Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 107 priced lines covering 2,463 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,252 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 874 head. replacement cattle receipts at 78 head.

Mon Sep 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,252Last week 2,781Year ago 2,598

Slaughter CattleReceipts 874Last week 380Year ago 596

Replacement CattleReceipts 78Last week 6Year ago 62

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder cattle too thinly traded from the prior week for an accurate trend, but buyers are indicating that premiums will be paid for long weaned, vaccinated calves. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower, bulls sold 7.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, September 19, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	882	164.00–171.00	168.83
6	—	618	175.00–179.00	177.05
25	—	779	168.00–178.00	173.91
33	—	841	168.00–172.00	168.46
6	—	588	179.00	179.00
3	—	990	158.00	158.00
22	—	941	156.00–161.00	159.43
13	—	328	207.50–210.00	207.87
11	—	730	175.00	175.00
15	—	269	211.00–216.00	212.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	534	197.00–198.00	197.40
10	—	461	202.00–204.00	203.37
8	—	313	252.50	252.50
7	—	420	203.00–205.00	204.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	623	182.00–196.00	191.10
19	—	335	239.50	239.50
27	—	441	205.00–228.00	215.33
50	—	958	176.50	176.50
104	—	532	203.00–216.00	209.89
85	—	917	176.00–179.25	178.28
10	—	777	163.00–168.50	167.23
145	—	1,000	166.50	166.50
38	—	734	171.00–182.00	176.63
66	—	577	181.00–204.50	195.34
11	—	371	235.00–239.00	237.27
41	—	840	179.50	179.50
36	—	868	180.00–182.00	180.27
29	—	659	181.00–183.50	182.14
43	—	461	206.00–219.00	214.54
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	552	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	768	189.00–189.50	189.26
25	—	522	220.00	220.00
12	—	422	214.00–239.00	232.38
5	—	483	223.00	223.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,025	123.50–124.50	124.14
1	—	840	122.50	122.50
20	—	920	121.50–122.00	121.55
8	—	1,125	124.00–124.50	124.38
14	—	1,233	122.50–124.50	123.71
14	—	1,172	120.00–124.50	123.99
42	—	1,090	123.50–125.00	124.08
15	—	1,274	121.50–124.00	122.40
10	—	982	123.00–124.00	123.60
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	531	70.00	70.00
2	—	790	70.00	70.00
2	—	1,050	72.50	72.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,280	92.00	92.00
1	—	1,085	87.50	87.50
1	—	950	95.00	95.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	834	106.00–115.00	107.82
2	—	858	107.50–118.00	112.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
8	—	188	310.00–360.00	332.40
3	—	218	310.00–350.00	335.11
2	—	645	174.50	174.50
2	—	463	193.00	193.00
13	—	765	161.00–168.00	164.85
7	—	294	211.00	211.00
100	—	511	172.00–187.00	182.51
19	—	805	161.00–166.00	164.95
9	—	362	209.00–220.00	218.44
21	—	856	159.00–163.50	162.01
48	—	414	195.00–207.00	201.97
41	—	575	176.00–182.50	177.11
64	—	678	169.00–180.50	175.12
4	—	335	219.00	219.00
1	—	130	310.00	310.00
7	—	918	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,087	125.00	125.00
15	—	580	166.00–171.00	168.37
40	—	531	168.00–185.00	175.53
12	—	631	162.00–168.00	164.56
2	—	870	146.00	146.00
4	—	434	185.00–191.00	189.48
7	—	768	155.00–161.00	159.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	182.00	182.00
11	—	370	212.50	212.50
26	—	491	183.00–187.00	186.08
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	319	165.00–170.00	165.95
8	—	261	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
5	—	179	375.00–425.00	402.13
1	—	95	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,859	77.00–86.00	83.20
35	—	1,690	84.50–99.00	90.22
1	—	1,415	95.00	95.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,528	76.00–96.50	86.89
16	—	1,487	39.00–67.00	57.01
160	—	1,490	70.00–83.50	77.50
2	—	1,373	90.00–98.00	94.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,163	87.00–89.00	87.97
54	—	1,104	61.00–76.00	70.05
29	—	1,177	25.00–58.00	42.18
118	—	1,194	73.00–84.00	78.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,130	78.00–86.50	81.34
6	—	1,051	89.00–96.00	91.42
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,343	81.50–91.50	87.30
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,389	116.00–118.00	116.96
Dairy Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	114.50	114.50
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,798	101.00	101.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,741	70.00–103.00	89.82
24	—	1,840	100.00–111.00	104.79
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,304	90.00–98.00	94.63

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,256	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,425	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,038	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,103	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,360.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	—	1,222	1,185.00–1,250.00	1,231.91

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.

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