Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 245 priced lines covering 13,801 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,951 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,054 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,014 head.

Mon Nov 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,951Last week 10,516Year ago 7,612

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,054Last week 1,837Year ago 1,420

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,014Last week 1,846Year ago 2,210

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade moderate to active on moderate to good demand. Feeder steers under 700 lbs sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher with instances of sharply higher, and steers over 700 lbs lightly tested selling mostly 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold uneven on a light test, 450-750 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, and over 750 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold uneven, trading from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, November 15, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
437	—	626	140.00–157.50	148.09
404	—	716	133.50–155.25	142.35
44	—	762	133.50–144.50	137.01
4	—	809	140.00	140.00
491	—	667	138.50–153.50	147.87
18	—	576	147.00–152.00	148.35
3	—	883	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	510	151.00–159.00	156.57
32	—	479	155.00–161.00	156.58
80	—	619	136.50–142.00	139.37
43	—	420	174.00	174.00
14	—	593	141.00	141.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	747	154.00	154.00
46	—	681	139.50–140.00	139.74
19	—	500	157.00	157.00
21	—	621	135.00–136.00	135.49
40	—	581	147.00	147.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	631	140.00	140.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	377	151.00	151.00
35	—	481	151.00	151.00
9	—	521	148.00	148.00
35	—	569	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	393	199.00–210.00	204.55
3	—	965	140.00	140.00
25	—	337	207.50–221.00	215.35
996	—	573	148.00–171.00	161.96
255	—	473	172.50–191.00	181.85
198	—	418	182.50–210.00	195.20
9	—	929	135.00–145.25	140.72
95	—	815	140.00–150.00	147.40
501	—	523	156.00–183.50	171.16
84	—	717	145.00–157.50	149.79
5	—	295	210.00–217.50	214.50
292	—	670	154.50–164.00	157.65
78	—	773	143.00–160.00	148.09
29	—	880	136.00–147.50	139.97
2	—	1,088	127.00	127.00
552	—	622	156.00–167.00	160.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	680	129.00–134.00	131.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	795	142.00	142.00
43	—	381	180.00–193.00	188.31
19	—	719	139.50–150.00	146.05
84	—	422	174.00–187.00	179.43
40	—	331	182.00–198.00	187.20
18	—	682	143.00–150.50	148.24
20	—	886	140.00–147.50	143.73
103	—	581	150.00–161.00	155.52
5	—	849	135.00	135.00
4	—	286	190.00	190.00
37	—	616	146.00–154.00	149.86
70	—	478	160.50–180.00	170.23
134	—	524	143.00–165.00	157.61
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	506	149.00	149.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	507	147.00	147.00
6	—	488	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	721	141.50	141.50
12	—	400	175.00	175.00
9	—	537	138.00–153.00	148.07
5	—	638	139.00	139.00
24	—	488	160.00–161.00	160.12
2	—	386	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	514	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	774	143.25	143.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	463	190.50–192.00	191.21
21	—	653	155.00	155.00
116	—	562	170.00–170.25	170.16
11	—	413	202.00	202.00
66	—	521	180.00–188.25	183.66
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	410	60.00–77.50	62.47
6	—	586	69.00	69.00
4	—	779	70.00–77.50	73.79
8	—	623	70.00–75.00	72.99
10	—	308	70.00–83.00	74.64
5	—	541	67.00	67.00
3	—	898	78.00	78.00
2	—	238	87.50	87.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	979	94.50–95.50	94.86
22	—	308	112.50–117.00	116.57
26	—	227	105.00–107.50	107.31
40	—	1,222	84.00–96.00	91.62
7	—	825	90.00–91.00	90.56
39	—	281	118.00–120.00	119.24
3	—	112	95.00	95.00
24	—	1,117	95.00–96.00	95.83
9	—	406	101.00–109.00	104.73
13	—	923	90.00–95.00	94.08
38	—	1,026	93.50–97.00	96.05
7	—	524	100.00–110.00	108.52
18	—	1,062	93.00–95.50	95.02
24	—	876	93.50–95.00	94.12
10	—	781	91.00	91.00
10	—	1,175	94.50–95.00	94.65
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,259	109.00	109.00
2	—	315	130.00	130.00
1	—	820	120.00	120.00
5	—	292	133.00	133.00
3	—	1,148	103.50	103.50
25	—	360	120.00–132.50	129.04
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	80.00	80.00
30	—	453	80.00	80.00
18	—	332	93.00–105.00	97.85
10	—	1,211	86.00–96.00	94.02
10	—	1,023	81.00–97.50	94.00
18	—	365	80.00–88.00	80.96
28	—	670	91.00–95.50	95.03
7	—	880	85.00–89.50	88.85
12	—	926	97.00–101.00	98.30
10	—	1,177	85.00–93.00	89.82
9	—	838	84.00–96.00	85.34
3	—	1,058	95.00	95.00
3	—	628	84.00	84.00
1	—	985	93.00	93.00
16	—	261	102.50–115.00	105.65
10	—	536	79.00–84.00	83.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	155.00	155.00
27	—	597	150.00	150.00
19	—	777	137.00	137.00
23	—	400	165.00	165.00
16	—	508	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	771	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	444	147.00	147.00
11	—	580	130.50	130.50
33	—	495	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	478	131.00–151.00	142.95
3	—	874	118.00–120.00	118.66
22	—	695	132.00–134.00	132.36
64	—	381	140.00–164.00	155.08
1	—	925	116.00	116.00
121	—	521	135.00–147.00	140.36
19	—	717	125.00–135.00	130.25
84	—	428	135.00–161.00	144.76
196	—	579	134.00–144.50	138.54
30	—	627	136.50–140.00	137.90
36	—	325	160.00–169.00	164.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	520	138.00–140.00	138.98
2	—	860	106.00	106.00
41	—	439	140.00–144.00	140.91
18	—	465	137.50–140.00	139.28
11	—	362	155.00–158.00	155.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	377	157.00–180.00	167.83
806	—	573	132.00–152.00	140.99
20	—	817	138.50–139.50	139.30
39	—	724	136.00–142.00	139.96
188	—	431	151.00–170.00	158.85
8	—	318	162.00–179.00	168.40
38	—	868	135.00–138.50	136.80
288	—	478	145.50–165.00	154.10
508	—	523	139.00–157.00	145.58
30	—	779	137.00–139.00	138.12
119	—	674	137.00–148.00	141.16
16	—	981	130.50	130.50
227	—	613	138.00–152.00	144.57
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	356	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	440	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	640	125.00–129.50	127.53
3	—	667	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	531	132.00–134.00	133.20
93	—	445	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
316	—	677	126.00–135.00	129.17
12	—	769	135.00–137.00	136.03
142	—	725	123.00–140.00	131.31
436	—	626	130.00–141.50	135.39
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	733	125.50	125.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	953	98.00	98.00
12	—	347	120.00–122.50	120.83
2	—	1,395	85.00	85.00
17	—	859	97.00–99.00	97.47
7	—	1,106	96.00	96.00
54	—	284	127.00–137.50	133.83
4	—	1,170	94.00	94.00
20	—	712	93.00–99.00	98.38
3	—	1,003	103.00	103.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	329	106.00–116.00	109.43
28	—	539	88.00–89.00	88.21
21	—	285	110.00–123.00	116.16
74	—	232	115.00–122.50	115.71
18	—	580	80.00–90.00	88.58
4	—	1,316	83.50	83.50
10	—	616	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,088	83.00	83.00
62	—	656	88.00–95.00	93.28
31	—	418	90.00–95.00	93.12
92	—	379	100.00–114.00	107.90
70	—	462	90.00–105.00	90.64
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	380	130.00–142.50	133.89
4	—	524	125.00–137.50	128.07
7	—	457	127.50–137.50	136.06
7	—	1,179	108.00	108.00
19	—	436	132.00	132.00
29	—	326	137.50–145.00	140.02
12	—	813	116.00	116.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	232	90.00–92.50	90.60
8	—	286	90.00–101.00	98.97
5	—	376	97.50–98.00	97.71
5	—	530	81.00	81.00
23	—	425	88.00–91.00	89.51
10	—	329	85.00–95.00	91.10
14	—	194	98.00	98.00
2	—	640	82.00	82.00
30	—	486	88.00–92.00	88.81
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	331	155.00	155.00
48	—	370	152.50	152.50

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 (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	155	—	1,215	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,210	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,205	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	—	1,218	700.00–775.00	756.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	37	—	1,191	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	82	—	1,145	1,550.00–1,635.00	1,594.90
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	20	—	1,263	650.00–785.00	716.90
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,025	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,355	950.00–960.00	954.92
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,443	835.00	835.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,151	975.00–1,100.00	1,080.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,430	835.00–935.00	891.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	—	1,111	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,210.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,380	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,397	1,010.00	1,010.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	922	1,000.00	1,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,118	107.00–107.50	107.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	983	84.50–98.50	88.45
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,125	72.00–83.00	76.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,847	52.00–83.00	73.80
5	—	2,143	94.00–97.00	94.80
32	—	1,917	78.00–91.00	85.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,389	51.00–61.50	60.33
4	—	1,601	73.50–78.00	74.60
16	—	1,503	62.00–70.00	66.33
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,189	51.00–62.00	55.96
8	—	1,049	61.00–70.50	67.21
19	—	1,003	41.00–48.00	45.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,311	54.00–65.00	59.65
1	—	1,415	68.50	68.50
29	—	1,507	25.00–42.50	37.30
275	—	1,419	41.00–59.00	50.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,500	52.00–61.50	58.13
10	—	1,587	72.50–75.00	74.02
46	—	1,581	60.00–76.00	65.08
1	—	1,620	43.00	43.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	1,212	51.00–59.50	56.59
3	—	1,468	68.50	68.50
259	—	1,337	54.50–72.50	63.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,190	47.00–56.00	50.39
15	—	1,063	25.00–41.00	32.63
115	—	1,185	35.00–49.00	42.93

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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