Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 104 priced lines covering 4,580 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,981 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 730 head. replacement cattle receipts at 40 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,981Last week 10,713Year ago 4,840

Slaughter CattleReceipts 730Last week 1,221Year ago 801

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 1,233Year ago 465

Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity moderate on moderate to very good demand. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold sharply lower on a light test, 500-750 lbs mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher, and over 750 lbs mixed at 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold uneven, and heifers 450-850 lbs mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder dairy heifers 850-1300 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	281	222.50–223.00	222.76
7	—	850	162.00	162.00
12	—	316	219.00–224.00	221.87
301	—	618	171.00–188.00	182.86
284	—	679	167.50–178.00	171.67
164	—	787	163.00–169.00	166.07
97	—	423	191.00–212.00	207.26
60	—	820	160.50–164.00	160.84
176	—	518	176.00–201.00	193.97
141	—	720	165.00–178.00	174.93
42	—	382	204.00–210.00	207.08
182	—	577	175.00–190.50	185.41
184	—	482	180.00–208.00	200.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	650	182.00	182.00
15	—	516	201.00	201.00
21	—	721	180.50	180.50
26	—	750	176.25	176.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	306	205.00	205.00
32	—	436	205.00–206.00	205.41
5	—	477	177.00	177.00
48	—	627	168.00–176.00	173.29
2	—	1,133	127.00	127.00
18	—	587	167.00–172.00	170.30
14	—	383	196.00–207.50	202.45
21	—	527	171.00–183.00	174.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	345	201.00	201.00
3	—	422	185.00	185.00
20	—	383	191.00–199.00	194.73
2	—	825	115.00–116.00	115.50
2	—	523	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	593	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	710	168.50	168.50
5	—	495	172.00	172.00
5	—	407	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	454	205.00–211.00	209.41
27	—	606	190.00	190.00
26	—	680	175.00	175.00
30	—	437	241.00–245.00	243.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	536	246.50	246.50
35	—	466	249.00–250.00	249.22
5	—	650	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
283	—	627	191.00–212.00	204.70
158	—	530	205.00–239.00	222.40
2	—	358	238.00	238.00
42	—	820	175.50–179.00	176.40
120	—	480	219.00–241.00	234.12
212	—	674	179.00–200.00	188.05
126	—	573	194.00–229.00	211.69
9	—	908	171.00	171.00
47	—	408	219.00–260.00	233.94
112	—	773	175.00–181.00	176.48
4	—	286	260.00	260.00
275	—	720	177.00–197.00	184.39
19	—	852	172.75–175.00	173.94
8	—	326	241.00–248.00	242.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	432	222.50–236.00	233.33
14	—	459	221.00	221.00
11	—	571	204.00–209.00	205.88
13	—	370	231.00–240.00	236.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	405	232.50	232.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	608	190.00–191.00	190.45
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	490	192.50	192.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	122.50–126.00	124.26
96	—	916	121.50–123.50	122.26
10	—	1,118	120.00–126.00	124.84
4	—	964	120.00–125.50	123.60
1	—	1,160	126.50	126.50
11	—	856	120.50	120.50
23	—	1,027	122.50–126.50	125.87
18	—	1,058	121.50–126.50	125.27
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	82.50	82.50
5	—	779	82.50–95.00	85.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	113.00–119.00	116.02
3	—	1,408	119.00	119.00
27	—	854	117.00–118.50	118.16
18	—	834	115.50–119.50	117.74
1	—	1,350	119.00	119.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,160	31.00	31.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	740	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,476	40.00–61.50	56.03
90	—	1,433	80.00–94.50	85.94
108	—	1,478	68.00–82.00	78.28
4	—	1,386	89.00–103.00	95.75
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,405	87.00–95.00	92.09
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,178	90.00–92.00	91.34
1	—	1,165	85.00	85.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,461	71.00–82.00	79.21
1	—	1,860	60.00	60.00
98	—	1,675	81.00–92.50	86.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,204	71.00–86.00	79.69
68	—	1,118	64.00–74.00	68.97
13	—	1,061	87.00–96.00	89.17
54	—	1,009	37.50–63.00	55.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,466	71.00–102.00	89.66
14	—	1,961	104.00–112.50	108.98
3	—	2,190	114.00–122.00	117.59
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,599	94.00–100.00	97.26

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	9	—	1,112	105.00–106.00	105.24
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	116.00	116.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,036	1,900.00	1,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,546	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,530	1,450.00	1,450.00

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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Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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