Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 114 priced lines covering 2,301 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,976 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 584 head.

Mon Aug 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,976Last week 143Year ago 404

Slaughter CattleReceipts 584Last week 599Year ago 665

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Very good demand and firm pricing of crossbred steers and heifers should be noted, with instances of sharply higher trades. Dairy feeder steers under 350 lbs traded steady to 5.00 higher, and 350-550 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Comparable trades of dairy feeder heifers sold mostly 5.00 higher, with the exception of 400-450 lb heifers selling 8.00 lower. Trade activity and demand moderate to good on slaughter cows and bulls. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. Feeding cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Dairy heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade activity light on moderate demand for feeder steers and heifers with no comparable trades from the prior week for a trend. The next available report will be Monday, August 16, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	562	134.00–149.00	139.71
3	—	423	147.50	147.50
8	—	255	147.00–152.50	147.72
4	—	779	123.00	123.00
16	—	469	147.00	147.00
4	—	394	148.00	148.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	577	110.00–111.00	110.50
98	—	335	112.75–117.00	113.63
127	—	437	106.00–113.50	108.74
2	—	465	115.00	115.00
7	—	290	135.00	135.00
13	—	731	101.00–112.00	110.36
4	—	768	106.00	106.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	285	189.00	189.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	318	102.50–110.00	106.32
126	—	255	101.00–110.00	107.62
45	—	363	101.00–104.50	102.65
92	—	413	90.00–101.00	98.36
3	—	662	89.00	89.00
2	—	1,085	70.00	70.00
6	—	608	97.00	97.00
30	—	222	105.00	105.00
44	—	483	96.00–96.50	96.15
14	—	575	93.00–103.00	98.07
43	—	510	90.50–100.00	96.56
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	585	111.50	111.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	290	85.00–87.50	87.09
11	—	394	96.00	96.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	455	148.00	148.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	259	212.00	212.00
18	—	324	180.00	180.00
65	—	356	163.00–190.50	185.61
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	152.50	152.50
19	—	373	174.00–199.00	189.34
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	279	90.00–100.00	92.36
8	—	354	84.00	84.00
7	—	489	86.00	86.00
54	—	190	92.50–97.00	93.34
4	—	418	88.00	88.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	882	94.50–95.50	94.67
14	—	1,215	94.00–97.00	95.93
20	—	1,110	96.00–97.00	96.52
10	—	926	95.50	95.50
8	—	1,304	94.50	94.50
4	—	835	93.00	93.00
14	—	1,020	94.00–96.50	95.47
4	—	630	80.50	80.50
9	—	278	102.50–113.00	109.85
13	—	976	92.50–95.50	94.47
17	—	1,168	93.50–98.50	97.27
15	—	1,080	95.00–97.00	95.83
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	133.00–137.50	135.63
2	—	355	138.00	138.00
3	—	330	142.50	142.50
8	—	220	150.00	150.00
13	—	256	143.00	143.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	303	127.50	127.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	431	139.00	139.00
20	—	310	104.50	104.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	241	173.00	173.00
14	—	369	158.00	158.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,188	75.00	75.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	836	47.00–50.50	48.40
2	—	858	51.50	51.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	329	119.00	119.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	305	191.00	191.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	213	52.50	52.50
1	—	1,085	70.50	70.50
37	—	279	47.50–61.00	54.94
1	—	765	72.00	72.00
7	—	959	54.00	54.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	592	52.50–60.00	57.51
2	—	518	52.50	52.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,193	89.50–92.00	91.55
14	—	414	71.00–72.00	71.71
6	—	1,395	81.50–88.00	86.76
2	—	713	73.00	73.00
18	—	393	76.00–77.00	76.51
7	—	793	85.00–93.50	91.06
2	—	568	71.00	71.00
3	—	242	90.00	90.00
2	—	815	89.00–90.00	89.50
7	—	494	76.00–77.50	77.07
30	—	1,074	92.00–95.00	94.38
2	—	258	72.00	72.00
6	—	1,036	94.50	94.50
28	—	335	71.00–81.00	77.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	432	155.00	155.00
3	—	818	138.00	138.00
12	—	704	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	578	148.00	148.00
1	—	160	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	893	136.00	136.00
13	—	428	169.00–174.00	172.55
3	—	573	159.00	159.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,411	81.00–86.00	82.95
22	—	1,550	54.00–69.00	66.83
185	—	1,471	70.00–80.00	75.69
1	—	1,565	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,448	73.00–87.00	78.75
1	—	1,145	93.00	93.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,219	72.00–88.50	74.59
7	—	1,052	31.00–45.00	40.40
14	—	1,140	49.00–60.00	54.48
178	—	1,238	61.00–71.50	67.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,852	70.00–73.50	71.51
1	—	1,575	91.00	91.00
59	—	1,706	77.00–86.50	83.86
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,084	70.00–77.50	72.90
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	57.50	57.50
15	—	1,150	80.00–90.00	87.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,846	92.00–103.00	96.04
6	—	1,717	77.50–90.50	86.43
9	—	1,929	104.00–112.50	107.47

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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