Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 125 priced lines covering 5,253 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,567 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,109 head. replacement cattle receipts at 33 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,567Last week 2,210Year ago 4,219

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,109Last week 994Year ago 730

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 54Year ago 388

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to very good. Feeder steer trade mixed across all weight classes. Feeder heifers 400-600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower with instances of sharply lower, and heifers over 600 lbs were mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder dairy heifers sold unevenly steady on a light test. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. The next available report will be Tuesday, October 11, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,057	149.25–151.75	150.04
156	—	522	184.00–209.00	192.93
193	—	574	176.00–196.00	184.34
20	—	1,107	140.00	140.00
148	—	886	161.10–168.50	162.77
94	—	970	155.10–157.75	156.12
9	—	383	213.00–225.00	216.78
146	—	478	181.00–210.00	197.64
37	—	674	176.00–185.00	180.31
53	—	428	191.00–216.00	208.17
8	—	313	204.00	204.00
116	—	724	167.00–176.00	172.99
223	—	1,014	149.00–157.75	156.39
257	—	834	165.00–171.50	168.28
4	—	753	171.00	171.00
292	—	933	158.00–166.25	161.38
27	—	632	182.00–186.00	183.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	780	165.00–169.50	166.91
19	—	626	178.00	178.00
14	—	445	192.50–193.00	192.72
17	—	489	189.00–200.00	194.57
32	—	523	181.00–194.00	186.56
6	—	920	155.00	155.00
19	—	578	178.00–184.00	183.28
11	—	379	200.00–202.50	200.66
11	—	883	161.00	161.00
8	—	971	149.00	149.00
2	—	660	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	677	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	667	166.00–177.50	172.17
104	—	624	168.00–177.00	173.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	423	203.00	203.00
47	—	476	191.00	191.00
54	—	603	183.50	183.50
20	—	801	173.00	173.00
107	—	566	196.00–211.00	204.03
24	—	379	234.00–239.00	235.31
21	—	327	224.00–227.00	226.15
104	—	526	194.50–214.50	200.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	976	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	684	161.00–162.00	161.57
8	—	640	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	497	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	419	198.00–201.00	198.67
80	—	524	186.00–194.00	192.83
7	—	337	228.00	228.00
62	—	461	196.00–199.00	196.84
27	—	589	163.00–177.00	166.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,008	137.00	137.00
32	—	779	159.50–166.00	162.41
243	—	722	161.00–170.25	167.05
83	—	423	175.00–196.00	179.49
8	—	611	170.50	170.50
19	—	936	138.50–155.50	147.36
46	—	869	145.50–157.00	151.87
43	—	822	157.00–162.50	160.40
178	—	473	161.00–194.00	173.93
160	—	520	161.00–188.00	173.47
213	—	575	154.00–176.00	160.66
13	—	316	190.00–216.00	199.75
34	—	982	135.00–153.50	141.56
21	—	375	180.50–194.00	184.03
77	—	671	167.00–171.50	169.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	424	169.00	169.00
10	—	787	158.00	158.00
10	—	613	150.00	150.00
7	—	394	172.00	172.00
18	—	800	151.00–152.00	151.72
39	—	896	146.00	146.00
5	—	314	180.00	180.00
5	—	599	151.00	151.00
6	—	475	182.00–185.00	184.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	602	155.00	155.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	779	40.00	40.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	936	118.00–120.00	118.20
3	—	1,217	121.00–122.00	121.33
36	—	1,175	120.00–124.00	122.49
9	—	1,076	118.00–124.00	121.67
15	—	1,125	123.00–124.00	123.54
21	—	1,032	119.00–124.50	120.77
2	—	995	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	107.50	107.50
5	—	1,063	107.50–116.00	114.26
2	—	1,005	116.00	116.00
1	—	825	111.00	111.00
8	—	1,231	110.00–115.00	113.77
1	—	1,330	115.00	115.00
1	—	980	110.00	110.00
1	—	905	112.50	112.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	72.50	72.50
1	—	765	71.00	71.00
3	—	610	70.00	70.00
7	—	571	75.00	75.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,160	90.00	90.00
1	—	850	85.00	85.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,506	70.00–83.50	77.74
5	—	1,726	89.00–97.00	93.79
43	—	1,653	80.50–89.50	84.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,422	75.00–85.00	78.82
166	—	1,377	63.00–79.00	70.82
30	—	1,492	37.50–62.00	54.09
4	—	1,244	85.00–100.00	90.25
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,367	72.00–89.50	80.86
2	—	1,298	98.50–100.00	99.16
45	—	1,285	64.00–76.00	69.13
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,158	66.00	66.00
13	—	1,038	81.00–92.50	85.74
14	—	1,183	72.00–80.00	75.86
7	—	1,217	63.75	63.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,202	65.00–80.00	69.75
77	—	1,146	51.00–75.00	61.99
94	—	1,114	31.00–66.00	55.18
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	95.00	95.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,777	99.00–109.00	103.20
34	—	1,625	75.00–99.50	91.52
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,735	82.00–97.00	85.62
1	—	1,030	105.00	105.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,211	925.00–980.00	932.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,204	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,138	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,223	850.00–875.00	861.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	965	825.00	825.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	979	1,235.00	1,235.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,605	1,500.00–1,525.00	1,516.28

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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