Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 93 priced lines covering 2,036 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,242 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,099 head. replacement cattle receipts at 580 head. Counted as USDA files them — 291 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,242Last week 1,274Year ago 1,301

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,099Last week 930Year ago 1,023

Replacement CattleReceipts 580Last week 1,036Year ago 1,004

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steer offerings limited, weighing 450-750 lbs, selling mostly 1.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of 8.00 to 14.00 higher. Feeder heifer offerings limited with 600-750 lbs heifers selling 4.00 to 6.00 higher on a very light test. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. Due to the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, the next available report will be Friday, May 28, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	518	136.00–137.00	136.27
10	—	638	120.00–127.00	121.33
5	—	765	112.00–115.00	113.20
7	—	396	150.00	150.00
19	—	597	134.00	134.00
21	—	424	138.00–140.00	139.02
8	—	845	111.00	111.00
15	—	484	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	575	132.50–141.00	136.44
8	—	382	169.00	169.00
33	—	604	136.00	136.00
19	—	667	132.00–136.00	133.24
1	—	255	335.00	335.00
3	—	735	132.00	132.00
6	—	788	123.50	123.50
15	—	865	115.00–117.50	115.82
11	—	226	310.00–385.00	353.01
3	—	167	250.00–285.00	274.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	554	125.00	125.00
9	—	450	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	459	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	627	145.00–148.00	147.04
5	—	591	156.00	156.00
14	—	719	132.00–135.00	133.36
24	—	432	163.00–168.00	166.76
4	—	650	137.00	137.00
19	—	532	152.00–162.00	155.03
10	—	470	165.00	165.00
2	—	350	165.00	165.00
7	—	996	112.00	112.00
9	—	752	126.00	126.00
8	—	827	121.50–124.50	122.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	476	172.00–176.00	174.46
50	—	563	153.00–171.00	160.88
24	—	655	146.00–150.00	147.93
10	—	705	140.00	140.00
18	—	429	172.00–181.00	176.99
20	—	504	170.00–175.00	172.73
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	935	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	715	124.00	124.00
3	—	213	310.00–400.00	366.20
1	—	260	410.00	410.00
5	—	194	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	942	101.00	101.00
10	—	867	101.00	101.00
6	—	719	110.50	110.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,140	83.00–84.00	83.33
9	—	1,158	82.00–84.50	83.66
9	—	1,226	82.50–84.00	83.33
17	—	1,076	83.50–84.50	83.59
13	—	1,025	82.50–84.50	83.35
10	—	986	82.50–84.00	83.60
2	—	1,300	82.50	82.50
6	—	1,287	82.00–84.00	83.33
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	578	65.00	65.00
20	—	746	73.50	73.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,130	74.00–78.00	76.33
2	—	838	78.00–80.00	79.00
5	—	910	74.00–81.00	77.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	78	—	1,107	1,175.00–1,260.00	1,210.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,458	1,425.00–1,575.00	1,495.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,260	1,225.00–1,375.00	1,319.40
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	43	—	1,419	1,025.00–1,335.00	1,201.31
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,450	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,107	1,010.00–1,150.00	1,061.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,019	925.00–1,010.00	978.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	44	—	1,066	1,325.00–1,500.00	1,442.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	50	—	1,307	1,300.00–1,410.00	1,370.70
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	878	113.00–118.00	115.38
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,201	59.00–66.00	63.16
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,060	70.00–78.00	75.17
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	978	101.00–105.00	102.89
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	34	—	1,174	57.00–67.00	63.38
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,166	1,610.00	1,610.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,471	1,100.00	1,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,106	55.00–65.00	59.58
94	—	1,105	44.00–59.00	52.43
26	—	1,174	25.00–50.00	40.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
269	—	1,398	51.00–64.00	58.60
9	—	1,592	40.00–48.00	44.45
130	—	1,299	62.00–73.00	65.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,678	71.00	71.00
69	—	1,508	52.00–64.50	61.55
59	—	1,566	64.50–74.50	68.56
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,086	71.00–71.50	71.37
25	—	1,132	57.00–69.50	61.78
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,377	62.00–73.00	67.75
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,169	62.50–84.00	75.26
4	—	1,059	98.00	98.00
7	—	1,183	87.50–94.00	93.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,861	87.00–95.50	91.75
12	—	2,016	92.25–108.00	97.62
33	—	1,772	78.00–87.00	83.51

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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