Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 115 priced lines covering 2,020 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,844 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 517 head. replacement cattle receipts at 6 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,844Last week 187Year ago 331

Slaughter CattleReceipts 517Last week 422Year ago 750

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 4Year ago 206

Compared to Monday: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Dairy feeder steers traded mostly 10.00 to 15.00 higher across weight classes. Comparable trades of dairy feeder heifers sold unevenly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 1.50 higher, while feeding cows traded steady. Slaughter bulls traded 3.00 higher. Starting next week, most of the Colorado auction markets will transition out of their summer schedule, moving their feeder cattle back to the regular sale days. The next available report will be Monday, September 13, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	59.00	59.00
4	—	256	85.00	85.00
5	—	387	82.50	82.50
10	—	494	88.00	88.00
5	—	1,004	59.00	59.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	198	103.00	103.00
7	—	350	97.50	97.50
37	—	575	101.00–105.00	102.84
2	—	635	100.00	100.00
68	—	268	100.00–105.00	103.20
15	—	217	95.00–97.50	96.77
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	84.00	84.00
2	—	608	74.00	74.00
7	—	261	82.50	82.50
5	—	716	77.50	77.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	313	46.00–60.00	55.22
2	—	365	40.00	40.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	655	105.00	105.00
28	—	741	107.50–109.50	109.29
9	—	389	112.50–117.50	114.19
2	—	1,275	96.00–97.00	96.50
52	—	331	117.00–123.00	120.04
37	—	263	112.00–117.50	115.66
42	—	620	108.00–110.00	108.86
71	—	513	112.00–117.00	113.74
2	—	1,088	94.00	94.00
11	—	407	108.00–118.00	111.47
9	—	461	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	340	198.00	198.00
14	—	420	180.00–182.50	180.70
8	—	271	194.00	194.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	310	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	278	197.50	197.50
10	—	239	196.00	196.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	437	124.00–125.00	124.23
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	412	172.50	172.50
31	—	396	170.00	170.00
8	—	254	170.00	170.00
111	—	244	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	201	127.50	127.50
57	—	309	127.00–135.00	129.18
41	—	414	120.00–123.00	122.20
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	709	76.00	76.00
3	—	363	135.00	135.00
3	—	518	95.00	95.00
4	—	430	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	282	135.00	135.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	325	167.00–175.00	171.90
5	—	558	140.00	140.00
4	—	225	157.50–162.00	158.65
5	—	994	116.00	116.00
15	—	267	165.00–175.00	168.57
4	—	473	152.00	152.00
16	—	661	137.00	137.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	241	132.50	132.50
6	—	1,184	90.00–94.00	92.67
5	—	1,101	95.00	95.00
2	—	365	120.00	120.00
10	—	860	91.00–93.00	92.50
5	—	318	140.00	140.00
8	—	966	93.50–96.50	95.38
10	—	1,016	94.50–95.50	94.90
25	—	921	93.00–94.50	94.12
5	—	1,076	91.50–95.00	93.61
11	—	1,200	94.50	94.50
2	—	1,323	90.50	90.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	60.00	60.00
7	—	239	42.50	42.50
2	—	880	42.00	42.00
3	—	655	60.00–70.00	66.62
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	806	82.00	82.00
2	—	1,173	82.00	82.00
3	—	553	82.00	82.00
14	—	286	70.00–80.00	78.70
24	—	311	71.00–75.00	71.19
2	—	493	62.50	62.50
3	—	430	62.50	62.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	443	119.00	119.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	92.50	92.50
9	—	1,062	90.00	90.00
13	—	955	88.50–94.50	92.65
8	—	1,164	89.00–93.50	92.39
6	—	670	77.00–82.50	81.57
42	—	729	78.50–85.00	78.66
6	—	1,048	93.00	93.00
1	—	795	82.00	82.00
28	—	385	79.00	79.00
9	—	1,123	87.00–92.00	89.57
2	—	838	87.50	87.50
4	—	1,220	92.00	92.00
9	—	876	86.00–89.50	86.39
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	420	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	925	117.00	117.00
3	—	962	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,057	103.00–109.00	107.23
8	—	1,007	114.00–115.50	114.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,183	25.00–43.50	40.29
61	—	1,152	44.00–56.50	51.29
101	—	1,195	57.00–63.50	60.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,764	62.50–71.00	66.38
8	—	1,760	81.00–86.00	82.52
12	—	1,758	74.00–80.00	77.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,439	63.00–74.00	66.41
97	—	1,496	51.00–62.00	58.67
12	—	1,546	75.00–82.00	79.85
15	—	1,542	35.00–47.00	38.86
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,432	66.00–74.00	68.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,803	86.00–94.50	88.52
16	—	1,728	61.00–85.00	77.79
2	—	2,090	98.50–100.00	99.23
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,219	70.00–77.50	73.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	82.50	82.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	960	102.50–112.50	107.71
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,443	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,232.94

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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