Name: Producers Livestock - Greeley, CO livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.05/cwt on 478 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −143.03 against this barn's trailing median of $488.08.

Average price

$345.05

478 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$349

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$58.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.12

vs CO average

+2.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	349.80	1,980	367
Medium and Large 2	584	330.03	1,927	109
Medium and Large 3	560	291.25	1,631	2thin

One grade step is worth $58.55/cwt here — about $349 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale478 hd

345.05

—

CO average5 barns · 2,945 hd

345.16

−0.12

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+2.60

This barn, trailing median1 sales

488.08

−143.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

58 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	365.01/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,146	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	474.50/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,556	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	490.10/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,392	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,065	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	461	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,125	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	321	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	1,599	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	288.72/cwt	284.00–300.00	2,096	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	303.01/cwt	294.00–310.00	2,057	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	376.38/cwt	362.50–384.00	1,818	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	277.57/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,993	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	325.78/cwt	324.00–331.00	2,020	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	474.03/cwt	462.50–480.00	1,740	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	304	373.67/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,136	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	393.48/cwt	389.00–402.00	1,873	45
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	360.38/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	329.26/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,933	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	345.76/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,009	264
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	407.86/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,591	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	341.32/cwt	325.00–347.00	1,840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	326.37/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,364	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	289.74/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,953	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,233	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	893	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,250	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	609	319.62/cwt	319.00–328.00	1,946	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	819	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,219	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,122	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	266.44/cwt	263.00–266.75	1,809	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	360.86/cwt	352.50–375.00	1,552	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,282	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	423	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,667	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	471	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,738	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	285.03/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,759	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	342.42/cwt	331.00–349.00	1,685	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	406	465.98/cwt	461.00–472.50	1,892	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	366	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	1,801	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	319.05/cwt	312.50–329.00	1,812	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	357.45/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,369	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	333.04/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,465	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	272.90/cwt	252.00–276.00	1,657	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	427.10/cwt	402.00–441.00	1,824	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	360.15/cwt	350.00–368.00	1,902	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	312.14/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,455	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	268.20/cwt	252.50–300.00	1,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	384.83/cwt	362.00–389.00	1,416	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	272.87/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,831	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	330.44/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,725	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	300.75/cwt	283.00–305.00	1,702	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	296	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,051	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,073	11

How this sale compares

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.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Producers Livestock Stock Show Sale - Greeley, CO

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	250–300	296	355.00	355.00
5	300–350	314	362.50–375.00	365.01
4	350–400	383	355.00–360.00	357.45
37	400–450	440	330.00–350.00	333.04
15	450–500	466	307.50–325.00	312.14
4	500–550	538	252.50–300.00	268.20
36	550–600	566	283.00–305.00	300.75
18	600–650	607	252.00–276.00	272.90
62	650–700	679	263.00–266.75	266.44
1	700–750	725	260.00	260.00
3	750–800	752	249.00	249.00
1	850–900	880	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	275	390.00	390.00
14	300–350	333	385.00	385.00
179	350–400	368	362.00–389.00	384.83
47	400–450	430	352.50–375.00	360.86
76	450–500	492	331.00–349.00	342.42
47	500–550	522	320.00–336.00	330.44
120	550–600	568	312.50–329.00	319.05
118	600–650	617	280.00–288.00	285.03
71	650–700	671	271.00–286.00	272.87
2	800–850	803	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
142	400–450	423	394.00	394.00
55	450–500	471	369.00	369.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	250–300	284	470.00–495.00	490.10
22	300–350	328	465.00–480.00	474.50
25	350–400	367	462.50–480.00	474.03
61	400–450	427	402.00–441.00	427.10
45	450–500	476	389.00–402.00	393.48
103	500–550	528	350.00–368.00	360.15
264	550–600	581	340.00–359.00	345.76
94	600–650	620	324.00–331.00	325.78
68	650–700	679	294.00–310.00	303.01
103	700–750	726	284.00–300.00	288.72
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	352.50–367.50	360.38
8	400–450	418	315.00–337.50	326.37
1	500–550	545	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	575	277.50	277.50
2	650–700	680	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	425.00	425.00
9	300–350	304	370.00–385.00	373.67
8	350–400	390	400.00–417.50	407.86
3	400–450	415	397.50	397.50
50	450–500	483	362.50–384.00	376.38
7	500–550	539	325.00–347.00	341.32
102	550–600	587	315.00–337.50	329.26
43	600–650	609	319.00–328.00	319.62
19	650–700	674	285.00–290.00	289.74
25	700–750	718	275.00–280.00	277.57
7	750–800	780	272.00	272.00
7	800–850	819	271.00	271.00
2	850–900	893	252.00	252.00
1	900–950	935	248.00	248.00
1	1050–1100	1,065	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	498.00	498.00
126	350–400	366	492.00	492.00
126	400–450	406	461.00–472.50	465.98
8	450–500	461	461.00	461.00

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.

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