd at 314 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,754	2,604	2,935
Feeder cattle	2,090	1,517	2,254
Slaughter cattle	610	799	651
Replacement cattle	54	288	30

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 moderate to good. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded for a trend. Feeder dairy heifers 800-1050 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, and over 1050 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher; average dressing slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, June 17, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,758	-38.73
888	888	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,865	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,572	—
790	790	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,659	+22.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	1	161.00	$161.00	$2,182	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314 unweaned	314	26	361.00	$361.00	$1,134	—
695	695	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,668	-16.40
988	988	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,828	—
1115–1127	1125	7	170.00–176.00	$170.85	$1,922	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,521	—
825	825	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,547	—
1040	1040	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,810	—
1090	1090	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,875	—
1135	1135	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,714	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435	1435	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,152	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350 unweaned	350	43	380.00	$380.00	$1,330	—
593	593	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,571	-6.00
880	880	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,694	+2.50
955–965	962	3	182.50–195.00	$186.64	$1,795	—
1030	1030	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,864	+10.94
1068	1068	5	173.00	$173.00	$1,848	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1515	1199	80-85%	10	148.00–165.00	$155.64	$1,866	—
1210	1210	80-85%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,331	—
1085–1480	1285	80-85%	34	139.00–149.50	$143.31	$1,842	+3.71
1205–1445	1312	80-85%	9	117.00–127.00	$122.41	$1,606	—
1010–1575	1328	80-85%	152	131.50–146.00	$139.48	$1,852	—
1030–1695	1410	80-85%	101	128.00–139.00	$133.52	$1,883	+29.61

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1080	1010	85-90%	2	70.00–95.00	$81.63	$824	—
970–1230	1169	85-90%	8	125.00–133.50	$131.81	$1,541	+4.65
835–1570	1176	85-90%	21	75.00–103.00	$96.18	$1,131	-30.98
1020–1490	1196	85-90%	15	128.00–134.00	$130.18	$1,557	+3.02
900–1470	1240	85-90%	24	105.00–116.00	$110.76	$1,373	-15.98
895–1655	1326	85-90%	92	117.00–127.50	$123.56	$1,638	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	75-80%	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,138	—
1400–2060	1579	75-80%	27	140.00–146.50	$143.11	$2,260	—
1490–2125	1739	75-80%	39	128.50–139.50	$137.41	$2,390	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1775	1658	65-75%	3	147.00–147.50	$147.15	$2,440	—
1835–1915	1863	65-75%	4	140.00–142.50	$141.14	$2,629	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1625	1295	3	161.00–187.50	$173.10	$2,242	—
1395	1395	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,162	—
1585–1820	1688	4	147.00–148.00	$147.50	$2,490	—
1455–2550	1830	22	155.00–166.00	$161.22	$2,950	—
1865–2480	2165	12	167.00–178.50	$171.92	$3,722	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1465	1465	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,125.00	$2,125.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1404	1404	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,275.00	$2,275.00

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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
1288	1288	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,125.00	$2,125.00	+229.77
1283–1458	1392	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	2,500.00–2,525.00	$2,508.64	—
1392–1619	1516	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	2,625.00–2,675.00	$2,654.13	—
1580	1580	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1632	1632	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–347	338	28	382.50–385.00	$384.06	$1,298	—
363–389	374	56	360.00–385.00	$375.00	$1,402	—
445	445	7	340.00	$340.00	$1,513	—
465–470	467	25	240.00–325.00	$311.49	$1,455	+123.99
502	502	9	315.00	$315.00	$1,581	+130.34
590–595	591	4	190.00–197.50	$191.89	$1,134	—
825	825	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,485	+0.15
850–895	873	2	181.00–182.00	$181.49	$1,584	+1.99
905–935	922	8	180.00–181.00	$180.87	$1,668	+1.21
950–980	961	8	180.00–183.00	$180.87	$1,738	+1.04
1005–1045	1035	13	180.00–181.00	$180.15	$1,865	-0.78
1073–1095	1080	3	180.00–180.50	$180.17	$1,946	-1.08
1105–1145	1128	3	180.00	$180.00	$2,030	-0.64
1175–1195	1188	13	178.00–180.50	$178.88	$2,125	-2.39
1275–1290	1283	2	171.00–176.00	$173.51	$2,226	-4.73

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279	279	41	310.00	$310.00	$865	—
311–330	322	33	310.00–330.00	$320.22	$1,031	—
359–363	360	16	290.00–295.00	$294.37	$1,060	+123.37
425	425	3	212.50	$212.50	$903	—
471	471	6	325.00	$325.00	$1,531	—
511–545	522	16	215.00–232.50	$225.27	$1,176	—
622–635	623	36	200.00–205.00	$200.28	$1,248	—
692	692	6	182.00	$182.00	$1,259	—
715–735	717	13	172.00–181.00	$180.29	$1,293	+2.29
810	810	10	178.50	$178.50	$1,446	—
855–895	875	2	165.00–171.00	$167.93	$1,469	-3.07

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,168	—
393	393	31	350.00	$350.00	$1,376	—
409–420	413	12	300.00–305.00	$301.70	$1,246	—
519	519	12	275.00	$275.00	$1,427	—
723	723	3	197.00	$197.00	$1,424	—
763–772	768	5	180.50–197.50	$187.25	$1,438	—
945	945	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,692	—
976–980	977	9	178.00–179.00	$178.22	$1,741	—
1083	1083	2	181.50	$181.50	$1,966	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297–299	298	8	252.50–280.00	$269.64	$804	—
388–397	394	29	205.00–255.00	$223.29	$880	—
490	490	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,152	—
543	543	12	172.50	$172.50	$937	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	2	220.00	$220.00	$601	—
405	405	2	190.00	$190.00	$770	—
482	482	13	160.00	$160.00	$771	—

Large 3-4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135	135	7	190.00	$190.00	—
218	218	8	400.00	$400.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–335	314	173	307.50–342.00	$331.93	$1,042	—
363–399	376	180	300.00–338.00	$323.21	$1,215	—
404–445	416	94	300.00–325.00	$310.48	$1,292	—
451–495	476	132	262.50–301.00	$292.75	$1,393	—
520–532	524	109	270.00–272.50	$271.09	$1,421	—
618–633	620	40	220.00–244.00	$241.55	$1,498	—
873	873	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,528	—
1085	1085	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,736	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–349	338	29	412.50–422.50	$417.93	$1,413	—
387–398	394	39	417.50–421.00	$419.86	$1,654	—
404–447	426	93	367.50–407.50	$396.51	$1,689	—
454–483	464	76	365.00–397.50	$377.09	$1,750	—
506–527	517	17	325.00–347.50	$335.36	$1,734	—
553	553	8	310.00	$310.00	$1,714	—
667	667	7	277.50	$277.50	$1,851	—
775	775	5	242.50	$242.50	$1,879	—
954	954	28	180.00–194.00	$190.50	$1,817	—
1110	1110	9	179.00	$179.00	$1,987	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–338	310	12	355.00–400.00	$388.72	$1,205	—
356–360	358	18	340.00–390.00	$370.69	$1,327	—
422–438	431	15	352.50–355.00	$353.64	$1,524	—
477–495	484	5	310.00–325.00	$318.87	$1,543	—
535	535	3	287.50	$287.50	$1,538	—
609	609	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,644	—
673	673	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,615	—
792	792	11	212.50	$212.50	$1,683	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	323	2	260.00–267.50	$263.78	$852	—
493	493	9	250.00	$250.00	$1,232	—
506	506	7	245.00	$245.00	$1,240	—
713	713	4	182.00	$182.00	$1,298	—
945	945	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,276	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	2	170.00	$170.00	$957	—

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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.