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Colorado feeder cattle prices

USDA auction weighted averages · $/cwt · week of Jun 29 – Jul 5 · Plains region

These figures are not current

Read before the tables

USDA has not filed a complete Colorado week recently — steers last on Mar 23, 151 days ago; heifers on Jun 29, 53 days ago. The prices below are what was reported then, not what cattle are worth this week.

They are shown because they are the last real trade USDA published here, and a reader is better served by a dated figure than by an empty page. For a current market, the region ladder and the neighbouring states below are trading now.

Summary

Week of Mar 23

Colorado steers were mixed in the classes that carried real volume in the week of Mar 23. The busiest, 500–600 lb at 923 head, averaged $472.65/cwt, down $6.26 on the week and up $100.95 on the year.

Steers

2,385 head
Week of Mar 23 · change vs week of Mar 16 · year-ago vs week of Mar 24, 2025
Not current — this is USDA's last complete steers week for this market, 151 days ago. The market has moved since. Read these as a record of what was last reported, not as what cattle are worth today.
Weight$/cwtvs prior weekvs year ago$/headHeadBarns
300–400 lb630.47+57.38+137.23—1031
400–500 lb546.36+6.88+114.592,4592782
500–600 lb472.65−6.26+100.952,6009232
600–700 lb411.07−23.83+87.892,6724502
700–800 lb366.50+1.26+73.252,7494082
800–900 lb344.85−8.15+76.852,9311142
900 lb +312.03+4.42+69.53—1092
$/cwt, head and barn counts are USDA as filed USDA. $/cwt is USDA's weighted average of every reported lot. $/head is that price applied to the midpoint of the weight range Derived, blank on 300–400 and 900 lb + because both are open-ended and USDA publishes no average weight to use instead.

Heifers

13 head
Week of Jun 29 · change vs week of Mar 23 · year-ago vs week of Jun 30, 2025
Not current — this is USDA's last complete heifers week for this market, 53 days ago. USDA has missed at least one week here.
Weight$/cwtvs prior weekvs year ago$/headHeadBarns
900 lb +too thin to quote————131
1 of 1 classes are not quoted. Those traded, but under 50 head — too few to average into a market price. The head count is still shown, so nothing is hidden; only the average is withheld. Across every state over the last year, cells under 50 head are 29% of the cells and 1.4% of the cattle. $/cwt, head and barn counts are USDA as filed USDA. $/cwt is USDA's weighted average of every reported lot. $/head is that price applied to the midpoint of the weight range Derived, blank on 300–400 and 900 lb + because both are open-ended and USDA publishes no average weight to use instead.

These tables are not from the same week

USDA last filed Colorado steers in the week of Mar 23 and heifers in the week of Jun 29. They are shown on their own dates rather than forced onto one, and the steer–heifer spread should not be read across them.

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