Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 81 priced lines covering 1,707 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 547 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 854 head. replacement cattle receipts at 433 head.

Mon Dec 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 547Last week 2,901Year ago 291

Slaughter CattleReceipts 854Last week 429Year ago 382

Replacement CattleReceipts 433Last week 665Year ago 9

Compared to last week: No comparable trades to trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	842	141.00	141.00
3	—	675	165.00	165.00
40	—	613	167.00–175.00	167.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	197.50	197.50
23	—	482	175.00–185.00	176.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	733	171.00	171.00
1	—	1,005	138.00	138.00
10	—	607	185.00	185.00
6	—	784	170.00	170.00
61	—	689	171.75	171.75
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	973	121.00–123.00	122.28
30	—	1,123	122.00–124.00	123.32
13	—	933	119.50–122.50	121.82
4	—	1,180	123.00–124.50	123.89
41	—	1,020	122.00–124.00	123.17
5	—	888	120.00	120.00
33	—	1,071	123.50–124.00	123.79
1	—	1,335	123.00	123.00
2	—	1,360	117.00	117.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	109.00	109.00
1	—	995	113.00	113.00
10	—	844	118.00–118.50	118.45
18	—	871	115.00–119.00	117.16
1	—	1,010	117.00	117.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	82.50	82.50
1	—	740	100.00	100.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	477	166.00–170.00	168.07
7	—	577	150.00–152.50	152.13
15	—	515	162.00	162.00
4	—	1,090	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,088	129.00	129.00
6	—	603	155.00	155.00
11	—	721	147.50	147.50
54	—	582	165.00	165.00
9	—	545	176.50	176.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	121.00–128.00	124.52
4	—	1,117	126.00–130.00	128.97
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,142	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,112	49.00–59.00	54.07
158	—	1,201	60.00–71.50	65.65
14	—	1,193	22.50–46.00	38.45
9	—	1,150	73.00–75.00	74.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,397	41.00–52.00	46.46
3	—	1,415	83.00–96.00	90.23
152	—	1,466	56.00–69.50	65.79
234	—	1,558	70.00–80.50	73.13
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,351	72.00–81.00	75.16
21	—	1,379	62.00–69.50	67.70
5	—	1,263	86.00–93.00	90.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,796	68.00–75.00	72.55
43	—	1,701	76.50–85.00	79.19
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,064	76.00–90.00	82.16
62	—	1,136	61.00–72.50	65.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,717	79.00–89.50	86.47
2	—	2,320	106.50–107.50	106.98
13	—	1,830	90.00–100.50	93.40
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	92.50	92.50
2	—	998	127.50	127.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,270	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,088	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,170	975.00–1,100.00	1,004.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	953	1,235.00–1,325.00	1,280.93
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,317	1,275.00–1,375.00	1,357.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	128	—	1,272	775.00–960.00	887.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	85	—	1,319	1,175.00–1,325.00	1,278.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,260	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,032.29
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,388	1,175.00–1,250.00	1,192.56
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,356	1,025.00–1,125.00	1,103.15
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,405	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,355	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,218	1,625.00	1,625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,310	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	—	1,353	1,350.00–1,550.00	1,478.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,473	1,025.00–1,035.00	1,032.77
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,185	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,042	675.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	984	1,400.00	1,400.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	977	1,225.00–1,385.00	1,282.32

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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