Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 9, 2026

8,257 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $395.87/cwt +17.87 vs last sale · ≈ $2,842/hd at 718 lb · 565 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $452.15/cwt +15.63 vs last sale · ≈ $2,803/hd at 620 lb · 503 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $428.86/cwt +0.43 vs last sale · ≈ $2,454/hd at 572 lb · 453 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,257	5,067	11,297
Feeder cattle	7,978	4,681	9,715
Slaughter cattle	158	257	1,054
Replacement cattle	121	129	528

Market comments — USDA reporter

Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock and La Junta Livestock. Trade activity and demand were Moderate to Good. The next available report will be Monday, March 23, 2026.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	3	670.00	$670.00	$1,923	+30.00
304–307	305	9	620.00–640.00	$633.29	$1,932	-3.71
328–331 unweaned	330	7	615.00–625.00	$619.26	$2,044	+19.26
368–396 unweaned	383	12	582.50–602.50	$594.77	$2,278	+5.00
361–399	384	53	615.00–630.00	$623.84	$2,396	—
404–415	413	38	600.00–612.50	$605.50	$2,501	-4.86
401–442 unweaned	430	47	562.50–577.50	$565.17	$2,430	+3.82
457 fancy	457	14	575.00	$575.00	$2,628	—
480–486	482	113	512.50–542.50	$533.46	$2,571	+3.33
473–497 unweaned	484	58	520.00–527.50	$525.00	$2,541	+15.00
500–522	507	128	504.00–520.00	$514.92	$2,611	—
513 fancy	513	86	528.00	$528.00	$2,709	—
511–548 unweaned	538	78	480.00–492.00	$486.24	$2,616	-24.77
554–559 fancy	557	46	502.00–504.00	$503.40	$2,804	—
552–576	562	193	470.00–494.00	$485.34	$2,728	+22.36
550–590 unweaned	567	113	440.00–471.00	$462.67	$2,623	+27.09
604 fancy	604	48	485.00	$485.00	$2,929	—
600–628	620	273	425.00–464.00	$454.55	$2,818	+10.87
610–645 unweaned	624	182	410.00–446.00	$439.88	$2,745	+11.03
651–689	663	267	396.00–426.00	$414.94	$2,751	-6.06
650–688 unweaned	681	115	370.00–407.00	$405.64	$2,762	+2.69
704 fancy	704	112	430.00	$430.00	$3,027	—
704–706 thin fleshed	705	104	407.50–413.00	$410.78	$2,896	—
703–738	713	159	362.50–390.00	$385.94	$2,752	+7.94
705–748 unweaned	737	190	371.00–379.00	$375.89	$2,770	—
754–790	774	179	356.25–368.00	$362.25	$2,804	+3.75
805–836	814	148	340.00–357.50	$353.75	$2,880	+7.30
863–864	864	45	338.50–342.00	$338.73	$2,927	-0.27
900–905	903	71	312.50–325.00	$324.30	$2,928	+16.30
1018	1018	2	290.00	$290.00	$2,952	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328 unweaned	328	2	545.00	$545.00	$1,788	-75.00
377–378 unweaned	377	9	560.00–567.50	$561.67	$2,117	+46.15
390	390	2	585.00	$585.00	$2,282	—
431–449 unweaned	439	29	542.50–552.50	$546.93	$2,401	-2.34
478–489 unweaned	485	29	495.00–510.00	$505.72	$2,453	+25.72
515–540	522	14	450.00–465.00	$457.84	$2,390	+62.84
520–546 unweaned	538	19	462.50–475.00	$466.47	$2,510	-3.53
574–583	576	20	454.00–456.00	$455.59	$2,624	—
583–595 unweaned	590	95	444.00–447.00	$445.66	$2,629	—
609–640 unweaned	626	57	352.50–422.00	$411.63	$2,577	+46.63
616–649	641	77	377.50–432.50	$420.11	$2,693	—
665	665	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,594	—
696 unweaned	696	12	377.00	$377.00	$2,624	—
718–742	728	52	320.00–369.00	$362.39	$2,638	—
733 unweaned	733	6	353.00	$353.00	$2,587	—
788–792	789	14	340.00–345.00	$341.08	$2,691	-6.42
842–846	843	47	333.50–341.00	$336.06	$2,833	—
852–894	880	170	326.00–331.00	$327.53	$2,882	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	3	590.00	$590.00	$2,124	—
399 unweaned	399	5	570.00	$570.00	$2,274	—
418	418	5	580.00	$580.00	$2,424	—
469–483	479	28	437.50–532.50	$464.08	$2,223	—
480 unweaned	480	9	500.00	$500.00	$2,400	—
503	503	30	502.00	$502.00	$2,525	+4.00
507 unweaned	507	10	467.50	$467.50	$2,370	+6.23
574–577 unweaned	575	20	445.00–453.00	$450.59	$2,591	—
601	601	10	425.00	$425.00	$2,554	—
665–694 unweaned	687	62	395.50–402.50	$397.09	$2,728	+28.09
711	711	15	386.00	$386.00	$2,744	—
726 unweaned	726	6	362.50	$362.50	$2,632	—
798	798	27	357.00	$357.00	$2,849	—
812	812	30	351.50	$351.50	$2,854	—
910	910	3	307.50	$307.50	$2,798	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349 unweaned	349	9	520.00	$520.00	$1,815	—
404 unweaned	404	22	477.50	$477.50	$1,929	—
566–593	575	6	400.00–402.50	$401.64	$2,309	—
581–595 unweaned	590	49	432.50–442.00	$435.87	$2,572	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
269–285	275	8	640.00–650.00	$646.11	$1,777	+16.11
320 fancy	320	7	670.00	$670.00	$2,144	+80.00
329 unweaned	329	4	525.00	$525.00	$1,727	—
332	332	3	640.00	$640.00	$2,125	+73.88
374–382	376	28	570.00–575.00	$571.09	$2,147	+21.29
373–384 unweaned	379	15	475.00–555.00	$533.40	$2,022	+38.65
392 fancy	392	16	595.00	$595.00	$2,332	—
405–430	410	48	487.50–560.00	$542.61	$2,225	+26.69
402–439 unweaned	424	51	477.50–512.50	$505.44	$2,143	+21.19
461–484 fancy	475	40	495.00	$495.00	$2,351	—
458–488	476	84	442.50–487.50	$480.37	$2,287	+6.56
470–492 unweaned	479	34	460.00–472.50	$462.91	$2,217	+37.48
501–545 fancy	532	64	464.00–467.50	$464.73	$2,472	—
503–546	532	166	425.00–458.00	$450.50	$2,397	+5.63
523–539 unweaned	532	49	415.00–440.00	$432.68	$2,302	-0.24
555–576 fancy	567	81	453.00–454.00	$453.60	$2,572	+8.60
550–583 thin fleshed	570	44	442.00–445.00	$443.88	$2,530	—
551–595	570	203	417.50–431.00	$424.96	$2,422	+3.52
553–595 unweaned	580	125	392.50–419.00	$413.86	$2,400	+16.86
600–633	626	173	330.00–415.00	$405.26	$2,537	-24.74
615–648 unweaned	630	68	323.00–389.00	$370.92	$2,337	-28.67
640 fancy	640	17	422.50	$422.50	$2,704	—
652 thin fleshed	652	37	406.00	$406.00	$2,647	—
655 fancy	655	56	422.50	$422.50	$2,767	—
656–693	670	122	322.50–391.00	$372.48	$2,496	-40.02
655–689 unweaned	681	75	302.50–370.00	$360.86	$2,457	-21.43
705 thin fleshed	705	51	395.00	$395.00	$2,785	—
704–719	710	100	374.00–390.00	$380.47	$2,701	-10.22
701–743 unweaned	721	168	343.00–364.00	$353.60	$2,549	+6.38
760–788	769	88	300.00–357.00	$350.04	$2,692	-29.58
805–812	805	51	327.50–338.00	$337.38	$2,716	+16.75
883 thin fleshed	883	6	327.50	$327.50	$2,892	—
853–893	887	60	297.50–310.00	$305.22	$2,707	+2.72
928–932	931	8	272.50	$272.50	$2,537	-25.00
985	985	11	282.50	$282.50	$2,783	-11.29

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216 unweaned	216	32	545.00	$545.00	$1,177	—
341–348 unweaned	345	12	507.50	$507.50	$1,751	—
362 fancy	362	3	610.00	$610.00	$2,208	—
372	372	5	560.00	$560.00	$2,083	—
377 unweaned	377	38	465.00	$465.00	$1,753	—
418–449	440	35	472.50–477.50	$475.85	$2,094	—
465 unweaned	465	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,976	-10.00
465–487	478	22	440.00–452.50	$448.50	$2,144	-14.00
532–543 unweaned	538	24	427.50–437.50	$432.97	$2,329	+34.90
554	554	15	419.00	$419.00	$2,321	—
571–592 unweaned	576	57	391.00–407.00	$395.34	$2,277	+20.34
600–611	607	59	335.00–409.00	$396.05	$2,404	+1.91
625 fancy	625	13	380.00	$380.00	$2,375	—
668–694	683	94	350.00–361.00	$352.29	$2,406	—
701–737	724	56	324.00–335.25	$331.36	$2,399	—
771–799	780	104	305.00–333.00	$326.83	$2,549	—
871	871	8	310.50	$310.50	$2,704	—
901	901	61	301.00	$301.00	$2,712	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,875	—
387 unweaned	387	17	477.50	$477.50	$1,848	+30.98
405–447 unweaned	435	30	415.00–480.00	$462.37	$2,011	-22.63
427–446	441	39	430.00–495.00	$486.93	$2,147	—
463–498	492	25	415.00–450.00	$434.73	$2,139	-5.27
501–539 unweaned	511	15	421.00–425.00	$422.12	$2,157	+21.47
515–531	522	12	360.00–391.00	$377.85	$1,972	—
573–589	579	15	355.00–397.50	$384.92	$2,229	—
606	606	12	352.50	$352.50	$2,136	-11.47
658–683	672	31	350.00–352.50	$351.11	$2,359	-33.42
702–731	712	62	327.00–337.00	$332.95	$2,371	-51.05
751–758	756	43	333.00–337.00	$335.71	$2,538	+20.67
820–831	827	29	297.50–313.00	$304.17	$2,515	-9.83
951	951	4	260.00	$260.00	$2,473	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324 unweaned	324	9	495.00	$495.00	$1,604	—
522 unweaned	522	15	419.00	$419.00	$2,187	—
543	543	4	386.00	$386.00	$2,096	—
683	683	2	328.00	$328.00	$2,240	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	615.00	$615.00	$2,171	-10.00
533	533	3	475.00	$475.00	$2,532	-25.00
577	577	23	440.00	$440.00	$2,539	—
608	608	3	437.50	$437.50	$2,660	+42.50
681	681	19	385.00	$385.00	$2,622	—
733	733	59	365.00	$365.00	$2,675	—
763	763	9	360.00	$360.00	$2,747	—
857	857	17	316.00	$316.00	$2,708	+8.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–398	384	5	560.00–580.00	$567.56	$2,179	—
430	430	2	580.00	$580.00	$2,494	—
568	568	2	445.00	$445.00	$2,528	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1215	1060	85-90%	11	141.00–159.00	$147.01	$1,558	-2.00
1052–1155	1087	85-90%	10	157.00–168.00	$164.11	$1,784	+15.10
810–1285	1093	85-90%	6	158.00–169.00	$164.55	$1,799	+15.54
1048–1278	1167	85-90%	46	170.00–181.50	$176.59	$2,061	+3.90
940–1263	1176	85-90%	7	173.00–180.00	$176.44	$2,075	+3.75

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1302–1330	1310	80-85%	5	174.00–178.00	$176.00	$2,306	—
1335–1490	1382	80-85%	8	171.00–179.00	$175.06	$2,419	+1.71
1315–1500	1438	80-85%	5	160.00–168.00	$165.09	$2,374	-2.29

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1531–1625	1542	75-80%	11	164.50–169.00	$165.38	$2,550	—
1560	1560	75-80%	1	138.00	$138.00	$2,153	—
1565	1565	75-80%	1	172.00	$172.00	$2,692	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1945	1945	65-75%	2	152.00	$152.00	$2,956	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1550	1382	3	178.00–181.00	$179.23	$2,477	—
1135–2095	1624	10	182.50–196.00	$188.12	$3,055	—
1370–2315	1754	10	199.00–216.00	$205.64	$3,607	+25.12

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–1193 thin fleshed	996	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	230.00–277.50	$256.02	$2,550
935–1173	1094	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	212.50–245.00	$223.93	$2,450

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985–1010	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	192.50–202.50	$197.44	$1,970

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1261–1266	1263	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	52	3,050.00–3,300.00	$3,208.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
669	669	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,375.00	$2,375.00
885–950	907	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	3,025.00–3,125.00	$3,059.93
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,975.00	$2,975.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00

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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
1468	1468	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,700.00	$3,700.00	-550.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—

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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.