Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 8, 2024

927 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $263.62/cwt ≈ $1,505/hd at 571 lb · 25 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $275.00/cwt ≈ $1,798/hd at 654 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $261.00/cwt ≈ $1,529/hd at 586 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	927	1,807	886
Feeder cattle	517	1,807	506
Slaughter cattle	400	—	363
Replacement cattle	10	—	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

Combined weighted average report for 1 Colorado auction Market included: Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. No comparable trades for any class of cattle from the prior week. The next available report will be Monday, July 22, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	3	347.50	$347.50	$1,668	—
571	571	10	280.00	$280.00	$1,599	—
654	654	16	275.00	$275.00	$1,798	—
740	740	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,961	—
888	888	3	245.00	$245.00	$2,176	—
1260	1260	1	178.00	$178.00	$2,243	—
1500	1500	1	166.00	$166.00	$2,490	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	14	307.50	$307.50	$1,464	—
600	600	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,635	—
870	870	4	233.00	$233.00	$2,027	—
1150	1150	1	175.00	$175.00	$2,012	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
259	259	4	950.00	$950.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	4	295.00	$295.00	$1,286	—
558–597	571	25	258.00–266.00	$263.62	$1,505	—
714	714	10	250.00	$250.00	$1,785	—
750	750	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,725	—
1020	1020	2	172.50	$172.50	$1,760	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	5	252.50	$252.50	$1,177	—
598	598	4	242.50	$242.50	$1,450	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	300.00	$300.00	—
100	100	1	325.00	$325.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	14	261.00	$261.00	$1,529	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55	55	1	450.00	$450.00	—
105	105	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1289	1200	80-85%	23	150.50–161.00	$152.22	$1,827	—
1092–1565	1316	80-85%	11	119.50–129.50	$123.81	$1,629	—
1235–1440	1343	80-85%	3	131.00–133.00	$132.29	$1,777	—
1185–1490	1346	80-85%	23	141.00–149.50	$145.85	$1,963	—
1285–1420	1369	80-85%	7	142.00–148.00	$144.04	$1,972	—
1235–1520	1378	80-85%	2	87.50–109.00	$97.14	$1,339	—
1035–1675	1396	80-85%	132	130.00–140.00	$136.09	$1,900	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1560	1416	75-80%	13	142.50–152.00	$147.07	$2,083	—
1395–1560	1485	75-80%	5	149.50–156.50	$153.48	$2,279	—
1550–1835	1587	75-80%	23	131.00–148.50	$141.65	$2,248	—
1350–1875	1651	75-80%	32	140.00–149.00	$143.59	$2,371	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1330	1149	85-90%	10	62.50–100.00	$86.09	$989	—
910–1450	1151	85-90%	14	106.00–116.00	$111.60	$1,285	—
1206	1206	85-90%	8	138.00	$138.00	$1,664	—
875–1540	1266	85-90%	34	119.00–129.00	$123.66	$1,566	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1625–1810	1709	65-75%	5	146.00–149.50	$148.56	$2,539	—
1640–1970	1757	65-75%	5	150.00–154.50	$151.69	$2,665	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1515	1115	5	174.00–191.00	$186.38	$2,078	—
975–1485	1176	8	161.00–197.50	$172.02	$2,023	—
1425–1535	1480	2	121.00–140.00	$130.85	$1,937	—
1640–1815	1740	3	133.00–154.00	$141.63	$2,464	—
1425–2425	1994	13	157.00–170.50	$166.17	$3,313	—
1635–2315	2064	5	171.50–178.50	$173.82	$3,588	—

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1087	1087	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,000.00	$2,000.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1239	1239	8	185.50	$185.50	$2,298	—
1258–1289	1280	10	186.50–187.50	$186.79	$2,391	—
1415	1415	1	175.00	$175.00	$2,476	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385	1385	1	166.00	$166.00	$2,299	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
251	251	4	282.50	$282.50	$709	—
399	399	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,037	-123.57
445	445	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,112	-114.35
498	498	5	247.50	$247.50	$1,233	-93.48
509	509	20	260.00	$260.00	$1,323	-35.57
547	547	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,340	—
603–610	605	4	197.50–200.00	$199.37	$1,206	—
689	689	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,275	—
725–743	740	6	187.50–190.00	$187.91	$1,391	—
822–831	828	10	185.00	$185.00	$1,532	—
859	859	4	186.00	$186.00	$1,598	—
930–942	940	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,739	—
955–995	985	6	185.50–186.50	$186.25	$1,835	—
1000–1044	1030	38	183.50–186.50	$185.14	$1,907	—
1050–1095	1061	10	175.50–186.00	$182.09	$1,932	—
1108–1145	1127	22	179.50–186.50	$183.04	$2,063	—
1155–1195	1172	36	181.00–184.50	$182.66	$2,141	—
1210–1245	1225	15	175.50–179.50	$177.17	$2,170	—
1250–1297	1270	12	177.50–180.00	$178.70	$2,269	—
1350–1355	1353	2	173.50–175.00	$174.25	$2,358	—
1435	1435	1	165.50	$165.50	$2,375	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	175.00	$175.00	$744	-82.14
590	590	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,165	—
700–710	705	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,269	—
750	750	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,331	—
1150–1165	1161	4	174.00–178.00	$175.75	$2,040	—
1235–1240	1238	2	171.00–172.50	$171.75	$2,126	—
1250–1284	1280	10	169.00–173.50	$172.81	$2,212	—
1335–1345	1342	3	162.50–167.50	$164.83	$2,212	—
1565	1565	1	153.00	$153.00	$2,394	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280	1280	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,984	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115	1115	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,494	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	1	127.50	$127.50	$950	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	16	265.00	$265.00	$1,002	-144.90
445	445	6	257.50	$257.50	$1,146	-142.13

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1740–2375	2093	5	146.00–157.00	$149.45	$3,128	—
2415–2630	2523	2	131.00–132.00	$131.48	$3,317	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385	1385	1	162.00	$162.00	$2,244	—

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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.