Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 133 priced lines covering 2,280 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,926 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 586 head. replacement cattle receipts at 42 head. Counted as USDA files them — 34 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,926Last week 227Year ago 1,311

Slaughter CattleReceipts 586Last week 454Year ago 644

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 32Year ago 936

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auctions included: Centennial Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Due to light receipts on feeder cattle, no trend available. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, June 21, 2021.

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	7	—	1,480	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,376.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,535	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,249	1,200.00–1,460.00	1,401.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,398	1,485.00	1,485.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,433	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,696	1,550.00	1,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,662	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,313	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,065.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,288	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,418	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,920	1,325.00	1,325.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,084	1,325.00	1,325.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,003	1,250.00	1,250.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	404	182.00	182.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	372	158.00–163.00	159.08
9	—	653	140.00	140.00
7	—	524	155.00	155.00
3	—	865	119.00	119.00
7	—	444	150.00	150.00
14	—	721	131.00	131.00
4	—	266	165.00	165.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	440	147.00	147.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	240	138.00	138.00
96	—	417	120.85–122.00	121.25
3	—	272	133.00–136.00	133.96
28	—	496	110.00	110.00
29	—	362	119.00–130.00	124.42
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	511	146.00	146.00
16	—	390	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	797	50.00	50.00
6	—	374	90.00	90.00
2	—	435	69.00	69.00
3	—	553	58.00	58.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	451	115.00	115.00
6	—	388	107.00	107.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	440	163.00–164.00	163.72
13	—	530	159.00–161.50	160.94
5	—	471	162.00	162.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	273	116.00–119.00	117.69
2	—	528	79.00	79.00
26	—	475	88.00–93.00	90.09
9	—	768	73.00	73.00
2	—	660	77.50	77.50
75	—	341	118.50–119.00	118.69
27	—	434	93.00–101.50	97.55
10	—	374	92.00–104.00	95.67
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	271	111.00–112.00	111.51
4	—	230	106.00	106.00
3	—	357	97.00	97.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	483	95.00–108.00	106.46
3	—	752	81.50	81.50
10	—	930	80.50	80.50
28	—	567	85.00–93.00	90.93
63	—	418	106.50–117.00	113.25
2	—	810	81.00	81.00
9	—	632	79.50	79.50
15	—	531	90.00	90.00
94	—	336	123.50–128.00	124.67
24	—	224	123.00	123.00
2	—	678	83.00	83.00
95	—	385	112.00–117.50	115.51
21	—	263	125.00–127.00	125.40
14	—	195	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	548	146.00	146.00
5	—	686	136.00	136.00
15	—	614	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	612	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	175	325.00	325.00
2	—	105	175.00–200.00	187.50
64	—	946	118.75	118.75
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	92.00	92.00
12	—	1,106	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	927	114.50–115.50	115.10
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	425.00	425.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	379	127.00	127.00
16	—	339	131.00–148.00	139.69
6	—	253	146.00	146.00
18	—	489	122.50	122.50
6	—	432	138.00	138.00
7	—	621	117.50	117.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	395	162.00	162.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,403	78.00	78.00
13	—	1,283	80.50–86.50	84.10
4	—	1,390	81.00–85.00	84.02
5	—	1,205	86.00	86.00
5	—	1,125	87.00–87.50	87.20
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	362	89.00	89.00
47	—	570	80.50	80.50
9	—	1,220	72.00–73.00	72.50
1	—	1,345	72.00	72.00
5	—	1,119	77.00–83.50	79.09
14	—	322	87.00	87.00
9	—	1,078	85.00–86.00	85.55
12	—	722	72.00–74.00	72.16
4	—	1,269	76.00	76.00
8	—	626	87.50	87.50
10	—	401	90.00	90.00
1	—	940	84.00	84.00
16	—	1,184	73.00–77.00	74.61
6	—	1,365	75.00	75.00
1	—	980	86.00	86.00
14	—	1,019	72.00–85.00	79.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	366	107.50	107.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	61.00	61.00
1	—	970	65.00	65.00
1	—	790	63.00	63.00
3	—	392	60.00	60.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	468	69.00–79.00	78.68
2	—	630	65.00	65.00
5	—	366	88.00	88.00
1	—	750	71.00	71.00
2	—	910	79.00	79.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	400.00	400.00
1	—	190	385.00	385.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,515	61.00–65.00	63.20
20	—	1,445	74.00–79.50	75.45
158	—	1,431	66.00–73.50	70.70
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,162	60.00–73.00	66.51
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,384	69.00–78.00	72.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,127	31.00–42.50	37.25
40	—	1,268	46.00–57.50	54.99
11	—	1,197	71.00–80.00	74.39
119	—	1,270	58.00–69.00	64.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	66.00	66.00
20	—	1,778	68.00–76.00	71.98
1	—	2,020	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,172	77.50–96.00	84.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,920	76.00–89.00	83.83
12	—	2,118	102.00–109.00	105.68
29	—	1,887	90.00–100.00	95.70

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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