Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 115 priced lines covering 2,858 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,598 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 596 head. replacement cattle receipts at 62 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,598Last week 1,844Year ago 4,121

Slaughter CattleReceipts 596Last week 517Year ago 1,063

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 6Year ago 384

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Sterling Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate on feeder cattle, and moderate to good on slaughter cows and bulls. No trend available on feeder cattle from the prior week. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady while slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher. Some of the auction markets transitioned from their combined sale summer schedule. The next available report will be Monday, September 20, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	760	136.50–152.00	147.35
8	—	391	178.00–184.00	179.43
6	—	520	159.50	159.50
9	—	824	145.00–146.00	145.33
2	—	588	161.00	161.00
19	—	736	152.00	152.00
7	—	417	176.00	176.00
6	—	953	136.00	136.00
10	—	468	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	882	148.50–159.00	157.34
60	—	961	140.00–142.00	141.53
66	—	1,004	136.00–143.50	138.63
438	—	822	152.00–162.00	159.81
148	—	911	147.00–154.75	152.18
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	914	150.00	150.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	157.00	157.00
8	—	745	144.50	144.50
4	—	609	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	774	144.00	144.00
4	—	1,001	126.00	126.00
4	—	683	150.50	150.50
4	—	948	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	858	124.00–126.00	125.52
25	—	726	131.00–145.00	134.63
9	—	759	122.00	122.00
10	—	635	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	828	149.00	149.00
5	—	876	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	786	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	739	129.50	129.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	794	91.50	91.50
4	—	1,232	93.00–94.00	93.75
14	—	873	91.00–94.00	92.69
6	—	1,010	93.00–95.50	95.08
3	—	1,282	93.00–97.00	95.65
4	—	1,174	92.50–95.00	93.62
23	—	992	93.50–96.50	96.03
4	—	1,130	93.00–93.50	93.12
15	—	1,074	91.00–94.50	93.57
5	—	936	92.50–93.00	92.70
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	87.00	87.00
1	—	735	86.50	86.50
2	—	1,153	84.00	84.00
4	—	900	88.00	88.00
25	—	782	84.00–88.50	86.37
1	—	970	93.00	93.00
5	—	842	88.00–88.50	88.30
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	646	60.00	60.00
2	—	818	63.00	63.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	687	71.00	71.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	729	147.00	147.00
7	—	1,110	121.00	121.00
31	—	827	139.00–142.00	140.87
65	—	1,005	127.00–131.00	127.15
60	—	955	135.00	135.00
140	—	913	130.00–140.00	139.52
13	—	752	147.00	147.00
30	—	878	135.00–139.00	138.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	641	122.00	122.00
4	—	741	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	865	132.00	132.00
13	—	803	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	726	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	761	134.00–139.00	137.14
3	—	880	130.00	130.00
13	—	746	138.00	138.00
8	—	1,036	117.50	117.50
17	—	503	145.00–146.00	145.41
19	—	909	126.00	126.00
54	—	676	136.50–145.00	141.30
8	—	637	142.50	142.50
25	—	573	141.50–146.00	144.78
8	—	424	151.00	151.00
96	—	815	134.50–139.00	137.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	881	131.00	131.00
60	—	900	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	743	131.00–135.00	133.68
13	—	667	136.50	136.50
11	—	609	136.00–138.00	136.55
2	—	525	141.00	141.00
5	—	397	146.00	146.00
26	—	593	138.00–139.50	138.23
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	838	131.00	131.00
3	—	387	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	689	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	767	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	254	325.00	325.00
3	—	347	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	150.00	150.00
6	—	563	123.00	123.00
5	—	309	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	125.00	125.00
6	—	744	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	503	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	385	174.00	174.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,204	59.00–67.00	61.70
82	—	1,117	44.00–57.50	51.55
42	—	1,173	22.50–42.50	32.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,625	87.00–89.00	87.52
25	—	1,806	72.00–80.00	75.90
5	—	1,720	62.00–70.00	67.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,465	52.00–64.50	60.01
7	—	1,444	80.00–83.50	81.93
3	—	1,429	42.00–48.50	46.35
87	—	1,488	65.00–75.00	68.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	908	69.50	69.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,364	67.00–76.50	70.64
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	100.00	100.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,705	71.00–84.50	78.41
20	—	1,828	85.00–94.00	86.56
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,087	82.00–85.00	84.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	935	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,360	800.00–1,050.00	971.31
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,388	1,250.00–1,325.00	1,304.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,082	1,700.00	1,700.00

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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