Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 172 priced lines covering 3,505 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,775 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 936 head. replacement cattle receipts at 411 head. Counted as USDA files them — 101 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,775Last week 2,606Year ago 4,794

Slaughter CattleReceipts 936Last week 1,083Year ago 1,375

Replacement CattleReceipts 411Last week 492Year ago 376

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to very good. Feeder cattle too thinly tested to trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	462	209.00–244.00	237.92
72	—	520	208.00–243.00	238.94
22	—	655	207.00–209.00	207.91
7	—	366	243.00–245.00	244.40
41	—	729	189.00–194.00	190.48
149	—	618	203.00–215.75	212.64
10	—	805	182.50–191.00	186.73
40	—	564	206.00–232.00	220.67
8	—	255	299.00	299.00
6	—	419	218.00	218.00
7	—	911	177.00	177.00
7	—	750	193.50	193.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	556	241.00–244.00	243.23
50	—	485	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	637	198.00	198.00
22	—	474	227.00–235.00	230.41
17	—	431	201.00–204.00	202.03
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	420	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	444	266.00	266.00
3	—	647	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	740	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	692	198.00	198.00
14	—	592	211.00	211.00
22	—	533	245.00–252.50	248.15
16	—	456	241.00–247.50	243.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	819	190.00–195.00	192.56
57	—	577	222.00–259.00	243.53
8	—	424	260.00–265.00	263.13
10	—	455	251.00–253.00	252.19
5	—	222	800.00	800.00
40	—	678	221.00–227.50	225.43
23	—	626	218.00–238.00	226.18
13	—	536	250.00–254.00	251.07
15	—	382	260.00–272.00	267.47
33	—	734	201.00–205.50	204.71
8	—	315	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	665	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	678	235.00	235.00
37	—	511	261.00–266.00	264.26
23	—	572	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	462	268.00	268.00
101	—	607	241.75–243.00	241.89
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	371	267.00–271.00	269.25
10	—	421	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	400	212.00	212.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	172.50	172.50
7	—	604	185.00	185.00
18	—	576	172.50	172.50
2	—	1,168	152.00	152.00
14	—	708	157.50–167.00	165.73
39	—	420	215.00–240.00	223.90
3	—	988	156.00	156.00
21	—	530	190.00	190.00
5	—	1,085	133.00	133.00
9	—	754	162.00	162.00
21	—	490	210.00–220.00	216.99
25	—	316	215.00–242.50	235.59
3	—	248	235.00	235.00
39	—	368	220.00–235.00	231.61
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	654	117.50	117.50
9	—	732	122.50	122.50
2	—	503	117.50	117.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	141.00	141.00
23	—	1,035	144.50–145.50	144.87
12	—	979	143.00–144.50	143.84
4	—	405	205.00	205.00
2	—	1,240	145.00	145.00
4	—	1,089	145.50	145.50
8	—	1,121	144.50–146.00	145.62
1	—	1,295	141.00	141.00
10	—	1,180	142.00–145.50	145.16
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	133.00	133.00
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
6	—	239	197.50	197.50
1	—	1,000	138.00	138.00
23	—	359	155.00–205.00	194.06
1	—	550	115.00	115.00
3	—	785	125.00–132.50	130.08
6	—	306	192.50	192.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	82.50	82.50
1	—	1,035	88.50	88.50
3	—	338	77.50–87.50	80.70
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	823	169.00	169.00
22	—	759	174.00	174.00
17	—	288	260.00–265.00	260.60
1	—	940	152.50	152.50
4	—	561	210.00	210.00
4	—	1,209	112.50	112.50
1	—	855	150.00	150.00
6	—	532	205.00	205.00
62	—	425	240.00–260.00	244.68
6	—	321	277.50	277.50
11	—	616	190.00	190.00
105	—	373	250.00–270.00	262.38
6	—	692	172.00–185.00	174.16
2	—	708	165.00	165.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	487	205.00	205.00
4	—	244	270.00	270.00
18	—	411	212.50–235.00	231.12
1	—	855	137.50	137.50
121	—	321	232.50–255.00	239.91
143	—	359	237.50–250.00	241.00
82	—	278	237.50–254.00	248.02
7	—	596	182.50	182.50
1	—	905	110.00	110.00
1	—	950	135.00	135.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	745	142.50	142.50
64	—	325	175.00–217.50	206.49
2	—	163	230.00	230.00
47	—	571	167.00–172.50	168.86
27	—	424	165.00–194.00	181.77
1	—	120	200.00	200.00
8	—	686	155.00	155.00
14	—	379	182.50–205.00	196.01
10	—	215	190.00–237.50	212.42
80	—	482	175.00–199.00	181.72
41	—	297	200.00–210.00	201.66
12	—	769	127.50–130.00	128.12
19	—	513	152.50–170.00	161.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	560	217.00	217.00
6	—	450	240.00	240.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,300	2,025.00	2,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	955	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,110	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,795	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,314	1,425.00–1,600.00	1,519.68
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,600	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,740.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,125	1,975.00–2,000.00	1,984.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,458	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	1,425.00	1,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,179	1,825.00–1,925.00	1,865.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,269	1,710.00–1,810.00	1,765.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,175	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,361.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,405	1,650.00–1,675.00	1,662.61
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,273	1,335.00–1,525.00	1,450.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	1,062	127.00	127.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,200	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	—	1,256	1,635.00–1,735.00	1,708.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,223	1,975.00	1,975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,343	1,435.00–1,550.00	1,478.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	994	1,310.00–1,425.00	1,379.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,189	1,400.00–1,435.00	1,427.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,381	1,385.00	1,385.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,031	151.00–167.00	158.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,088	131.00–141.00	135.90
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,127	137.50–148.00	142.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,093	117.00–122.50	119.47
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	930	1,475.00–1,585.00	1,521.71
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	988	1,850.00–1,860.00	1,855.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,761	81.00–92.00	86.70
64	—	1,549	92.00–108.50	98.91
10	—	1,391	101.00–105.00	103.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,408	77.00–91.00	83.75
6	—	1,283	100.00–110.00	104.95
59	—	1,346	88.00–99.00	91.12
3	—	1,378	71.00–72.00	71.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,017	92.00–99.00	95.30
48	—	1,059	71.00–84.50	79.57
14	—	1,095	41.00–74.00	65.55
50	—	1,131	85.00–95.00	88.36
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,138	99.00–106.00	102.56
26	—	1,151	87.50–95.00	91.45
25	—	1,067	76.00–83.00	80.79
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,290	84.00–87.00	85.00
90	—	1,364	90.50–103.50	97.81
2	—	1,388	105.00	105.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	2,113	117.00–125.00	121.73
42	—	1,796	105.00–118.50	112.68
14	—	1,638	94.00–108.00	101.88
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,108	131.00–147.00	136.37
2	—	1,330	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,375	101.00	101.00

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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