Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 161 priced lines covering 9,173 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,481 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,687 head. replacement cattle receipts at 152 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,481Last week 6,560Year ago 10,107

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,687Last week 1,842Year ago 1,041

Replacement CattleReceipts 152Last week 66Year ago 766

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, Livestock Exchange, and Centennial Livestock. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold mostly 1.00 to 7.00 lower, 500-600 lbs 1.00 to 8.00 higher, 600-800 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower with instances of 10.00 to 11.00 lower, and over 800 lbs steady to 5.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold mostly 5.00 lower, 500-650 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, and over 650 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder dairy heifers over 950 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls were mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, October 31, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
244	—	474	186.00–212.50	196.82
50	—	372	200.00–229.00	211.89
3	—	278	425.00	425.00
106	—	836	158.50–178.75	172.47
70	—	776	156.00–174.00	165.19
251	—	417	190.00–226.00	202.37
22	—	267	220.00–262.50	246.38
4	—	313	610.00	610.00
18	—	869	162.00–163.00	162.17
6	—	1,000	150.00	150.00
289	—	911	160.00–176.00	172.70
3	—	207	375.00	375.00
275	—	622	163.00–186.75	178.61
209	—	722	158.00–178.00	168.10
481	—	531	175.00–206.00	187.80
515	—	576	165.00–194.50	177.85
2	—	1,060	158.00	158.00
127	—	667	157.00–182.00	168.70
44	—	336	201.00–239.00	220.35
16	—	961	135.00–159.00	149.63
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	715	152.50–161.00	156.32
15	—	452	185.00	185.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	182.50	182.50
6	—	615	171.00	171.00
1	—	555	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	526	142.50–186.00	167.31
16	—	831	145.25	145.25
9	—	324	205.00–215.00	213.31
21	—	726	145.00–165.00	159.97
6	—	777	149.00–151.00	149.33
31	—	433	180.00–205.00	198.56
31	—	679	147.00–172.00	163.24
35	—	480	162.00–194.00	182.72
11	—	281	220.00	220.00
61	—	619	137.50–182.00	167.13
6	—	376	200.00–208.00	202.53
41	—	571	155.00–182.00	169.15
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	426	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	459	217.00–221.00	217.86
55	—	603	187.50	187.50
120	—	526	190.00–203.00	196.93
166	—	668	174.00–188.00	177.54
139	—	564	178.50–197.00	182.22
87	—	428	203.50–232.00	217.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	527	190.00–191.00	190.73
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	143.00	143.00
61	—	530	168.00–175.00	171.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	717	157.00–173.00	163.96
9	—	817	167.00	167.00
3	—	475	200.00	200.00
60	—	779	155.00–166.00	159.85
10	—	591	173.00–179.00	175.40
354	—	629	160.50–180.50	167.81
148	—	667	156.00–174.00	168.91
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	712	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	628	162.00–165.00	164.16
13	—	714	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	661	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	561	151.00	151.00
28	—	605	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	660	156.00	156.00
19	—	576	146.00–148.00	146.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	330	198.00–205.00	201.16
27	—	276	190.00–229.00	218.40
26	—	816	134.00–170.25	158.19
16	—	247	234.00	234.00
27	—	680	160.00–166.00	161.04
8	—	851	158.00	158.00
81	—	618	160.00–173.00	165.30
558	—	521	154.00–187.50	168.66
199	—	424	169.00–206.00	183.58
30	—	769	150.00–161.00	157.76
353	—	484	160.00–195.00	167.20
11	—	195	229.00	229.00
49	—	714	152.00–165.00	160.48
321	—	574	151.00–181.00	164.88
41	—	921	141.75–159.75	144.81
14	—	962	141.00–156.00	144.18
2	—	208	310.00	310.00
68	—	385	170.00–203.00	183.75
2	—	283	560.00	560.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	576	155.00–159.00	156.84
214	—	619	150.00–161.50	157.21
74	—	663	146.00–153.00	148.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	673	145.00–158.00	154.75
129	—	566	145.50–165.00	155.02
28	—	378	187.50–195.00	191.25
3	—	327	182.50–195.00	190.86
10	—	1,019	128.00	128.00
118	—	527	150.00–175.00	161.54
61	—	475	155.50–185.00	167.51
12	—	949	138.00	138.00
93	—	612	148.00–160.50	157.17
44	—	434	172.50–188.00	183.70
3	—	293	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	548	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	551	180.00	180.00
45	—	423	179.00–183.00	180.73
10	—	679	164.00	164.00
8	—	393	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	582	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	602	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	508	146.00–148.00	146.68
13	—	358	151.00	151.00
24	—	485	145.00–150.00	148.13
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	758	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	163.00	163.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	908	111.00–114.00	112.50
2	—	1,060	115.00–116.00	115.50
8	—	954	118.00	118.00
4	—	1,019	115.00–116.50	115.63
14	—	866	116.50	116.50
3	—	1,127	116.50–117.00	116.67
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	80.00	80.00
17	—	778	80.00–82.50	82.06
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	109.00	109.00
4	—	841	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	170.00	170.00
9	—	481	174.00	174.00
3	—	407	209.00	209.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,797	55.00	55.00
122	—	1,611	68.00–88.00	74.88
50	—	1,440	61.00–73.50	67.54
13	—	1,625	74.50–95.00	84.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,186	60.00–71.00	65.04
91	—	1,152	21.00–58.00	43.05
1	—	890	81.00	81.00
134	—	1,152	45.00–64.50	53.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	1,408	66.00–83.00	73.05
49	—	1,434	30.00–59.00	48.61
2	—	1,270	73.00–90.00	82.17
162	—	1,351	55.00–69.00	63.30
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,030	79.00–90.00	81.65
26	—	1,198	65.00–85.00	68.85
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,263	60.00–67.00	63.35
183	—	1,383	67.00–87.00	76.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,741	75.00–91.00	86.46
35	—	1,857	90.00–96.00	92.90
6	—	2,000	97.00–101.50	100.06
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,019	90.00–91.00	90.42
3	—	1,112	108.00–111.00	109.98
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	87.50	87.50
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	123.00	123.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,705	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	22	—	1,450	1,300.00–1,385.00	1,321.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,630	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	1,281	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	48	—	1,312	1,100.00–1,285.00	1,199.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	17	—	1,374	900.00–1,150.00	1,019.86
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	883	700.00–725.00	712.71
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,088	1,050.00–1,075.00	1,063.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,313	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,046	1,050.00–1,185.00	1,129.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,230	950.00	950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	904	91.00–98.00	97.04
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,102	104.00–115.00	111.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,830	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,290	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,800	1,800.00	1,800.00

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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