Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 90 priced lines covering 2,016 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,487 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 788 head. replacement cattle receipts at 688 head. Counted as USDA files them — 201 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,487Last week 1,242Year ago 869

Slaughter CattleReceipts 788Last week 1,099Year ago 687

Replacement CattleReceipts 688Last week 580Year ago 593

Compared to Monday: 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 steers 450-600 lbs traded sharply higher on a light test. Feeder heifers too thinly traded for an accurate trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. The next available report will be Monday, June 7, 2021.

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,121	1,550.00–1,575.00	1,564.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,393	1,210.00–1,310.00	1,259.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,520	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,215.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,433	1,700.00–1,775.00	1,741.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,465	1,385.00–1,400.00	1,395.39
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,354	925.00–1,025.00	963.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,476	1,150.00–1,310.00	1,234.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,203	950.00–1,010.00	991.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,495	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,372.53
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,241	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,224.17
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	129	—	1,181	56.00–67.00	64.26
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,138	77.00–88.00	81.08
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,290	735.00	735.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,406	810.00–960.00	912.70
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,398	900.00–975.00	930.88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	143	400.00	400.00
7	—	161	300.00–400.00	332.11
11	—	214	385.00–435.00	418.05
7	—	1,064	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	470	149.00–158.00	152.38
64	—	611	131.50–138.00	133.11
6	—	660	143.00	143.00
5	—	729	126.00	126.00
25	—	578	142.50–147.00	143.38
4	—	115	235.00–250.00	238.28
11	—	159	275.00–350.00	296.95
7	—	1,096	103.00–107.00	104.71
14	—	415	151.00–156.00	154.03
62	—	518	144.00–150.00	146.80
42	—	773	120.00–129.00	124.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	465	143.50–146.00	144.34
39	—	537	137.00–144.00	138.30
8	—	686	121.00–127.00	125.51
12	—	720	116.00	116.00
14	—	395	151.00	151.00
11	—	555	141.00–142.00	141.46
5	—	1,018	101.00	101.00
13	—	633	130.00–135.00	132.29
7	—	331	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	791	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	556	170.50–181.00	177.09
10	—	726	138.00–140.00	138.60
8	—	872	125.50–128.00	126.42
5	—	600	163.00	163.00
91	—	465	186.00–194.00	191.79
53	—	529	180.00–189.00	186.08
9	—	669	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	786	121.00	121.00
24	—	506	160.00–167.00	166.07
29	—	472	167.00–171.00	169.58
6	—	644	143.00	143.00
14	—	573	166.50	166.50
4	—	440	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	394	169.00	169.00
12	—	436	149.00	149.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	52.50	52.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	71.00	71.00
1	—	900	77.00	77.00
1	—	685	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,340	70.00	70.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,028	83.00–86.00	84.86
4	—	1,411	84.00	84.00
7	—	988	84.50–85.50	85.07
2	—	1,265	84.00	84.00
2	—	1,070	83.50–84.50	84.00
17	—	1,229	82.50–85.50	84.88
4	—	1,136	84.00–84.50	84.25
2	—	923	83.00	83.00
5	—	875	82.50	82.50
4	—	1,184	85.00	85.00
4	—	376	70.00	70.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	346	67.50	67.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,392	62.00–71.00	64.85
13	—	1,507	40.00–48.50	44.05
96	—	1,408	50.00–64.00	58.35
4	—	1,292	76.00–81.00	78.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,129	59.00–67.50	61.11
11	—	1,090	70.00–76.00	72.49
9	—	1,017	35.00–52.00	43.59
55	—	1,131	48.00–58.50	54.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,617	70.00–81.00	73.68
25	—	1,655	51.00–64.00	60.22
47	—	1,604	64.00–76.50	69.12
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,141	62.00–69.00	65.85
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	1,380	65.00–74.00	69.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	2,027	87.00–96.00	90.94
34	—	1,820	70.00–87.50	82.79
3	—	2,092	96.00–100.00	97.34
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,225	60.00–84.00	72.60
23	—	1,223	87.00–96.00	89.48

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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