Name: Producers Livestock - Greeley, CO livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This week's offering is the auction's Stock Show Special that included attractive feeder steers and heifers that were mostly black hided/vaccinated/weaned. Demand for all cattle was good with active bidding.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $457.56/cwt on 413 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $457.56.

Average price

$457.56

413 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,455

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$31.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.18

vs CO average

+47.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	460.45	2,465	375
Medium and Large 1-2	548	429.08	2,349	38

One grade step is worth $31.37/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale413 hd

457.56

—

CO average2 barns · 653 hd

439.38

+18.18

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

+47.46

This barn, trailing median1 sales

457.56

+0.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Producers Livestock Stock Show Sale - Greeley, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,533	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	582.85/cwt	536.00–604.00	2,500	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	469.83/cwt	455.00–493.00	2,481	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	542.88/cwt	500.00–562.50	2,009	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,830	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	531.23/cwt	500.00–556.50	2,231	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,852	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	431.59/cwt	402.50–443.00	2,408	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	605.92/cwt	574.00–610.00	2,036	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	644.49/cwt	610.00–675.00	2,410	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	421	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,484	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	876	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	774	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,794	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	609.11/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,736	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	404.10/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,497	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	494.70/cwt	480.00–527.50	2,295	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	326.36/cwt	322.00–332.00	2,506	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	447.64/cwt	430.00–456.50	2,753	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	606	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,666	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	713.45/cwt	660.00–720.00	2,169	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	502.48/cwt	483.00–521.00	2,643	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	473.68/cwt	450.00–487.50	2,719	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	530.48/cwt	515.00–560.00	2,541	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,131	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,334	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,967	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	652.29/cwt	630.00–677.50	1,937	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	418.74/cwt	394.00–430.00	2,776	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	384.60/cwt	369.00–390.00	2,827	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,509	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	448.64/cwt	434.00–457.00	2,328	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	493.53/cwt	482.50–530.00	2,320	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,491	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	378.44/cwt	372.00–405.00	2,384	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,435	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	633.00/cwt	633.00–633.00	2,127	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	495.20/cwt	491.00–509.00	2,159	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	409.51/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,359	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	476.84/cwt	467.00–479.00	2,351	22

How this sale compares

Colorado weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Colorado auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Producers Livestock Stock Show Sale - Greeley, CO

Tue Jan 6, 2026

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	250–300	285	590.00–620.00	609.11
140	300–350	336	574.00–610.00	605.92
86	350–400	370	500.00–562.50	542.88
312	400–450	420	500.00–556.50	531.23
49	450–500	464	480.00–527.50	494.70
283	500–550	528	455.00–493.00	469.83
92	550–600	558	402.50–443.00	431.59
36	600–650	618	395.00–425.00	404.10
58	650–700	679	373.00	373.00
39	750–800	768	322.00–332.00	326.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	421	590.00	590.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	638	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	606	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	436	491.00–509.00	495.20
22	450–500	493	467.00–479.00	476.84
19	500–550	519	434.00–457.00	448.64
19	550–600	576	405.00–417.50	409.51
31	600–650	630	372.00–405.00	378.44
12	650–700	650	359.00	359.00
8	700–750	727	335.00	335.00
24	750–800	784	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	297	630.00–677.50	652.29
34	300–350	304	660.00–720.00	713.45
188	350–400	374	610.00–675.00	644.49
265	400–450	429	536.00–604.00	582.85
132	450–500	479	515.00–560.00	530.48
142	500–550	526	483.00–521.00	502.48
142	550–600	574	450.00–487.50	473.68
107	600–650	615	430.00–456.50	447.64
88	650–700	663	394.00–430.00	418.74
91	700–750	735	369.00–390.00	384.60
7	750–800	769	368.00	368.00
11	800–850	829	344.00	344.00
36	850–900	865	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	774	361.00	361.00
7	850–900	876	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	336	633.00	633.00
3	400–450	443	481.00	481.00
24	450–500	470	482.50–530.00	493.53
9	650–700	652	382.00	382.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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