Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 143 priced lines covering 5,059 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,037 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,108 head. replacement cattle receipts at 416 head. Counted as USDA files them — 28 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,037Last week 8,028Year ago 2,088

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,108Last week 858Year ago 373

Replacement CattleReceipts 416Last week 607Year ago 843

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder steers under 650 lbs sold mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower, and over 650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly 6.00 to 8.00 with instances of sharply lower, and heifers over 600 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Dairy feeder heifers over 850 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower on a light test. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with average dressing slaughter bulls selling steady. The bulk of feeder cattle offerings this week weighed between 500 and 850 lbs. The next available report will be Monday, March 28, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	542	194.00–200.00	198.90
16	—	624	166.00–183.00	176.86
10	—	358	216.00–217.00	216.39
3	—	775	147.00	147.00
15	—	731	161.00–163.00	161.27
62	—	675	158.50–174.00	164.97
69	—	483	195.00–206.00	200.80
66	—	580	186.00–196.00	191.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	962	129.00–138.00	132.27
16	—	890	142.50	142.50
27	—	809	145.00–147.50	147.12
145	—	474	212.00–222.00	218.67
244	—	613	178.00–199.00	192.07
71	—	432	212.00–224.00	217.50
222	—	678	164.00–187.00	170.21
221	—	570	193.00–209.00	199.37
179	—	726	159.00–168.00	162.38
118	—	769	150.50–164.50	155.70
5	—	381	218.00–226.00	221.05
104	—	516	202.00–214.00	208.21
7	—	344	227.00	227.00
26	—	917	140.25	140.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	188.00	188.00
3	—	662	155.00	155.00
5	—	756	140.00	140.00
6	—	643	164.00	164.00
5	—	555	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	517	220.00	220.00
88	—	714	172.50	172.50
5	—	473	226.00	226.00
31	—	773	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	871	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	795	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	506	221.00	221.00
20	—	650	185.00	185.00
33	—	604	203.00	203.00
53	—	466	225.00–227.00	225.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	398	196.00	196.00
7	—	504	180.00	180.00
7	—	576	180.00	180.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	580	188.50	188.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	634	174.00	174.00
55	—	758	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	610	161.00	161.00
27	—	539	155.00	155.00
7	—	741	140.00	140.00
18	—	490	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	721	144.00–151.00	148.39
265	—	616	153.00–169.00	160.80
65	—	510	162.00–184.00	173.97
49	—	425	182.00–184.00	182.81
3	—	397	186.00	186.00
83	—	776	138.50–150.50	144.71
20	—	818	135.00–140.50	136.10
68	—	487	174.00–180.00	177.01
12	—	879	138.00	138.00
240	—	570	154.00–178.50	167.89
54	—	666	153.50–156.50	155.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,034	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	529	164.00	164.00
5	—	438	169.00	169.00
7	—	630	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	713	142.00–148.00	145.69
58	—	585	158.00–161.00	158.29
52	—	671	144.00–150.00	147.44
6	—	828	131.50	131.50
9	—	365	176.00–180.00	177.82
21	—	791	140.00–140.50	140.38
19	—	474	173.00–178.00	177.16
76	—	521	151.00–177.00	169.26
4	—	401	182.00	182.00
24	—	628	148.00–159.00	156.19
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	390	165.00	165.00
4	—	495	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	613	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	431	172.50–179.00	175.14
14	—	576	147.50–159.00	154.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 4 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	637	160.00	160.00
24	—	715	147.50	147.50
3	—	763	138.00	138.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	915	102.00–106.50	105.39
19	—	1,040	107.50–109.50	108.08
4	—	978	108.50	108.50
3	—	1,350	112.50	112.50
7	—	1,164	102.50–108.50	105.90
9	—	871	105.50–107.50	106.93
4	—	1,224	108.50–109.00	108.75
12	—	1,137	105.00–109.50	108.47
7	—	1,069	107.50–108.50	107.93
Bulls — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	858	129.00	129.00
3	—	427	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	474	189.00	189.00
10	—	409	190.00	190.00
6	—	635	171.00	171.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,662	84.00–94.00	88.77
1	—	1,825	103.00	103.00
24	—	1,647	77.50–86.00	81.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	1,407	80.00–91.00	84.67
100	—	1,335	67.00–80.50	76.50
26	—	988	52.50–71.00	66.44
13	—	1,347	83.00–95.00	91.19
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,130	76.00–86.00	82.10
20	—	1,148	87.00–99.00	91.15
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,390	84.00–94.00	87.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,158	85.00–87.50	85.77
108	—	1,049	52.00–76.00	70.27
130	—	1,132	70.00–84.00	79.16
4	—	994	57.50–58.00	57.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,690	82.00–101.00	94.88
17	—	2,134	110.00–124.00	116.18
58	—	1,911	101.00–113.00	105.88
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,206	95.00–107.00	102.03
2	—	850	117.50–119.00	118.30

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	47	—	1,323	1,250.00–1,700.00	1,643.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,198	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,524.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,256	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,560.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	—	1,229	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,145.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,211	1,275.00–1,375.00	1,356.62
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,291	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,336.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,014	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,125	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	977	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,021	1,700.00	1,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	925	106.00–110.00	108.08
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	975	87.00–99.00	93.29
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	937	113.00–125.00	116.90
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,091	100.00–110.00	105.47
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	55	—	870	1,200.00–1,385.00	1,259.63
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	100	—	1,045	1,475.00–1,700.00	1,607.47
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,248	1,785.00	1,785.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,047	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,059.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,240	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,310	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,615.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,098	1,300.00–1,625.00	1,418.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	1,525.00	1,525.00

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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