Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 163 priced lines covering 6,960 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,028 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 858 head. replacement cattle receipts at 607 head. Counted as USDA files them — 18 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,028Last week 6,841Year ago 8,161

Slaughter CattleReceipts 858Last week 1,088Year ago 596

Replacement CattleReceipts 607Last week 86Year ago 1,129

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 550 lbs sold unevenly steady with the exception of 450-500 lbs steers which sold 10.00 higher. Steers 550-650 lbs sold 9.00 to 11.00 higher. Steers over 650 lbs sold mostly 1.00 to 5.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifers weighing 600-750 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers weighing over 750 lbs sold mostly 3.00 lower. Feeder dairy heifers over 800 lbs sold unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, March 21, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	410	173.00	173.00
21	—	1,125	100.00–112.00	108.19
4	—	521	149.00	149.00
15	—	459	153.00–161.00	157.78
2	—	1,238	111.50	111.50
4	—	931	107.50	107.50
20	—	1,068	109.50–112.50	112.25
7	—	1,027	107.50–110.50	109.57
17	—	882	107.00–107.50	107.27
11	—	819	132.00	132.00
7	—	265	175.00	175.00
16	—	983	100.00–111.00	103.45
1	—	1,270	113.50	113.50
28	—	572	142.00	142.00
17	—	1,188	109.50–113.50	113.27
15	—	387	168.00–172.50	170.73
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	305	116.00	116.00
16	—	775	91.00	91.00
24	—	528	83.00–89.00	88.53
102	—	420	85.00–98.50	94.63
13	—	238	109.00	109.00
8	—	870	94.00	94.00
7	—	1,029	93.50	93.50
2	—	1,190	80.00	80.00
2	—	1,300	92.00	92.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	289	87.00	87.00
17	—	423	69.00–81.00	75.97
1	—	820	80.00	80.00
6	—	481	60.00	60.00
2	—	750	87.50	87.50
3	—	232	110.00	110.00
4	—	362	91.00	91.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	566	42.50	42.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	751	104.00	104.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	746	60.00	60.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	717	77.50	77.50
6	—	779	75.00	75.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	654	132.50	132.50
7	—	352	186.00	186.00
11	—	570	140.00–150.00	149.10
41	—	460	165.00–168.00	165.61
24	—	523	158.00	158.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	52.50	52.50
2	—	785	45.00	45.00
8	—	344	55.00	55.00
14	—	363	52.50–62.50	56.96
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	558	172.50–175.00	172.81
68	—	416	197.50–203.00	201.91
6	—	327	211.00	211.00
29	—	617	155.00–161.00	157.57
28	—	515	176.00–182.00	177.93
76	—	485	184.00–190.00	185.62
5	—	389	209.00	209.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	175.00–182.50	181.11
5	—	693	138.00	138.00
5	—	341	200.00	200.00
10	—	366	204.00–205.00	204.41
2	—	530	175.00	175.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	224	150.00–165.00	158.28
106	—	324	134.00–137.00	135.71
63	—	564	110.50–118.50	114.75
30	—	407	120.00	120.00
31	—	513	112.00–118.00	115.64
39	—	366	120.00–131.00	128.36
175	—	276	136.00–140.00	138.85
53	—	470	110.00–118.00	115.31
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	600	72.50	72.50
2	—	445	97.50	97.50
4	—	477	85.00	85.00
7	—	229	122.50	122.50
8	—	344	127.50	127.50
5	—	1,109	67.00	67.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	590	92.00–102.00	99.24
11	—	363	117.50–121.00	119.98
11	—	426	91.00–102.00	95.80
11	—	725	91.00	91.00
18	—	321	112.50–122.00	120.00
22	—	203	125.50–127.50	125.78
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	390	215.00	215.00
34	—	343	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	587	170.50	170.50
11	—	390	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	673	148.00	148.00
18	—	467	175.00	175.00
27	—	584	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	720	139.00–146.50	142.43
546	—	771	135.00–144.00	142.95
312	—	572	171.00–180.00	175.61
53	—	435	185.00–193.00	188.70
122	—	670	145.00–160.00	152.65
28	—	862	130.50	130.50
247	—	627	149.00–165.00	155.30
118	—	473	174.00–190.50	183.60
252	—	521	162.00–191.50	188.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	171.00	171.00
10	—	301	176.50	176.50
35	—	490	164.00–173.00	171.52
11	—	428	166.00	166.00
46	—	635	150.00–151.50	150.32
68	—	577	150.00–163.00	160.94
8	—	542	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	660	164.00	164.00
13	—	413	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	527	196.00	196.00
43	—	615	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	677	144.50–149.50	145.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	564	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	973	132.10–134.00	132.24
87	—	817	144.00–149.00	146.90
327	—	623	185.00–207.00	200.41
29	—	467	223.00–228.00	225.09
65	—	910	139.10	139.10
181	—	581	194.00–212.00	207.30
42	—	445	216.00–222.50	221.59
54	—	1,001	130.50	130.50
43	—	873	140.00–141.50	140.60
49	—	368	225.00–234.00	225.57
241	—	679	148.00–186.00	166.44
59	—	507	203.00–212.00	209.03
64	—	770	150.50–159.00	153.48
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	683	159.00	159.00
78	—	542	190.00–195.00	193.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	569	215.00–217.50	216.85
17	—	454	234.00–237.00	235.07
73	—	535	217.00–219.00	217.66
82	—	660	188.00–191.00	189.30
23	—	431	236.00–240.00	238.59
78	—	618	210.00	210.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	533	198.00–202.00	200.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	774	143.00	143.00
15	—	500	201.00	201.00
10	—	474	205.00	205.00
46	—	611	156.00–188.00	179.42
38	—	426	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	713	176.50–181.00	178.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,268	1,360.00–1,485.00	1,425.66
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,275	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,348	1,025.00–1,075.00	1,058.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,350	1,125.00–1,150.00	1,129.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,041	1,185.00	1,185.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	103	—	1,401	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,345.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,121	1,010.00–1,060.00	1,038.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	49	—	1,357	1,110.00–1,260.00	1,190.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	39	—	1,246	1,210.00–1,300.00	1,247.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	131	—	1,300	1,275.00–1,500.00	1,423.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,329	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,053	1,400.00–1,435.00	1,420.51
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	937	1,210.00–1,235.00	1,214.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	87.50–97.50	92.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	2,029	101.00–113.00	105.35
35	—	1,663	91.00–99.50	96.64
2	—	2,478	112.00–116.00	113.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,617	73.00–84.00	81.22
123	—	1,529	84.00–97.00	86.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,171	70.00–81.00	76.90
8	—	883	60.00–63.00	62.45
6	—	1,077	80.00–92.50	82.89
47	—	1,060	56.00–76.00	67.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	1,411	79.00–90.50	83.81
117	—	1,472	64.00–81.00	76.50
2	—	1,538	94.50–99.00	96.80
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	82.00	82.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	111.00–114.00	112.37

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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