Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 70 priced lines covering 1,025 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 240 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 835 head. replacement cattle receipts at 23 head. Counted as USDA files them — 17 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 240Last week 1,480Year ago 242

Slaughter CattleReceipts 835Last week 1,067Year ago 359

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 117Year ago 6

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 1 Colorado auction market included: Livestock Exchange. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 while slaughter bulls traded 10.00 lower. Feeding cows and dairy heifers traded unevenly steady. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Monday, August 1, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,112	105.00–116.00	112.96
8	—	1,320	105.00–109.00	107.02
8	—	846	112.00	112.00
8	—	1,025	107.00–116.00	113.35
5	—	1,083	112.00–116.00	115.22
4	—	959	115.00–119.00	116.03
4	—	883	109.00	109.00
2	—	1,273	101.00–106.00	103.47
3	—	932	109.00	109.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	734	90.00	90.00
1	—	655	90.00	90.00
1	—	850	100.00	100.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	46.00–70.00	50.98
2	—	703	51.00	51.00
1	—	655	60.00	60.00
3	—	317	225.00	225.00
3	—	490	67.50	67.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	80.00	80.00
1	—	805	80.00	80.00
8	—	758	80.00	80.00
3	—	280	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	160.00	160.00
3	—	385	189.00–198.00	192.00
2	—	260	211.50	211.50
5	—	310	203.00–216.00	209.28
2	—	1,055	122.00	122.00
9	—	421	179.00–189.00	182.63
6	—	916	138.50	138.50
5	—	565	167.00	167.00
3	—	205	475.00	475.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	262	201.00	201.00
8	—	899	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
2	—	248	460.00	460.00
1	—	195	425.00	425.00
6	—	263	227.00	227.00
3	—	322	215.00–217.50	215.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	—	212	560.00	560.00
1	—	190	500.00	500.00
8	—	329	234.00–236.00	235.76
3	—	355	220.00	220.00
2	—	283	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	453	195.00	195.00
3	—	445	187.50	187.50
2	—	803	150.00	150.00
3	—	630	172.00	172.00
3	—	888	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	956	139.00	139.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,392	73.00–75.00	74.62
9	—	1,546	84.00–88.00	87.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,070	63.00–67.00	65.05
37	—	1,791	71.00–80.50	74.69
34	—	1,727	84.50–93.00	88.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,464	40.00–61.00	50.03
3	—	1,452	89.50–97.00	92.22
193	—	1,465	62.00–75.50	68.98
172	—	1,504	76.00–87.50	81.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,149	37.00–52.50	45.69
119	—	1,153	55.00–69.50	63.89
61	—	1,154	70.00–77.00	72.24
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,222	70.50–71.50	71.09
38	—	1,185	72.50–85.00	74.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,536	86.00–99.00	93.67
16	—	2,022	100.00–108.00	103.52
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	109.00	109.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	116.00	116.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,461	95.00–107.00	96.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,005	110.00–115.00	112.93
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,310	115.00	115.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,441	1,550.00–1,575.00	1,561.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,539	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,511.91

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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