Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 92 priced lines covering 2,385 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,901 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 429 head. replacement cattle receipts at 665 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,901Last week 9,939Year ago 2,855

Slaughter CattleReceipts 429Last week 1,724Year ago 870

Replacement CattleReceipts 665Last week 3,689Year ago 24

Compared to last week: No trend available due to a lack of comparable trades.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	125.00	125.00
3	—	427	220.00–222.50	221.66
6	—	584	182.00–186.00	184.63
11	—	972	157.75	157.75
17	—	321	201.00–204.00	202.71
16	—	509	180.00–182.00	181.19
20	—	724	168.50	168.50
17	—	883	162.00–163.50	162.97
41	—	814	161.00–167.50	164.67
29	—	667	163.00–171.00	167.86
3	—	478	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	518	213.50–240.00	236.41
12	—	443	226.00	226.00
22	—	562	231.00	231.00
10	—	470	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	723	166.00–184.50	175.47
71	—	624	190.00–197.00	195.68
9	—	375	226.00–230.00	228.60
50	—	572	181.00–203.00	195.85
22	—	429	201.00–218.00	207.44
19	—	1,224	140.50	140.50
23	—	534	204.00–224.00	210.90
75	—	679	163.00–188.00	180.95
38	—	480	200.00–227.50	211.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	613	205.50	205.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	590	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	538	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	637	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	761	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,050	122.00	122.00
34	—	632	166.00–168.00	167.70
59	—	525	163.00–178.00	163.74
26	—	662	150.00–156.00	154.29
9	—	363	191.00	191.00
42	—	557	155.00–172.00	167.17
13	—	423	175.00–180.00	178.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	709	154.00–156.00	155.25
49	—	532	180.00–183.00	182.19
31	—	553	170.00–175.00	174.18
39	—	1,096	142.50	142.50
14	—	606	168.00	168.00
8	—	441	192.00–193.00	192.88
47	—	974	143.50	143.50
94	—	664	158.00–171.00	163.55
39	—	461	173.00–180.00	177.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	580	163.00–167.00	164.29
24	—	685	157.00	157.00
36	—	627	160.00–164.00	163.33
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	575	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	416	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	531	171.00	171.00
15	—	734	162.00	162.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,291	65.50	65.50
30	—	1,292	66.50–71.50	68.89
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,139	62.50–64.00	63.12
10	—	1,154	66.00–67.50	67.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,492	62.00–70.00	66.09
1	—	2,015	81.00	81.00
35	—	1,543	69.00–79.00	74.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,168	65.00–67.00	65.57
10	—	1,005	51.00–58.00	56.23
36	—	1,119	61.00–65.00	63.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,262	61.00–65.00	63.48
13	—	1,253	72.50–73.00	72.80
21	—	1,249	65.00–70.00	67.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,069	106.00–107.00	106.24
8	—	1,860	94.00–103.00	98.82
4	—	1,825	87.00–91.00	88.32
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,814	91.00–101.00	94.61
2	—	1,628	85.00–89.00	87.06

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,264	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	—	1,415	1,025.00–1,475.00	1,313.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,187	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,383	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	52	—	1,418	760.00–975.00	904.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	62	—	1,415	910.00–1,400.00	1,204.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,172	800.00–1,000.00	961.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,256	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,226.63
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	58	—	1,375	860.00–1,325.00	1,066.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	39	—	1,427	900.00–985.00	938.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	15	—	1,322	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,047.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,099	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	—	1,358	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,637.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	50	—	1,196	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,628.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,066	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	55	—	1,085	1,275.00–1,625.00	1,499.42
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	—	1,307	1,850.00–2,100.00	2,029.91
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	64	—	1,279	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,812.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	48	—	1,279	1,525.00–2,075.00	1,853.20
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,385	1,500.00	1,500.00

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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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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