Registration Nos. 33-50049, 33-50049-01, 33-19226
and 33-19226-01
Filing under Rule 424(b)(3)
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 23 DATED NOVEMBER 28, 1995
(To Prospectus dated October 3, 1995, as supplemented by Prospectus
Supplements dated October 13, 1995 and November 1, 1995)
U S WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED AS TO PAYMENT OF
PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST BY
U S WEST, INC.
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Aggregate Principal Amount: $ 16,500,000
Settlement Date: December 4, 1995
Maturity: December 4, 2007
Coupon: 6.75%
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PURCHASE AS PRINCIPAL
This Pricing Supplement relates to $16,500,000 aggregate principal amount
of Notes that are being purchased, as principal, by Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("Merrill Lynch") for resale to investors at
varying prices relating to prevailing market prices at the time of resale as
determined by Merrill Lynch. The net proceeds payable by Merrill Lynch to U S
WEST Capital Funding, Inc. ("Capital Funding") will be 99.375% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or $16,396,875, before deduction of
expenses payable by Capital Funding. In connection with the sale of the
Notes, Merrill Lynch may be deemed to have received compensation in the form
of underwriting discounts in the amount of 0.625% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes, or $103,125.