Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 149 priced lines covering 6,169 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,560 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,842 head. replacement cattle receipts at 66 head. Counted as USDA files them — 14 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,560Last week 9,965Year ago 7,610

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,842Last week 1,484Year ago 1,016

Replacement CattleReceipts 66Last week 54Year ago 1,070

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 light to moderate on moderate to good demand. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher, 500-600 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower, and over 600 lbs mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold sharply lower, 500-600 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, and over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady. Feeder dairy heifers over 900 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower with average dressing Boner cows selling 1.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, October 24, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	420	195.00–217.00	209.28
273	—	571	168.00–194.00	176.92
9	—	919	154.00–156.00	155.34
72	—	676	168.00–182.50	178.32
33	—	854	156.00–160.50	157.66
22	—	304	208.00–211.00	208.98
51	—	371	203.00–227.50	218.83
3	—	295	227.50	227.50
101	—	630	180.00–187.00	182.62
84	—	820	162.00–179.00	172.64
96	—	723	170.00–181.50	179.42
5	—	210	475.00	475.00
40	—	773	160.50–178.50	167.49
87	—	526	170.00–195.00	181.19
154	—	480	181.00–207.00	197.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	176.00	176.00
10	—	428	192.50–202.50	197.35
238	—	675	160.00–167.00	162.18
183	—	722	155.00–165.50	163.76
23	—	567	177.00–179.00	178.06
336	—	631	161.00–175.00	169.20
29	—	483	181.00–187.00	185.06
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	598	169.00	169.00
7	—	517	175.00–177.00	175.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	528	170.50–190.00	183.69
26	—	729	166.00–173.00	170.44
3	—	287	215.00	215.00
12	—	453	190.00	190.00
48	—	565	161.00–186.00	172.59
3	—	417	195.00	195.00
7	—	894	151.00	151.00
74	—	622	171.00–178.50	177.03
29	—	673	161.00–176.00	169.54
3	—	383	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	628	174.00–194.00	180.50
49	—	475	195.00–211.00	200.24
55	—	532	189.50–208.00	199.80
111	—	418	208.00–225.00	216.90
17	—	691	170.50	170.50
73	—	567	186.00–202.00	193.86
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	422	181.00–188.00	184.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	562	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	684	149.50–153.00	151.81
6	—	587	169.00	169.00
4	—	483	180.00	180.00
4	—	639	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	716	158.50–165.00	161.46
15	—	534	155.00–158.50	157.79
21	—	477	173.00–180.00	175.91
30	—	759	161.50	161.50
4	—	441	185.00	185.00
98	—	680	155.00–163.00	160.47
36	—	559	147.50–165.00	158.87
172	—	621	145.00–161.00	150.15
2	—	320	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	377	177.50	177.50
4	—	441	175.00	175.00
16	—	590	153.00–156.00	155.15
6	—	541	156.00	156.00
47	—	620	152.00–155.00	153.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	403	179.00	179.00
9	—	385	216.50	216.50
6	—	607	166.00	166.00
12	—	586	165.40	165.40
10	—	661	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	525	156.00–187.00	166.29
62	—	376	170.50–209.50	181.03
108	—	481	160.00–193.00	172.48
8	—	1,107	115.00–121.00	119.48
9	—	1,068	122.00	122.00
9	—	307	178.00	178.00
18	—	669	159.00–167.00	163.40
262	—	567	150.00–181.00	162.73
72	—	624	163.00–169.00	165.29
72	—	734	159.00–167.00	163.57
82	—	427	165.00–200.00	178.22
24	—	810	158.00–163.00	161.52
13	—	771	162.00–163.00	162.47
2	—	968	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	388	187.00–197.00	189.66
80	—	530	153.00–176.50	164.64
12	—	750	157.00	157.00
100	—	668	152.00–163.00	158.13
34	—	626	150.00–168.00	160.76
95	—	480	155.00–182.00	171.25
4	—	434	191.50	191.50
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	498	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	131.00	131.00
34	—	420	158.00	158.00
5	—	709	137.50	137.50
6	—	485	156.00	156.00
5	—	550	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	644	156.00	156.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,134	114.00–116.00	115.46
4	—	1,283	114.50	114.50
4	—	936	113.00–114.00	113.76
15	—	1,084	115.50–116.00	115.77
13	—	1,164	115.00–116.00	115.92
1	—	1,325	118.00	118.00
6	—	1,025	115.50–116.00	115.67
14	—	1,225	115.00–116.00	115.79
5	—	984	114.00–115.00	114.60
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	70.00	70.00
7	—	762	75.00–77.50	76.08
4	—	475	70.00	70.00
3	—	638	70.00	70.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	80.00	80.00
1	—	755	85.00	85.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	111.00	111.00
1	—	1,310	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	457	181.00	181.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,162	60.00–73.00	64.95
169	—	1,132	49.00–64.50	57.96
113	—	1,124	32.50–58.00	52.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,590	74.00–91.50	78.65
155	—	1,580	69.00–90.50	78.96
54	—	1,500	63.00–79.50	69.35
4	—	1,713	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,279	57.00–70.50	63.09
189	—	1,343	63.00–87.50	75.28
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,163	54.50–56.00	55.29
19	—	1,167	65.00–76.00	71.56
10	—	1,283	61.50	61.50
16	—	1,035	80.00–94.00	81.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
210	—	1,348	57.00–71.00	65.29
205	—	1,468	68.00–85.50	76.05
16	—	1,441	30.00–56.00	46.32
28	—	1,392	75.00–100.00	79.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	110.00	110.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,390	122.00	122.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,945	95.00–103.50	98.99
53	—	1,754	71.00–93.00	86.21
48	—	1,849	90.00–97.50	93.68
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,125	97.50–111.00	102.49
1	—	1,130	116.00	116.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,320	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,238	985.00–1,200.00	1,100.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,355	925.00–1,135.00	1,085.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	955	885.00–1,000.00	960.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,273	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,258	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,385	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,272	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,520	1,475.00	1,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,657	1,450.00	1,450.00

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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