Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 205 priced lines covering 5,773 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,627 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,100 head. replacement cattle receipts at 78 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,627Last week 547Year ago 8,486

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,100Last week 854Year ago 996

Replacement CattleReceipts 78Last week 433Year ago 371

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Livestock Exchange, and Sterling Livestock. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. No comparable trades on feeder cattle this week. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher, bulls 10.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, January 16, 2023.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
226	—	773	166.00–186.00	179.16
44	—	889	166.00–174.00	170.12
158	—	626	181.00–199.00	188.50
21	—	376	235.00	235.00
61	—	817	170.00–179.00	177.15
18	—	1,024	155.00	155.00
53	—	519	200.00–227.00	208.90
30	—	413	227.00–239.00	232.55
268	—	726	177.00–192.50	185.54
107	—	468	211.00–235.00	220.10
75	—	576	187.50–212.00	200.98
183	—	676	180.00–195.50	190.12
2	—	335	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	295	212.50	212.50
3	—	312	215.00	215.00
6	—	495	197.50	197.50
3	—	727	171.00	171.00
29	—	635	183.00–192.00	186.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	432	245.00	245.00
37	—	479	246.00	246.00
116	—	530	235.00–244.00	242.55
50	—	759	187.50–189.50	189.09
159	—	625	204.00–211.50	206.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	210.00–212.50	211.74
12	—	753	172.00–175.00	173.50
18	—	334	232.50	232.50
67	—	520	191.00–211.00	200.32
5	—	746	176.00	176.00
4	—	486	217.50	217.50
25	—	679	181.00–187.00	183.75
7	—	649	194.50	194.50
12	—	438	213.00	213.00
38	—	579	190.00–206.00	193.64
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	636	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	659	198.00–201.00	200.68
31	—	629	198.00	198.00
35	—	878	182.00–188.50	186.10
19	—	935	183.25	183.25
74	—	564	200.00–222.50	208.45
10	—	480	242.00	242.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	444	219.00	219.00
14	—	525	202.00	202.00
16	—	371	224.00	224.00
50	—	479	215.50	215.50
18	—	575	175.50	175.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	147.00	147.00
87	—	484	165.00–202.50	175.74
3	—	1,115	145.00–147.50	146.66
36	—	428	167.00–207.50	197.88
32	—	378	202.00–217.00	211.64
4	—	1,062	136.00–150.00	139.54
147	—	721	170.50–173.00	171.32
95	—	669	167.00–174.50	169.63
9	—	804	155.00	155.00
70	—	783	160.50–167.00	165.44
118	—	625	164.00–183.00	178.16
97	—	578	162.00–189.00	174.03
117	—	525	162.00–194.00	177.23
8	—	891	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	710	164.00–167.00	166.05
21	—	763	154.50	154.50
38	—	575	162.00–174.00	170.02
16	—	376	192.50–197.00	195.62
15	—	541	176.00–181.00	179.14
4	—	1,107	119.00–127.50	121.14
2	—	605	165.50	165.50
23	—	680	161.00–165.00	163.36
4	—	881	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,265	115.00	115.00
35	—	479	160.00–182.00	165.54
6	—	802	140.00	140.00
4	—	293	217.50	217.50
26	—	407	195.00–198.00	197.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	711	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	290	202.00	202.00
26	—	567	142.00–165.00	156.39
11	—	506	162.00	162.00
19	—	633	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,129	145.00	145.00
3	—	1,168	146.50	146.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	661	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	604	163.00–166.00	164.83
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	383	152.50–165.00	159.93
50	—	521	154.00–162.50	156.46
2	—	908	111.00	111.00
1	—	1,120	103.00	103.00
83	—	329	150.00–164.00	156.90
6	—	682	130.00	130.00
25	—	471	160.00	160.00
4	—	569	157.50–165.00	163.09
11	—	430	157.00	157.00
1	—	1,015	94.00	94.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	330	200.00–211.00	206.91
5	—	704	140.00	140.00
77	—	418	215.00–216.00	215.32
2	—	1,135	125.00	125.00
5	—	868	135.00	135.00
16	—	466	204.00	204.00
76	—	367	195.00–218.00	212.86
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	416	132.50–150.00	143.63
27	—	631	110.00–136.00	135.01
34	—	378	140.00–148.00	144.89
10	—	462	137.50–150.00	138.77
23	—	562	122.50–137.00	128.96
15	—	528	145.00	145.00
8	—	670	110.00–115.00	111.91
9	—	769	114.00	114.00
12	—	291	142.50–148.00	147.54
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	117.50	117.50
2	—	390	110.00	110.00
5	—	533	100.00	100.00
9	—	213	138.00	138.00
2	—	808	92.00	92.00
11	—	563	112.50–116.00	114.12
3	—	297	132.00	132.00
3	—	688	102.00	102.00
11	—	188	120.00	120.00
41	—	322	115.00–138.00	134.65
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	119.00	119.00
1	—	885	117.00	117.00
4	—	979	122.50–123.00	122.87
6	—	1,479	110.00–116.00	113.81
50	—	298	150.00–165.00	155.12
5	—	483	152.00	152.00
10	—	1,320	104.00–121.00	114.31
6	—	1,135	106.00–108.00	106.65
3	—	768	104.00–115.00	109.66
3	—	1,502	110.00	110.00
24	—	388	160.00–165.00	163.57
6	—	543	140.00	140.00
17	—	631	135.00	135.00
6	—	928	106.00–110.00	107.99
10	—	335	170.00–177.50	170.74
27	—	1,068	106.00–123.50	122.56
31	—	1,229	104.00–124.00	114.81
10	—	1,392	119.00	119.00
33	—	1,166	103.00–124.00	117.62
25	—	1,276	108.00–123.50	122.85
17	—	1,010	109.00–125.00	120.20
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	111.00	111.00
1	—	1,545	90.00	90.00
4	—	892	112.50–118.00	116.65
1	—	670	103.00	103.00
1	—	925	119.00	119.00
1	—	425	145.00	145.00
1	—	635	102.50	102.50
3	—	817	115.00–116.00	115.66
3	—	785	113.00	113.00
6	—	558	100.00–105.00	103.35
2	—	718	102.00	102.00
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
8	—	541	102.50	102.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	91.00–100.00	93.90
2	—	380	77.50	77.50
9	—	430	77.50–99.00	82.36
6	—	659	97.00–98.00	97.34
4	—	828	107.50	107.50
3	—	503	95.00	95.00
3	—	919	51.00–75.00	66.81
3	—	322	100.00	100.00
2	—	295	90.00	90.00
2	—	480	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	325	35.00	35.00
2	—	733	71.00	71.00
1	—	660	72.50	72.50
2	—	775	60.00–77.50	68.64
1	—	625	57.50	57.50
1	—	1,125	62.50	62.50
5	—	279	55.00	55.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	801	132.50–137.00	136.90
47	—	423	178.50–180.00	179.56

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,088	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,252	925.00–950.00	939.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,360	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,630	1,085.00	1,085.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,615	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	852	1,000.00–1,060.00	1,033.98
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	—	957	1,525.00	1,525.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,235	1,500.00	1,500.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	865	1,425.00	1,425.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,024	87.00–95.00	90.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,459	76.00–93.50	88.01
64	—	1,153	100.00–103.00	100.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	2,022	97.00–108.50	103.72
2	—	1,955	112.00–115.50	113.83
21	—	1,887	70.00–95.00	88.51
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,158	66.50	66.50
9	—	945	59.00	59.00
8	—	1,059	78.00–87.00	82.66
16	—	1,197	66.00–77.50	72.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	1,501	57.50–71.50	67.00
7	—	1,316	80.00–87.00	81.13
190	—	1,472	71.00–83.50	75.51
10	—	1,456	55.00	55.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,664	73.00–85.50	79.18
16	—	1,702	65.00–74.00	70.32
34	—	1,561	82.00–95.00	84.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,143	51.00–68.00	59.60
111	—	1,192	64.00–74.00	68.88
6	—	1,153	84.00	84.00
31	—	1,092	35.00–63.00	49.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,420	75.00–82.00	78.70
19	—	1,254	79.00–90.00	80.75
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,543	86.00	86.00

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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