Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 220 priced lines covering 7,585 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,167 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,162 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,376 head. Counted as USDA files them — 14 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,167Last week 6,292Year ago 5,323

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,162Last week 829Year ago 876

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,376Last week 196Year ago 1,192

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 activity and demand moderate to very good. Feeder steers under 750 lbs sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower and steers over 750 lbs were 8.00 to 9.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers over 600 lbs were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher this week. The next available report will be Tuesday, February 22, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,104	104.00	104.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	519	84.00–87.00	85.11
6	—	744	87.00	87.00
41	—	1,019	91.00–96.00	94.60
11	—	600	85.00	85.00
17	—	246	107.00	107.00
6	—	1,116	92.00–94.00	93.01
40	—	1,166	91.00–95.00	93.89
7	—	479	89.00	89.00
6	—	954	94.00	94.00
19	—	873	91.00–92.00	91.46
18	—	834	92.00–99.00	95.17
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	754	109.00	109.00
5	—	1,081	109.00–110.50	109.60
3	—	577	125.00	125.00
4	—	396	165.00	165.00
4	—	1,026	110.00	110.00
13	—	930	106.00–109.00	107.01
9	—	847	105.50	105.50
3	—	1,172	109.50–111.50	110.68
21	—	1,120	110.50–111.50	110.93
9	—	1,244	102.50–110.50	109.61
28	—	969	97.00–110.00	106.87
10	—	438	147.50–152.00	150.64
7	—	639	117.00	117.00
6	—	521	142.50	142.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	371	161.00–171.00	165.87
7	—	269	172.50	172.50
10	—	671	130.00–134.00	132.00
25	—	458	169.50	169.50
3	—	758	122.00	122.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	507	38.00	38.00
2	—	442	42.50	42.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	407	80.00	80.00
5	—	768	82.50	82.50
58	—	373	74.00–80.00	79.13
6	—	608	72.00	72.00
14	—	345	74.00	74.00
20	—	496	76.00	76.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	367	214.00–219.00	216.18
308	—	613	175.00–193.50	184.40
284	—	720	160.00–170.00	165.55
192	—	566	184.50–202.00	193.05
130	—	524	190.00–206.00	196.26
18	—	320	226.00–232.50	227.17
3	—	1,037	136.00	136.00
9	—	938	140.50	140.50
67	—	421	200.00–222.50	211.49
27	—	885	146.00	146.00
144	—	679	163.00–182.00	169.96
13	—	769	165.50–167.00	165.95
88	—	826	148.50–159.00	154.15
109	—	479	192.00–211.00	200.37
2	—	975	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	404	218.00–227.50	220.38
5	—	656	174.00	174.00
25	—	508	200.00–205.00	202.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	754	159.00	159.00
12	—	812	151.00	151.00
21	—	659	154.00–165.50	163.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	468	181.00–197.50	190.64
41	—	722	152.00–160.00	158.17
31	—	631	162.00–172.50	169.42
14	—	851	154.00	154.00
9	—	330	207.50–210.00	209.24
10	—	927	138.00–145.00	142.90
12	—	516	185.00–191.00	188.36
25	—	674	160.00–162.50	160.90
33	—	573	173.50–186.00	179.40
39	—	757	145.00–158.50	155.86
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	418	192.00–196.00	193.72
23	—	476	192.00	192.00
61	—	576	179.00–180.00	179.67
14	—	541	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	155.00	155.00
9	—	609	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	154.00	154.00
7	—	432	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	560	196.50	196.50
18	—	375	221.00–232.50	228.44
34	—	678	185.50	185.50
41	—	518	201.00–219.00	210.41
3	—	405	225.00	225.00
22	—	459	205.00–215.00	209.92
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	748	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	607	148.00–155.00	153.70
9	—	438	196.00	196.00
5	—	775	135.00	135.00
16	—	533	156.00–164.00	159.81
3	—	858	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	161.00	161.00
18	—	486	176.00	176.00
8	—	377	200.00	200.00
4	—	631	147.00	147.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	382	180.00–192.50	187.63
16	—	327	187.50–195.00	190.57
2	—	905	116.00	116.00
33	—	424	165.00–170.00	167.65
37	—	631	138.00–147.50	139.58
9	—	764	129.00–142.50	137.84
8	—	573	154.00	154.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	521	118.00–126.00	121.78
34	—	258	142.50–152.00	151.15
89	—	417	112.00–132.00	126.65
47	—	625	96.00–97.50	96.85
61	—	489	112.00–134.00	116.86
15	—	816	90.00–97.00	91.40
30	—	578	96.00–113.00	107.19
6	—	713	94.00	94.00
4	—	914	102.00	102.00
20	—	856	104.50	104.50
31	—	368	118.00–130.00	124.31
135	—	332	130.00–138.00	134.30
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	601	166.00	166.00
21	—	687	143.00–150.00	145.96
12	—	533	173.00	173.00
50	—	466	197.50	197.50
19	—	428	198.00	198.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	873	52.50	52.50
4	—	691	54.00	54.00
3	—	541	57.00	57.00
7	—	493	57.00–62.50	60.96
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	518	105.00–110.00	106.24
26	—	253	137.00	137.00
9	—	359	117.00	117.00
10	—	604	95.00	95.00
7	—	468	106.00	106.00
8	—	660	85.00	85.00
17	—	334	110.00–120.00	118.39
16	—	564	92.00–104.00	98.66
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	801	77.50	77.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	425	157.00–180.50	167.45
3	—	965	127.00	127.00
82	—	382	168.00–184.00	175.30
57	—	633	150.00–154.00	152.65
69	—	480	152.00–169.00	160.72
17	—	582	147.50–162.00	151.81
49	—	736	134.00–147.50	143.01
4	—	338	175.00	175.00
8	—	1,059	127.00	127.00
16	—	541	166.00–168.00	166.36
8	—	845	127.00–128.00	127.37
55	—	765	128.00–153.50	147.13
39	—	671	145.00–147.50	145.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	381	181.00–183.00	182.48
30	—	717	149.00–155.00	152.47
71	—	681	145.00–160.00	156.21
83	—	422	172.00–186.50	181.44
164	—	468	165.00–185.00	177.88
2	—	308	186.00	186.00
259	—	571	156.00–176.50	164.98
4	—	126	350.00–400.00	369.50
363	—	524	160.00–186.00	173.57
17	—	830	136.00–143.50	141.60
51	—	761	147.50–152.00	150.23
240	—	622	150.00–168.00	162.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	659	130.00–145.00	142.84
13	—	567	144.50	144.50
13	—	630	158.00–159.00	158.85
19	—	741	136.00–144.00	139.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	778	123.00	123.00
3	—	673	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	618	163.00	163.00
16	—	443	191.00–192.00	191.68
14	—	658	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	766	143.00	143.00

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	2	—	1,495	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,620	1,325.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,321	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,146.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,504	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	87	—	1,275	1,435.00–1,560.00	1,485.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	—	1,458	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,380.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,097	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,312.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,251	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	91	—	1,420	1,135.00–1,250.00	1,194.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	186	—	1,330	1,005.00–1,275.00	1,079.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,366	1,025.00–1,175.00	1,123.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,072	925.00–975.00	936.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,534	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,212.31
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,374	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,398	1,185.00–1,250.00	1,234.10
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	220	—	1,121	1,610.00–1,750.00	1,678.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	59	—	1,326	1,475.00	1,475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,278	885.00–1,085.00	981.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,193	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,270	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,384	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,208.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,215	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	50	—	1,111	775.00	775.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	66	—	1,039	1,450.00–1,675.00	1,597.41
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,109	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	966	1,475.00	1,475.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,000	1,225.00–1,350.00	1,288.28
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,014	1,025.00	1,025.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,145	105.00–112.00	108.98
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	41	—	1,136	81.00–99.00	87.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	71	—	1,502	81.00–88.00	85.31
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	972	80.00	80.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	1,350.00	1,350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,238	83.00–85.00	84.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,866	82.50–99.00	93.59
26	—	2,033	96.00–119.00	108.78
56	—	1,968	80.00–109.50	102.71
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,396	76.00–86.00	80.62
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,136	72.00–80.00	75.41
1	—	1,165	84.50	84.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,584	71.00–91.00	82.21
33	—	1,666	70.00–79.50	76.40
11	—	1,532	73.00–95.00	85.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,005	50.00–67.00	57.55
16	—	1,105	20.00–56.00	37.88
2	—	1,138	77.00–78.00	77.48
104	—	1,155	63.00–76.00	71.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,474	76.00–98.00	83.40
55	—	1,297	56.00–77.00	68.91
10	—	1,530	30.00–50.00	41.86
313	—	1,413	60.00–86.00	76.78
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	116.00	116.00

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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