Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 207 priced lines covering 12,652 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,471 head. replacement cattle receipts at 100 head.

Mon Jan 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,471Last week 6,449Year ago 16,750

Replacement CattleReceipts 100Last week 57Year ago 275

Combined weighted average report for 6 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, Producer's Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Livestock Exchange, and Sterling Livestock. Trade activity and demand were Good. This week kicked off the annual Stock Show Special Sales across the state. Due to the upcoming Federal Holiday, the next available report will be Tuesday, January 20, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	525.00	525.00
11	350–400	390	445.00–450.00	448.22
9	400–450	422	427.50–475.00	448.89
85	450–500	477	372.50–450.00	430.37
69	500–550	536	367.50–447.50	423.24
57	550–600	584	325.00–425.00	394.67
108	600–650	628	317.50–399.00	380.98
78	650–700	686	260.00–360.00	352.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	250–300	283	565.00–620.00	601.35
172	300–350	335	480.00–612.50	595.81
139	350–400	372	480.00–570.00	547.40
512	400–450	428	432.50–556.50	514.86
89	450–500	466	427.50–527.50	486.29
465	500–550	528	375.00–493.00	457.07
247	550–600	563	350.00–445.00	423.00
295	600–650	613	342.50–426.00	408.11
365	650–700	668	356.00–380.00	369.69
159	700–750	719	312.50–367.50	346.85
189	750–800	771	260.00–350.00	336.07
88	800–850	812	272.50–323.50	316.52
5	850–900	853	240.00	240.00
21	900–950	909	237.50–312.00	270.26
14	950–1000	973	257.50–283.00	276.56
94	1000–1050	1,025	240.00–280.00	270.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	638	380.00	380.00
36	900–950	944	277.00	277.00
10	1300–1350	1,310	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	247	620.00	620.00
15	400–450	411	517.50–590.00	552.64
122	500–550	514	475.00–478.00	477.75
28	550–600	563	370.00–456.00	430.40
197	600–650	601	426.00	426.00
41	700–750	704	392.00	392.00
77	750–800	763	377.00	377.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	555	414.00	414.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	400–450	436	491.00–509.00	495.17
37	450–500	480	467.00–482.50	478.09
29	500–550	524	427.50–457.00	442.48
27	550–600	575	367.50–417.50	405.29
51	600–650	627	372.00–406.00	387.15
75	650–700	677	359.00–367.00	365.69
15	700–750	726	310.00–352.50	337.40
40	750–800	783	320.00–335.00	324.55
7	800–850	824	230.00–232.50	231.81
3	950–1000	952	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	467.50	467.50
3	500–550	548	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	427.50	427.50
4	400–450	408	432.50	432.50
31	500–550	543	386.00–391.00	390.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	655	375.00	375.00
29	800–850	840	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	606	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	312	455.00	455.00
16	500–550	522	315.00–402.50	383.05
14	650–700	699	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	434	425.00–472.50	458.62
13	450–500	475	452.00	452.00
10	500–550	526	370.00–425.00	408.30
19	600–650	633	372.00	372.00
34	650–700	653	379.00	379.00
78	700–750	734	330.00–350.00	330.74
88	750–800	786	336.00	336.00
127	800–850	829	328.00	328.00
28	850–900	854	317.50	317.50
110	900–950	924	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	556	407.50	407.50
39	600–650	635	387.00–390.00	388.77
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	594	387.50	387.50
3	600–650	632	370.00	370.00
3	750–800	775	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	750–800	753	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	630.00	630.00
66	400–450	434	477.50–545.00	528.27
6	450–500	476	485.00	485.00
296	500–550	539	425.00–510.00	485.39
31	550–600	575	410.00–442.50	424.58
102	600–650	638	370.00–428.00	410.03
75	650–700	691	330.00–400.00	395.96
41	700–750	742	347.50–375.00	371.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	640.00	640.00
18	250–300	296	630.00–677.50	652.32
50	300–350	314	595.00–720.00	682.72
227	350–400	372	610.00–675.00	644.86
353	400–450	429	527.50–604.00	575.73
163	450–500	476	497.50–560.00	531.00
245	500–550	526	455.00–525.00	496.62
248	550–600	570	421.00–495.00	467.57
692	600–650	621	412.50–456.50	439.42
332	650–700	672	382.00–430.00	402.17
600	700–750	728	369.00–390.00	383.62
262	750–800	784	359.00–375.00	367.63
212	800–850	826	290.00–363.00	351.75
174	850–900	870	290.00–346.00	342.13
72	900–950	927	320.00–338.50	333.49
62	950–1000	966	305.00–319.00	316.65
5	1100–1150	1,130	285.00	285.00
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 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	1,800.00	1,800.00
6	350–400	360	655.00	655.00
22	450–500	467	524.00	524.00
62	500–550	521	506.00–532.00	516.26
60	600–650	612	451.00–455.00	451.86
25	650–700	657	422.00	422.00
56	700–750	704	401.00	401.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	582	440.00	440.00
20	600–650	646	407.50–415.00	413.53
4	650–700	653	402.50	402.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	441	460.00–487.50	483.15
21	500–550	530	430.00–482.50	455.38
15	550–600	591	385.00–402.50	393.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	336	633.00	633.00
6	350–400	398	555.00	555.00
11	400–450	433	481.00–540.00	523.53
40	450–500	480	482.50–530.00	497.84
9	500–550	529	480.00–487.50	483.22
43	550–600	574	452.00–457.50	453.19
46	600–650	637	417.50–428.00	422.30
150	650–700	683	382.00–401.00	396.76
10	700–750	734	357.50–367.00	361.36
7	800–850	823	335.00	335.00
15	850–900	872	323.00	323.00
17	900–950	918	307.00–311.00	309.55
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	477	412.50	412.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	430	447.50–500.00	468.65
19	450–500	472	440.00–450.00	443.18
46	550–600	563	400.00–428.00	425.59
5	600–650	608	401.00	401.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	620.00	620.00
5	450–500	453	501.00	501.00
3	500–550	512	465.00	465.00
33	550–600	553	455.00–470.00	455.94
65	650–700	688	375.00–405.00	381.81
27	700–750	711	377.50–385.00	379.47
31	750–800	765	369.00	369.00
100	800–850	841	349.00	349.00
109	850–900	894	341.75	341.75
39	900–950	916	328.00	328.00
110	950–1000	986	300.00–317.75	316.35
51	1000–1050	1,006	317.10	317.10
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	440.00	440.00
19	600–650	629	402.00	402.00
19	650–700	693	385.00	385.00
4	750–800	750	357.50	357.50
3	850–900	865	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	415.00	415.00
2	750–800	763	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	537	452.50	452.50
5	550–600	585	405.00	405.00
5	650–700	682	385.00	385.00
3	750–800	752	362.50	362.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
36	150–200	164	425.00	425.00
4	300–350	330	440.00	440.00
3	400–450	413	375.00	375.00
6	450–500	494	310.00	310.00
4	650–700	651	260.00	260.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per head · actual wt
14	150–200	182	775.00	775.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
35	200–250	220	450.00	450.00
201	300–350	312	465.00–520.00	503.70
334	350–400	377	415.00–470.00	427.33
243	400–450	416	375.00–420.00	400.48
79	450–500	474	370.00–395.00	384.95
36	500–550	520	335.00	335.00
17	550–600	581	330.00	330.00
35	600–650	643	305.00	305.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	250–300	298	565.00	565.00
41	400–450	428	460.00–490.00	473.34
9	450–500	462	430.00–440.00	436.73
45	500–550	525	385.00–425.00	411.39
27	550–600	594	400.00	400.00
3	700–750	745	275.00	275.00
22	1200–1250	1,221	200.00	200.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	350–400	363	585.00–615.00	600.49
71	400–450	412	570.00–590.00	583.59
17	450–500	467	520.00	520.00
4	500–550	511	490.00	490.00
37	550–600	554	450.00	450.00
5	600–650	643	380.00	380.00
6	650–700	688	345.00	345.00
7	700–750	715	320.00	320.00
7	750–800	782	290.00	290.00
15	800–850	847	300.00	300.00
13	1200–1250	1,240	239.00	239.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per head · actual wt
18	150–200	184	850.00	850.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	381	460.00	460.00
11	400–450	421	490.00	490.00
13	450–500	474	410.00–465.00	426.21
7	550–600	579	340.00	340.00
7	700–750	734	275.00	275.00
9	750–800	794	242.50	242.50
12	950–1000	973	213.00	213.00
8	1200–1250	1,209	205.00	205.00
5	1600–1650	1,615	202.50	202.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	348	615.00	615.00
6	350–400	375	560.00–600.00	586.57
44	400–450	409	510.00–570.00	548.66
31	500–550	518	430.00–465.00	461.42
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
69	300–350	317	425.00–490.00	432.84
44	350–400	397	395.00	395.00
10	400–450	449	370.00	370.00
66	450–500	461	350.00	350.00
14	500–550	528	330.00	330.00
6	550–600	592	270.00	270.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	183.00	183.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	954	187.50–205.00	195.31
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,159	212.50–217.50	214.18

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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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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