Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 116 priced lines covering 2,234 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,961 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 476 head. replacement cattle receipts at 31 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,961Last week 121Year ago 471

Slaughter CattleReceipts 476Last week 430Year ago 526

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 7Year ago 219

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for two Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady while slaughter bulls traded 2.00 higher. Feeding cows traded mostly steady. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle and replacement cattle had no comparisons from last week. The next available report will be Monday, July 12, 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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,562	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,765	1,225.00	1,225.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,052	84.00–89.50	85.71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	408	132.00	132.00
5	—	644	109.50–114.00	110.40
15	—	382	118.00–131.00	119.61
69	—	306	125.00	125.00
3	—	288	127.00	127.00
7	—	904	113.50	113.50
8	—	575	110.00–114.00	113.03
9	—	233	134.00	134.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	738	38.00	38.00
5	—	664	39.00	39.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	72.50	72.50
11	—	628	59.50	59.50
4	—	938	69.00	69.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,371	76.00	76.00
14	—	343	73.00	73.00
8	—	1,179	88.00	88.00
3	—	1,088	89.00	89.00
31	—	365	75.00–80.00	76.46
8	—	885	83.00–89.00	87.41
6	—	940	87.00	87.00
3	—	698	71.00	71.00
18	—	815	86.00–89.50	88.92
39	—	293	73.00–76.00	75.79
28	—	1,048	89.50–90.00	89.75
19	—	421	76.00–82.00	79.78
2	—	1,233	86.50–88.50	87.51
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	54.00	54.00
19	—	286	52.50–67.00	57.43
7	—	369	50.00–62.50	57.28
3	—	418	62.00	62.00
5	—	557	62.00	62.00
2	—	958	50.00	50.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	246	30.00	30.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,314	92.00	92.00
7	—	436	113.00	113.00
21	—	1,073	89.50–92.50	90.84
14	—	1,274	87.50–93.00	91.11
4	—	1,030	89.50–91.00	89.87
3	—	1,355	91.50	91.50
23	—	1,172	91.00–93.50	92.06
20	—	1,113	89.00–93.00	91.05
2	—	355	110.00	110.00
34	—	269	109.00	109.00
18	—	935	90.50–93.50	91.97
15	—	1,230	87.50–91.50	89.84
22	—	971	88.00–92.00	91.08
23	—	204	119.00	119.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	910	90.50	90.50
22	—	212	122.00–125.00	124.32
30	—	457	115.75–117.50	116.00
7	—	1,078	89.50	89.50
25	—	267	125.00–132.00	127.69
48	—	386	116.50–132.50	117.71
24	—	792	89.50	89.50
9	—	196	117.00	117.00
2	—	340	117.00	117.00
52	—	419	114.00–129.00	122.09
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	335	177.50	177.50
24	—	436	167.00–172.00	169.54
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	131.00	131.00
16	—	517	130.00	130.00
5	—	238	142.00	142.00
86	—	293	140.00–157.00	144.39
2	—	755	134.00	134.00
3	—	450	146.00	146.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	454	70.00	70.00
2	—	715	63.00	63.00
9	—	274	64.00	64.00
11	—	560	62.50	62.50
2	—	363	71.00	71.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	401	151.00	151.00
8	—	356	159.00	159.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	360	170.00	170.00
19	—	622	151.00–153.00	151.54
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	193	90.00	90.00
5	—	420	85.00–91.00	87.50
5	—	515	72.50	72.50
7	—	304	102.00	102.00
62	—	274	92.50–102.50	98.54
2	—	450	72.50	72.50
17	—	739	75.00	75.00
2	—	765	74.00	74.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	487	94.00–104.00	100.25
16	—	360	100.00–115.00	112.15
30	—	329	100.00–112.00	106.22
2	—	815	80.00–88.00	84.02
76	—	408	101.00–112.50	110.40
17	—	597	88.00	88.00
40	—	175	104.00–105.00	104.50
31	—	675	84.50–88.00	87.54
33	—	509	90.00–99.50	97.43
55	—	276	100.00–108.00	105.44
2	—	713	81.00	81.00
18	—	777	79.00–86.50	83.79
84	—	237	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	737	130.00–135.00	133.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	439	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	823	126.00–130.00	127.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,487	51.00–63.50	59.31
7	—	1,519	43.50–47.50	45.73
74	—	1,467	64.00–76.00	67.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,207	58.00–67.50	60.30
15	—	1,201	29.00–44.00	37.75
50	—	1,116	45.00–57.50	53.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,637	80.00–85.00	83.03
2	—	1,825	60.00–65.50	62.58
19	—	1,751	68.00–77.00	71.10
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,033	71.00–75.00	73.88
17	—	1,149	60.00–70.00	65.75
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,373	67.00–76.50	72.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,607	82.00–91.00	87.17
17	—	1,961	93.00–99.50	97.56

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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