Registration Nos. 33-50049, 33-50049-01, 33-19226
     and 33-19226-01

     Filing under Rule 424(b)(3)

PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 24 DATED NOVEMBER 30, 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.
                             ____________________






                          

Aggregate Principal Amount:  $      14,300,000 

Settlement Date:             December 5, 1995

Maturity:                    December 5, 2002

Coupon:                                   6.33%




PURCHASE AS PRINCIPAL

     This Pricing Supplement relates to $14,300,000 aggregate principal amount
of Notes that are being purchased, as principal, by Goldman, Sachs & Co.
("Goldman")  for  resale to investors at varying prices relating to prevailing
market prices at the time of resale as determined by Goldman.  The net
proceeds payable by Goldman to U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc. ("Capital
Funding")  will  be  99.4%  of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or
$14,214,200, before deduction of expenses payable by Capital Funding.  In
connection  with the sale of the Notes, Goldman may be deemed to have received
compensation  in  the  form of underwriting discounts in the amount of 0.6% of
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or $85,800.