Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 164 priced lines covering 6,155 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,815 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 915 head. replacement cattle receipts at 118 head. Counted as USDA files them — 53 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,815Last week 7,152Year ago 10,611

Slaughter CattleReceipts 915Last week 967Year ago 621

Replacement CattleReceipts 118Last week 204Year ago 428

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 good. Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower, 600-700 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower, and over 700 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 600-750 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher, and over 750 lbs lightly tested at 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Dairy feeder heifers were lightly tested with 950-1100 lb heifers selling 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower this week. The next available report will be Monday, April 18, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	721	92.00	92.00
41	—	294	112.00–116.00	114.87
18	—	432	93.00–101.00	97.55
16	—	369	91.00	91.00
11	—	484	88.00–97.00	92.09
13	—	766	87.00	87.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	577	90.00	90.00
5	—	538	88.00–97.00	93.45
10	—	700	86.00	86.00
3	—	373	117.00	117.00
6	—	930	93.00	93.00
7	—	1,039	98.50	98.50
39	—	414	114.00–115.00	114.23
12	—	317	119.00	119.00
5	—	619	87.00	87.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	112.50	112.50
19	—	1,077	100.00–109.50	105.90
6	—	841	119.00	119.00
23	—	426	162.50	162.50
3	—	532	145.00	145.00
9	—	294	187.50	187.50
4	—	1,199	95.00	95.00
2	—	1,288	105.00–110.00	107.49
1	—	1,125	109.50	109.50
2	—	340	177.50	177.50
10	—	1,022	101.00–109.50	108.17
4	—	606	137.50	137.50
7	—	961	103.00–108.50	105.56
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	425	175.00–177.50	176.30
3	—	1,250	116.00	116.00
27	—	670	127.00–139.00	133.62
11	—	354	175.00	175.00
13	—	573	147.50	147.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	679	121.00–123.00	122.57
33	—	494	150.00–162.00	159.64
11	—	579	127.50–140.00	135.86
5	—	516	149.00	149.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	525	79.00–80.00	79.92
13	—	654	64.00–73.00	64.71
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	733	75.00	75.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	455	195.00–200.00	197.70
12	—	653	165.00	165.00
19	—	612	169.00–171.00	170.17
41	—	378	200.00–210.00	206.23
49	—	433	200.00–211.00	210.34
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	215	148.00	148.00
32	—	642	92.50	92.50
78	—	369	129.00–143.00	136.40
52	—	423	123.00–131.00	127.18
9	—	1,154	98.00	98.00
15	—	778	96.00	96.00
18	—	926	96.00	96.00
24	—	740	94.50	94.50
81	—	584	93.00–95.00	94.95
38	—	492	109.00–125.00	117.84
148	—	280	144.00–151.00	149.56
24	—	690	92.00	92.00
85	—	311	134.00–148.00	138.23
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	230	195.00	195.00
4	—	576	164.00	164.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	326	193.00–197.50	194.74
16	—	419	192.00	192.00
10	—	295	195.00	195.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	527	92.00–101.00	95.89
11	—	498	93.50	93.50
45	—	427	109.00–118.00	111.01
4	—	696	85.00	85.00
18	—	259	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	394	76.00	76.00
3	—	235	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
241	—	516	186.00–216.00	208.10
35	—	829	148.00–153.00	149.78
11	—	958	139.50–145.00	140.51
5	—	358	225.00	225.00
109	—	714	163.00–168.00	165.29
71	—	870	143.50–144.00	143.67
56	—	907	141.00	141.00
133	—	761	152.00–156.00	154.81
137	—	616	175.00–206.50	189.16
204	—	671	162.00–188.50	174.06
7	—	258	230.00	230.00
83	—	479	206.00–213.00	209.66
127	—	569	180.00–210.00	199.37
29	—	428	193.00–216.00	209.67
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	508	189.75	189.75
56	—	577	180.50–185.00	182.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	653	181.50	181.50
9	—	512	219.00	219.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	714	154.00–159.00	156.06
25	—	391	190.00–207.00	205.16
3	—	835	146.00	146.00
13	—	324	219.00	219.00
72	—	428	190.00–207.50	197.35
138	—	578	177.00–189.00	184.32
5	—	682	156.00	156.00
119	—	628	166.00–179.00	176.26
99	—	474	181.00–203.00	195.87
159	—	532	187.50–199.00	192.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	770	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	535	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	544	185.00	185.00
32	—	611	178.00	178.00
44	—	488	184.50–188.00	185.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	467	165.00–178.00	172.49
100	—	524	162.00–174.00	170.36
8	—	418	164.00–179.00	171.60
41	—	732	132.00–141.50	139.28
6	—	378	173.00–176.00	174.45
38	—	578	153.00–167.00	160.17
22	—	678	142.00–153.00	146.52
15	—	619	154.00–157.00	155.18
12	—	337	184.00–188.00	185.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	668	155.00–165.00	161.47
89	—	715	144.00–151.00	149.18
25	—	334	203.00	203.00
5	—	750	143.50	143.50
28	—	852	130.50–131.00	130.80
21	—	370	188.00–193.00	191.47
159	—	510	170.00–180.50	174.71
175	—	476	171.00–181.00	176.28
85	—	423	178.50–190.00	182.58
351	—	621	160.00–176.00	170.63
244	—	573	163.00–172.00	168.26
53	—	814	132.00–136.00	133.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	582	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	366	170.00	170.00
6	—	444	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	699	132.00	132.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	39	—	976	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,333.90
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,795	1,510.00	1,510.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,675	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,526.64
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,540	1,175.00–1,475.00	1,351.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,215	1,335.00–1,400.00	1,355.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,357	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,241	875.00–1,075.00	926.52
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,194	101.00–111.00	104.37
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,188	112.00–112.50	112.27
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,023	103.00–110.00	106.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,060	95.00–98.00	96.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,638	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,332	1,425.00	1,425.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,728	91.00–98.00	95.21
1	—	1,135	105.00	105.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,966	112.00–120.00	115.64
28	—	1,849	100.00–112.00	106.06
36	—	1,765	88.00–103.50	96.42
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,154	86.00–89.00	87.01
18	—	1,135	75.00–84.00	81.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	1,320	79.00–89.50	84.18
98	—	1,422	60.00–84.00	76.26
4	—	1,425	47.50–54.00	51.12
27	—	1,422	89.00–105.00	95.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,103	70.00–82.00	75.76
43	—	978	22.50–70.00	59.59
2	—	1,173	83.00–84.00	83.51
29	—	1,054	50.00–77.00	69.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	66.00	66.00
20	—	1,590	71.00–84.00	79.06
8	—	1,699	89.00–110.00	100.77
60	—	1,608	83.00–95.00	87.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,688	86.00–88.00	87.34
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,285	81.00–92.00	84.73
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	98.00–101.00	99.47

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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