Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 179 priced lines covering 3,138 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,187 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 434 head. replacement cattle receipts at 329 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,187Last week 0Year ago 3,378

Slaughter CattleReceipts 434Last week 0Year ago 681

Replacement CattleReceipts 329Last week 0Year ago 144

Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. This was the first week of coverage of the fall run, so no comparable trades. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

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	45	—	949	202.50–252.50	245.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	893	2,525.00	2,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	1,925.00	1,925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,222	2,500.00–2,725.00	2,629.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	—	1,292	2,625.00–2,725.00	2,678.05
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	125	—	1,233	1,950.00–2,375.00	2,254.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	993	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,379.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,194	2,950.00–3,100.00	3,051.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,113	1,825.00–1,900.00	1,886.75
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,165	2,025.00	2,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,040	2,700.00–2,725.00	2,712.74
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,404	2,225.00	2,225.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,925.00	1,925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,185	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,247	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,221.49
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,126	2,950.00	2,950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,276	2,050.00–2,375.00	2,122.59
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,164	1,700.00–1,975.00	1,822.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	955	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,057	1,525.00–1,625.00	1,556.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,193	2,500.00–2,775.00	2,650.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,274	1,925.00–2,100.00	2,053.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,148	1,775.00–1,925.00	1,836.76
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	3,050.00	3,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,088	2,100.00–2,825.00	2,463.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	3,150.00	3,150.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	247	1,150.00	1,150.00
2	250–300	273	1,325.00	1,325.00
5	250–300	275	455.00	455.00
48	300–350	334	480.00–485.00	483.48
25	350–400	381	415.00–455.00	446.79
76	400–450	415	400.00–422.50	406.85
34	450–500	476	383.00–392.50	386.72
28	500–550	507	332.50–382.50	361.71
31	550–600	565	302.50–358.00	322.78
25	600–650	620	327.50–360.00	344.55
18	650–700	659	302.50	302.50
88	700–750	740	301.00–323.00	317.81
20	750–800	770	290.00–302.50	297.62
23	800–850	825	262.50–277.50	269.24
13	1050–1100	1,065	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1050–1100	1,050	269.00	269.00
46	1100–1150	1,141	256.00	256.00
13	1200–1250	1,230	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	489	352.00	352.00
8	500–550	502	302.50	302.50
4	550–600	550	351.00	351.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,041	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	299	455.00	455.00
23	300–350	322	432.50–465.00	446.12
3	350–400	375	422.50	422.50
21	400–450	423	375.00–390.00	378.13
40	450–500	493	355.00–373.00	371.36
57	500–550	528	310.00–354.00	337.78
34	550–600	588	290.00–320.00	312.45
21	600–650	637	282.50–301.00	298.46
3	650–700	665	272.00	272.00
2	750–800	793	277.50	277.50
71	900–950	931	277.00–279.00	277.43
2	1050–1100	1,053	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	683	311.00	311.00
4	950–1000	985	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	415	352.50	352.50
11	500–550	538	262.50–275.00	268.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	335.00	335.00
4	450–500	473	322.50–332.50	327.53
4	500–550	533	317.50–337.50	327.50
10	550–600	580	242.50–330.00	285.08
3	600–650	625	317.50	317.50
2	650–700	673	252.50	252.50
12	700–750	710	316.00–318.00	317.00
2	850–900	858	271.00	271.00
1	1150–1200	1,150	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	400–450	414	447.50	447.50
72	500–550	500	388.00	388.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	687	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	420	440.00	440.00
7	500–550	513	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	300–350	345	472.50–527.50	494.36
2	350–400	355	522.50	522.50
41	400–450	433	450.00–505.00	471.81
32	450–500	480	400.00–418.00	406.93
54	500–550	525	393.00–402.50	397.61
16	550–600	596	317.50–374.00	359.89
10	600–650	614	352.50–360.00	357.64
2	650–700	658	310.00	310.00
5	700–750	706	297.50–330.00	317.02
2	750–800	795	310.00	310.00
2	800–850	810	292.50	292.50
2	950–1000	955	255.00	255.00
2	1150–1200	1,178	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	480.00	480.00
17	350–400	374	452.50–505.00	481.91
6	400–450	417	385.00–435.00	402.52
2	450–500	490	335.00	335.00
76	500–550	529	332.50–382.50	355.77
34	550–600	563	272.50–359.00	349.48
2	800–850	840	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	888	304.00	304.00
8	950–1000	975	296.50	296.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	950–1000	984	280.00	280.00
4	1000–1050	1,021	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	286	505.00–590.00	552.00
7	300–350	344	537.50–565.00	553.43
32	350–400	371	475.00–547.50	493.92
70	400–450	429	475.00–545.00	532.42
116	450–500	473	435.00–469.00	439.86
132	500–550	527	307.50–437.50	404.31
36	550–600	561	342.50–396.00	379.29
56	600–650	614	332.50–385.00	372.85
65	650–700	670	326.00–336.00	327.48
5	700–750	715	315.00–335.00	322.83
71	750–800	788	315.00–327.00	318.13
69	800–850	844	315.00–336.25	334.66
6	850–900	893	309.00	309.00
13	900–950	941	294.50	294.50
9	950–1000	960	286.00	286.00
15	1000–1050	1,004	280.00	280.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	630	340.00	340.00
4	700–750	735	312.50–320.00	316.25
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	474	380.00–413.00	398.83
3	550–600	560	312.50	312.50
4	600–650	640	337.00	337.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	725	258.00	258.00
17	1000–1050	1,042	241.00	241.00
4	1050–1100	1,080	236.50–238.00	236.86
3	1100–1150	1,133	232.00–233.00	232.33
7	1150–1200	1,171	226.00–234.00	228.42
2	1200–1250	1,220	210.00	210.00
1	1250–1300	1,290	190.00	190.00
2	1300–1350	1,330	180.00–190.00	185.04
1	1350–1400	1,350	180.00	180.00
3	1400–1450	1,400	171.00	171.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	973	250.00	250.00
6	1000–1050	1,034	241.00	241.00
5	1100–1150	1,125	231.00–240.00	236.37
4	1200–1250	1,216	219.00–225.00	221.00
4	1250–1300	1,290	197.00	197.00
4	1300–1350	1,302	194.50–196.50	195.00
2	1350–1400	1,370	171.00	171.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	665	230.00	230.00
2	700–750	725	220.00–225.00	222.52
3	750–800	783	230.00–235.00	231.67
10	1000–1050	1,023	230.00–236.00	230.80
4	1050–1100	1,076	230.00	230.00
1	1400–1450	1,440	155.00	155.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	210.00	210.00
1	950–1000	985	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	361	533.00	533.00
40	450–500	455	460.00	460.00
9	550–600	551	388.00	388.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,309	132.50–155.00	151.26
35	—	1,556	109.00–117.50	114.15
43	—	1,513	117.00–146.00	121.11
1	—	1,635	75.00	75.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,130	100.00–138.00	119.49
67	—	1,306	110.00–145.00	117.89
6	—	1,187	55.00–90.00	76.41
24	—	1,181	117.00–154.00	149.90
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,243	159.00–182.50	171.57
64	—	1,291	118.00–158.50	143.72
1	—	1,495	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,038	100.00–125.00	110.76
19	—	1,091	117.00–140.00	128.60
9	—	1,027	152.50–167.50	163.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,705	129.00–136.00	133.10
1	—	1,775	135.00	135.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	136.00	136.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	140.00	140.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	134.00–135.00	134.50
2	—	1,673	140.00–156.00	147.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,731	45.00–167.00	140.21
32	—	1,714	163.00–180.50	173.22
14	—	1,897	173.00–184.00	177.98
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	962	160.00–245.00	215.92
2	—	1,495	160.00–171.00	164.34

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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