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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 29
● As filed89 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907
← Mar 22Mar 29Apr 5 →

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
Colorado reported 89 priced lines covering 4,927 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,098 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 672 head. replacement cattle receipts at 448 head. Counted as USDA files them — 221 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 29, 2021
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)
Feeder CattleReceipts 6,098Last week 882Year ago 4,021
Slaughter CattleReceipts 672Last week 635Year ago 914
Replacement CattleReceipts 448Last week 409Year ago 37

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auctions included Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder cattle trade was too thin last week for an accurate trend, but sharply higher undertones were noted. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. The next available report will be Monday, April 12, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1—155360.00360.00
4—118285.00–400.00356.22
6—663136.00136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16—672128.00–131.00129.88
87—428157.00–163.00160.05
13—356155.00–160.00156.59
16—458160.00160.00
16—606141.00141.00
64—585134.00–149.00145.19
34—530151.00151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5—111175.00–350.00299.37
79—483151.00–170.00163.30
125—433168.00–171.00169.06
235—574144.00–159.00152.66
84—370161.00–181.00178.82
188—663136.00–144.00139.98
101—818124.00–130.50126.89
26—917115.50–120.00117.37
353—512154.00–162.00159.07
218—720126.00–133.75130.80
199—619135.00–151.00144.32
17—763120.00–129.00127.34
2—88175.00–225.00202.14
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10—440151.00151.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52—609140.00140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81—614152.51152.51
126—478171.00–176.00174.26
10—410172.00172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62—716138.50138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8—502171.00171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4—437173.00–177.00175.03
16—633163.00163.00
45—771131.00–132.00131.35
16—519184.00–187.00185.74
68—489178.00–193.00188.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54—322215.00–220.00216.79
126—526180.00–198.00192.80
135—869123.00–130.50128.87
13—975123.50123.50
97—621152.00–177.00173.27
35—941123.50–126.00124.07
201—474189.00–208.00201.31
15—811131.00–133.00131.93
185—755134.00–140.00137.54
49—706146.00–148.00147.62
76—369211.00–218.00214.91
150—572185.00–193.00189.26
37—428201.00–207.00203.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14—441152.00152.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16—694144.00144.00
35—789133.49133.49
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7—589136.00136.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18—567182.00182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46—603190.00190.00
19—370221.00–223.00221.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47—530200.00–204.00202.12
21—788148.00148.00
52—653169.00169.00
30—415213.00–215.00214.33
44—586196.00196.00
28—703158.00158.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)Open29—1,1432,300.00–2,400.002,347.96
(<2 yrs)Open121—1,1732,100.00–2,300.002,200.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open7—1,2871,300.00–1,325.001,307.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open32—1,1411,100.00–1,200.001,145.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open14—1,3501,750.001,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)Open18—1,094900.00–1,000.00964.46
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)Open2—840116.00–127.50120.76
Young (2-4 yrs)Open13—1,08887.50–97.5095.28
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)Open15—1,16970.00–82.5073.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open61—1,38761.00–69.5066.86
(<2 yrs)Open12—989100.00–112.50104.79
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)Open2—96862.00–69.0065.80
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)Open17—82470.00–79.0074.52
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)Open82—1,04080.00–87.5085.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26—1,90482.00–97.5089.20
10—1,88790.00–106.0097.13
28—1,63176.00–86.0080.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30—1,52063.50–70.0067.34
55—1,80546.00–61.5058.59
16—1,47570.00–72.0070.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21—93922.50–48.0035.65
30—90742.00–58.0048.80
117—1,14253.00–63.5059.62
13—1,10064.00–67.5065.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
75—1,44241.00–63.0057.97
140—1,38060.00–69.5063.31
3—1,51722.50–31.0025.49
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1—1,73577.0077.00
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.
Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Colorado barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.