Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 159 priced lines covering 8,136 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,837 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 991 head. replacement cattle receipts at 20 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,837Last week 3,117Year ago 6,292

Slaughter CattleReceipts 991Last week 1,429Year ago 829

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 135Year ago 196

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. In the feeder cattle supply, steers under 500 lbs sold mostly 1.00 to 5.00 lower, 500-700 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher and 700-850 lb steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers under 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher with instances of 11.00 higher. Trade was too limited to trend on heifers over 750 lbs. Feeder Dairy heifers sold unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher, bulls 3.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, February 13, 2023.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	598	172.00	172.00
6	—	694	152.50	152.50
20	—	519	212.00–217.50	215.09
10	—	397	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	873	167.50–173.00	171.30
31	—	373	244.00–272.00	259.51
7	—	314	270.00	270.00
298	—	519	201.00–223.00	217.04
13	—	906	175.00	175.00
354	—	724	177.50–191.00	184.04
180	—	481	220.00–240.00	226.97
77	—	429	230.00–261.00	245.30
7	—	227	270.00	270.00
148	—	826	168.00–182.50	176.05
317	—	620	191.00–214.50	204.20
369	—	768	175.00–187.00	182.75
262	—	577	198.00–217.00	210.75
467	—	680	177.00–201.00	188.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	654	192.00–197.50	195.60
31	—	538	230.50–231.00	230.59
68	—	603	218.00–222.50	221.96
43	—	460	231.00–235.00	233.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	628	190.00–200.00	197.12
8	—	818	162.50	162.50
104	—	589	200.50–207.00	202.60
19	—	713	176.00–177.00	176.27
47	—	478	210.00–225.00	213.45
6	—	767	172.00–175.00	172.99
8	—	286	525.00	525.00
25	—	316	237.00	237.00
35	—	424	215.00–225.00	223.10
51	—	669	178.00–187.00	181.13
13	—	545	199.00–207.50	202.38
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	658	161.00	161.00
4	—	819	150.00	150.00
4	—	628	162.00	162.00
27	—	717	153.00–162.00	159.70
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	371	248.00	248.00
25	—	762	151.00	151.00
7	—	609	182.00	182.00
25	—	865	151.00–158.00	153.42
37	—	728	167.00–170.00	167.91
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	341	217.50	217.50
4	—	621	187.00	187.00
8	—	574	181.00–187.50	182.64
3	—	255	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	656	188.00	188.00
43	—	713	190.00–196.50	193.59
53	—	435	260.00	260.00
8	—	519	232.00	232.00
27	—	564	211.00–212.00	211.45
16	—	857	182.75	182.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	695	159.00	159.00
55	—	572	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	758	153.00–156.00	154.65
70	—	747	166.00	166.00
3	—	833	145.00	145.00
9	—	587	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	666	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	621	192.00	192.00
38	—	433	201.00–210.00	203.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	948	132.00	132.00
6	—	304	600.00	600.00
65	—	708	156.00–164.00	157.77
31	—	631	167.00–168.00	167.31
35	—	567	175.00–182.00	178.07
60	—	479	191.00–192.50	191.77
70	—	675	161.00–169.00	164.48
11	—	379	195.00–200.00	196.82
35	—	770	147.00–155.00	150.69
6	—	283	460.00	460.00
62	—	517	171.00–186.00	174.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	381	201.00–220.00	212.74
16	—	763	164.00–169.00	167.41
56	—	876	173.25	173.25
11	—	221	245.00	245.00
51	—	328	220.00–230.00	223.19
19	—	811	160.50	160.50
336	—	673	170.00–181.00	175.13
85	—	429	191.00–220.00	198.97
348	—	583	170.00–193.25	185.17
15	—	274	234.00	234.00
293	—	468	189.00–212.00	195.92
204	—	719	169.00–175.75	171.71
436	—	527	183.00–203.00	190.37
374	—	621	171.00–189.00	182.94
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	815	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	162.50	162.50
6	—	568	162.00	162.00
48	—	682	130.00–149.00	142.86
26	—	606	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	467	180.00	180.00
9	—	384	202.50	202.50
3	—	255	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	672	159.00	159.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	118.00	118.00
1	—	490	117.50	117.50
3	—	752	115.00	115.00
14	—	866	115.00–117.00	116.22
1	—	1,155	119.00	119.00
6	—	1,040	114.00	114.00
10	—	924	117.00	117.00
3	—	1,053	119.00	119.00
2	—	1,230	117.00	117.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,036	120.00–121.00	120.86
22	—	931	120.00–121.00	120.14
9	—	1,078	121.50–122.50	122.34
19	—	1,182	120.50–123.00	121.67
8	—	1,219	124.00	124.00
27	—	979	120.00–121.50	121.03
1	—	870	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,284	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,340	123.00	123.00
14	—	1,125	122.00–123.00	122.35
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,020	90.00	90.00
1	—	730	90.00	90.00
7	—	331	75.00	75.00
2	—	283	77.50	77.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	395	107.50	107.50
1	—	1,315	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	700	172.50	172.50
16	—	486	202.00	202.00
8	—	691	167.00	167.00
13	—	511	190.00	190.00
36	—	574	188.00	188.00
9	—	441	215.00	215.00
29	—	622	170.50–175.00	171.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,698	88.50–99.50	95.92
17	—	1,811	97.00–111.50	102.94
3	—	1,980	108.00–115.50	113.40
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,270	90.00	90.00
8	—	1,617	96.00–102.50	97.72
3	—	1,020	117.50	117.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,298	87.00–94.00	88.39
263	—	1,416	76.00–87.00	80.73
61	—	1,357	60.00–76.00	71.73
11	—	1,429	36.00–57.50	51.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,587	90.00–98.00	92.44
11	—	1,620	73.00–79.00	76.27
81	—	1,676	80.00–91.50	84.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	1,177	72.00–84.50	77.68
24	—	1,033	37.50–63.00	55.05
3	—	1,133	85.00–86.00	85.48
73	—	1,098	58.00–72.50	67.59
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	94.00–94.50	94.26
107	—	1,304	80.00–88.50	85.80
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	81.00	81.00
4	—	1,133	90.50–96.00	93.20
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,255	102.50	102.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,031	105.00–114.00	105.74
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,090	120.00–121.00	120.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,338	1,060.00	1,060.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,770	1,550.00	1,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,490	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	1,000.00	1,000.00

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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