Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 168 priced lines covering 2,837 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,250 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 649 head. replacement cattle receipts at 281 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,250Last week 3,187Year ago 4,712

Slaughter CattleReceipts 649Last week 434Year ago 370

Replacement CattleReceipts 281Last week 329Year ago 0

Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand Good. Due to the upcoming Federal Holiday, the next available report will be Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

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	38	—	939	200.00–217.50	208.85
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	688	192.50–200.00	196.29
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,002	175.00–192.50	182.24
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	998	222.50–232.50	227.99
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	3,300.00	3,300.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	650	1,250.00	1,250.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	755	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	—	1,178	2,050.00–2,125.00	2,089.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,250	2,350.00–2,550.00	2,438.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,330	2,900.00–2,950.00	2,936.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,343	2,850.00	2,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,590	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	74	—	1,179	1,975.00–2,050.00	2,014.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,311	2,000.00–2,260.00	2,180.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,133	2,500.00–2,950.00	2,663.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,480	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	2,250.00	2,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,078	1,650.00–1,950.00	1,843.43
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,266	1,925.00	1,925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,275	1,925.00–2,200.00	2,069.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,485	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,168	3,450.00	3,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,005	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,460	3,050.00	3,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,310	4,050.00	4,050.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	3,250.00	3,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,447	4,100.00	4,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,295	2,650.00	2,650.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	246	1,000.00	1,000.00
6	300–350	334	425.00–436.00	430.32
25	350–400	378	455.00–465.00	460.62
20	400–450	437	425.00–435.00	431.51
102	450–500	486	400.00–404.00	400.90
25	500–550	516	362.50–373.00	368.72
87	550–600	586	326.00–336.00	332.94
2	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
12	700–750	700	316.00	316.00
42	800–850	835	305.50–312.50	307.28
19	850–900	887	285.00–291.00	288.51
4	900–950	900	270.00	270.00
9	1050–1100	1,070	245.00–257.50	252.00
2	1100–1150	1,143	227.50	227.50
2	1150–1200	1,165	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	486	322.50–352.50	344.93
16	550–600	559	306.00–315.00	307.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	440.00	440.00
3	400–450	427	401.00	401.00
11	500–550	534	332.50–348.00	339.32
20	550–600	594	317.00–318.00	317.65
3	650–700	698	273.00	273.00
3	750–800	752	260.00	260.00
4	800–850	839	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	925	232.50	232.50
1	1000–1050	1,000	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	439	331.00	331.00
8	550–600	586	300.00–302.00	300.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	431	386.00–389.00	387.18
18	450–500	487	353.00–359.00	354.67
3	500–550	548	313.00	313.00
4	550–600	563	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	845	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	370	475.00–480.00	478.11
60	500–550	520	417.50	417.50
58	550–600	566	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	665	315.00	315.00
22	700–750	712	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	434	416.00–421.00	419.87
56	450–500	478	376.00–386.00	381.22
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	265.00	265.00
5	600–650	608	260.00	260.00
1	950–1000	985	243.00	243.00
2	1100–1150	1,135	217.50–227.00	222.27
1	1150–1200	1,185	217.50	217.50
3	1200–1250	1,248	200.00	200.00
1	1250–1300	1,260	182.00	182.00
3	1350–1400	1,382	160.00	160.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	790	240.00	240.00
4	800–850	843	241.00	241.00
4	900–950	928	230.00–244.00	240.47
2	950–1000	993	242.00	242.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	239.00	239.00
19	1050–1100	1,088	232.00–238.00	235.28
6	1150–1200	1,195	220.00–230.00	221.65
6	1250–1300	1,261	209.50–217.00	211.99
2	1300–1350	1,300	188.50	188.50
5	1400–1450	1,438	160.00–165.50	164.41
2	1550–1600	1,550	151.00	151.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	250.00	250.00
5	600–650	644	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	800	212.50	212.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,022	242.00–243.00	242.43
5	1050–1100	1,056	241.50	241.50
11	1100–1150	1,115	234.00–237.00	235.35
5	1150–1200	1,159	232.00–234.00	232.40
4	1200–1250	1,249	219.00	219.00
3	1250–1300	1,275	192.00–206.50	201.61
6	1350–1400	1,381	161.00–164.00	162.52
5	1450–1500	1,495	166.50	166.50
Dairy Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	900	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	655	260.00	260.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	435	457.50	457.50
48	450–500	484	421.00–435.00	425.12
23	500–550	528	361.00–370.00	366.44
13	550–600	576	345.00–354.00	350.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	653	353.00	353.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	526	355.00	355.00
8	550–600	559	337.50	337.50
11	600–650	625	321.00–333.00	328.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	356	565.00	565.00
5	400–450	408	520.00	520.00
26	450–500	455	482.00	482.00
90	500–550	522	415.00–418.00	415.52
45	550–600	588	381.00	381.00
54	600–650	614	375.00	375.00
60	700–750	701	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	560.00	560.00
8	350–400	373	545.00–550.00	546.89
67	400–450	434	490.00–510.00	493.82
29	450–500	467	442.50–460.00	447.89
122	500–550	537	382.25–397.50	386.62
30	550–600	559	361.00–370.00	366.07
66	600–650	622	355.00–369.00	366.69
16	650–700	651	330.00	330.00
32	700–750	735	318.00–327.00	324.18
25	750–800	757	321.00–328.50	323.41
3	800–850	825	310.00	310.00
58	850–900	888	315.00	315.00
10	900–950	902	302.00	302.00
8	1050–1100	1,058	270.50	270.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	324	540.00	540.00
34	350–400	383	517.00–525.00	522.96
12	400–450	421	445.00–447.50	446.43
25	450–500	477	400.00–409.00	405.73
24	600–650	640	323.00–332.50	324.38
7	650–700	671	315.00–317.50	316.45
4	900–950	924	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	531	326.00–365.00	351.29
8	550–600	599	336.00	336.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	395	440.00	440.00
2	600–650	620	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,038	50.00–90.00	73.67
48	—	1,209	120.00–152.50	146.99
65	—	1,321	110.00–144.00	117.93
32	—	1,117	104.00–130.00	118.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,545	118.00–143.00	123.61
36	—	1,490	110.00–131.00	119.45
5	—	1,373	129.50–148.00	140.61
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,845	189.00	189.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,045	115.00–149.00	133.93
28	—	974	101.00–135.00	117.17
40	—	1,125	152.00–232.00	170.05
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,748	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,890	126.00	126.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,556	133.00–144.00	140.32
1	—	2,180	110.00	110.00
12	—	1,545	122.00–129.00	127.59
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,318	121.50–184.00	142.75
8	—	1,338	150.00–177.50	158.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,645	142.00–160.00	150.64
1	—	1,520	124.00	124.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,748	158.00–180.50	171.29
9	—	1,461	128.00–165.00	148.16
15	—	1,693	170.00–186.50	177.49
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,483	172.50–177.50	175.31

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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