Used mattresses in Colorado Springs typically sell for $40 to $270. Mattresses are the one furniture category where hygiene rules the market, and honest disclosure matters more than condition.
Selling a mattress in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs has a very large military presence and sits directly beneath serious mountain terrain. Those two things together produce an unusually good market in outdoor equipment, much of it sold by people leaving on posting.
Permanent-change-of-station moves put whole households onto the market, typically in summer, and outdoor gear bought for a posting here is usually sold rather than shipped on. It is a consistently good buying market.
The city is easy to drive with generous parking, and the mountains are close enough that outdoor gear is often being collected on the way to use it. Altitude is worth noting for anything sealed or pressurised.
Colorado Springs, in Colorado, has around 480,000 people, which means a steady local market where the usual things move reliably and the unusual ones are worth listing with a wider radius in mind. Denver, Aurora and Fort Collins are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Colorado Springs
USPS, UPS and FedEx all cover the country. USPS Ground Advantage is normally cheapest for anything under a few pounds in weight; above that the gap narrows quickly.
Sell your Mattress in Colorado Springs
Listing is free and there is no commission and no buyer fee, so the price you agree is the price you keep. Most listings take about a minute to put up.
What mattresses are worth
What lifts the price
- Recent purchase with a clear age
- No sagging or visible body impressions
What pulls it down
- Sagging and permanent body impressions
- Any suggestion of pests, which ends the sale entirely
Working out what yours is worth
- Strip it and photograph the bare surface in daylight
- State the age and whether a protector was used
Getting it ready
- Strip it and inspect both sides in daylight for stains, which for most buyers ends the conversation regardless of price.
- Find the fire safety label sewn into the side seam. Its absence makes an already difficult sale harder still.
Photograph
- The whole mattress bare and flat, shot from above in daylight
- The fire safety label and any make or model tag
Put in the description
- Size in feet and centimetres
- Approximate age, and whether it has always had a protector on it
Collection only, and never leave it outside in advance — an hour of rain makes it worthless and unsellable. If it does not sell, most councils collect bulky waste for a fee and some retailers take the old one away on delivery of a new one.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
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Common questions
Where can I sell a mattress in Colorado Springs?
List it free here and arrange the handover with the buyer yourself. The city is easy to drive with generous parking, and the mountains are close enough that outdoor gear is often being collected on the way to use it. Altitude is worth noting for anything sealed or pressurised.
How old is it?
Give the actual figure, or your best honest estimate with a reason. Mattresses have a functional life and buyers price against it.
How much is a mattress worth in Colorado Springs?
Most used mattresses change hands for $40 to $270. Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a mattress across the United States, what mattresses are worth, everything second hand in Colorado Springs, or Furniture in Colorado Springs.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.