Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 166 priced lines covering 4,716 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,517 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 932 head. replacement cattle receipts at 840 head. Counted as USDA files them — 271 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 3, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,517Last week 1,498Year ago 102

Slaughter CattleReceipts 932Last week 853Year ago 569

Replacement CattleReceipts 840Last week 542Year ago 274

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auctions included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. The bulk of this week's supply were heifers. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower, 500-600 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher, and over 600 lbs mixed selling mostly 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs sold moslty 10.00 to 12.00 lower, and over 650 lbs steady to 7.00 higher. There were no offerings to compare weighing over 800 lbs this week. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, May 17, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	98.00	98.00
15	—	1,140	86.50–91.00	88.28
33	—	337	95.00	95.00
3	—	647	111.00	111.00
3	—	1,165	88.00	88.00
6	—	1,353	86.50	86.50
5	—	1,253	84.50–87.00	86.00
8	—	935	86.00–88.00	86.37
6	—	984	86.00–87.50	86.50
2	—	455	93.50	93.50
9	—	1,081	85.50–87.50	86.82
4	—	297	92.50–102.50	97.53
26	—	391	110.00–112.50	111.03
14	—	1,023	87.00–88.00	87.71
13	—	1,214	84.50–87.50	86.45
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	214	122.50	122.50
4	—	395	119.00	119.00
5	—	475	115.00	115.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,078	81.00	81.00
5	—	627	85.00	85.00
2	—	505	89.00	89.00
1	—	895	83.00	83.00
2	—	1,103	84.50	84.50
1	—	1,470	71.00	71.00
6	—	328	78.00	78.00
1	—	1,225	77.00	77.00
1	—	1,345	75.00	75.00
18	—	1,035	78.00–84.50	80.19
10	—	1,198	72.00	72.00
20	—	291	75.00	75.00
7	—	653	81.00–88.00	82.00
3	—	475	86.00	86.00
2	—	958	77.00	77.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	67.50	67.50
5	—	648	64.00	64.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	604	128.00	128.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	393	78.00	78.00
2	—	510	78.00	78.00
3	—	308	71.00	71.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	599	139.50	139.50
10	—	500	150.00	150.00
4	—	891	115.00–117.00	116.00
27	—	370	169.50–170.00	169.62
16	—	717	123.00–133.25	129.43
7	—	480	150.00	150.00
48	—	430	158.00–165.00	164.57
10	—	692	129.00	129.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	756	107.00	107.00
6	—	386	139.50	139.50
5	—	212	141.00	141.00
18	—	524	120.00–132.50	127.56
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	893	77.00	77.00
69	—	474	109.00–113.00	111.65
180	—	378	105.00–117.00	113.27
24	—	728	80.00–81.00	80.88
160	—	423	109.00–116.00	113.89
23	—	293	114.00–118.00	117.50
30	—	562	99.00–104.50	103.20
317	—	336	107.50–114.50	111.56
8	—	612	93.00	93.00
2	—	1,163	79.00	79.00
68	—	533	104.50–109.50	107.55
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	335	90.00	90.00
5	—	358	82.50–90.00	88.49
2	—	485	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	523	161.50	161.50
6	—	649	143.00	143.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	413	78.00	78.00
2	—	398	87.00	87.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	521	89.00–93.00	90.23
12	—	293	98.00–105.00	103.96
24	—	390	100.00	100.00
32	—	322	93.00–100.00	97.08
59	—	227	90.00–92.00	91.37
4	—	462	80.00–93.00	86.41
5	—	602	77.00	77.00
5	—	805	71.00	71.00
6	—	598	83.00	83.00
14	—	415	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	633	122.00	122.00
14	—	468	136.00–144.00	139.07
13	—	654	124.00	124.00
60	—	534	134.00–139.50	138.73
9	—	331	160.00	160.00
17	—	770	114.50–119.00	116.14
14	—	423	147.00–150.00	149.11
46	—	560	126.00–131.00	126.91
15	—	845	113.50–117.00	115.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	660	120.00–137.25	133.45
1	—	85	250.00	250.00
145	—	523	133.00–150.00	140.91
6	—	909	113.00–116.00	114.49
9	—	120	260.00–360.00	304.42
80	—	567	126.00–146.00	130.95
208	—	422	142.00–161.00	151.01
20	—	764	122.00–122.50	122.40
11	—	185	335.00–435.00	397.36
59	—	739	120.00–127.00	124.20
13	—	852	115.00	115.00
101	—	812	116.00–124.00	117.35
29	—	387	148.00–151.00	149.89
122	—	471	136.00–152.00	143.17
187	—	615	123.50–141.50	132.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	664	134.00–146.00	138.06
15	—	604	140.00	140.00
40	—	526	146.00–162.00	156.39
14	—	574	140.00–155.00	149.87
50	—	873	118.25–127.00	120.21
5	—	470	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	582	181.00–192.00	188.62
18	—	889	175.50	175.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	387	166.00–182.00	170.25
19	—	332	171.00–176.00	171.73
53	—	470	161.00–171.00	166.61
17	—	771	141.00	141.00
60	—	865	126.50	126.50
41	—	574	147.50–171.00	156.87
22	—	665	143.00–155.00	149.11
76	—	528	152.00–170.00	159.98
58	—	414	161.00–175.00	167.49
60	—	624	149.50–163.00	156.20
34	—	722	144.00–159.50	151.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	470	171.00–173.00	171.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	235.00–260.00	248.19
8	—	171	360.00–460.00	417.15
11	—	122	285.00–375.00	336.83
4	—	218	450.00–485.00	474.49

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,332	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,130.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,305	1,160.00–1,475.00	1,309.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	49	—	1,261	1,450.00–1,650.00	1,589.90
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,458	1,210.00–1,300.00	1,250.51
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,116	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,092.19
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,088	1,525.00	1,525.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,526	1,300.00–1,475.00	1,388.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,320	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,434.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,166	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,538	1,125.00–1,275.00	1,225.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,444	1,400.00–1,585.00	1,497.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,082	775.00–875.00	801.70
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,210	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,413.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,265	1,125.00–1,275.00	1,224.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,365	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,224.93
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,111	69.00–79.00	71.69
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	81	—	1,179	57.00–66.00	61.26
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	81	—	1,220	61.00–69.50	65.05
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,036	81.00–93.00	84.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,593	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,052.98
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,125	1,925.00	1,925.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,111	44.00–59.00	53.74
44	—	1,133	58.00–67.00	61.54
11	—	984	46.00–51.00	48.49
6	—	1,156	68.00–70.00	68.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,631	65.00–75.00	68.73
6	—	1,631	72.00	72.00
41	—	1,600	56.00–65.00	62.14
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,279	58.00–61.00	59.71
108	—	1,379	63.00–71.50	68.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,375	63.00–72.50	66.22
2	—	1,263	40.00–46.00	42.86
147	—	1,353	51.00–64.50	59.47
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,055	55.50–57.00	56.27
16	—	1,167	57.00–67.00	60.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,947	95.50–100.50	98.90
25	—	2,012	87.00–97.50	90.48
34	—	1,828	83.00–88.50	85.48
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	70.00–75.00	72.48

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.

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