Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 22
● As filed51 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
Colorado reported 51 priced lines covering 777 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 254 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 627 head. replacement cattle receipts at 19 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 22, 2022
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)
Feeder CattleReceipts 254Last week 193Year ago 187
Slaughter CattleReceipts 627Last week 802Year ago 422
Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 40Year ago 4

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 1 Colorado auction market included: Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded for a trend. Feeder dairy heifers crossed with Angus weighing 1000 lbs and up sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher with instances of 5.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Colorado auction markets will soon transition out of their combined summer sale schedules and resume their feeder cattle auctions in September as cattlemen are running out of grass. The next available report will be Tuesday, September 6, 2022 due to the upcoming Labor Day weekend.

Replacement Cattle

As reported
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)Open61,2471,585.001,585.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)Open11,055107.00107.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)Open31,15398.00–98.5098.17
(<2 yrs)Open5855105.00–111.00109.69
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo)31,4151,375.001,375.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
171,078115.00–121.50120.14
11,250122.50122.50
6867114.00–118.50116.60
151,202121.50–123.00122.10
7826114.00–115.00114.85
4963120.50–121.50121.25
201,168118.50–122.50120.08
241,017120.00–122.00120.50
171,136115.00–123.00119.90
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1990113.00113.00
21,365106.00106.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
759672.5072.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
266062.5062.50
981250.0050.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
167087.5087.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3747170.00170.00
4965159.00159.00
3932160.00160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7817160.00160.00
31,005137.50137.50
4515181.00181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11388187.50–195.00191.60
121,091118.00–124.00118.48
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3858100.00100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
791,17675.00–86.0079.79
381,07861.00–74.0068.93
91,12687.00–95.0090.80
231,03632.50–50.0039.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
461,46970.00–82.5077.86
101,41195.00–103.5099.06
1561,46883.00–94.0087.10
151,54940.00–67.5057.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
341,71090.00–100.0095.74
21,740105.00–106.00105.50
151,74881.00–89.0085.26
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
631,34384.00–94.5088.13
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
199093.0093.00
91,19182.00–89.0085.81
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11,235121.00121.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
201,725101.00–108.00104.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
131,56385.00–109.50102.90
291,787110.00–120.50113.36
41,993121.50–123.50122.86
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1975125.00125.00
61,09890.00–101.0095.36
21,090109.00–112.00110.39
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.