Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 5, 2025

1,837 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,837	—	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,898	-25.45
953	953	2	227.00	$227.00	$2,163	+4.50
1025	1025	1	214.00	$214.00	$2,194	-15.00
1210	1210	3	190.00	$190.00	$2,299	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–895	883	2	230.00–231.00	$230.51	$2,035	+1.51
910	910	2	230.00	$230.00	$2,093	—
977	977	3	212.50	$212.50	$2,076	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1023	1023	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,688	—
1100	1100	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,804	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,940	—
1180	1180	1	186.00	$186.00	$2,195	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	875.00	$875.00	+25.00
160	160	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,895	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	725.00	$725.00	-139.64
110–115	113	2	925.00–1,050.00	$988.89	-22.43

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,712	—
1035	1035	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,552	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,819	—
1090	1090	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,826	-47.52

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1390	1176	80-85%	18	160.00–195.00	$171.59	$2,018	-4.04
1080–1605	1351	80-85%	92	144.00–158.00	$150.85	$2,038	-0.71
1160–1560	1363	80-85%	12	147.00–160.00	$152.95	$2,085	+17.52
1205–1550	1393	80-85%	10	134.00–143.00	$140.79	$1,961	+5.36
1198–1603	1467	80-85%	44	122.50–134.00	$128.16	$1,880	-1.74
1130–1895	1498	80-85%	107	135.00–146.00	$139.87	$2,095	—
1565–1770	1695	80-85%	3	98.00–110.00	$103.17	$1,749	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1170	973	85-90%	9	160.00–190.00	$170.24	$1,656	—
1040	1040	85-90%	1	82.50	$82.50	$858	-48.78
975–1345	1113	85-90%	6	134.00–140.00	$137.13	$1,526	+31.60
955–1315	1121	85-90%	22	135.00–150.00	$143.76	$1,612	+38.23
840–1430	1151	85-90%	21	110.00–120.00	$115.63	$1,331	-27.20
1065–1225	1152	85-90%	5	128.00–138.00	$132.44	$1,526	-10.39
880–1450	1182	85-90%	42	121.00–132.50	$125.91	$1,488	-16.92
958–1490	1194	85-90%	13	80.00–106.00	$93.58	$1,117	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465	1465	75-80%	1	156.00	$156.00	$2,285	—
1330–1625	1478	75-80%	2	158.00–160.00	$158.90	$2,349	—
1365–2050	1713	75-80%	31	147.00–155.00	$149.40	$2,559	—
1795	1795	75-80%	1	113.00	$113.00	$2,028	-25.66
1590–2020	1819	75-80%	9	135.50–145.50	$143.32	$2,607	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560–1740	1622	3	156.00–159.50	$157.90	$2,561	—
1575–1875	1725	2	145.00–154.50	$149.34	$2,576	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	1	202.00	$202.00	$2,363	—
1340–1880	1556	29	175.00–182.00	$180.93	$2,815	—
1080–2195	1631	4	158.00–175.00	$167.63	$2,734	—
1515–1825	1653	3	162.00–169.50	$165.27	$2,732	+14.08
1455–2580	1849	36	173.50–183.00	$178.83	$3,307	-3.75
2020–2250	2088	5	187.00–194.50	$189.49	$3,957	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1332–1346	1341	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	2,625.00–2,760.00	$2,715.31
1390	1390	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1430	1430	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,950.00	$2,950.00
1433	1433	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1564	1564	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	3,075.00	$3,075.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1303	1303	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1294–1460	1385	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	2,350.00–2,625.00	$2,508.17

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195	1195	6	217.00	$217.00	$2,593	—

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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
935–1140	1072	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	3,050.00–3,335.00	$3,252.12	—
1328	1328	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	2,900.00	$2,900.00	-154.42
1452–1497	1461	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	3,700.00–4,000.00	$3,761.48	—
1490	1490	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,550.00	$3,550.00	—
1508	1508	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	3,060.00	$3,060.00	—
1542	1542	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	4,000.00	$4,000.00	—
1596	1596	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—
1546–1768	1634	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	25	3,225.00–3,725.00	$3,415.64	—
1819	1819	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1425	1425	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	3,060.00	$3,060.00	—
1469	1469	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,610.00	$3,610.00	—
1542	1542	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,125.00	$3,125.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–295	280	3	270.00–485.00	$409.58	$1,147	—
365–393	391	21	270.00–460.00	$450.19	$1,760	—
419–430	421	43	260.00–430.00	$419.01	$1,764	—
500	500	8	350.00	$350.00	$1,750	—
580	580	19	330.00	$330.00	$1,914	—
765–785	775	2	220.00–221.00	$220.49	$1,709	+0.49
838	838	3	217.00	$217.00	$1,818	—
850	850	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,802	—
914–945	924	3	210.50–212.50	$211.18	$1,951	—
967–990	974	5	211.50–212.50	$211.70	$2,062	+2.22
1015–1020	1020	20	212.00–213.50	$213.43	$2,177	+4.55
1070–1075	1073	3	212.50–217.00	$214.00	$2,296	+5.92
1153–1185	1160	6	206.00–211.00	$209.09	$2,425	+1.78
1215–1240	1221	4	205.00	$205.00	$2,503	+4.00
1265–1290	1278	2	196.00–197.00	$196.50	$2,511	+2.50
1300	1300	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,535	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	4	440.00	$440.00	$1,210	—
302–330	318	19	400.00–405.00	$403.98	$1,285	—
388	388	18	395.00	$395.00	$1,533	—
424–433	427	30	375.00–385.00	$381.28	$1,628	+141.28
580	580	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,320	—
773–785	777	3	216.00–230.00	$220.71	$1,715	—
845	845	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,749	—
861	861	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,799	—
970–995	983	2	208.50–209.50	$209.01	$2,055	+6.01
1005–1045	1015	4	206.50–209.50	$208.60	$2,117	—
1055–1092	1083	5	208.50–209.50	$209.30	$2,267	—
1115–1120	1118	2	206.00–210.00	$208.00	$2,325	—
1175	1175	1	201.00	$201.00	$2,362	—
1268–1285	1274	3	200.00	$200.00	$2,548	—
1300	1300	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,405	—
1373	1373	3	180.00	$180.00	$2,471	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	5	370.00	$370.00	$1,047	—
310–335	316	4	265.00–350.00	$327.49	$1,035	—
358–398	375	19	235.00–335.00	$310.38	$1,164	—
403–445	418	41	215.00–355.00	$328.33	$1,372	—
573	573	6	260.00	$260.00	$1,490	—
645	645	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,387	—
795	795	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,590	—
830	830	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,618	—
995	995	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,900	—
1165–1180	1173	2	186.00–187.50	$186.75	$2,191	+1.75
1255	1255	2	180.00	$180.00	$2,259	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	2	300.00	$300.00	$600	—
301	301	12	345.00	$345.00	$1,038	—
945	945	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,748	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	4	290.00	$290.00	$551	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	6	420.00	$420.00	$861	—
269–294	281	57	395.00–435.00	$420.49	$1,182	—
324–345	340	46	385.00–410.00	$407.04	$1,384	—
352–398	370	186	380.00–405.00	$391.59	$1,449	—
421–442	427	10	395.00	$395.00	$1,687	—
457–481	472	23	345.00–355.00	$347.35	$1,639	—
528–540	534	12	295.00–315.00	$304.89	$1,628	—
614	614	7	280.00	$280.00	$1,719	—
751	751	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,915	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
271–290	277	15	500.00–550.00	$531.70	$1,473	—
331	331	6	510.00	$510.00	$1,688	—
378–391	383	44	470.00–500.00	$482.33	$1,847	—
414–423	419	56	475.00–485.00	$480.23	$2,012	—
459	459	8	450.00	$450.00	$2,066	—
514	514	18	405.00	$405.00	$2,082	—
558–589	579	45	330.00–340.00	$333.68	$1,932	—
600–605	604	4	295.00–330.00	$321.30	$1,941	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
231	231	24	430.00	$430.00	$993	—
259–285	270	51	465.00–470.00	$467.27	$1,262	—
364–386	379	24	455.00	$455.00	$1,724	—
420–448	432	34	415.00–425.00	$418.35	$1,807	—
456–487	469	33	390.00–400.00	$397.48	$1,864	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	4	362.50	$362.50	$652	—
270–290	273	7	380.00	$380.00	$1,037	—
318–333	322	7	320.00–370.00	$347.38	$1,119	—
358–377	368	12	350.00–370.00	$359.74	$1,324	—
410	410	8	375.00	$375.00	$1,538	—
460–482	478	11	320.00–335.00	$332.38	$1,589	—
543	543	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,385	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,134	—

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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.