Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 164 priced lines covering 4,669 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,794 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,375 head. replacement cattle receipts at 376 head. Counted as USDA files them — 216 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,794Last week 1,613Year ago 4,517

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,375Last week 845Year ago 932

Replacement CattleReceipts 376Last week 107Year ago 840

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 moderate to good. Feeder steers too thinly tested for an accurate trend. Feeder heifers across all weight classes sold mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of 8.00 to 11.00 higher on a light test. Dairy feeder heifers over 900 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, May 16, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	602	144.00	144.00
78	—	415	195.00–197.00	195.53
21	—	372	195.00	195.00
4	—	759	128.50	128.50
8	—	525	180.00	180.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	313	131.00–145.00	139.90
94	—	613	91.00–102.50	100.57
3	—	245	146.00	146.00
130	—	375	118.00–127.00	122.68
48	—	509	94.00–103.00	99.39
61	—	274	130.00–146.00	136.59
50	—	477	103.00–124.00	112.28
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	337	188.00	188.00
12	—	795	105.50	105.50
12	—	571	143.00–144.00	143.83
4	—	528	167.00	167.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	160.00	160.00
7	—	746	104.00	104.00
13	—	453	138.00	138.00
5	—	539	122.50	122.50
4	—	556	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	716	75.00	75.00
20	—	384	111.00–113.00	111.75
8	—	579	85.00	85.00
28	—	186	124.00	124.00
4	—	400	90.00	90.00
19	—	341	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	263	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	384	142.50	142.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,131	100.00–102.00	101.41
14	—	1,170	100.00–101.00	100.78
13	—	462	85.00	85.00
29	—	1,067	97.50–103.00	102.10
4	—	956	102.00–106.00	104.01
5	—	239	111.00	111.00
4	—	321	96.00	96.00
15	—	414	90.00	90.00
3	—	615	85.00	85.00
2	—	660	90.00	90.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,026	103.00–106.00	104.85
5	—	364	150.00	150.00
4	—	471	134.00	134.00
11	—	974	102.50–104.50	103.27
32	—	1,134	104.50–106.00	105.19
20	—	1,182	105.00–106.50	105.38
10	—	601	129.00	129.00
1	—	1,355	103.00	103.00
6	—	1,332	103.00–105.50	104.24
14	—	1,287	101.50–102.50	101.64
6	—	438	145.00	145.00
34	—	1,078	102.50–109.00	104.68
3	—	518	131.00	131.00
42	—	1,237	102.00–105.50	104.62
6	—	943	102.50–103.50	102.83
3	—	247	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	394	80.00–92.00	86.06
10	—	984	68.50	68.50
2	—	525	52.00	52.00
44	—	786	54.00–57.00	54.44
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	716	113.00	113.00
3	—	282	173.00	173.00
17	—	421	153.00	153.00
12	—	640	135.50	135.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	295	82.00	82.00
6	—	374	50.00	50.00
2	—	553	54.00	54.00
3	—	328	79.00	79.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	425	79.00–83.00	80.29
11	—	331	83.00–87.00	84.07
3	—	488	86.00	86.00
3	—	835	70.00	70.00
2	—	528	86.00	86.00
3	—	660	72.02	72.02
5	—	252	106.00	106.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	439	117.00	117.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	665	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	780	145.50–150.50	146.71
114	—	671	154.00–161.00	156.60
128	—	524	159.00–174.50	168.87
141	—	567	157.00–176.00	167.12
50	—	627	156.50–165.00	159.11
138	—	727	145.00–154.00	151.15
50	—	829	138.00–142.25	139.41
118	—	477	173.00–181.00	176.71
13	—	416	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	482	157.00–168.00	163.96
34	—	521	155.00–166.00	158.09
3	—	750	143.00	143.00
9	—	429	172.00–176.00	174.49
28	—	578	154.00–163.00	159.72
47	—	623	152.00–156.00	155.10
76	—	684	146.00–154.00	151.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	679	168.00	168.00
22	—	406	199.00	199.00
32	—	611	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	606	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	569	172.00	172.00
5	—	407	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	718	155.00–159.00	158.34
68	—	569	173.00–185.00	178.43
47	—	533	181.00–188.50	186.32
17	—	486	187.00–192.50	191.20
68	—	619	162.00–178.50	173.59
14	—	436	194.00–196.00	195.14
4	—	796	149.00	149.00
40	—	684	164.00–173.00	167.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	873	145.00–146.00	145.82
89	—	576	180.00–198.50	193.20
40	—	778	156.00–160.00	156.90
46	—	615	170.00–182.00	178.04
62	—	510	194.00–197.00	195.29
18	—	808	151.00–154.50	152.63
29	—	473	185.00–198.00	193.36
61	—	722	156.00–164.00	160.82
92	—	682	174.00–177.50	176.78
5	—	922	142.00	142.00
13	—	382	196.00–205.00	203.15
41	—	421	194.00–203.00	197.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	357	182.50	182.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	491	187.50–189.00	188.03
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	423	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	512	200.00–201.50	201.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	751	173.00	173.00

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 (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,985	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	947	1,775.00	1,775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,250	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	49	—	1,330	1,425.00–1,800.00	1,607.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,009	1,625.00–1,650.00	1,637.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,215	1,310.00–1,425.00	1,373.10
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,496	1,525.00	1,525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,274	1,225.00–1,350.00	1,303.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,035	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,290	1,125.00–1,285.00	1,169.67
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,524	1,475.00–1,500.00	1,489.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,452	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,389	875.00–1,050.00	975.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,275	1,100.00–1,225.00	1,156.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	—	1,374	975.00–1,325.00	1,111.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,311	1,075.00–1,200.00	1,123.98
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,179	1,135.00	1,135.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,274	1,110.00–1,175.00	1,127.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	49	—	1,194	1,210.00–1,400.00	1,348.12
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	—	1,018	1,135.00–1,275.00	1,216.80
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,000	1,425.00	1,425.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	835	1,635.00–1,650.00	1,641.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,196	102.00–111.00	103.53
5	—	1,225	91.00–96.00	94.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,961	96.00–114.00	102.42
9	—	2,117	104.00–119.00	112.72
31	—	1,758	71.00–101.00	90.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,632	66.00–80.50	73.11
66	—	1,644	77.50–87.50	84.55
8	—	1,743	88.00–90.00	88.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,036	81.00–84.00	82.70
84	—	1,140	70.00–81.00	73.45
57	—	1,040	30.00–66.00	57.00
142	—	1,160	50.00–72.00	63.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,560	42.50–57.50	50.90
167	—	1,490	60.00–77.00	67.25
108	—	1,391	72.00–85.00	77.86
10	—	1,253	87.50–95.00	88.85
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	1,375	73.00–89.00	81.21
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,180	71.00–84.00	79.41

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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