Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 24, 2025

3,227 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $339.47/cwt +8.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,779/hd at 524 lb · 176 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $288.34/cwt +20.34 vs last sale · ≈ $2,067/hd at 717 lb · 168 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $359.45/cwt -1.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,912/hd at 532 lb · 125 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,227	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–289	286	9	432.50–435.00	$433.03	$1,238	+6.21
327–336	331	10	415.00–445.00	$434.58	$1,438	—
350–353 fancy	352	4	480.00–485.00	$482.49	$1,698	+27.49
373–398	379	19	430.00–473.00	$444.79	$1,686	+21.41
405–441	417	33	410.00–442.50	$431.55	$1,800	+2.69
454–496	474	60	385.00–405.00	$395.90	$1,877	+1.66
503–549	532	125	345.00–377.50	$359.45	$1,912	-1.93
559–592	574	118	330.00–350.00	$338.01	$1,940	-3.18
600–626	621	68	305.00–334.00	$324.99	$2,018	+11.25
653–692	674	84	277.00–318.00	$295.36	$1,991	+6.48
703–738	717	168	261.00–299.00	$288.34	$2,067	+20.34
768–798	792	69	265.00–267.00	$266.18	$2,108	+6.41
819–833	826	85	250.00–269.00	$267.26	$2,208	+9.50
865–870	868	67	220.00–260.00	$257.68	$2,237	—
902–916	915	35	228.00–255.25	$252.95	$2,314	+14.95
969	969	4	238.00	$238.00	$2,306	—
1117–1148	1127	9	201.00–207.00	$204.96	$2,310	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	28	374.00	$374.00	$1,601	—
458–489	480	7	357.50–360.00	$358.18	$1,719	+43.18
541	541	6	320.00	$320.00	$1,731	+42.50
816	816	4	264.00	$264.00	$2,154	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	4	405.00	$405.00	$1,300	-35.00
405–445	421	14	400.00–440.00	$429.91	$1,810	-3.09
455	455	2	385.00	$385.00	$1,752	—
503	503	4	345.00	$345.00	$1,735	+11.74
576	576	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,843	—
683	683	2	262.50	$262.50	$1,793	-7.84
715	715	3	274.00	$274.00	$1,959	+10.00
813	813	4	228.00	$228.00	$1,854	-12.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,501	-11.10
451–470	461	16	370.00–380.00	$377.65	$1,741	-13.35
515	515	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,648	-27.50
593	593	4	287.50	$287.50	$1,705	-36.07
614	614	7	292.50	$292.50	$1,796	+8.47
675	675	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,789	-15.90

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
230–240	235	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00	-38.57

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257–290	265	13	395.00–415.00	$407.16	$1,079	+12.51
307	307	10	386.00	$386.00	$1,185	+6.38
351–394	384	28	380.00–405.00	$396.99	$1,524	+5.24
404–448	428	65	335.00–396.00	$364.47	$1,560	+14.83
451–494	476	61	349.00–364.00	$354.14	$1,686	-5.12
500–549	524	176	325.00–352.00	$339.47	$1,779	+8.18
551–585	562	65	292.50–339.00	$313.33	$1,761	+17.22
600–644	617	90	262.00–316.00	$286.09	$1,765	+17.09
658–686	679	46	251.00–285.00	$274.52	$1,864	+6.78
702–744	736	42	242.50–247.50	$244.76	$1,801	-7.48
782	782	2	227.50	$227.50	$1,779	-10.09
838	838	8	245.00	$245.00	$2,053	—
859–882	863	12	237.00–237.50	$237.09	$2,046	+8.09
910	910	2	211.00–213.00	$212.00	$1,929	—
985	985	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,995	—
1000–1010	1005	2	198.00–200.00	$199.00	$2,000	—
1130	1130	1	187.50	$187.50	$2,119	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–383	370	8	355.00–372.50	$366.24	$1,355	+5.07
403	403	3	277.50	$277.50	$1,118	—
480–498	491	19	313.00–329.00	$319.47	$1,569	-6.52
501–538	510	29	297.50–320.00	$309.09	$1,576	+31.11
550–598	579	44	267.00–287.50	$278.55	$1,613	+0.81
661–691	672	11	247.00–280.00	$267.66	$1,799	+21.19
855–895	880	4	207.00–213.00	$211.39	$1,860	—
900–945	928	4	199.00–207.00	$204.51	$1,898	+3.51
950–970	960	2	196.00–197.00	$196.51	$1,886	—
1055	1055	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,962	—
1175	1175	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,939	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,268	—
356–388	377	24	357.50–360.00	$358.29	$1,351	—
405–444	434	28	322.50–345.00	$337.22	$1,464	+2.44
450–473	462	4	330.00–367.50	$348.28	$1,609	+8.28
502	502	12	347.00	$347.00	$1,742	+49.50
628	628	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,664	-8.95
684	684	9	261.00	$261.00	$1,785	+20.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	8	315.00	$315.00	$1,232	-67.50
674	674	6	267.50	$267.50	$1,803	—
810–830	823	3	195.00–197.50	$195.82	$1,612	—
860 thin fleshed	860	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,484	—
995	995	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,890	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	10	405.00	$405.00	$1,397	—
486	486	6	302.50	$302.50	$1,470	—
1015	1015	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,878	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	6	295.00	$295.00	$1,431	-37.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
213–235	222	5	750.00–1,060.00	$928.62	+128.62

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	1	182.50	$182.50	$2,263	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	4	407.50	$407.50	$1,813	+17.50
483	483	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,835	-10.00
509–533	524	11	350.00–362.50	$354.41	$1,857	+16.47
555–568	560	8	330.00–345.00	$335.95	$1,881	+53.45
628	628	3	287.50	$287.50	$1,806	+24.50
721	721	5	264.00	$264.00	$1,903	+11.18
893	893	4	231.00	$231.00	$2,063	+11.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–975	968	3	208.00–218.00	$213.69	$2,069	+23.69
1055	1055	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,962	—
1135	1135	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,873	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	367.50	$367.50	$1,764	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65–85	75	2	625.00–825.00	$738.33	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1590	1177	80-85%	49	157.50–185.00	$169.60	$1,996	—
1010–1650	1331	80-85%	150	130.00–155.00	$143.05	$1,904	-1.77
1135–1555	1376	80-85%	61	139.00–151.00	$144.66	$1,991	+2.02
1265–1575	1384	80-85%	12	121.00–134.50	$125.82	$1,741	-16.82
1174–1825	1490	80-85%	112	116.00–138.00	$131.49	$1,959	-6.34
1345–1740	1536	80-85%	47	117.50–126.00	$122.62	$1,883	-4.38
1510–1675	1588	80-85%	4	82.50–111.00	$102.99	$1,635	-4.09
1595	1595	80-85%	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,850	+8.92

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1235	1062	85-90%	23	126.00–180.00	$139.50	$1,481	—
753–1320	1090	85-90%	49	120.00–140.00	$129.23	$1,409	—
855–1295	1120	85-90%	103	127.00–156.00	$141.30	$1,583	—
695–1445	1123	85-90%	24	91.00–114.00	$107.91	$1,212	—
785–1435	1161	85-90%	25	74.00–103.00	$92.77	$1,077	-45.16
1060–1410	1223	85-90%	3	101.00–116.00	$109.95	$1,345	+27.09
890–1750	1269	85-90%	115	114.00–127.00	$122.00	$1,548	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1510	1465	75-80%	2	145.00–148.50	$146.80	$2,151	—
1512–1680	1597	75-80%	29	138.00–151.00	$148.20	$2,367	—
1505–1790	1661	75-80%	8	139.00–145.00	$141.05	$2,343	—
1640–1900	1717	75-80%	20	127.00–136.00	$132.49	$2,275	-5.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1660–1675	1668	2	147.00–150.00	$148.49	$2,477	+3.14
1640–2025	1833	2	135.00–135.50	$135.28	$2,480	—
1885–1900	1895	3	126.00–142.00	$136.69	$2,590	-13.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1087–1140	1098	8	172.50–187.50	$182.21	$2,001	—
1280–1418	1372	3	155.00–156.00	$155.31	$2,131	—
925–2680	1715	51	141.00–186.00	$166.09	$2,848	—
1395–2395	1833	14	126.00–158.00	$143.18	$2,624	-17.18
1120–2255	1917	8	125.00–169.50	$162.86	$3,122	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–992 thin fleshed	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	213.00–237.50	$219.74	$1,986
710–1140	954	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	57	172.50–210.00	$193.17	$1,843

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1285	969	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	43	116.00–152.50	$142.10	$1,377

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1325	1098	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	150.00–161.00	$155.72	$1,710

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00
905–1085	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,885.00–2,025.00	$1,961.33
928–1195	1017	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,675.00–1,800.00	$1,751.04
1032–1143	1107	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,275.00–2,700.00	$2,470.92
925–1535	1172	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,950.00–2,150.00	$2,052.35
980–1435	1177	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,525.00–2,025.00	$1,772.22
1330	1330	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,910.00	$1,910.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
900–1225	981	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,450.00–1,625.00	$1,504.62
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1140	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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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
1155–1255	1202	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,400.00–3,750.00	$3,620.46	—
1350	1350	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,450.00	$3,450.00	+1,250.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
801–840	809	14	207.50–208.00	$207.61	$1,680	—
910	910	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,884	—
960–989	987	21	194.50–197.50	$197.36	$1,948	—
1000–1043	1015	13	194.00–197.50	$194.73	$1,977	-3.00
1053–1078	1069	23	193.50–196.50	$194.32	$2,077	-2.32
1102–1140	1123	18	192.50–194.50	$193.72	$2,175	-1.28
1176	1176	5	194.00	$194.00	$2,281	-2.74
1208–1235	1218	5	190.00–191.50	$190.51	$2,320	-3.61

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
868	868	4	197.00	$197.00	$1,710	—
975–990	983	2	190.00–193.00	$191.49	$1,882	—
1015	1015	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,939	—
1070	1070	1	190.50	$190.50	$2,038	—
1208	1208	2	187.00	$187.00	$2,259	—
1270	1270	1	186.00	$186.00	$2,362	—
1300	1300	2	179.00	$179.00	$2,327	+0.28
1375	1375	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,338	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,161	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
808	808	2	120.00	$120.00	$970	—

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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.