Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 154 priced lines covering 4,703 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,160 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,122 head. replacement cattle receipts at 199 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,160Last week 2,808Year ago 6,841

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,122Last week 673Year ago 1,088

Replacement CattleReceipts 199Last week 688Year ago 86

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 1.00 to 7.00 higher, with instances of up to 10.00 higher on 500 to 550 pound steer calves. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to 5.00 higher on comparable sales. Feeder dairy heifers 900-1100 pounds sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Trading activity and demand were moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	674	183.00–216.00	199.48
50	—	373	267.00–290.00	274.06
175	—	730	183.00–202.00	189.78
287	—	769	180.00–190.00	184.93
121	—	574	210.00–236.50	221.78
65	—	628	187.00–227.00	205.45
110	—	466	235.00–249.00	242.45
52	—	527	221.00–234.00	230.08
55	—	965	162.00	162.00
23	—	419	237.50–245.00	241.26
54	—	865	172.00–177.50	176.30
18	—	935	167.50–170.00	168.33
13	—	328	282.00–300.00	289.12
71	—	811	170.50–185.50	182.51
3	—	1,313	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	170.00	170.00
8	—	680	186.00	186.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	210.00	210.00
6	—	573	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	653	186.00	186.00
1	—	580	192.00	192.00
3	—	435	215.00	215.00
23	—	302	230.00–235.00	231.10
49	—	464	211.00–231.00	220.03
14	—	639	186.00–203.00	194.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	553	230.00	230.00
3	—	603	204.00	204.00
34	—	483	250.00–255.00	251.75
Steers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	847	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	110.00	110.00
7	—	544	192.00	192.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	641	210.00	210.00
4	—	818	183.00	183.00
15	—	533	211.00–217.00	212.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	522	240.00–241.00	240.38
8	—	469	245.00	245.00
18	—	441	248.00	248.00
35	—	705	193.25	193.25
114	—	656	206.00–220.25	213.84
103	—	626	209.50–233.50	212.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	472	215.00–223.00	219.52
18	—	501	218.00	218.00
27	—	639	194.00	194.00
38	—	578	204.00–229.50	224.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	622	189.00	189.00
12	—	650	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	637	180.00–190.00	183.58
270	—	677	177.00–186.50	181.29
189	—	577	185.00–200.00	192.05
1	—	1,025	139.00	139.00
47	—	818	141.00–174.00	165.91
5	—	1,092	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,135	129.00	129.00
313	—	737	165.00–178.00	175.44
122	—	533	200.00–221.00	210.58
86	—	473	209.00–220.00	215.31
3	—	997	144.00	144.00
190	—	769	162.00–177.50	174.57
12	—	330	229.00	229.00
4	—	284	241.00	241.00
4	—	256	525.00	525.00
40	—	425	208.00–223.00	214.92
43	—	372	217.00–226.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	382	215.00	215.00
1	—	1,125	124.00	124.00
11	—	517	190.00–191.00	190.10
1	—	1,030	129.00	129.00
1	—	1,180	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,085	127.50	127.50
7	—	642	176.00–178.00	177.29
6	—	730	145.00–166.00	162.43
21	—	464	193.00–206.00	200.66
1	—	975	129.00	129.00
4	—	863	125.00–133.00	129.72
5	—	588	181.00–187.50	183.53
1	—	925	135.00	135.00
12	—	326	212.50–222.50	215.05
4	—	414	211.00	211.00
2	—	780	137.50–162.00	149.67
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	576	185.00	185.00
8	—	485	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	196.00	196.00
4	—	472	181.00	181.00
5	—	598	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	302	243.00	243.00
7	—	658	194.00	194.00
25	—	573	194.50–211.00	203.44
7	—	609	207.00	207.00
24	—	373	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	760	148.00	148.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,165	132.00–132.50	132.06
23	—	864	122.50–130.50	126.13
10	—	994	120.00–131.50	126.38
9	—	1,084	121.00–132.00	130.45
19	—	909	127.50–128.50	128.45
28	—	1,027	125.00–132.50	130.37
1	—	1,980	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,118	130.00–131.00	130.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	75.00	75.00
2	—	377	79.00	79.00
1	—	560	80.00	80.00
1	—	630	87.50	87.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
1	—	920	121.00	121.00
1	—	730	107.50	107.50
1	—	1,065	102.50	102.50
1	—	750	110.00	110.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	101.00	101.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	650	38.00	38.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	247.50	247.50
14	—	600	191.00	191.00
22	—	709	170.50	170.50
17	—	523	201.00–217.50	205.73
6	—	682	171.00	171.00
4	—	584	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,606	86.00–105.00	93.88
10	—	1,489	92.00–100.00	95.30
15	—	1,742	79.00–91.00	85.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	1,498	86.00–97.00	88.68
74	—	1,362	71.00–86.00	81.78
13	—	1,358	93.00–103.00	96.30
9	—	1,488	61.00–66.00	62.22
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	97.50	97.50
8	—	1,072	88.00–95.00	91.44
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,272	86.00–96.00	89.97
1	—	1,360	84.00	84.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,040	85.00–107.50	89.13
75	—	1,068	65.00–82.00	76.91
85	—	1,157	78.00–94.00	84.62
19	—	1,044	40.00–68.00	56.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,976	106.00–115.00	110.45
23	—	1,790	81.00–105.50	99.06
1	—	2,080	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,260	101.00	101.00
3	—	1,105	112.50	112.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,089	1,600.00–1,975.00	1,871.67
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,000	1,885.00	1,885.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,263	1,085.00	1,085.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	31	—	1,212	1,275.00–1,285.00	1,283.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	21	—	1,261	1,085.00	1,085.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,132	1,360.00	1,360.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	13	—	1,269	1,085.00	1,085.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,185	1,675.00–1,750.00	1,705.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,242	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,312.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,360	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,263	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,170	1,025.00–1,550.00	1,112.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,665	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,393	1,400.00	1,400.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	965	122.50–130.00	125.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,101	106.00–116.00	113.59
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	880	137.50	137.50
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,185	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,846.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,540	1,425.00	1,425.00

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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