Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 19, 2024

1,770 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $274.21/cwt -33.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,006/hd at 367 lb · 63 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $275.88/cwt ≈ $1,349/hd at 489 lb · 53 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $287.62/cwt ≈ $1,591/hd at 553 lb · 48 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,770	767	606
Feeder cattle	733	415	170
Slaughter cattle	686	352	423
Replacement cattle	351	—	13

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction market included: Winter Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand was light to moderate. No trend on feeder steers and heifers due to low receipts. Dairy heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher on a light test. Average dress slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 2.00 lower, while average dress slaughter bulls traded steady. Due to the Federal Holiday, the next available report will be Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252–284	273	14	372.50–397.50	$380.75	$1,039	—
321–349	337	40	352.50–387.50	$365.22	$1,231	—
377	377	3	332.50	$332.50	$1,254	—
433	433	42	331.00	$331.00	$1,433	+21.00
489–492	491	19	306.00	$306.00	$1,502	+11.00
507	507	15	301.00	$301.00	$1,526	—
550–562	553	48	284.00–289.00	$287.62	$1,591	—
706	706	17	255.00	$255.00	$1,800	—
788	788	7	238.00	$238.00	$1,875	+5.33
805–836	823	14	231.00	$231.00	$1,901	-4.00
913	913	11	225.00	$225.00	$2,054	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	4	318.00	$318.00	$1,371	—
644	644	22	256.00	$256.00	$1,649	—
708–748	736	9	232.00–242.50	$237.91	$1,751	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	700.00	$700.00	—
203	203	4	800.00	$800.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	332.50	$332.50	$1,247	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	2	283.00	$283.00	$1,344	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	9	367.50	$367.50	$1,095	—
375	375	8	340.00	$340.00	$1,275	+17.50
478–494	489	53	275.00–278.00	$275.88	$1,349	—
535	535	5	257.00	$257.00	$1,375	—
632–640	634	41	236.00–246.50	$244.43	$1,550	—
662	662	15	240.50	$240.50	$1,592	-1.50
810–840	820	3	202.50–210.00	$207.44	$1,701	-24.56
983	983	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,878	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	367	63	267.00–284.00	$274.21	$1,006	-33.83
443	443	2	266.00	$266.00	$1,178	-39.00
837	837	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,507	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	23	309.00	$309.00	$921	—
391–395	392	9	294.00–302.50	$300.60	$1,178	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
212	212	3	775.00	$775.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
579	579	4	247.50	$247.50	$1,433	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1050	943	85-90%	2	116.00–120.00	$117.77	$1,111	-21.62
820–1333	1038	85-90%	10	72.50–106.00	$91.55	$950	—
985–1140	1074	85-90%	11	140.00–153.50	$151.24	$1,624	—
860–1240	1086	85-90%	8	121.00–135.00	$128.60	$1,397	—
800–1348	1104	85-90%	43	91.00–117.50	$110.92	$1,225	-21.56
870–1375	1110	85-90%	157	111.00–129.00	$118.58	$1,316	+40.29
925–1469	1150	85-90%	23	129.00–146.00	$134.58	$1,548	+24.43

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1255	1188	80-85%	3	143.50–168.00	$157.07	$1,866	—
1085–1580	1334	80-85%	14	126.00–142.00	$131.96	$1,760	—
1300–1470	1348	80-85%	4	115.00–123.00	$119.17	$1,606	—
1325–1590	1413	80-85%	15	132.00–143.00	$135.19	$1,910	-7.68
1220–1684	1419	80-85%	144	117.00–136.00	$127.69	$1,812	+24.66
1255–1770	1461	80-85%	26	115.00–122.50	$120.24	$1,757	-10.16
1290–1605	1463	80-85%	20	103.00–113.00	$107.76	$1,577	-22.64

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1540	1540	75-80%	2	130.00	$130.00	$2,002	—
1505–1845	1759	75-80%	39	121.00–144.50	$136.77	$2,406	—
1688–1847	1774	75-80%	23	124.00–133.00	$126.52	$2,244	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1335	1193	6	150.50–169.00	$158.91	$1,896	+10.41
1070–2235	1605	49	119.00–168.00	$149.41	$2,398	—
1210–2125	1643	13	109.00–156.00	$140.83	$2,314	—
960–2380	1715	36	150.00–178.00	$161.26	$2,766	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–888	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	191.00–212.00	$203.06	$1,716

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1052	1052	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	162.50	$162.50	$1,710

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1076	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,925.00	$1,925.00
1061–1111	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	1,975.00–2,050.00	$2,016.04
1098	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1206	1206	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1223–1233	1227	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	2,025.00	$2,025.00
1235	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1257	1257	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1257	1257	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,725.00	$1,725.00
1145–1520	1292	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	53	1,850.00–2,035.00	$1,966.47
1430	1430	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
988	988	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	15	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1086	1086	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1091	1091	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1133	1133	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1165–1258	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	1,450.00–1,600.00	$1,549.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1118	1118	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	875.00	$875.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1452	1452	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,650.00	$2,650.00

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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
1078	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1200–1338	1304	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	2,125.00–2,450.00	$2,375.20	—
1293–1372	1314	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	52	2,225.00–2,250.00	$2,232.03	—
1415	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—
1545	1545	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—
1700	1700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
1235	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—
1340	1340	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,885.00	$1,885.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,323	—
850–885	878	14	179.00–182.50	$181.69	$1,595	+1.44
995	995	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,781	+0.49
1025–1045	1035	4	179.00–182.50	$180.38	$1,867	+0.98
1050–1075	1065	3	178.00–181.00	$179.68	$1,914	+1.59
1162–1195	1167	7	174.50–178.00	$175.51	$2,048	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	170.00	$170.00	$654	—
410	410	1	175.00	$175.00	$718	-2.50
695	695	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,234	—
1023	1023	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,790	+3.00
1110	1110	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,915	+3.50
1166	1166	4	167.50	$167.50	$1,953	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,251	—
755	755	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,284	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1290	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
1321	1321	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

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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.