Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 154 priced lines covering 10,251 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,516 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,837 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,846 head.

Mon Oct 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,516Last week 10,107Year ago 15,211

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,837Last week 1,041Year ago 1,508

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,846Last week 766Year ago 1,636

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock,

Sterling Livestock, Centennial Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher, 500 - 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower, and over 700 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 8.00 higher, 400 - 650 lbs sold mostly steady, and over 650 lbs sold 1.00 to 7.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower and average dressing slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, November 08, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	528	163.00–166.00	164.71
33	—	479	161.00–175.50	171.38
38	—	819	131.00–137.00	134.16
8	—	776	140.00–145.00	142.45
118	—	575	142.50–162.00	151.30
43	—	675	135.00–150.00	145.39
4	—	1,030	117.00	117.00
37	—	865	131.00–139.00	137.71
94	—	424	165.00–191.00	177.60
2	—	1,065	115.00–117.00	116.01
31	—	369	185.00–190.00	186.14
21	—	328	181.00–196.00	188.54
41	—	724	147.50–149.00	148.35
116	—	629	141.00–156.00	148.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	817	141.00–158.00	151.19
227	—	477	170.50–192.00	180.61
191	—	735	144.00–161.00	150.66
483	—	570	150.00–167.00	156.88
87	—	860	143.00–154.00	151.52
2	—	925	143.00	143.00
59	—	667	139.00–154.00	145.95
39	—	374	200.00–215.00	204.24
476	—	518	156.00–177.00	167.43
96	—	425	176.00–197.50	187.33
120	—	616	149.00–164.00	159.71
113	—	775	148.00–157.00	154.81
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	422	150.00–151.00	150.43
16	—	466	146.00	146.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	524	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	579	142.00–146.00	143.06
6	—	383	168.00	168.00
12	—	474	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	510	175.00	175.00
15	—	481	184.50	184.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	609	139.00	139.00
28	—	741	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	745	133.50–143.00	136.66
2	—	835	133.00	133.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	514	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	543	156.00	156.00
94	—	709	130.00–141.00	135.98
644	—	621	145.00–156.00	150.55
530	—	671	136.00–150.00	143.91
34	—	568	156.50	156.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	651	139.00	139.00
40	—	622	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	630	139.00–143.00	140.06
25	—	765	130.50–139.00	136.23
25	—	681	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	668	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	532	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	664	128.00–140.25	135.90
577	—	521	135.50–156.00	140.41
413	—	576	131.00–143.00	136.29
71	—	606	128.50–145.50	137.24
20	—	889	129.50–137.50	135.49
20	—	374	158.00–176.50	170.39
9	—	750	137.00	137.00
9	—	961	130.00	130.00
53	—	822	134.00–138.75	135.16
292	—	477	141.00–163.00	149.89
69	—	436	154.00–163.00	157.01
8	—	711	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	626	127.50–128.00	127.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	737	136.50–137.00	136.79
358	—	612	130.00–139.50	134.47
241	—	660	122.50–136.00	131.70
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	580	126.00	126.00
44	—	509	132.00–134.00	133.24
14	—	629	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	459	160.00	160.00
5	—	401	160.00	160.00
19	—	505	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	811	130.50	130.50
4	—	618	136.50	136.50
13	—	655	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	533	131.00–147.00	141.78
3	—	1,002	119.50	119.50
76	—	477	134.00–147.00	140.80
32	—	723	125.50–131.50	128.38
61	—	380	154.00–163.50	159.75
3	—	860	129.00	129.00
14	—	773	122.00–127.00	125.27
52	—	432	138.00–147.00	143.31
143	—	568	125.00–144.50	138.84
25	—	673	132.00–138.00	134.90
9	—	808	129.00–138.00	133.01
51	—	625	125.50–140.00	130.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	386	140.00–143.00	142.05
6	—	532	130.00	130.00
10	—	413	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	733	117.00	117.00
26	—	633	126.00–129.00	127.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	706	126.00	126.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,328	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,040	89.00	89.00
2	—	880	87.00	87.00
2	—	845	88.00	88.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,275	90.50	90.50
16	—	1,075	95.00–96.50	95.82
5	—	910	94.00–94.50	94.10
6	—	855	93.50	93.50
7	—	980	94.00–95.50	95.15
4	—	1,172	95.00–95.50	95.38
4	—	1,129	96.00	96.00
1	—	1,200	95.50	95.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	110.00	110.00
14	—	819	131.50	131.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	110.00	110.00
12	—	819	116.00–121.50	119.17
12	—	605	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	1,075	35.00–49.00	44.55
51	—	1,022	24.00–44.00	36.17
112	—	1,165	47.00–58.00	51.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,678	74.00–79.50	77.31
87	—	1,569	61.00–75.00	67.28
17	—	1,516	53.00–61.00	56.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	1,332	55.00–65.00	58.93
15	—	1,501	30.00–43.00	38.84
215	—	1,402	44.00–59.00	50.99
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,179	54.00–55.50	54.79
353	—	1,354	55.00–71.00	63.51
1	—	1,315	67.00	67.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	748	31.00–32.00	31.78
13	—	1,146	61.00–71.00	67.87
93	—	1,098	47.00–65.50	54.93
13	—	1,056	47.00–48.00	47.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,495	60.00–76.50	67.75
6	—	1,918	70.00–75.50	70.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,801	78.00–88.00	83.06
12	—	1,941	86.50–92.00	88.91
18	—	1,762	64.00–79.00	74.59
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,381	76.00	76.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,709	81.50–89.50	83.70
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,512	80.00–88.00	86.79
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	85.00	85.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,287	935.00–1,025.00	980.72
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	191	—	1,238	1,375.00–1,535.00	1,456.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	122	—	1,290	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,197.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	83	—	1,156	1,010.00–1,175.00	1,095.94
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	25	—	1,084	1,210.00–1,300.00	1,274.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	233	—	1,309	810.00–950.00	866.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	—	1,438	1,435.00	1,435.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	960	1,235.00	1,235.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	—	1,300	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,086.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	62	—	1,322	875.00–1,025.00	937.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	—	1,164	710.00–875.00	738.24
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	—	1,281	785.00	785.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,048	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,214.02
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,060	1,050.00–1,125.00	1,075.14
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	973	1,260.00–1,385.00	1,334.69
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	116	—	1,214	50.00–62.00	57.41
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	53	—	1,125	66.00–84.00	75.28
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	949	111.00–123.00	117.99

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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