Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 238 priced lines covering 10,343 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,713 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,221 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,233 head. Counted as USDA files them — 81 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,713Last week 8,837Year ago 7,167

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,221Last week 991Year ago 1,162

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,233Last week 20Year ago 1,376

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to very good. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold sharply higher while steers over 500 lbs were mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower with instances of steady to 1.00 higher on 800-900 lb steers. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher while heifers over 600 lbs sold unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady, trading from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	513	231.00–250.00	236.11
50	—	713	195.25	195.25
73	—	568	215.00–236.00	225.35
10	—	800	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	350	279.00	279.00
59	—	710	189.00–190.00	189.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	707	174.00	174.00
32	—	601	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	558	215.00–216.00	215.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
663	—	767	175.00–184.00	179.79
554	—	673	175.50–195.00	185.81
48	—	1,075	160.00	160.00
82	—	910	169.00–171.50	170.53
34	—	970	168.00	168.00
49	—	522	214.00–226.00	218.77
71	—	421	256.00–267.00	262.09
140	—	574	195.00–221.00	206.23
413	—	822	173.50–180.75	177.71
49	—	479	238.00–260.00	249.50
236	—	724	175.00–187.00	181.74
194	—	883	168.50–174.85	171.78
339	—	624	184.50–216.00	207.44
12	—	326	294.00–295.00	294.40
35	—	373	261.00–282.00	275.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,310	120.00	120.00
2	—	663	176.00	176.00
13	—	852	165.50	165.50
3	—	630	193.00	193.00
5	—	590	197.00–199.00	198.62
5	—	711	176.00	176.00
3	—	545	211.00	211.00
9	—	478	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	458	182.00	182.00
5	—	413	183.00	183.00
4	—	561	189.00	189.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	507	216.00–217.50	216.82
15	—	567	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	650	201.00	201.00
134	—	579	223.00–227.00	225.21
19	—	458	251.00–271.00	257.37
64	—	765	185.00	185.00
31	—	527	238.00–241.00	239.48
54	—	716	197.00	197.00
5	—	434	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	740	176.50	176.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	323	175.00–200.00	189.00
1	—	1,190	112.00	112.00
15	—	207	175.00	175.00
9	—	822	126.00–134.00	131.58
10	—	725	138.00	138.00
44	—	579	150.00–157.50	156.84
12	—	488	155.00–172.50	168.06
17	—	400	181.00	181.00
18	—	642	135.00	135.00
94	—	374	172.50–184.00	180.54
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	119.50	119.50
15	—	889	115.00–119.00	117.10
12	—	1,030	116.00–119.50	116.83
3	—	1,158	115.00–119.50	116.51
2	—	1,220	119.00	119.00
13	—	769	112.00–122.00	115.16
4	—	933	117.00	117.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	286	110.00	110.00
7	—	515	110.00	110.00
33	—	642	107.50	107.50
1	—	855	105.00	105.00
6	—	790	98.00	98.00
32	—	831	100.00–108.00	106.67
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,369	120.00	120.00
1	—	935	120.50	120.50
7	—	1,024	120.50–122.00	121.22
18	—	1,079	120.00–121.50	121.42
1	—	1,280	120.50	120.50
1	—	1,165	121.50	121.50
1	—	1,315	122.00	122.00
5	—	1,119	120.50–121.50	121.11
10	—	487	152.50	152.50
13	—	745	125.00	125.00
5	—	1,227	120.00–121.50	120.59
40	—	983	120.50–123.00	121.40
1	—	1,400	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	80.00	80.00
1	—	870	85.00	85.00
1	—	675	86.00	86.00
2	—	520	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	556	191.00	191.00
13	—	862	147.50–150.00	148.09
23	—	611	180.00–184.00	182.78
20	—	772	160.50–162.00	161.08
16	—	420	235.00–239.00	237.99
49	—	694	161.00	161.00
12	—	533	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	737	152.00	152.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	545	145.00–163.00	147.08
20	—	297	160.00	160.00
12	—	560	143.00–152.50	147.02
3	—	987	114.00	114.00
84	—	379	167.00–192.00	170.41
20	—	432	164.00–182.50	167.50
4	—	845	140.00	140.00
29	—	475	151.00–161.00	156.09
20	—	671	140.00–145.00	144.11
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	412	195.00–215.00	201.53
14	—	610	170.00	170.00
2	—	500	180.00	180.00
9	—	841	147.50	147.50
33	—	321	210.00–223.00	216.03
3	—	280	215.00–232.50	227.19
34	—	460	192.50–207.50	202.13
8	—	1,036	110.00	110.00
145	—	388	200.00–225.00	215.62
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	617	119.00–132.00	122.40
56	—	678	112.50–130.00	121.03
26	—	773	113.00–116.00	113.80
53	—	574	122.50–137.50	127.47
58	—	384	143.00–158.00	145.88
9	—	474	135.00	135.00
110	—	324	147.00–154.00	150.74
7	—	811	117.00	117.00
3	—	700	125.00	125.00
27	—	297	151.00–154.00	153.46
12	—	412	154.00	154.00
69	—	511	125.00–138.00	133.51
37	—	204	141.00	141.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	615	116.00	116.00
3	—	425	112.00	112.00
18	—	565	100.00–112.50	108.40
14	—	838	100.00	100.00
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	587	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
267	—	528	187.00–202.50	194.55
331	—	765	145.00–175.00	169.85
271	—	617	170.50–190.00	182.09
129	—	869	158.50–164.50	161.61
161	—	723	171.00–176.00	173.55
74	—	423	200.00–209.00	204.67
51	—	923	161.00–162.00	161.73
138	—	474	191.00–209.00	203.08
577	—	679	169.00–178.75	174.95
9	—	331	218.00–225.00	221.86
280	—	563	178.00–196.00	188.80
126	—	816	164.00–166.50	165.60
27	—	365	210.00–219.00	214.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	535	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	425	196.00–197.00	196.64
15	—	507	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	538	171.50–188.00	175.67
2	—	385	192.50	192.50
26	—	477	185.00–192.50	189.71
1	—	980	127.50	127.50
41	—	581	176.00–181.00	176.97
97	—	630	165.00–174.00	170.30
19	—	666	164.00–169.00	167.82
42	—	723	163.00–169.00	168.34
21	—	757	161.00–163.00	162.81
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	170.00	170.00
3	—	563	157.00	157.00
23	—	432	160.00–161.00	160.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	503	203.00	203.00
14	—	629	185.00	185.00
12	—	448	211.00	211.00
29	—	481	201.00	201.00
10	—	570	192.00	192.00
66	—	758	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	434	176.00	176.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	1,262	1,200.00–1,475.00	1,359.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,398	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,213.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,369	1,060.00–1,185.00	1,101.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,305	935.00–1,100.00	1,019.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,240	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,185	1,625.00–1,675.00	1,657.43
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,322	1,175.00–1,375.00	1,288.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	1,215	1,010.00–1,050.00	1,021.64
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,358	985.00	985.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	64	—	1,267	1,035.00–1,160.00	1,077.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,313	1,475.00	1,475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,690	1,275.00–1,675.00	1,453.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	69	—	1,189	1,700.00–1,875.00	1,800.24
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	50	—	1,013	1,150.00–1,235.00	1,176.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,240	1,600.00–1,675.00	1,655.91
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	—	1,260	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,108.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	59	—	1,291	1,425.00–1,600.00	1,480.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,401	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,443.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,042	1,400.00–1,575.00	1,479.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,171	1,125.00–1,175.00	1,162.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	25	—	1,091	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,416.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	—	1,114	1,210.00–1,275.00	1,239.80
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,350	1,510.00–1,550.00	1,523.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	83	—	1,315	1,175.00–1,385.00	1,215.57
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,058	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,249	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,370	1,185.00	1,185.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,080	785.00	785.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,279	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,083	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	921	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,290	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	62	—	1,172	1,900.00–1,975.00	1,959.58
Bred Heifers — Large 1 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,585	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,053	1,425.00–1,550.00	1,488.32
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,018	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	994	1,710.00–1,800.00	1,728.55
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	943	1,210.00–1,275.00	1,235.90
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	961	1,460.00–1,500.00	1,487.55
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,162	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,420	1,375.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,196	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,373	1,385.00–1,550.00	1,458.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,173	1,760.00	1,760.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,225	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,233	1,375.00–1,400.00	1,391.89
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,206	1,625.00–1,775.00	1,738.44
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,299	123.00	123.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,059	102.00–118.00	108.47
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,060	95.00–100.00	97.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	105.00	105.00
14	—	1,500	91.00–98.00	95.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,140	111.00	111.00
19	—	1,808	80.00–98.50	92.64
17	—	2,039	100.00–110.00	105.46
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,125	72.50–79.50	75.65
11	—	1,060	71.00	71.00
6	—	1,129	84.00–85.00	84.83
23	—	1,007	64.00–68.00	67.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,050	32.50–68.00	51.20
1	—	1,240	80.00	80.00
87	—	1,086	55.00–74.00	66.81
109	—	1,195	70.00–80.00	75.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	1,432	77.00–88.00	81.47
191	—	1,439	63.00–80.00	73.45
25	—	1,453	42.50–62.50	57.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,622	81.00–93.00	84.76
86	—	1,679	65.00–84.00	77.51
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,286	93.00–101.00	97.78
11	—	1,267	76.00–81.00	80.00
46	—	1,348	80.00–90.00	83.76
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,288	123.00–128.00	125.28
1	—	1,420	117.50	117.50

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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