Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 21
● As filed74 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
Colorado reported 74 priced lines covering 1,717 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,303 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 993 head. replacement cattle receipts at 76 head. Counted as USDA files them — 42 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 21, 2022
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)
Feeder CattleReceipts 1,303Last week 5,037Year ago 882
Slaughter CattleReceipts 993Last week 1,108Year ago 635
Replacement CattleReceipts 76Last week 416Year ago 409

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. Receipts light this week with feeder steers selling mostly 6.00 to 11.00 lower on a light test. Trade mixed on feeder heifers with receipts too light for an accurate trend. Dairy feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower on a light test. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. The next available report will be Monday, April 4, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100690147.00–150.00149.00
20485180.00–189.00185.41
9377181.00–190.00186.10
19789133.00133.00
288300.00300.00
79716139.00–150.00148.93
41565154.00–165.00160.79
4964115.00115.00
7540167.00167.00
13429171.00–177.00172.39
6117260.00–325.00298.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3650134.00134.00
14463157.00–162.50159.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
35776160.00–167.00163.99
4748165.00165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5594140.00140.00
4515150.00150.00
8733129.50129.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
41,127109.00–110.50109.75
61,189106.00–110.50109.77
21,263109.00109.00
6989109.00–109.50109.25
41,222109.00–110.00109.25
121,072108.50–110.50109.26
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11,105101.00101.00
2913101.00101.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
356870.0070.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21669164.00–175.00169.52
60859145.50145.50
31582188.00–190.00188.97
31368222.00–230.00226.30
25612186.00–187.50186.90
33527192.50–214.00197.68
16440211.00211.00
37465209.00–219.00212.64
61747153.50153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9484204.00–206.00205.13
111,009107.50–109.00108.59
11914119.00–123.00120.45
6727146.00146.00
15545197.00197.00
16440206.00206.00
7616164.00164.00
6338210.00210.00
3875126.00126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2128400.00–425.00412.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9540181.00–187.00183.64
5935101.00101.00
5608142.50142.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
341,77873.00–85.5081.16
561,63683.00–97.0088.84
11,750100.00100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
71,30495.00–98.0097.48
1801,48066.00–81.5078.25
1571,47981.00–92.0084.70
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
181,36176.50–83.5080.79
1001,32581.00–92.5086.08
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
521,13375.00–87.5080.23
131,02890.00–98.0093.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
311,07259.00–75.0068.52
1241,18473.00–83.0078.25
51,16842.50–50.0046.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
211,884102.00–114.00107.56
22,068116.00–116.50116.28
111,61685.00–101.0096.61
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
31,372104.00–109.00106.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)Open81,077106.00–108.00106.27
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)Open7941105.00–115.00111.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo)121,5331,375.00–1,400.001,389.09
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)Open11,4851,650.001,650.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open61,4111,500.001,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open141,3161,200.00–1,450.001,378.28
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open131,4021,800.00–1,900.001,878.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open81,4251,750.001,750.00
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.