Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 79 priced lines covering 2,252 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,480 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,067 head. replacement cattle receipts at 117 head. Counted as USDA files them — 56 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,480Last week 190Year ago 208

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,067Last week 781Year ago 607

Replacement CattleReceipts 117Last week 77Year ago 6

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Sterling Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderated to good. Feeder cattle too thinly traded for a trend. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower with slaughter bulls 10.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, July 25, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	290	232.50–240.00	237.16
11	—	1,058	127.75	127.75
10	—	331	226.00–233.00	231.09
10	—	224	450.00–485.00	478.22
2	—	385	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	674	166.00	166.00
9	—	735	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	857	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
6	—	212	460.00–485.00	476.25
286	—	775	184.00–190.75	189.20
120	—	914	182.25	182.25
77	—	724	190.50–190.75	190.69
12	—	693	192.00	192.00
176	—	842	182.00–185.25	184.28
11	—	285	262.00	262.00
319	—	877	181.00–184.25	183.26
4	—	630	199.00	199.00
21	—	380	240.00–241.00	240.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	748	186.00	186.00
4	—	281	244.00	244.00
18	—	687	185.50–187.00	185.99
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	750	172.00	172.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	65.00	65.00
5	—	746	62.50–75.00	72.52
3	—	590	62.50	62.50
11	—	677	70.00–75.00	72.34
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,079	103.00–116.50	114.44
10	—	974	114.00–115.50	114.91
17	—	1,174	108.50–117.50	116.22
20	—	1,032	115.00–117.50	116.43
20	—	1,216	114.00–116.50	116.25
1	—	1,270	117.50	117.50
2	—	1,403	108.00	108.00
10	—	819	102.50–107.00	103.88
2	—	920	115.00–115.50	115.25
1	—	1,355	114.00	114.00
1	—	855	108.00	108.00
16	—	1,119	115.00–116.50	115.72
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	799	95.00	95.00
6	—	835	96.00–98.00	97.34
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	80.00	80.00
9	—	774	81.00–82.50	81.84
1	—	800	81.00	81.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,171	74.00–87.50	78.00
7	—	971	90.00–95.00	92.70
72	—	1,192	65.00–73.00	71.02
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,321	80.00–92.00	84.44
68	—	1,399	71.00–79.50	77.53
1	—	1,270	93.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,378	95.00–99.00	97.07
57	—	1,478	80.00–91.00	83.87
9	—	1,474	61.00–65.00	62.39
183	—	1,427	66.00–79.50	73.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	1,153	57.00–74.50	66.89
69	—	1,081	36.00–58.50	52.87
47	—	1,167	70.50–85.00	76.85
3	—	1,148	87.00–95.00	90.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,765	73.00–84.00	76.72
14	—	1,664	86.00–98.00	90.06
4	—	1,645	100.00–105.00	103.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,639	90.00–109.50	100.82
15	—	1,976	105.00–118.50	111.36
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,127	76.00–100.00	93.87
3	—	827	130.00–131.00	130.32
2	—	965	105.00–110.00	107.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,023	107.50–118.00	110.10
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	141.00	141.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	21	—	844	103.00–117.50	112.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,144	95.00–99.00	97.32
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,395	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,430	1,110.00–1,185.00	1,149.59
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,172	1,085.00	1,085.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,388	1,400.00–1,510.00	1,475.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,396	1,385.00	1,385.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,520	1,625.00	1,625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,352	1,285.00	1,285.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,393	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,394.21
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,231	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,087	1,210.00–1,275.00	1,230.73

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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