Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 82 priced lines covering 2,107 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,078 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 515 head. replacement cattle receipts at 19 head.

Mon Feb 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,078Last week 4,840Year ago 2,433

Slaughter CattleReceipts 515Last week 801Year ago 533

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 465Year ago 738

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good on feeder cattle and good to very good on slaughter cows and bulls. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly tested for an accurate market trend. Dairy heifers traded unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher while average dressing slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, March 7, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	638	174.00	174.00
8	—	650	174.00	174.00
4	—	379	202.00	202.00
11	—	470	181.00	181.00
7	—	418	194.00–196.00	195.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	531	191.00–209.00	200.75
177	—	677	167.00–177.50	169.52
109	—	820	154.50–159.75	157.44
10	—	927	150.00	150.00
68	—	718	164.50–168.00	165.81
47	—	627	177.00–186.00	182.94
55	—	777	157.50	157.50
9	—	363	221.00–227.00	223.03
33	—	484	195.00–209.00	201.66
37	—	879	152.50	152.50
14	—	416	201.00–220.00	206.92
22	—	569	187.00–192.00	189.38
5	—	327	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	661	181.00	181.00
27	—	564	196.00–197.00	196.82
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	773	154.50	154.50
10	—	624	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	567	197.00	197.00
34	—	613	194.00	194.00
29	—	456	219.00–222.00	220.84
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	643	173.00	173.00
39	—	741	160.00	160.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,059	110.50–112.50	111.17
8	—	1,223	107.00–114.00	112.31
8	—	1,036	108.00–112.50	111.82
5	—	881	109.50–112.00	110.99
10	—	1,123	112.50	112.50
2	—	915	105.50–107.50	106.48
1	—	1,265	113.50	113.50
3	—	1,178	112.50	112.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	777	121.00	121.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	750	72.50	72.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	604	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	656	132.50	132.50
15	—	761	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	582	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	584	182.00	182.00
26	—	615	177.50	177.50
13	—	487	187.00	187.00
23	—	687	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	270	193.00	193.00
40	—	491	176.00–183.00	179.15
24	—	432	179.00–181.00	180.32
16	—	528	171.00–177.00	175.06
5	—	378	184.00	184.00
3	—	330	195.00	195.00
5	—	662	155.00	155.00
74	—	714	152.00–155.00	154.23
45	—	761	150.00–153.00	151.64
38	—	627	157.00–171.00	162.55
29	—	558	164.00–176.00	171.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	537	158.00–159.00	158.70
31	—	670	155.00–159.50	157.42
8	—	337	181.00–182.00	181.75
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	820	142.00	142.00
17	—	531	168.00–168.50	168.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	729	130.00	130.00
35	—	484	177.00	177.00
35	—	559	169.00	169.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,990	97.00–112.00	102.57
1	—	2,020	110.00	110.00
4	—	1,800	90.00–97.50	92.39
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	96.00	96.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,101	80.00–80.01	80.01
30	—	1,093	50.00–67.00	61.25
14	—	1,202	30.00–58.00	42.01
49	—	1,146	67.00–79.50	75.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,646	80.00–94.00	87.52
3	—	1,527	71.00–79.00	75.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	1,371	70.00–88.00	80.73
16	—	1,337	51.00–78.00	66.31
43	—	1,404	85.00–96.00	87.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,371	78.00–89.00	85.01
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,082	78.00–85.00	80.44
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	115.00	115.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,058	95.00	95.00

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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Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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