Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 16
● As filed33 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
Colorado reported 33 priced lines covering 638 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 151 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 551 head.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 16, 2021
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)
Feeder CattleReceipts 151Last week 1,079Year ago 901
Slaughter CattleReceipts 551Last week 461Year ago 708

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average for 1 Colorado auction included: Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows traded 2.50 to 3.50 lower, while feeding cows traded 0.50 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 8.00 lower on a light test. Dairy heifers traded steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle did had no comparisons on a very light test this week. No replacement cattle were offered this week. The next available report will be Monday, August 30, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8719138.00–141.00139.51
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21,22892.00–93.5092.74
2098192.50–93.5093.20
488290.00–91.5091.13
71,02392.00–93.5092.71
592492.00–93.5092.60
21,29890.0090.00
91,17791.50–94.0092.72
141,12393.00–94.5093.78
91,06593.00–94.5094.17
11,45581.0081.00
11,41589.0089.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
483848.0048.00
969134.0034.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
359761.0061.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7769150.50150.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
231,93786.00–95.5089.13
52,09997.50–105.50102.59
61,70378.00–85.5081.88
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
161,49967.00–74.0070.81
11,20084.0084.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
999374.00–83.0077.96
141,16363.00–69.5064.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
941,47162.00–72.5066.36
41,65477.0077.00
1351,44751.00–61.5056.52
161,47637.50–49.0043.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
321,74067.50–77.0071.65
101,82551.50–65.5061.15
41,63878.00–79.5079.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
261,16221.00–41.0034.23
681,16642.00–56.5051.95
701,21657.00–65.0059.60
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.