Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 144 priced lines covering 2,656 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,606 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,083 head. replacement cattle receipts at 492 head. Counted as USDA files them — 251 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,606Last week 2,182Year ago 1,613

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,083Last week 926Year ago 845

Replacement CattleReceipts 492Last week 143Year ago 107

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly tested to trend, but higher undertones were noted. Average dressing slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	431	253.00–269.00	262.40
23	—	725	206.00–216.50	209.21
69	—	611	223.00–254.00	244.95
14	—	532	235.00	235.00
21	—	669	209.00–236.00	213.43
23	—	569	224.00–244.00	233.75
12	—	471	263.00	263.00
1	—	990	171.00	171.00
11	—	826	194.00–196.00	194.90
10	—	350	260.00	260.00
53	—	767	190.00–204.50	197.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	592	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	512	235.00	235.00
7	—	722	194.00	194.00
8	—	681	196.00–197.00	196.38
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	455	231.00	231.00
9	—	529	226.00–252.50	237.60
22	—	582	242.00–248.00	244.99
37	—	635	233.00–245.00	240.89
16	—	676	205.00–228.00	218.58
9	—	717	197.50–205.00	200.93
3	—	848	189.00	189.00
7	—	794	192.50	192.50
6	—	392	266.00	266.00
24	—	865	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	639	197.50	197.50
24	—	527	201.00–222.50	210.26
16	—	494	234.00	234.00
6	—	437	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	535	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	376	242.50–252.50	250.18
18	—	491	245.00–247.50	246.24
2	—	895	175.00	175.00
5	—	631	230.00	230.00
8	—	421	245.00–250.00	248.16
14	—	522	232.50–240.00	237.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	644	238.00	238.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,315	110.00	110.00
6	—	901	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,005	135.00	135.00
6	—	1,117	138.00–139.00	138.67
6	—	832	135.00–138.50	137.59
1	—	975	139.00	139.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	135.00–140.00	137.51
2	—	858	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,310	146.00	146.00
4	—	1,225	138.50–145.00	141.77
15	—	1,027	145.00–146.00	145.44
10	—	921	143.00	143.00
12	—	1,091	146.00–147.00	146.50
11	—	971	142.50–144.00	143.59
7	—	1,155	141.00–146.00	145.15
35	—	1,119	144.00–147.00	146.39
3	—	1,282	143.50–145.50	144.16
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	82.50	82.50
1	—	675	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	709	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	867	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	839	162.00	162.00
4	—	1,023	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	495	203.00	203.00
4	—	446	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	669	186.00–191.00	189.02
10	—	817	170.00	170.00
7	—	864	165.00	165.00
8	—	512	227.50–235.00	230.31
17	—	484	237.50–241.00	238.43
22	—	627	196.00–208.00	203.22
24	—	375	250.00	250.00
25	—	569	201.00–219.00	208.04
9	—	1,052	140.00	140.00
63	—	795	174.00–178.50	176.36
3	—	705	185.00	185.00
6	—	433	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	466	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	634	190.00	190.00
8	—	531	216.00–220.00	217.96
16	—	437	230.00–235.00	232.15
6	—	653	177.50	177.50
3	—	588	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	624	198.00–216.00	209.20
43	—	577	208.00–231.00	218.46
61	—	685	196.00–212.50	201.09
5	—	1,013	151.00	151.00
13	—	340	272.00	272.00
76	—	711	188.00–201.00	199.00
38	—	483	211.00–219.00	215.58
33	—	524	209.00–237.50	220.47
48	—	772	186.00–187.00	186.12
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	187.50	187.50
5	—	571	200.00	200.00
12	—	680	185.00–186.00	185.66
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	585	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	585	204.00	204.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	962	51.00–74.00	66.24
103	—	1,138	83.00–95.00	87.01
2	—	1,030	88.00	88.00
117	—	1,102	70.50–84.50	80.16
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,184	82.00–97.50	90.06
8	—	1,052	106.00–112.50	108.46
8	—	1,041	76.00–81.00	77.32
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,454	104.00–111.00	105.14
37	—	1,421	91.00–103.50	98.85
18	—	1,221	87.00–89.00	88.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,337	90.00–103.00	93.35
4	—	1,495	70.00–72.50	71.58
223	—	1,352	73.00–89.50	85.05
9	—	1,396	104.00–111.00	106.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,466	101.00–115.50	103.38
48	—	1,503	90.00–107.00	96.73
65	—	1,735	81.00–94.00	87.94
1	—	1,810	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	132.50	132.50
Dairy Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	132.00	132.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	117.00	117.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,909	104.00–122.50	111.97
20	—	1,591	88.00–109.50	104.11
8	—	2,031	115.00–129.50	123.08
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	107.00	107.00
7	—	1,498	98.00–105.00	100.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,425	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	48	—	1,200	1,575.00	1,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,332	1,625.00–1,800.00	1,703.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,356	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,858.96
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,680	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,332	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,595	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,150	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	43	—	1,122	2,950.00	2,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,253	1,225.00–1,250.00	1,246.66
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,029	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,425	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,475.00	1,475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,239	1,460.00–1,700.00	1,543.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	13	—	1,048	1,250.00–1,325.00	1,288.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	—	1,087	825.00–925.00	891.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,325	1,550.00–1,650.00	1,597.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,366	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,530.29
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	43	—	1,080	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,438.56
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	790	2,225.00	2,225.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,057	117.50–132.50	126.35
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	859	132.00–147.50	139.76

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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