Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 144 priced lines covering 2,010 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,710 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 527 head. replacement cattle receipts at 16 head. Counted as USDA files them — 13 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,710Last week 1,285Year ago 1,976

Slaughter CattleReceipts 527Last week 767Year ago 584

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 102Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction reports included Centennial Livestock Auction's Monthly Dairy Feeder Sale and Livestock Exchange's combined sale including feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, bred cows and cow/calf pairs. Trade activity moderate on moderate to good demand. Beef breed feeder cattle too thinly traded for a market trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Cow/calf pairs sold firm. Angus/Holstein x steers 400-550 lbs sold mostly2.00 to 4.00 higher. Holstein steers under 450 lbs mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 450-600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Holstein heifers too thinly traded from the last report for an accurate market trend. The next available report will be Monday, August 15, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	888	126.00	126.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	324	150.00–157.50	154.65
5	—	273	151.00	151.00
3	—	450	156.00	156.00
4	—	1,120	110.00–114.00	112.36
4	—	994	113.50	113.50
2	—	1,195	113.00–114.50	113.75
3	—	1,028	113.50	113.50
13	—	1,085	112.50–114.00	113.81
5	—	689	139.50	139.50
27	—	367	145.00–158.00	153.37
5	—	931	113.00	113.00
19	—	583	131.00–142.00	131.56
24	—	420	142.50	142.50
2	—	638	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,235	114.00	114.00
3	—	718	127.00	127.00
25	—	526	147.00–150.00	147.36
1	—	1,330	116.00	116.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	498	132.50	132.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	743	139.50	139.50
6	—	434	157.50	157.50
1	—	900	124.00	124.00
25	—	587	148.00–155.00	148.55
6	—	367	165.00	165.00
16	—	463	161.00	161.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	100.00	100.00
26	—	886	110.00	110.00
3	—	740	110.00	110.00
2	—	798	104.00	104.00
3	—	513	113.00	113.00
5	—	915	110.00	110.00
7	—	998	111.00	111.00
25	—	1,113	110.00	110.00
11	—	488	113.00–114.00	113.28
3	—	1,178	104.00	104.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	600	76.00	76.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	64.00	64.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	238	62.00–90.00	71.51
11	—	184	100.00	100.00
4	—	335	92.50	92.50
1	—	840	67.50	67.50
14	—	385	83.00–99.00	94.80
2	—	423	88.00	88.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	91.00	91.00
1	—	1,200	91.00	91.00
6	—	441	114.00–115.00	114.50
16	—	303	124.00	124.00
30	—	383	112.00–118.00	116.12
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,255	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	109.00	109.00
27	—	322	128.00	128.00
5	—	434	108.00	108.00
3	—	295	129.00	129.00
14	—	694	107.00	107.00
12	—	578	110.00	110.00
4	—	365	114.00–115.00	114.49
65	—	516	110.00–112.00	110.24
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	359	111.00	111.00
2	—	648	80.00	80.00
6	—	340	112.50	112.50
35	—	176	110.00–120.00	113.60
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	110.00	110.00
10	—	323	187.50–192.50	190.40
13	—	778	146.00	146.00
9	—	377	190.00	190.00
8	—	1,324	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	563	60.00	60.00
8	—	521	59.00	59.00
4	—	273	80.00	80.00
3	—	328	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	174.00	174.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	469	207.00	207.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	425	190.00–210.00	204.19
24	—	553	162.50–165.00	164.68
31	—	460	180.00–190.00	185.58
4	—	339	196.50	196.50
9	—	711	160.00	160.00
42	—	511	170.00–182.50	174.00
2	—	605	165.00	165.00
34	—	382	203.00–212.50	205.92
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	203	150.00	150.00
46	—	377	127.00–132.00	130.85
30	—	577	131.50	131.50
21	—	274	136.00	136.00
8	—	775	108.00–113.00	109.21
59	—	511	125.00–136.00	134.28
96	—	413	127.00–132.00	130.76
27	—	604	119.00	119.00
56	—	491	127.00–134.00	132.06
18	—	740	110.00–116.00	114.99
80	—	330	130.00–135.00	133.93
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	72.00	72.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	167.00	167.00
1	—	175	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	820	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	115.00	115.00
3	—	260	450.00–500.00	483.97
11	—	1,089	130.00	130.00
13	—	1,003	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	690	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	—	250	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	863	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	500	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	175.00	175.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	152.50	152.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,713	83.00–95.00	87.60
1	—	1,605	99.00	99.00
11	—	1,715	79.50–81.50	80.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,439	77.00–89.00	83.42
39	—	1,517	90.00–100.00	93.44
9	—	1,427	65.00–76.00	71.57
1	—	1,545	55.00	55.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	72.50–77.00	75.37
1	—	740	62.50	62.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,569	81.00–86.00	85.30
3	—	1,584	87.00–94.00	89.47
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	99.00	99.00
13	—	1,359	82.00–92.00	85.18
1	—	1,395	81.00	81.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,202	82.00–92.00	84.04
147	—	1,221	68.00–81.50	77.45
18	—	1,134	52.50–67.50	62.56
16	—	1,032	15.00–50.00	36.44
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	123.00	123.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	128.00	128.00
1	—	1,320	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,273	121.00	121.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,914	115.50–128.50	121.13
17	—	1,780	105.00–114.00	109.80
6	—	1,742	98.00–104.00	100.92
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,319	102.00–106.50	103.48

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	120.00	120.00
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,290	108.00	108.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	92.50	92.50
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,073	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,680	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,735.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,423	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	1,425.00	1,425.00

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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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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