Sale reports / Colorado / Producers Livestock - Greeley, CO / 2026-01-06

Producers Livestock - Greeley, CO

Feeder Cattle · Greeley, Colorado · Tue, Jan 6
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3880
← Jan 14Jan 6latest
Receipts
2,986 head
▼ 692 vs last sale 3,678▲ 2,986 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This week's offering is the auction's Stock Show Special that included attractive feeder steers and heifers that were mostly black hided/vaccinated/weaned. Demand for all cattle was good with active bidding.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $457.56/cwt on 413 head.
Average price
$457.56
413 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,455
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.18
vs CO average
+47.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535460.452,465375
Medium and Large 1-2548429.082,34938
One grade step is worth $31.37/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale413 hd
457.56
—
CO average2 barns · 653 hd
439.38
+18.18
National average199 barns · 28,725 hd
410.10
+47.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 lots · USDA AMS · Producers Livestock Stock Show Sale - Greeley, CO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1297652.29/cwt630.00–677.501,93715
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1304713.45/cwt660.00–720.002,16934
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336633.00/cwt633.00–633.002,12719
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374644.49/cwt610.00–675.002,410188
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429582.85/cwt536.00–604.002,500265
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443481.00/cwt481.00–481.002,1313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470493.53/cwt482.50–530.002,32024
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479530.48/cwt515.00–560.002,541132
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526502.48/cwt483.00–521.002,643142
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574473.68/cwt450.00–487.502,719142
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615447.64/cwt430.00–456.502,753107
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,4919
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663418.74/cwt394.00–430.002,77688
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735384.60/cwt369.00–390.002,82791
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,8307
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy774361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,7945
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1829344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,85211
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,96736
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy876315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7597
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285609.11/cwt590.00–620.001,73636
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336605.92/cwt574.00–610.002,036140
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370542.88/cwt500.00–562.502,00986
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420531.23/cwt500.00–556.502,231312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy421590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,4847
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436495.20/cwt491.00–509.002,15942
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464494.70/cwt480.00–527.502,29549
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493476.84/cwt467.00–479.002,35122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519448.64/cwt434.00–457.002,32819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528469.83/cwt455.00–493.002,481283
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558431.59/cwt402.50–443.002,40892
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576409.51/cwt405.00–417.502,35919
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement606440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,66620
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618404.10/cwt395.00–425.002,49736
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630378.44/cwt372.00–405.002,38431
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy638380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4244
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,33412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,53358
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4358
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768326.36/cwt322.00–332.002,50639
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,50924

This sale against other markets

Colorado weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Colorado auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.