Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 224 priced lines covering 26,066 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 30,520 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,516 head. replacement cattle receipts at 123 head. Counted as USDA files them — 12 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 9, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30,520Last week 5,627Year ago 22,211

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,516Last week 1,100Year ago 1,744

Replacement CattleReceipts 123Last week 78Year ago 1,247

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock Stock Show Special, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock Stock Show Special (2), and Livestock Exchange Stock Show Special. Trade active on moderate to very good demand. Feeder steers under 650 lbs sold sharply higher, with steers over 650 lbs mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold sharply higher, and heifers over 600 lbs were lightly tested selling mostly steady to 7.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower with slaughter bulls 7.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, January 23, 2023.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	693	185.00	185.00
9	—	532	195.00	195.00
44	—	620	188.00–189.50	188.67
16	—	583	188.00	188.00
21	—	726	166.00–172.50	171.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	812	150.00	150.00
86	—	585	160.00–193.00	182.74
28	—	394	202.50–210.00	207.35
14	—	494	190.00	190.00
9	—	682	160.00–179.00	170.80
38	—	617	157.50–176.00	168.50
30	—	728	150.00–169.00	157.74
48	—	545	150.00–196.00	184.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
935	—	577	173.00–220.75	211.91
304	—	726	167.50–184.00	175.56
6	—	918	161.50	161.50
21	—	344	201.00–220.00	210.14
77	—	881	163.00–164.00	163.46
78	—	428	220.00–241.00	233.44
458	—	530	200.00–221.00	214.92
141	—	470	207.00–226.00	217.24
28	—	366	222.50–242.00	230.42
208	—	775	158.00–178.00	169.41
576	—	636	189.00–211.00	202.32
372	—	683	173.00–193.00	185.36
56	—	829	161.00–170.00	166.18
22	—	1,029	140.00–154.00	142.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	870	165.50–173.50	168.84
1,296	—	670	181.00–206.00	195.12
237	—	903	164.00–172.50	171.22
419	—	812	168.00–183.00	177.09
15	—	1,000	160.00	160.00
936	—	523	209.00–243.00	230.26
40	—	332	238.00–287.50	265.97
2	—	1,260	141.00	141.00
14	—	293	286.00–291.00	288.49
1,207	—	616	181.00–223.00	210.56
428	—	479	223.00–240.00	232.05
1,079	—	772	173.00–189.00	179.35
38	—	970	156.00–166.50	164.29
1,170	—	578	200.00–233.00	217.86
194	—	423	230.00–263.00	250.46
1,026	—	719	171.00–197.50	185.55
139	—	387	237.50–277.00	256.49
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	636	186.00	186.00
30	—	793	167.50	167.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	384	265.00	265.00
29	—	686	176.00	176.00
24	—	526	227.00	227.00
20	—	592	193.00	193.00
191	—	617	193.00–217.00	213.83
30	—	721	173.00–174.00	173.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	738	152.00–182.00	161.12
21	—	463	214.00	214.00
76	—	606	194.00	194.00
136	—	676	180.00–184.00	181.82
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	532	199.00	199.00
22	—	446	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	522	230.50–245.00	237.07
20	—	565	216.00–232.50	220.18
126	—	759	180.00–184.00	181.94
111	—	619	193.00–219.00	209.08
24	—	417	253.50–257.00	254.20
30	—	661	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	840	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	702	162.00	162.00
4	—	418	195.00	195.00
17	—	550	185.00	185.00
54	—	477	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	452	240.00–244.00	242.22
8	—	501	232.50	232.50
57	—	577	216.00–219.00	217.13
4	—	410	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	891	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	671	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	764	162.50	162.50
18	—	534	176.50	176.50
52	—	668	160.00–169.00	167.20
136	—	574	190.00–200.50	199.74
28	—	476	205.00	205.00
138	—	401	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	623	159.50	159.50
50	—	432	193.00	193.00
16	—	328	221.00	221.00
58	—	581	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	376	217.00–251.00	226.70
714	—	717	163.50–176.00	167.25
1,037	—	570	174.00–203.00	191.07
200	—	811	161.00–164.75	162.99
34	—	918	145.00–161.00	152.47
152	—	861	162.25	162.25
41	—	313	219.00–248.00	237.17
735	—	757	160.25–170.00	165.90
1,063	—	522	185.00–217.00	205.82
721	—	667	167.00–175.00	170.85
1,048	—	620	170.00–195.00	180.07
2	—	1,065	134.00	134.00
23	—	250	257.00	257.00
423	—	433	187.00–234.00	221.90
691	—	477	185.00–220.00	207.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	801	153.00	153.00
58	—	668	161.00–164.00	163.74
10	—	782	157.00	157.00
37	—	587	177.50	177.50
2	—	605	171.00	171.00
52	—	857	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	710	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	705	151.00–153.00	151.93
68	—	463	165.00–190.00	174.46
1	—	985	135.00	135.00
4	—	338	187.50	187.50
29	—	528	171.00–188.00	181.82
7	—	429	181.00	181.00
30	—	633	158.00	158.00
1	—	905	140.00	140.00
12	—	366	177.50–187.50	181.73
4	—	565	168.00	168.00
11	—	772	141.00	141.00
32	—	689	152.50–156.00	153.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	417	200.00–211.50	204.43
16	—	528	211.00	211.00
90	—	572	208.00–211.00	209.05
75	—	494	211.00–217.50	212.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	758	147.50	147.50
12	—	739	149.00–154.00	152.37
4	—	666	149.00	149.00
4	—	583	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	873	156.00–158.00	156.95
10	—	312	212.50	212.50
276	—	582	166.00–193.00	179.43
584	—	630	159.00–180.00	170.68
140	—	671	157.00–166.00	162.46
141	—	482	182.50–213.00	197.99
75	—	807	154.00–157.75	157.34
201	—	435	192.50–213.00	210.60
341	—	721	157.00–166.00	161.03
528	—	526	178.00–204.00	190.83
42	—	784	158.00–161.50	160.21
140	—	381	195.00–225.00	218.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	673	182.00	182.00
51	—	495	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	532	178.00–187.00	180.42
35	—	483	180.50	180.50
43	—	352	209.00	209.00
25	—	567	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	738	155.50	155.50
12	—	447	185.00	185.00
19	—	618	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	615	164.00	164.00
38	—	675	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	672	164.00	164.00
4	—	760	142.00	142.00
4	—	961	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	852	134.00	134.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	550	121.00	121.00
5	—	542	138.00	138.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	112.50	112.50
3	—	1,090	119.00	119.00
2	—	1,008	120.00	120.00
7	—	865	115.00	115.00
4	—	919	114.00–121.00	118.37
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,229	124.50	124.50
27	—	1,060	123.00–124.00	123.68
14	—	1,335	122.50–123.00	122.68
4	—	1,420	129.25	129.25
5	—	1,517	110.00	110.00
3	—	1,193	123.00	123.00
1	—	810	128.00	128.00
10	—	1,129	122.00–124.50	123.59
27	—	974	122.00–123.50	122.54
4	—	1,018	121.00–123.50	122.23
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	530	90.00	90.00
1	—	595	85.00	85.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	47.50	47.50
7	—	633	47.50	47.50
2	—	758	42.50	42.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	658	137.00	137.00
9	—	454	157.50	157.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	641	93.00	93.00
1	—	860	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	756	142.00	142.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	621	142.00	142.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,298	1,175.00	1,175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	10	—	1,155	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,353	910.00–925.00	916.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	957	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,623	935.00–1,250.00	1,113.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,599	1,075.00–1,350.00	1,231.20
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,174	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,470	1,075.00–1,400.00	1,230.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,435	800.00–1,200.00	1,091.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,220	800.00–910.00	870.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,193	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,421	1,700.00	1,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	97.50	97.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	102.50	102.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,375	104.00	104.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,251	1,850.00	1,850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,635	85.00–92.00	88.82
12	—	1,821	91.00–102.00	97.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,000	104.50	104.50
15	—	1,769	77.50–91.00	85.32
23	—	1,984	91.00–102.50	96.23
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	900	60.00	60.00
54	—	1,144	66.00–77.50	70.79
113	—	1,004	50.00–66.00	61.54
5	—	981	82.50–95.00	88.41
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,400	61.00–71.00	69.46
143	—	1,253	67.00–83.50	71.52
2	—	1,213	87.50	87.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,169	51.00–66.00	60.92
71	—	1,062	37.50–62.00	54.03
236	—	1,357	60.00–74.00	65.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,551	70.00–81.00	75.41
1	—	1,740	83.00	83.00
17	—	1,486	65.00–70.00	68.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,643	81.00	81.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,308	67.00–83.50	71.39
177	—	1,396	61.00–70.50	66.43
2	—	1,608	51.00–58.00	54.55

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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