Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 243 priced lines covering 9,068 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,965 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,484 head. replacement cattle receipts at 54 head.

Mon Oct 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,965Last week 5,567Year ago 8,184

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,484Last week 1,109Year ago 1,129

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 33Year ago 435

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The fall run is in full swing, coming later than expected with the current drought condition. Offerings almost doubled from last week. Feeder steers 450-850 lbs sold mostly 2.00 lower and trade mixed on steers over 850 lbs. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold mostly sharply higher, 450-850 lbs sold mostly steady to 4.00 lower and heifers over 850 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder dairy heifers over 950 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower, bulls 5.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, October 17, 2022.

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	4	—	1,101	105.00	105.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,155	122.00	122.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,327	1,150.00–1,335.00	1,323.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,138	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,393	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,342	825.00–985.00	959.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	75.00–91.00	82.97
9	—	1,168	100.00–113.00	110.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,656	80.00–99.50	89.18
4	—	2,010	95.00–117.50	101.78
25	—	1,958	90.00–108.50	98.88
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,070	81.00–94.00	87.45
5	—	1,058	58.00	58.00
8	—	1,113	61.00	61.00
24	—	1,181	65.50–80.00	72.57
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,265	91.00	91.00
34	—	1,223	63.00–69.00	67.57
138	—	1,388	71.00–86.50	78.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	1,437	60.00–73.50	66.85
145	—	1,386	71.00–85.00	75.84
28	—	1,440	42.50–59.00	53.04
9	—	1,390	80.00–91.50	85.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,544	66.00–77.00	71.61
5	—	1,715	85.00–93.00	90.81
1	—	1,600	60.00	60.00
61	—	1,665	76.00–90.00	82.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	84.00	84.00
150	—	1,174	50.00–66.00	60.57
99	—	1,136	20.00–60.00	48.62
126	—	1,211	65.00–75.00	68.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,371	79.50	79.50
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	116.00	116.00
2	—	1,375	102.00–114.00	107.63
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,458	105.00	105.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	95.00	95.00
3	—	497	112.50	112.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	547	120.00	120.00
7	—	584	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,250	112.50	112.50
1	—	1,315	106.00	106.00
3	—	1,018	114.00	114.00
29	—	1,135	105.00–114.00	110.08
3	—	272	132.50	132.50
5	—	986	113.50	113.50
3	—	627	125.00	125.00
21	—	831	109.00–114.50	111.18
1	—	1,160	112.50	112.50
13	—	417	120.00	120.00
17	—	911	102.50–118.00	114.30
12	—	737	120.00–124.00	123.36
2	—	1,200	100.00	100.00
9	—	657	120.00	120.00
14	—	855	114.00–120.00	119.11
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	60.00	60.00
3	—	640	70.00	70.00
2	—	725	71.00	71.00
8	—	309	75.00–77.50	75.95
3	—	552	70.00	70.00
2	—	690	65.00–69.00	67.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	974	115.00–118.00	116.30
7	—	1,218	115.50	115.50
10	—	474	142.50–147.50	143.45
12	—	330	147.50–150.00	147.92
5	—	535	137.50	137.50
2	—	653	135.00	135.00
38	—	1,127	116.00–118.00	117.46
5	—	1,261	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,155	119.00	119.00
1	—	1,045	115.00	115.00
5	—	441	140.00	140.00
20	—	1,066	116.00–118.00	117.40
6	—	1,306	111.00	111.00
11	—	939	116.00–128.00	124.81
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	748	71.00	71.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	376	160.00	160.00
11	—	786	135.00	135.00
32	—	476	152.50–155.00	153.04
6	—	951	120.00–127.00	123.50
17	—	914	135.00	135.00
15	—	1,261	126.00	126.00
5	—	692	134.00	134.00
22	—	288	162.50–179.00	173.71
32	—	437	150.00–157.50	151.19
26	—	626	141.00–147.50	142.91
8	—	561	150.00	150.00
36	—	521	149.00	149.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	349	80.00	80.00
6	—	353	90.00	90.00
1	—	955	97.50	97.50
6	—	496	85.00	85.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	47.50	47.50
5	—	765	43.50	43.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	449	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	182.50	182.50
14	—	510	181.00	181.00
30	—	567	169.00–174.00	170.70
151	—	673	161.00–168.75	165.80
53	—	732	164.50–165.00	164.59
257	—	632	162.00–175.50	170.25
7	—	817	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	417	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	158.00	158.00
38	—	643	156.00–161.00	160.35
7	—	654	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	621	174.00–187.50	181.80
19	—	954	164.00	164.00
53	—	371	192.00–244.00	218.37
6	—	1,266	135.00	135.00
20	—	1,118	126.00	126.00
106	—	912	155.00–162.50	157.37
62	—	733	168.00–175.50	170.50
347	—	526	176.00–203.00	191.32
101	—	817	167.00–172.00	170.47
109	—	425	180.00–232.50	193.43
10	—	311	209.00–222.50	215.57
409	—	669	170.00–188.00	177.11
91	—	776	166.00–172.00	169.52
290	—	472	177.50–225.00	195.78
323	—	574	169.00–196.00	182.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	608	183.00	183.00
23	—	424	202.00–206.00	204.48
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,074	127.50	127.50
9	—	818	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	979	137.00–141.00	139.81
17	—	562	163.00–181.00	170.15
8	—	688	165.50–169.00	166.80
5	—	836	155.00	155.00
8	—	1,158	125.00	125.00
64	—	1,018	127.50–142.00	133.31
10	—	617	167.00–178.00	170.30
22	—	724	150.00–167.00	160.25
38	—	428	175.00–200.00	188.46
2	—	345	227.00	227.00
88	—	517	170.00–191.00	175.70
9	—	1,224	121.00	121.00
35	—	879	147.50–153.50	149.90
7	—	944	141.00	141.00
11	—	480	175.00–195.00	184.59
25	—	1,132	127.50	127.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	678	160.50	160.50
35	—	819	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,007	126.00	126.00
6	—	750	132.50	132.50
29	—	826	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	556	186.50–188.00	186.90
13	—	411	191.00	191.00
11	—	368	242.00	242.00
28	—	530	188.50–211.00	194.11
48	—	470	207.50–215.00	210.62
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	577	130.00	130.00
45	—	458	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	500	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	600	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	507	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	563	158.50–187.00	166.44
11	—	460	195.00	195.00
151	—	778	170.50	170.50
15	—	422	198.00–205.00	200.22
135	—	625	173.00–175.00	174.71
66	—	536	188.00–192.00	189.23
8	—	354	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	325	182.00–222.00	194.16
39	—	902	135.00–164.25	150.03
106	—	883	143.00–167.00	156.28
112	—	623	161.00–170.00	167.18
94	—	720	157.00–166.50	164.05
260	—	471	156.00–191.00	174.38
51	—	830	154.50–161.00	156.33
170	—	519	151.00–184.00	162.24
7	—	266	385.00	385.00
33	—	360	171.00–227.00	204.49
96	—	776	161.00–166.00	162.62
65	—	684	161.00–165.75	163.89
133	—	570	151.00–171.00	157.34
89	—	421	165.00–208.50	195.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	762	150.00	150.00
13	—	845	154.50	154.50
106	—	538	143.00–173.00	160.33
27	—	436	175.00–187.00	183.88
31	—	640	141.00–162.00	154.66
151	—	576	144.00–167.00	160.37
85	—	474	150.00–178.00	158.90
11	—	977	147.50	147.50
62	—	386	165.00–191.00	177.80
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	919	142.00	142.00
2	—	460	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	798	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	445	140.00	140.00
63	—	693	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	488	167.00–175.00	169.92
36	—	662	149.50–164.00	155.52
9	—	548	168.00	168.00
2	—	603	157.50	157.50
57	—	596	151.00–155.00	151.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	400	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	625	146.50–148.00	147.38
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	625	167.00–170.00	169.38
33	—	314	189.00–202.50	196.27
40	—	527	170.00–180.00	175.15
32	—	360	190.00–198.00	197.50
7	—	556	178.00	178.00
73	—	426	192.50–200.00	194.04
44	—	472	192.50	192.50
7	—	681	166.00	166.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	810	128.00	128.00
9	—	307	167.50–181.00	173.42
14	—	522	160.00	160.00
6	—	419	150.00–157.50	152.67
7	—	589	155.00–160.00	157.12
4	—	704	145.50	145.50
2	—	372	167.50	167.50
10	—	680	155.00	155.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	313	131.00–143.00	139.39
98	—	423	126.00–142.50	134.07
9	—	296	137.50–139.00	138.68
28	—	619	120.00–129.00	127.11
21	—	726	118.00–122.00	119.64
33	—	510	126.00	126.00
85	—	564	120.00–132.00	129.83
41	—	382	136.00–140.00	138.22
4	—	1,229	119.00	119.00
19	—	236	134.00–145.00	138.34
18	—	658	130.00–131.00	130.88
26	—	474	126.00–127.00	126.48
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	112.00–122.50	116.34
19	—	186	120.00	120.00
4	—	570	92.50	92.50
14	—	335	113.00–119.00	116.46
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	125.00	125.00
7	—	405	117.50	117.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	836	80.00	80.00
2	—	775	62.00	62.00
3	—	598	77.50	77.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	303	52.50	52.50
2	—	448	50.00	50.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	312	150.00	150.00
55	—	405	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	371	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	167.50	167.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	319	162.50	162.50
5	—	590	115.00	115.00
5	—	355	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	428	152.50	152.50

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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