Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 153 priced lines covering 7,296 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,510 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 863 head. replacement cattle receipts at 52 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,510Last week 4,829Year ago 5,037

Slaughter CattleReceipts 863Last week 1,031Year ago 1,108

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 1,290Year ago 416

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average price for 3 Colorado auction markets included Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to very good. Feeder steers 300-700 lbs sold mostly 12.00 to 17.00 higher, and 700-850 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-600 lbs sold mostly 11.00 to 14.00 higher, and 600-900 lb heifers sold uneven, trading from 4.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Feeder Dairy heifers 800-1000 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, 1000-1200 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	772	154.00	154.00
2	—	860	135.00	135.00
42	—	528	187.00–202.50	198.59
49	—	688	175.00–181.00	176.73
230	—	629	189.50–194.00	192.49
37	—	811	145.00–160.25	156.56
58	—	714	166.00–171.00	170.13
24	—	428	219.00	219.00
12	—	341	240.00–241.00	240.50
4	—	469	208.00	208.00
17	—	381	220.00–224.00	222.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	826	158.00–164.50	162.98
58	—	668	179.25	179.25
64	—	873	160.50	160.50
4	—	550	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	569	221.00–225.00	222.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	376	231.00–242.00	233.56
391	—	627	178.00–200.00	192.86
72	—	432	228.00–238.00	233.12
17	—	893	164.00	164.00
15	—	914	156.00	156.00
296	—	469	216.00–237.00	229.74
7	—	312	249.00–252.00	250.17
14	—	1,214	135.00–137.50	136.61
155	—	722	177.50–184.00	181.43
4	—	1,039	139.00–147.00	145.04
10	—	1,292	133.00	133.00
324	—	573	180.00–228.00	209.24
10	—	295	273.00	273.00
262	—	526	191.00–230.00	214.47
3	—	977	148.00	148.00
227	—	681	171.00–196.00	183.27
90	—	764	173.00–180.50	178.89
36	—	824	170.00–171.00	170.53
3	—	1,333	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,020	142.00	142.00
2	—	490	215.00	215.00
16	—	675	178.00–192.00	187.49
3	—	627	195.00	195.00
6	—	574	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	523	211.00	211.00
20	—	412	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	627	192.50–215.00	200.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	572	204.50	204.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	724	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	464	182.50–187.50	184.56
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	463	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	477	288.00–291.00	290.24
112	—	533	263.00–267.00	263.47
22	—	701	206.00	206.00
19	—	568	247.50	247.50
78	—	612	237.00	237.00
14	—	413	292.00	292.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	684	196.00–220.00	207.37
17	—	563	228.00	228.00
8	—	701	200.00	200.00
2	—	865	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	604	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	467	247.50–259.00	253.63
31	—	518	222.50–235.00	231.17
47	—	435	262.00–265.00	264.00
23	—	617	201.00–207.00	205.18
6	—	556	212.00	212.00
65	—	728	194.50–205.00	202.02
10	—	923	170.50	170.50
5	—	846	179.50	179.50
2	—	973	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	574	230.00–255.00	237.01
10	—	300	294.00–297.00	294.60
229	—	818	171.00–182.50	179.86
199	—	670	190.00–229.00	211.65
71	—	772	181.00–196.50	188.69
29	—	373	285.00–292.00	290.83
290	—	728	181.00–219.00	192.12
70	—	422	267.00–277.00	271.22
247	—	522	246.00–258.00	251.98
1	—	960	169.00	169.00
6	—	237	750.00–785.00	761.34
3	—	265	766.00	766.00
575	—	628	218.00–243.00	226.04
139	—	917	173.50–178.50	175.38
142	—	867	168.00–187.00	181.97
106	—	473	260.00–271.00	269.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	729	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	662	211.00–222.00	217.96
17	—	467	271.00	271.00
84	—	706	195.00–197.00	195.34
103	—	614	230.00–233.00	231.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	565	236.00–237.50	236.61
21	—	761	192.00	192.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,063	134.00–136.50	136.25
20	—	862	131.00–132.00	131.64
4	—	824	131.00	131.00
3	—	922	133.50–134.00	133.67
1	—	1,335	134.00	134.00
8	—	1,115	134.50–135.50	134.63
2	—	1,008	132.00–140.00	135.97
23	—	978	132.00–135.50	134.24
4	—	1,272	132.00–136.00	134.99
1	—	1,205	136.50	136.50
3	—	1,410	134.50	134.50
8	—	1,167	135.00–136.50	136.13
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	129.00	129.00
1	—	875	112.50	112.50
13	—	759	125.00–126.00	125.08
2	—	740	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,005	126.00	126.00
2	—	1,133	128.00	128.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	683	70.00	70.00
3	—	625	75.00	75.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,031	93.00	93.00
1	—	705	95.00	95.00
3	—	852	95.00	95.00
5	—	942	99.00	99.00
5	—	821	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	237.50	237.50
11	—	551	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,687	80.00–105.00	97.53
60	—	1,876	104.00–115.00	108.88
1	—	2,265	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	984	120.00–136.00	128.86
1	—	945	90.00	90.00
18	—	1,144	107.50–116.00	114.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,334	71.00–86.00	79.54
12	—	1,350	93.00–101.50	97.82
10	—	1,380	53.00–66.00	59.78
166	—	1,440	83.00–95.50	87.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,084	66.00–82.00	74.81
91	—	1,189	80.00–92.00	85.77
2	—	1,210	94.00–95.00	94.50
36	—	1,013	37.50–72.00	63.95
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,430	86.00–96.50	92.78
12	—	1,448	97.00–106.00	98.56
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,073	85.00–92.00	88.91
16	—	1,094	94.00–107.50	98.70
10	—	1,159	77.00–79.00	77.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,583	97.50	97.50
98	—	1,654	87.00–98.50	94.46
12	—	1,706	71.00–88.00	81.87
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,620	119.00	119.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	956	121.00–140.00	134.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,130	115.00–117.50	116.05
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	742	127.50	127.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,372	1,325.00–1,660.00	1,596.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,312	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,185	1,310.00	1,310.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,623	1,600.00–1,675.00	1,642.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,648	1,900.00	1,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,530	1,650.00–1,675.00	1,658.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,555	1,850.00	1,850.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,165	1,925.00	1,925.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	1,650.00	1,650.00

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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