Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 117 priced lines covering 1,684 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,613 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 845 head. replacement cattle receipts at 107 head. Counted as USDA files them — 44 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,613Last week 3,115Year ago 1,498

Slaughter CattleReceipts 845Last week 990Year ago 853

Replacement CattleReceipts 107Last week 92Year ago 542

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Demand ranged from moderate to good. Feeder steers weighing 500-550 and 600-700 lbs sold firm on a light test. All other weight classes too lightly tested. Feeder heifers 400-600 lbs sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 lower; 650-750 lbs sold unevenly, from 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher; all other weight classes too lightly tested. Feeder dairy heifers over 900 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower and average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, May 9, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	106.00	106.00
1	—	1,495	101.00	101.00
11	—	1,175	105.00–106.50	105.91
1	—	1,220	106.00	106.00
36	—	1,139	105.00–107.00	106.35
5	—	928	103.50	103.50
20	—	1,030	104.50–106.00	105.58
1	—	1,370	106.00	106.00
13	—	1,069	105.50–107.00	106.42
10	—	976	104.50–105.50	105.15
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	50.00	50.00
1	—	850	71.00	71.00
1	—	1,035	72.00	72.00
8	—	714	71.00–72.50	71.74
2	—	760	75.00	75.00
2	—	674	52.50–55.00	53.75
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,698	87.00	87.00
2	—	965	100.00–103.50	101.78
3	—	1,572	90.00	90.00
3	—	840	100.00	100.00
2	—	853	100.00	100.00
4	—	1,644	86.00	86.00
4	—	1,755	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,195	103.00	103.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	102.00	102.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	810	94.00	94.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	471	171.00–181.00	176.59
3	—	308	193.00	193.00
8	—	739	151.00	151.00
26	—	426	186.00–190.00	187.64
6	—	613	161.00	161.00
6	—	660	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	288	300.00–550.00	467.67
8	—	479	192.00	192.00
4	—	868	145.00	145.00
14	—	622	181.00–186.00	184.51
21	—	677	166.00–172.00	168.44
63	—	528	186.00–195.00	191.55
4	—	553	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	613	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	866	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	981	125.00	125.00
3	—	765	144.00	144.00
6	—	123	210.00–260.00	220.19
13	—	598	158.00	158.00
25	—	665	151.00–155.00	151.80
9	—	906	128.00	128.00
43	—	721	139.50–152.00	145.10
3	—	258	375.00	375.00
68	—	523	161.00–167.50	165.95
21	—	434	173.00–174.00	173.77
2	—	158	310.00	310.00
3	—	237	325.00–450.00	364.56
13	—	840	130.00–140.50	133.16
5	—	483	165.00	165.00
96	—	618	153.00–162.00	158.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	694	136.00	136.00
10	—	742	145.00	145.00
15	—	471	151.00–152.00	151.55
11	—	380	158.00–163.00	159.75
11	—	439	157.00–158.00	157.27
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	739	140.00	140.00
37	—	804	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	238	510.00–525.00	522.63
8	—	143	275.00–375.00	321.28
1	—	80	250.00	250.00
6	—	185	275.00–460.00	435.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,465	84.00–97.00	92.23
106	—	1,320	75.50–88.00	80.78
1	—	1,420	51.00	51.00
118	—	1,403	64.00–81.00	74.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,221	80.00–82.00	80.61
140	—	1,302	71.00–79.50	74.41
25	—	1,034	37.50–69.00	56.29
98	—	1,204	55.00–75.00	68.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,561	86.00–87.00	86.61
47	—	1,635	70.00–81.00	76.99
60	—	1,475	78.50–94.00	83.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,735	86.00–88.50	87.38
3	—	1,808	83.00–85.50	84.20
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,227	90.00–100.00	94.52
47	—	1,400	76.00–89.00	82.12
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,093	72.00–86.00	77.86
8	—	1,133	55.00	55.00
3	—	1,117	87.50–92.50	89.22
2	—	900	46.00–51.00	48.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,764	86.00–102.50	92.81
36	—	1,820	96.00–112.00	104.25
3	—	1,938	106.00–108.00	106.78
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	95.00	95.00
4	—	1,176	68.00–87.50	82.42

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,600	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,363	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,435	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,795	1,750.00	1,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,500	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,610	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,179	1,250.00–1,275.00	1,270.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,197	1,235.00	1,235.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,562	1,285.00	1,285.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,265	1,025.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,242	850.00–1,050.00	874.96
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,173	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,558	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,420	1,225.00–1,350.00	1,311.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,405	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,227.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,750	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,600	1,335.00	1,335.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,525	1,750.00	1,750.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,445	1,410.00	1,410.00
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,190	92.50–107.50	100.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,145	97.50	97.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	19	—	968	109.00–115.00	111.60
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	18	—	985	91.00–108.00	97.35

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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