Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 135 priced lines covering 5,405 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,449 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 240 head. replacement cattle receipts at 57 head.

Mon Dec 15, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,449Last week 9,766Year ago 8,416

Slaughter CattleReceipts 240Last week 203Year ago 1,982

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 49Year ago 5,192

Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock and La Junta Livestock. Compared to last week, steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with instances sharply higher. Heifers sold uneven; steady to sharply higher. The next available report will be Monday, January 12, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	287	620.00	620.00
33	350–400	369	595.00–660.00	614.91
89	400–450	432	530.00–560.00	545.47
104	450–500	468	505.00–535.00	524.17
109	500–550	522	460.00–479.00	471.98
80	550–600	564	424.00–437.50	432.24
159	600–650	615	370.00–428.00	410.53
162	650–700	673	350.00–390.00	368.22
196	700–750	723	321.00–366.50	350.95
193	750–800	775	300.00–343.50	336.17
180	800–850	819	300.00–343.00	334.03
81	850–900	876	313.00–326.00	315.83
134	900–950	920	295.00–313.00	309.16
110	950–1000	967	270.00–315.00	302.62
3	1000–1050	1,042	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	392	555.00–575.00	567.94
4	400–450	400	535.00	535.00
70	450–500	468	475.00–509.00	493.13
57	500–550	528	432.50–457.50	443.53
85	550–600	577	402.50–417.00	411.81
109	600–650	626	342.50–409.00	390.24
65	650–700	669	322.50–362.00	356.51
50	700–750	742	312.50–342.50	337.98
5	750–800	797	292.50	292.50
75	800–850	815	323.00–327.00	323.69
107	850–900	895	292.50–309.00	301.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	670.00	670.00
11	600–650	632	390.00	390.00
23	800–850	801	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	770.00	770.00
2	250–300	253	735.00	735.00
3	300–350	318	712.50	712.50
3	350–400	360	625.00	625.00
7	400–450	412	585.00	585.00
7	450–500	466	545.00	545.00
21	500–550	518	492.50–496.00	494.68
42	550–600	565	446.00–451.00	449.38
140	650–700	655	381.00–405.00	393.62
88	700–750	732	369.00–373.00	369.75
56	750–800	752	363.00	363.00
65	850–900	851	339.00	339.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	479	466.00	466.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	569	442.50	442.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	431	505.00–519.00	517.83
24	450–500	471	437.50–470.00	446.64
13	500–550	514	405.00–419.00	411.28
51	550–600	576	410.00–423.00	421.48
37	600–650	646	376.00	376.00
19	700–750	723	310.00–315.00	313.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	494	450.00–465.00	456.11
14	500–550	525	382.50–410.00	394.69
21	550–600	573	350.00–390.00	372.92
63	600–650	628	320.00–382.50	369.83
23	650–700	689	310.00–322.50	317.70
3	750–800	780	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	579	380.00–386.00	381.43
8	650–700	680	342.00	342.00
9	800–850	807	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	579	374.00	374.00
10	600–650	605	305.00	305.00
9	900–950	947	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	550.00	550.00
17	450–500	491	432.50–500.00	448.09
2	500–550	538	405.00	405.00
8	550–600	566	400.00–425.00	408.07
10	600–650	605	334.00	334.00
23	650–700	684	255.00–328.00	313.13
2	700–750	713	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	468	442.50	442.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	315	410.00–520.00	436.01
15	350–400	387	460.00–465.00	460.69
72	400–450	430	415.00–465.00	442.76
19	450–500	477	385.00–425.00	409.98
53	500–550	539	345.00–396.00	384.85
27	550–600	583	320.00–345.00	335.48
24	600–650	611	325.00–336.00	326.82
34	650–700	678	270.00–326.00	304.41
10	700–750	706	255.00–306.00	295.89
49	750–800	762	267.50–312.00	304.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	460	425.00	425.00
12	550–600	557	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	570.00	570.00
22	300–350	329	485.00–555.00	530.47
25	350–400	374	475.00–497.50	488.83
170	400–450	428	430.00–485.00	464.89
127	450–500	478	397.50–445.00	413.36
114	500–550	532	359.00–415.00	375.98
69	550–600	580	335.00–359.00	351.10
140	600–650	623	337.50–352.00	343.11
158	650–700	673	320.00–344.00	337.98
36	700–750	725	275.00–320.00	294.33
138	750–800	774	300.00–326.00	320.75
18	800–850	812	267.50–309.00	288.74
79	850–900	876	255.00–296.00	287.17
91	900–950	915	239.00–297.50	275.49
18	950–1000	985	242.50–257.50	250.87
7	1000–1050	1,023	215.00–280.00	261.75
5	1050–1100	1,082	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	276	517.50	517.50
25	350–400	361	550.00–560.00	558.04
23	400–450	412	445.00–505.00	462.51
25	450–500	475	425.00–455.00	436.44
17	500–550	513	422.50	422.50
31	550–600	567	377.00–378.00	377.68
13	600–650	603	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	391	480.00	480.00
17	400–450	426	390.00–470.00	437.65
6	500–550	539	315.00–345.00	324.74
75	550–600	557	310.00–381.00	371.05
12	600–650	626	305.00–315.00	312.13
22	650–700	676	265.00–330.00	317.99
5	700–750	731	267.50	267.50
9	750–800	769	255.00–267.50	261.99
2	850–900	858	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	550.00	550.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	447	427.50	427.50
8	450–500	476	395.00	395.00
3	800–850	823	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	494	342.50	342.50
6	500–550	533	327.50	327.50
5	550–600	599	312.50	312.50
4	750–800	769	245.00	245.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,362	147.00–152.00	150.03
2	—	1,350	160.00	160.00
4	—	1,389	140.00–162.00	148.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,084	129.00–159.00	152.81
2	—	1,013	182.50	182.50
115	—	1,115	141.00–167.00	160.75
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,925	150.00	150.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,623	156.00	156.00
3	—	1,563	149.00–163.00	158.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,575	139.00–158.00	151.41
6	—	2,054	190.50–193.00	192.27
5	—	1,691	165.00–176.00	170.59

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	—	999	162.50–220.00	199.13

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Colorado barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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