Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 149 priced lines covering 8,594 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,117 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,918 head. replacement cattle receipts at 672 head.

Mon Nov 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,117Last week 2,234Year ago 8,799

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,918Last week 911Year ago 2,566

Replacement CattleReceipts 672Last week 0Year ago 549

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, Livestock Exchange, and La Junta Livestock. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold sharply higher, and steers 650-750 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs sold sharply higher, 550-800 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher, and over 800 lbs were lightly tested at mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. Bred cow special in La Junta had no trades from the prior week to compare to. The next available report will be Monday, December 12, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	696	170.00	170.00
5	—	375	223.00	223.00
6	—	634	168.00–170.00	169.35
44	—	525	187.50–196.00	189.86
129	—	488	192.50–206.00	203.73
2	—	948	155.00	155.00
13	—	572	174.00–182.50	178.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	450	227.00	227.00
31	—	594	192.00	192.00
8	—	515	211.00	211.00
22	—	372	243.00–248.00	243.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	823	162.00–178.00	169.02
59	—	913	171.50	171.50
16	—	334	233.00–250.00	236.70
213	—	722	170.00–180.50	175.20
88	—	420	214.00–237.00	228.58
365	—	518	199.00–220.00	207.27
180	—	478	201.00–230.00	213.14
65	—	381	232.00–256.00	244.88
519	—	617	181.00–195.00	188.85
2	—	325	650.00–775.00	711.54
17	—	1,061	137.50–148.00	146.11
1	—	280	600.00	600.00
629	—	569	183.00–209.00	193.71
301	—	672	174.00–191.00	182.59
73	—	780	171.00–175.00	173.32
2	—	1,125	132.00	132.00
2	—	1,153	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	584	152.50	152.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	655	165.00–169.00	167.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	596	195.00	195.00
4	—	495	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	439	205.00	205.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	593	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	513	219.50	219.50
14	—	588	203.00	203.00
103	—	683	196.00–198.50	197.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	708	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
202	—	670	167.00–178.00	173.95
203	—	721	162.00–168.00	165.61
232	—	627	172.00–181.00	178.61
111	—	565	180.50–185.00	182.70
54	—	432	207.00–215.00	213.21
111	—	531	187.00–196.00	191.60
23	—	486	197.00–199.00	197.69
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	694	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	120.00	120.00
148	—	469	171.00–198.50	181.76
60	—	757	161.00–170.35	168.45
41	—	810	157.00–158.75	158.49
84	—	423	181.00–210.00	194.90
5	—	1,063	133.00–139.00	137.81
213	—	624	166.00–174.50	169.91
33	—	883	159.25	159.25
1	—	1,180	118.00	118.00
369	—	520	174.00–196.00	178.18
353	—	580	165.00–183.00	171.64
4	—	933	145.00	145.00
18	—	660	168.00	168.00
20	—	720	162.00–169.00	163.47
3	—	292	460.00	460.00
56	—	369	196.00–213.00	205.15
10	—	339	204.00–210.00	207.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
238	—	623	158.00–169.00	162.86
86	—	488	171.00–185.00	173.90
159	—	587	160.00–170.00	165.97
13	—	752	155.00	155.00
16	—	427	190.00–191.00	190.57
146	—	527	163.00–174.50	168.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	449	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	336	186.00	186.00
10	—	618	156.00–157.50	156.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	173.00	173.00
11	—	593	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	410	201.00–205.00	204.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	375	219.00–225.00	222.40
83	—	458	190.00–192.50	191.22
16	—	441	193.50–194.00	193.65
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	589	157.00	157.00
40	—	506	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,043	113.00–126.00	119.52
45	—	584	162.00–174.00	169.15
21	—	617	159.00–166.00	160.74
37	—	476	185.00–190.00	187.10
19	—	650	165.00	165.00
39	—	732	151.00–159.00	157.85
1	—	1,115	110.00	110.00
44	—	531	175.00–178.00	177.62
5	—	364	197.50	197.50
1	—	260	400.00	400.00
6	—	918	137.00–139.00	137.75
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	636	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	576	156.00–161.00	159.44
7	—	520	166.00	166.00
4	—	363	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	858	141.00	141.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,183	122.00–125.50	124.82
23	—	1,068	123.00–124.50	123.78
4	—	917	120.00–123.50	121.76
14	—	1,260	122.50–123.50	122.72
3	—	1,467	112.00–115.00	114.00
10	—	1,110	124.50	124.50
8	—	1,241	122.00–123.00	122.88
14	—	1,010	122.00–125.00	123.85
3	—	1,435	116.50	116.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	77.50	77.50
5	—	768	80.00–85.00	82.98
1	—	730	85.00	85.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,443	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	594	159.00–167.50	163.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,237	59.00–70.00	63.25
99	—	953	11.00–61.00	39.69
148	—	1,111	46.00–63.00	55.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,744	80.00–83.00	82.11
102	—	1,605	71.00–89.00	75.81
37	—	1,611	61.00–73.00	68.35
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,287	59.00–69.50	63.62
167	—	1,363	64.00–82.00	71.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,058	57.00–61.00	59.43
94	—	1,117	60.50–63.00	61.31
6	—	966	85.00–97.50	90.98
55	—	1,160	62.00–76.00	67.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,515	35.00–55.50	52.00
1	—	1,515	86.00	86.00
288	—	1,456	56.00–69.50	62.78
152	—	1,458	66.00–79.00	72.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,220	100.00–104.00	101.32
40	—	1,889	70.00–91.00	84.38
22	—	1,921	87.00–102.00	92.04
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	84.00–89.00	86.69

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)	22	—	1,068	1,110.00–1,185.00	1,130.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,492	1,025.00–1,110.00	1,050.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,084	710.00–720.00	717.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	1,255	1,000.00–1,160.00	1,068.54
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,144	1,325.00–1,485.00	1,406.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,293	1,200.00–1,310.00	1,212.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,253	1,275.00–1,310.00	1,285.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	42	—	1,101	1,025.00–1,175.00	1,120.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	106	—	1,306	810.00–960.00	898.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	1,130	1,160.00–1,210.00	1,191.62
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	20	—	1,410	875.00–1,125.00	985.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,049	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,035	1,085.00–1,185.00	1,146.62
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,236	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,211	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	924	1,225.00–1,360.00	1,315.86
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,005	1,550.00	1,550.00

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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