Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 216 priced lines covering 14,120 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,532 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 3,041 head. replacement cattle receipts at 752 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,532Last week 14,951Year ago 12,738

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3,041Last week 2,054Year ago 1,425

Replacement CattleReceipts 752Last week 1,014Year ago 2,851

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good? Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher with instances of 6.00 to 7.00 higher, steers 600-700 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower, and over 700 lbs sold uneven. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher with instances of 6.00 higher, heifers 600-700 lbs sold 1.00 lower, and over 700 lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher with few instances of steady to 4.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. Several offerings of breds were sold this week with heifers selling for 1400.oo to 1585.00 per head and Young to Middle Aged cows selling for 1200.00 to 1500.00 per head. The next available report will be Monday, November 22, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	751	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	529	141.00–142.00	141.34
2	—	618	120.00	120.00
3	—	732	124.00	124.00
4	—	436	159.00	159.00
25	—	586	123.00	123.00
1	—	368	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	505	152.20–154.00	153.35
96	—	373	189.50–194.00	190.97
30	—	428	162.00–165.00	162.39
35	—	620	156.00	156.00
5	—	579	148.00	148.00
42	—	457	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	455	151.00	151.00
18	—	530	146.00	146.00
213	—	664	126.00–138.50	131.33
94	—	718	128.50–133.00	130.77
445	—	624	130.00–140.00	135.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	687	118.00–126.50	120.80
5	—	492	139.00	139.00
4	—	729	140.00	140.00
11	—	383	155.00	155.00
31	—	618	125.00–137.50	129.46
8	—	561	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	515	145.00	145.00
25	—	568	130.00–149.00	145.07
3	—	653	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,085	128.00	128.00
500	—	481	148.00–165.50	157.77
94	—	378	164.00–179.00	170.62
4	—	875	143.00	143.00
14	—	919	129.50–136.00	130.52
616	—	573	135.00–151.00	141.91
32	—	841	142.50–144.00	143.53
316	—	426	151.00–173.00	164.46
119	—	628	142.00–147.50	143.98
7	—	950	132.50	132.50
8	—	1,128	138.00–142.50	139.68
67	—	336	167.00–190.00	183.92
19	—	768	136.00–141.50	138.03
5	—	1,030	129.00	129.00
489	—	519	137.00–158.00	145.79
23	—	282	185.00	185.00
22	—	717	141.00–146.50	144.06
182	—	664	137.00–145.00	140.13
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	579	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	712	125.00	125.00
15	—	763	140.00	140.00
6	—	618	134.00	134.00
13	—	567	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	669	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	585	134.00	134.00
33	—	433	141.00–146.00	143.14
17	—	481	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	839	124.00	124.00
4	—	1,131	113.50	113.50
188	—	528	134.00–147.00	141.94
9	—	685	131.00–136.00	132.68
205	—	580	130.00–143.00	134.70
34	—	380	156.00–169.00	159.44
31	—	327	155.00–162.50	158.61
30	—	782	128.00–140.00	135.01
61	—	625	126.00–136.50	133.37
184	—	485	142.50–152.00	149.51
112	—	427	148.00–159.00	155.58
19	—	712	127.00–132.00	128.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	722	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	671	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	484	143.00	143.00
6	—	428	148.00	148.00
10	—	545	136.00–137.00	136.70
6	—	292	155.00	155.00
11	—	590	130.50–131.00	130.64
10	—	334	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	668	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	426	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	779	135.00–143.00	140.29
14	—	824	130.00–143.75	137.05
52	—	714	131.00–141.00	133.90
6	—	293	198.00	198.00
19	—	375	191.00–195.00	194.36
133	—	474	161.00–185.00	174.36
85	—	627	141.00–156.50	148.96
276	—	579	151.00–162.50	157.09
76	—	421	161.00–189.00	170.18
90	—	666	140.00–148.00	143.41
16	—	333	182.00–191.00	186.18
11	—	1,136	113.00	113.00
85	—	529	157.00–167.00	163.68
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	450	142.00	142.00
12	—	538	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	373	197.50–223.00	210.63
479	—	475	176.00–199.00	188.01
24	—	332	202.50–227.50	218.04
8	—	1,026	131.00–143.50	137.29
24	—	878	145.00–151.00	147.57
71	—	773	140.00–161.00	148.63
208	—	424	180.00–214.50	196.79
705	—	575	155.50–174.00	163.50
197	—	721	146.00–162.00	152.75
394	—	671	140.50–163.00	151.20
10	—	932	146.00–149.00	147.83
19	—	285	228.00	228.00
426	—	620	151.00–165.00	159.89
8	—	828	141.00	141.00
27	—	989	132.10–140.00	136.01
447	—	520	161.00–183.00	171.03
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	591	130.00	130.00
5	—	617	130.00–141.50	136.84
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	538	156.00–168.00	164.37
7	—	440	170.00	170.00
63	—	680	136.25–140.00	137.47
17	—	550	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	462	151.00–155.00	152.81
44	—	578	141.00–147.50	143.50
7	—	294	157.50	157.50
3	—	393	175.00	175.00
3	—	440	174.00	174.00
2	—	513	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	514	143.00–160.00	153.35
49	—	673	137.50–140.00	138.95
10	—	396	180.00	180.00
37	—	486	171.00	171.00
7	—	584	140.50	140.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	771	128.00–140.50	136.95
7	—	634	135.00	135.00
10	—	594	148.00	148.00
20	—	711	130.00–135.00	131.54
3	—	887	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	710	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	805	159.00	159.00
42	—	652	163.00	163.00
192	—	410	213.00–226.00	218.92
24	—	517	192.25	192.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	440	169.00–175.00	169.45
103	—	494	162.50	162.50
42	—	761	137.00	137.00
252	—	669	139.50–153.75	145.45
579	—	625	135.00–160.50	153.60
6	—	526	156.00	156.00
4	—	893	140.50	140.50
13	—	809	140.00–145.00	143.53
216	—	719	134.00–150.50	140.59
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	745	132.50	132.50
16	—	539	151.00	151.00
3	—	692	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	720	134.00–140.50	135.77
36	—	637	138.00–145.00	142.08
93	—	674	132.00–143.00	137.56
4	—	753	128.00	128.00
111	—	557	140.00–153.00	150.40
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	634	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	535	155.00	155.00
6	—	574	141.00–142.00	141.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	467	209.00	209.00
23	—	693	155.00	155.00
79	—	562	178.00	178.00
140	—	506	180.00–188.50	186.29
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	758	133.00	133.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	348	105.00	105.00
10	—	827	94.00	94.00
15	—	1,067	90.50	90.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	917	94.00	94.00
2	—	995	94.50	94.50
2	—	1,418	91.50	91.50
1	—	1,280	91.00	91.00
5	—	1,338	94.50	94.50
2	—	1,143	94.00	94.00
4	—	1,210	95.50	95.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	395	72.50	72.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	60.00	60.00
3	—	790	70.00	70.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,655	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,318.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	37	—	1,336	760.00–900.00	808.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,365	1,250.00–1,360.00	1,323.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	69	—	1,396	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,307.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	28	—	1,273	1,310.00–1,500.00	1,437.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,485	975.00–1,075.00	990.20
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	121	—	1,238	535.00–735.00	649.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	26	—	1,202	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,187.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	46	—	1,353	900.00–1,160.00	1,024.99
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	842	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	241	—	952	1,400.00–1,585.00	1,492.28
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	833	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,075.24
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	868	1,300.00	1,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	929	88.00–97.50	95.03
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	117.00	117.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	52	—	1,081	69.00–81.00	75.59
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	102.00	102.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,865	83.50–87.00	85.41
14	—	1,715	77.00–81.50	79.69
1	—	2,095	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
273	—	1,356	51.00–66.50	61.85
1	—	1,210	69.00	69.00
377	—	1,229	51.00–59.00	55.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,494	53.50–59.00	57.97
82	—	1,458	59.75–68.50	62.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,680	61.00–73.00	65.38
34	—	1,607	50.00–60.00	56.45
21	—	1,661	70.00–78.00	73.12
3	—	1,748	44.00	44.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	1,111	35.00–49.00	42.31
125	—	1,146	44.00–59.00	49.07
45	—	1,152	20.00–42.00	28.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
292	—	1,320	38.00–57.00	48.19
13	—	1,481	31.00–42.00	37.75
1	—	1,300	70.00	70.00
40	—	1,345	48.00–69.00	58.21
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,167	48.00–61.00	53.20
12	—	1,105	65.50–69.00	65.80
40	—	925	45.00–49.00	46.64
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,570	73.00–75.00	73.75

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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