Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 201 priced lines covering 20,753 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,211 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,744 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,247 head. Counted as USDA files them — 47 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,211Last week 8,486Year ago 24,654

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,744Last week 996Year ago 887

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,247Last week 371Year ago 1,164

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Sterling Livestock, Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade active on moderate to good demand. The week was filled with Stock Show Specials. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 17.00 higher, 500-650 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, and over 650 lbs mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower with instances of 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher with instances of 8.00 higher, 450-550 lbs sold uneven, and over 550 lbs uneven at 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady from 1.00 lower to 2.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, January 24, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	678	160.00–167.00	162.19
10	—	743	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	118.00	118.00
742	—	571	170.00–204.00	191.80
578	—	780	153.75–162.50	156.67
730	—	527	181.00–214.50	196.77
1,170	—	667	156.00–185.00	170.58
168	—	920	149.00–156.00	151.31
104	—	389	223.00–245.00	233.59
43	—	956	144.00–148.00	145.64
307	—	482	190.00–226.00	204.17
1,632	—	721	153.00–172.00	161.54
699	—	828	151.75–163.50	156.17
6	—	334	232.00–234.00	232.64
202	—	426	208.00–243.00	224.04
1,175	—	622	164.50–192.50	179.43
304	—	865	144.00–164.00	157.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	473	175.00–182.50	176.82
11	—	396	185.00	185.00
17	—	523	164.00	164.00
15	—	593	162.00	162.00
6	—	859	126.00	126.00
74	—	619	150.50–168.00	162.81
3	—	330	186.00	186.00
6	—	425	181.00	181.00
10	—	284	185.00	185.00
8	—	703	146.00	146.00
54	—	680	145.00–162.00	154.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	478	182.00–207.50	190.80
3	—	990	138.00	138.00
102	—	417	196.00–207.00	204.10
158	—	774	148.00–158.00	154.09
33	—	883	141.00–153.00	147.79
17	—	805	143.00	143.00
136	—	725	146.50–161.75	158.01
258	—	629	167.00–177.00	173.22
67	—	385	205.00–209.00	207.79
353	—	575	164.00–191.00	180.03
8	—	1,077	139.50	139.50
91	—	529	176.50–207.00	185.15
37	—	320	205.00–218.00	214.36
274	—	684	150.00–171.00	166.80
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	666	145.00–156.00	151.87
10	—	594	159.00	159.00
3	—	647	152.00	152.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	563	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	516	192.00–216.50	198.04
5	—	555	209.00	209.00
84	—	611	196.50–198.00	196.97
29	—	660	184.00	184.00
8	—	351	242.00	242.00
41	—	455	212.00–214.00	212.87
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	681	156.00	156.00
10	—	634	158.00–169.00	163.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	750	142.00	142.00
6	—	984	120.00	120.00
36	—	588	179.00	179.00
13	—	629	158.00	158.00
5	—	876	128.00	128.00
6	—	821	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	832	146.00	146.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	927	121.00	121.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	443	220.00	220.00
22	—	792	144.00	144.00
48	—	622	150.00–164.00	157.79
20	—	476	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	453	217.50	217.50
62	—	714	164.00–166.50	165.24
16	—	552	187.00	187.00
24	—	514	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	596	157.50	157.50
3	—	748	130.00	130.00
6	—	639	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	670	151.00–159.50	154.41
10	—	728	151.00	151.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	492	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	704	121.00	121.00
11	—	613	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	718	154.25	154.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,285	—	624	148.00–166.75	155.73
728	—	768	139.50–149.00	147.43
6	—	922	134.00	134.00
788	—	675	141.50–157.00	149.95
831	—	573	152.00–174.00	162.63
92	—	385	185.00–207.50	192.10
10	—	869	139.00	139.00
31	—	343	198.00	198.00
189	—	823	135.00–145.50	141.57
799	—	520	160.00–181.00	171.82
200	—	432	183.00–195.00	187.07
54	—	951	136.75	136.75
587	—	723	143.25–155.00	149.15
3	—	358	460.00	460.00
323	—	475	165.00–185.00	175.85
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	352	161.00	161.00
60	—	521	138.00–163.00	159.55
15	—	563	136.00–147.00	141.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	513	170.00–185.00	179.47
42	—	464	188.00–189.00	188.39
28	—	377	209.00	209.00
57	—	416	200.00–201.00	200.91
25	—	686	160.00	160.00
116	—	572	170.00–174.50	172.10
4	—	608	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	522	161.50	161.50
14	—	420	134.00–165.00	143.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	669	125.00	125.00
4	—	735	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	650	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	538	151.00–175.00	165.91
60	—	790	130.50–143.00	139.92
50	—	725	132.00–144.00	138.24
163	—	674	134.00–148.00	142.02
19	—	339	180.00–190.00	184.21
3	—	848	132.00	132.00
95	—	472	156.00–177.00	169.32
288	—	628	138.00–151.00	146.11
92	—	425	172.50–183.00	177.91
76	—	373	175.00–189.00	180.45
162	—	583	145.00–166.00	154.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	531	143.00–156.00	151.19
61	—	460	152.00–161.00	159.06
30	—	391	172.00–173.00	172.73
9	—	608	133.00–140.00	136.86
8	—	571	150.00–153.00	151.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	833	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	699	147.00	147.00
6	—	98	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	554	154.00	154.00
8	—	728	110.00	110.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	70.00	70.00
3	—	792	60.00	60.00
2	—	738	60.00	60.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,161	104.50–108.00	107.67
14	—	1,238	102.00–108.00	107.43
33	—	1,075	104.00–109.00	107.63
4	—	1,123	105.00–107.50	106.87
23	—	1,029	102.00–108.50	106.74
62	—	981	105.00–108.00	106.39
27	—	922	103.00–107.00	105.68
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	89.00	89.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	77.50	77.50
3	—	678	77.50	77.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	838	89.00	89.00

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	956	87.00–96.00	91.95
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	65.00	65.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,073	73.00–81.00	75.96
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,010	100.00–116.00	104.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	70	—	1,315	1,310.00–1,475.00	1,423.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	—	1,376	1,025.00–1,125.00	1,102.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,409	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,190.46
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	52	—	1,440	885.00–975.00	923.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	71	—	1,144	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,531.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	110	—	1,345	800.00–900.00	871.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	—	1,280	1,310.00–1,400.00	1,341.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,368	825.00–900.00	878.93
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,322	910.00–950.00	935.20
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	—	1,113	675.00–710.00	688.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	—	1,258	1,235.00–1,250.00	1,239.39
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,028	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,283	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,365	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,465	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,206	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,155	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,300.00	1,300.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	113	—	1,031	1,310.00–1,475.00	1,382.46
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	63	—	1,106	1,510.00–1,550.00	1,517.27
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,425	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,095	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,550	1,460.00	1,460.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,590	1,300.00	1,300.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,000	1,410.00	1,410.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,210	69.00–75.50	72.49
1	—	1,045	80.00	80.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,938	82.50–98.00	91.28
6	—	2,005	95.00–100.00	98.30
14	—	1,744	72.00–89.50	80.31
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,171	50.00–64.00	55.20
20	—	1,038	38.00–48.00	46.71
5	—	1,191	65.00–73.00	67.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	1,293	59.00–69.00	62.93
8	—	1,540	46.00–52.00	48.63
1	—	1,210	70.00	70.00
95	—	1,403	50.00–60.50	57.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,138	37.50–50.00	45.76
28	—	1,105	20.00–36.00	29.04
2	—	1,560	64.00	64.00
289	—	1,341	50.00–61.00	54.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,640	62.00–73.00	68.88
41	—	1,643	55.00–65.00	60.81
43	—	1,578	70.00–77.00	73.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,544	71.00–72.00	71.61
54	—	1,425	61.00–69.50	65.37
1	—	1,580	62.50	62.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,330	52.00–62.50	59.39
5	—	1,097	72.00–85.00	78.24
138	—	1,343	60.00–74.50	65.21

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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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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