Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 99 priced lines covering 2,257 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,498 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 253 head. replacement cattle receipts at 82 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,498Last week 1,650Year ago 2,486

Slaughter CattleReceipts 253Last week 449Year ago 969

Replacement CattleReceipts 82Last week 578Year ago 215

Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock and La Junta Livestock. Trade activity and demand were Good. The next available report will be Monday, March 9, 2026.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	364	507.50–515.00	512.92
10	400–450	435	465.00–475.00	471.79
26	450–500	480	425.00–455.00	442.60
16	500–550	509	430.00–440.00	431.90
39	550–600	572	391.00–437.00	418.40
64	600–650	629	372.50–406.00	396.24
9	650–700	661	367.50–387.50	378.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	540.00	540.00
33	400–450	420	480.00–530.00	492.03
32	450–500	489	446.00–487.00	461.24
106	500–550	527	442.50–477.50	458.17
91	550–600	566	452.50–459.00	456.44
184	600–650	633	424.00–449.00	442.21
64	650–700	671	387.00–420.00	399.29
33	700–750	715	337.50–375.00	359.15
4	750–800	784	340.00	340.00
77	800–850	833	330.00–347.25	344.91
3	850–900	882	305.00	305.00
2	900–950	928	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	455	412.50	412.50
2	500–550	503	402.50	402.50
2	550–600	598	407.50	407.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	557.50	557.50
10	450–500	472	430.00–470.00	457.73
16	500–550	502	465.00	465.00
9	550–600	581	400.00	400.00
12	800–850	804	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	515.00	515.00
6	500–550	514	415.00–425.00	419.92
4	550–600	595	400.00	400.00
8	600–650	621	395.00	395.00
4	650–700	691	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	420	502.50–507.50	504.43
64	600–650	612	436.00	436.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	719	325.00–332.50	327.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	645.00	645.00
7	350–400	384	640.00	640.00
3	400–450	428	580.00	580.00
19	450–500	451	535.00–557.50	551.97
53	500–550	512	525.00–530.00	526.95
75	550–600	587	465.00–488.00	473.44
50	600–650	611	432.50–450.00	444.53
114	650–700	673	405.00–415.00	409.54
58	700–750	729	365.00–400.00	390.08
54	750–800	778	375.00–382.50	375.95
48	800–850	831	332.50–362.50	361.23
56	850–900	881	347.50–350.00	349.91
60	900–950	905	333.00–347.00	344.37
4	950–1000	969	302.50–305.00	303.76
12	1000–1050	1,020	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	334	625.00–632.50	627.81
4	350–400	394	560.00	560.00
9	400–450	432	557.50–570.00	561.81
26	450–500	486	512.50–527.50	524.04
9	500–550	535	480.00–495.00	484.52
16	550–600	576	442.00–457.00	450.57
25	600–650	622	407.50–427.50	423.40
8	650–700	668	365.00–397.00	385.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	433	535.00	535.00
13	600–650	633	352.50–415.00	379.84
2	650–700	690	372.50	372.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	500.00	500.00
9	550–600	555	432.50–455.00	450.05
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	435.00	435.00
7	550–600	566	347.50	347.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	504	517.50	517.50
12	700–750	723	381.00–385.00	382.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	750–800	782	342.50–360.00	357.26
2	800–850	813	290.00	290.00
5	850–900	880	320.00–322.50	321.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	562	492.50	492.50
88	650–700	677	421.00	421.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	557.50	557.50
6	500–550	548	457.50	457.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	795	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	465.00	465.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	620.00	620.00
2	400–450	410	610.00	610.00
12	750–800	798	355.00	355.00
7	800–850	801	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,769	169.00	169.00
1	—	1,805	150.00	150.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,091	140.00–168.00	159.29
19	—	1,204	170.00–180.00	178.30
69	—	1,222	161.00–178.50	172.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,620	165.50–178.00	166.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,397	156.00–169.00	165.91
50	—	1,344	160.00–178.00	170.07
5	—	1,331	172.00–177.50	174.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,355	159.00–178.00	171.83
12	—	1,850	195.00–209.00	203.03
8	—	1,596	178.00–187.00	183.76

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,168	3,375.00–3,625.00	3,516.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,280	3,250.00	3,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,345	2,650.00–2,975.00	2,925.92
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,151	202.50–227.50	215.68
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,023	252.50–277.50	267.69
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	3,575.00	3,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	2,900.00	2,900.00

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.

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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