Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 189 priced lines covering 10,754 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,318 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,030 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,048 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,318Last week 22,211Year ago 13,459

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,030Last week 1,744Year ago 603

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,048Last week 1,247Year ago 2,036

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Centennial Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade moderate to active on moderate to good demand. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold mostly unevenly steady, and steers over 500 lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold mostly 6.00 to 9.00 lower, 450-750 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, and heifers over 750 lbs too thinly tested for an accurate market trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, January 31, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	777	148.00–150.00	148.46
5	—	499	180.00	180.00
5	—	622	173.00	173.00
6	—	888	140.75	140.75
15	—	741	148.00	148.00
12	—	650	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	332	213.00–218.00	213.83
115	—	625	147.00–169.00	162.77
100	—	529	167.00–188.00	182.54
61	—	476	168.00–202.50	192.06
78	—	712	151.00–154.00	151.50
111	—	586	161.00–182.00	174.79
37	—	430	195.00–202.00	196.82
9	—	964	126.00	126.00
15	—	371	187.00	187.00
18	—	869	135.50	135.50
1	—	1,135	112.00	112.00
98	—	664	154.00–162.00	158.84
16	—	765	145.00–150.50	146.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
597	—	579	174.00–192.50	185.25
206	—	871	144.50–154.00	151.02
184	—	476	199.00–216.00	205.42
70	—	381	227.00–240.00	232.65
2	—	310	585.00	585.00
231	—	525	179.00–202.00	191.91
7	—	961	140.00–149.75	146.91
348	—	769	149.00–158.00	154.94
342	—	627	163.00–181.00	176.12
894	—	674	155.50–168.50	162.81
5	—	290	214.00–218.00	214.72
548	—	720	152.00–164.50	158.81
11	—	311	226.00–231.00	228.19
3	—	1,328	109.50	109.50
5	—	1,062	126.00	126.00
48	—	427	211.00–226.00	217.98
226	—	810	148.50–154.00	152.11
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	697	152.00	152.00
38	—	737	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	673	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	588	171.00	171.00
5	—	797	129.00	129.00
32	—	526	170.00–179.00	174.95
11	—	726	146.50	146.50
24	—	633	164.00–167.00	164.48
3	—	680	154.00	154.00
7	—	314	150.00	150.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	798	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	724	150.00	150.00
6	—	863	134.00	134.00
56	—	778	136.00–150.50	146.30
2	—	995	117.50	117.50
43	—	687	151.00–160.00	156.38
6	—	649	162.00	162.00
53	—	821	139.00–145.00	142.06
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	762	143.50	143.50
31	—	732	151.00	151.00
25	—	520	170.50	170.50
18	—	699	156.50	156.50
35	—	634	158.00–169.00	163.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	605	180.00–182.00	181.44
12	—	377	240.00	240.00
33	—	498	217.00	217.00
255	—	522	192.00–220.50	212.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	463	190.00	190.00
20	—	666	152.00–156.00	153.77
5	—	609	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	560	195.00	195.00
12	—	352	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	628	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	569	166.00–168.00	167.43
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	151.00	151.00
23	—	578	147.00–151.00	150.09
30	—	441	175.00	175.00
20	—	471	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	848	133.00	133.00
23	—	796	139.50	139.50
12	—	662	148.00–150.00	149.18
48	—	537	157.00–159.00	157.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,089	109.00	109.00
465	—	570	151.00–164.00	158.21
72	—	328	183.00–196.00	187.87
3	—	977	123.00–129.00	127.00
114	—	378	179.00–188.00	183.74
431	—	664	144.50–156.00	149.90
3	—	857	138.00	138.00
101	—	765	131.00–145.50	140.56
258	—	520	160.00–174.00	166.16
850	—	623	144.00–160.00	154.53
313	—	718	140.00–151.50	147.25
71	—	806	142.00–144.00	142.77
30	—	426	179.00–183.00	181.52
164	—	467	166.00–184.00	174.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	596	141.00	141.00
5	—	609	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	425	170.00–174.00	171.78
6	—	905	101.00	101.00
5	—	338	169.00	169.00
40	—	517	140.00–161.00	153.83
67	—	621	140.00–146.00	143.64
48	—	464	151.00–168.00	163.22
135	—	577	151.00–158.00	155.77
90	—	669	130.00–144.50	140.38
11	—	381	178.00–181.00	179.35
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	481	167.00	167.00
5	—	723	134.00	134.00
21	—	696	143.00	143.00
9	—	440	169.00	169.00
12	—	579	144.00–148.00	146.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	435	166.00–167.00	166.38
12	—	700	128.00	128.00
16	—	767	122.00–125.00	124.06
32	—	527	151.00–155.00	152.94
13	—	497	160.00–163.00	161.39
12	—	586	142.00–149.00	145.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	811	147.85	147.85
126	—	517	171.00–176.00	171.73
18	—	431	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	809	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	725	129.00	129.00
6	—	508	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	668	143.00	143.00
2	—	715	140.00	140.00
2	—	530	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	635	130.00–136.00	131.33
4	—	770	114.00	114.00
9	—	577	141.00	141.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	106.00–108.00	107.01
2	—	1,073	105.50–108.00	106.76
8	—	964	104.00–106.50	104.32
1	—	1,130	104.50	104.50
20	—	1,021	104.50–108.50	107.31
5	—	927	107.00	107.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	42.50	42.50
1	—	795	67.50	67.50
1	—	630	57.50	57.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	101.00	101.00
1	—	895	100.00	100.00
1	—	975	101.00	101.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,200	109.00	109.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	77.50–79.00	78.50
3	—	677	78.00–80.00	78.68

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,275	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,463	950.00–1,035.00	984.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,256	1,010.00–1,050.00	1,021.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,397	950.00–1,160.00	1,069.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,433	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,168	710.00–760.00	746.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,306	975.00–1,175.00	1,096.31
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,281	1,710.00	1,710.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,574	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	107	—	1,220	1,400.00–1,525.00	1,470.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	—	1,315	1,385.00–1,500.00	1,440.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,277	1,425.00–1,525.00	1,471.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	75	—	1,147	1,110.00–1,275.00	1,200.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	111	—	1,279	810.00–975.00	913.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	56	—	1,095	860.00–985.00	936.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	—	1,403	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,304.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,272	810.00–825.00	812.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,405	975.00	975.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,095	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,218.49
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	54	—	1,047	1,310.00–1,475.00	1,410.48
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,390	66.00–71.00	69.41
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	995	72.00–83.00	78.06
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,086	85.00–90.00	87.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,245	86.00	86.00
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	70.00	70.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	81.00–87.50	84.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,793	85.00–99.00	93.32
10	—	1,737	75.00–89.00	82.90
9	—	2,110	99.00–103.50	101.15
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	37.50	37.50
21	—	1,082	57.00–64.00	60.14
1	—	1,540	77.50	77.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,405	61.00–80.00	69.39
2	—	1,490	79.00–82.00	80.28
2	—	1,458	63.50–64.00	63.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	922	30.00–43.00	38.66
38	—	1,213	42.50–50.50	48.72
156	—	1,224	50.00–65.00	58.17
41	—	1,387	60.00–78.00	68.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,526	63.00–76.00	65.63
20	—	1,748	69.50–88.00	78.40
1	—	1,525	61.00	61.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	1,371	60.00–74.00	65.29
33	—	1,276	57.00–62.00	59.64
38	—	1,667	75.00–85.00	79.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,488	65.00–71.00	69.73

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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