Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 21, 2026

3,950 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $423.81/cwt ≈ $1,758/hd at 415 lb · 132 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $404.31/cwt ≈ $2,131/hd at 527 lb · 132 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $439.86/cwt ≈ $2,081/hd at 473 lb · 116 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,950	1,700	4,203
Feeder cattle	3,187	1,700	3,378
Slaughter cattle	434	—	681
Replacement cattle	329	—	144

Market comments — USDA reporter

Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. This was the first week of coverage of the fall run, so no comparable trades. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–288	286	9	505.00–590.00	$552.00	$1,579	—
338–349	344	7	537.50–565.00	$553.43	$1,904	—
358–378	371	32	475.00–547.50	$493.92	$1,832	—
415–432	429	70	475.00–545.00	$532.42	$2,284	—
453–480	473	116	435.00–469.00	$439.86	$2,081	—
507–539	527	132	307.50–437.50	$404.31	$2,131	—
550–595	561	36	342.50–396.00	$379.29	$2,128	—
604–645	614	56	332.50–385.00	$372.85	$2,289	—
654–689	670	65	326.00–336.00	$327.48	$2,194	—
700–725	715	5	315.00–335.00	$322.83	$2,308	—
757–799	788	71	315.00–327.00	$318.13	$2,507	—
803–848	844	69	315.00–336.25	$334.66	$2,825	—
888 thin fleshed	888	3	304.00	$304.00	$2,700	—
893	893	6	309.00	$309.00	$2,759	—
941	941	13	294.50	$294.50	$2,771	—
960	960	9	286.00	$286.00	$2,746	—
975 thin fleshed	975	8	296.50	$296.50	$2,891	—
984	984	14	280.00	$280.00	$2,755	—
1004	1004	15	280.00	$280.00	$2,811	—
1021	1021	4	261.00	$261.00	$2,665	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334–347	345	50	472.50–527.50	$494.36	$1,706	—
355	355	2	522.50	$522.50	$1,855	—
418–441	433	41	450.00–505.00	$471.81	$2,043	—
461–498	480	32	400.00–418.00	$406.93	$1,953	—
503–531	525	54	393.00–402.50	$397.61	$2,087	—
595–596	596	16	317.50–374.00	$359.89	$2,145	—
601–643	614	10	352.50–360.00	$357.64	$2,196	—
658	658	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,040	—
705–707	706	5	297.50–330.00	$317.02	$2,238	—
795	795	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,464	—
810	810	2	292.50	$292.50	$2,369	—
955	955	2	255.00	$255.00	$2,435	—
1178	1178	2	227.00	$227.00	$2,674	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	480.00	$480.00	$1,646	—
352–390	374	17	452.50–505.00	$481.91	$1,802	—
406–438	417	6	385.00–435.00	$402.52	$1,679	—
490	490	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,642	—
515–549	529	76	332.50–382.50	$355.77	$1,882	—
551–595	563	34	272.50–359.00	$349.48	$1,968	—
840	840	2	302.00	$302.00	$2,537	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–487	474	9	380.00–413.00	$398.83	$1,890	—
560	560	3	312.50	$312.50	$1,750	—
640	640	4	337.00	$337.00	$2,157	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,142	—
735	735	4	312.50–320.00	$316.25	$2,324	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	5	455.00	$455.00	$1,251	—
314–340	334	48	480.00–485.00	$483.48	$1,615	—
358–394	381	25	415.00–455.00	$446.79	$1,702	—
414 fancy	414	51	447.50	$447.50	$1,853	—
403–422	415	76	400.00–422.50	$406.85	$1,688	—
420 thin fleshed	420	5	440.00	$440.00	$1,848	—
469–488	476	34	383.00–392.50	$386.72	$1,841	—
500 fancy	500	72	388.00	$388.00	$1,940	—
503–509	507	28	332.50–382.50	$361.71	$1,834	—
513 thin fleshed	513	7	395.00	$395.00	$2,026	—
558–568	565	31	302.50–358.00	$322.78	$1,824	—
611–639	620	25	327.50–360.00	$344.55	$2,136	—
659	659	18	302.50	$302.50	$1,993	—
687	687	5	375.00	$375.00	$2,576	—
721–743	740	88	301.00–323.00	$317.81	$2,352	—
751–783	770	20	290.00–302.50	$297.62	$2,292	—
802–838	825	23	262.50–277.50	$269.24	$2,221	—
1050	1050	54	269.00	$269.00	$2,824	—
1065	1065	13	279.00	$279.00	$2,971	—
1141	1141	46	256.00	$256.00	$2,921	—
1230	1230	13	234.00	$234.00	$2,878	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	14	455.00	$455.00	$1,360	—
303–338	322	23	432.50–465.00	$446.12	$1,437	—
375	375	3	422.50	$422.50	$1,584	—
408–438	423	21	375.00–390.00	$378.13	$1,599	—
450–498	493	40	355.00–373.00	$371.36	$1,831	—
508–543	528	57	310.00–354.00	$337.78	$1,783	—
559–598	588	34	290.00–320.00	$312.45	$1,837	—
613–641	637	21	282.50–301.00	$298.46	$1,901	—
665	665	3	272.00	$272.00	$1,809	—
793	793	2	277.50	$277.50	$2,201	—
928–940	931	71	277.00–279.00	$277.43	$2,583	—
1041	1041	22	270.00	$270.00	$2,811	—
1053	1053	2	268.00	$268.00	$2,822	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	5	335.00	$335.00	$1,487	—
470–475	473	4	322.50–332.50	$327.53	$1,549	—
533	533	4	317.50–337.50	$327.50	$1,746	—
564–595	580	10	242.50–330.00	$285.08	$1,653	—
625	625	3	317.50	$317.50	$1,984	—
673	673	2	252.50	$252.50	$1,699	—
709–711	710	12	316.00–318.00	$317.00	$2,251	—
858	858	2	271.00	$271.00	$2,325	—
1150	1150	1	249.00	$249.00	$2,864	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	26	352.00	$352.00	$1,721	—
502	502	8	302.50	$302.50	$1,519	—
550	550	4	351.00	$351.00	$1,930	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	9	352.50	$352.50	$1,463	—
537–538	538	11	262.50–275.00	$268.18	$1,443	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	4	311.00	$311.00	$2,124	—
985	985	4	240.00	$240.00	$2,364	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
247	247	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
273	273	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	32	533.00	$533.00	$1,924	—
455	455	40	460.00	$460.00	$2,093	—
551	551	9	388.00	$388.00	$2,138	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1410	1243	80-85%	6	159.00–182.50	$171.57	$2,133	—
1140–1685	1291	80-85%	64	118.00–158.50	$143.72	$1,855	—
1300–1325	1309	80-85%	10	132.50–155.00	$151.26	$1,980	—
1495	1495	80-85%	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,719	—
1280–1760	1513	80-85%	43	117.00–146.00	$121.11	$1,832	—
1353–1708	1556	80-85%	35	109.00–117.50	$114.15	$1,776	—
1635	1635	80-85%	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,226	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1115	1027	85-90%	9	152.50–167.50	$163.36	$1,678	—
840–1180	1038	85-90%	6	100.00–125.00	$110.76	$1,150	—
1048–1345	1091	85-90%	19	117.00–140.00	$128.60	$1,403	—
900–1425	1130	85-90%	15	100.00–138.00	$119.49	$1,350	—
1085–1300	1181	85-90%	24	117.00–154.00	$149.90	$1,770	—
940–1515	1187	85-90%	6	55.00–90.00	$76.41	$907	—
1020–1570	1306	85-90%	67	110.00–145.00	$117.89	$1,540	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1655–1665	1660	75-80%	2	134.00–135.00	$134.50	$2,233	—
1585–1760	1673	75-80%	2	140.00–156.00	$147.58	$2,469	—
1665–1815	1705	75-80%	5	129.00–136.00	$133.10	$2,269	—
1775	1775	75-80%	1	135.00	$135.00	$2,396	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1700	1700	65-75%	1	136.00	$136.00	$2,312	—
1895	1895	65-75%	1	140.00	$140.00	$2,653	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1660	962	31	160.00–245.00	$215.92	$2,077	—
1180–1810	1495	2	160.00–171.00	$164.34	$2,457	—
1340–2165	1714	32	163.00–180.50	$173.22	$2,969	—
1490–1985	1731	7	45.00–167.00	$140.21	$2,427	—
1630–2395	1897	14	173.00–184.00	$177.98	$3,376	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
733–1135	949	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	45	202.50–252.50	$245.00	$2,325

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
938–1075	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,300.00–2,500.00	$2,379.83
1020–1060	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,700.00–2,725.00	$2,712.74
1113–1115	1113	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	1,825.00–1,900.00	$1,886.75
1126 fancy	1126	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,950.00	$2,950.00
1165	1165	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,025.00	$2,025.00
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1135–1328	1194	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	2,950.00–3,100.00	$3,051.69
1210	1210	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00
1139–1304	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	2,500.00–2,725.00	$2,629.41
1160–1390	1233	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	125	1,950.00–2,375.00	$2,254.41
1235	1235	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1199–1320	1247	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,100.00–2,400.00	$2,221.49
1260–1322	1292	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	2,625.00–2,725.00	$2,678.05
1404	1404	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,225.00	$2,225.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00
990–1090	1057	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,525.00–1,625.00	$1,556.23
1080–1260	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,775.00–1,925.00	$1,836.76
1045–1310	1164	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,700.00–1,975.00	$1,822.36
1105–1365	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,500.00–2,775.00	$2,650.82
1244–1365	1274	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,925.00–2,100.00	$2,053.13

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1229–1328	1276	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	2,050.00–2,375.00	$2,122.59

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
893	893	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,525.00	$2,525.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00

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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
1085–1090	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00–2,825.00	$2,463.33	—
1510	1510	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,150.00	$3,150.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	2	258.00	$258.00	$1,870	—
1042	1042	17	241.00	$241.00	$2,511	-14.00
1050–1090	1080	4	236.50–238.00	$236.86	$2,558	+10.86
1120–1140	1133	3	232.00–233.00	$232.33	$2,632	—
1163–1195	1171	7	226.00–234.00	$228.42	$2,675	—
1220	1220	2	210.00	$210.00	$2,562	—
1290	1290	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,451	—
1320–1340	1330	2	180.00–190.00	$185.04	$2,461	—
1350	1350	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,430	—
1400	1400	3	171.00	$171.00	$2,394	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
973	973	3	250.00	$250.00	$2,432	—
1013–1045	1034	6	241.00	$241.00	$2,492	—
1118–1135	1125	5	231.00–240.00	$236.37	$2,659	—
1200–1245	1216	4	219.00–225.00	$221.00	$2,687	—
1290	1290	4	197.00	$197.00	$2,541	—
1300–1303	1302	4	194.50–196.50	$195.00	$2,539	—
1370	1370	2	171.00	$171.00	$2,343	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	6	215.00	$215.00	$927	—
665	665	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,530	—
720–730	725	2	220.00–225.00	$222.52	$1,613	—
775–790	783	3	230.00–235.00	$231.67	$1,814	—
1020–1024	1023	10	230.00–236.00	$230.80	$2,361	—
1076	1076	4	230.00	$230.00	$2,475	—
1440	1440	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,232	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,077	—
985	985	1	224.00	$224.00	$2,206	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—

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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.