Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 165 priced lines covering 2,615 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,254 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 651 head. replacement cattle receipts at 30 head. Counted as USDA files them — 14 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 5, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,254Last week 219Year ago 2,373

Slaughter CattleReceipts 651Last week 632Year ago 656

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 60Year ago 50

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded for an accurate trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	425	215.00–230.00	216.85
22	—	612	162.50–185.00	163.53
4	—	671	150.00–155.00	151.26
97	—	513	192.50–207.50	200.49
13	—	970	133.00	133.00
7	—	355	235.00–255.00	246.51
1	—	200	260.00	260.00
5	—	1,188	117.50	117.50
7	—	725	152.50–155.00	153.95
23	—	595	182.50–215.00	200.61
18	—	783	150.00–165.00	152.54
37	—	340	212.50–260.00	213.63
2	—	455	265.00	265.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	266	200.00–220.00	213.56
153	—	325	187.50–220.00	208.23
44	—	416	200.00–210.00	207.48
16	—	720	137.50–145.00	140.92
2	—	1,050	110.00	110.00
41	—	233	200.00–225.00	211.04
9	—	816	130.00	130.00
54	—	383	207.50–220.00	210.79
22	—	508	186.00	186.00
7	—	593	160.00	160.00
1	—	650	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	281	275.00–330.00	309.94
196	—	328	280.00–335.00	310.12
8	—	704	175.00	175.00
3	—	860	175.00	175.00
4	—	751	195.00	195.00
127	—	384	280.00–340.00	326.18
2	—	243	290.00	290.00
1	—	995	152.50	152.50
13	—	1,538	137.50	137.50
40	—	470	299.00–300.00	299.73
20	—	520	280.00–282.50	281.48
3	—	657	190.00	190.00
27	—	579	235.00–245.00	240.69
3	—	908	150.00	150.00
49	—	417	300.00–320.00	312.44
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	218	150.00	150.00
11	—	442	160.00–187.50	180.09
10	—	388	202.50	202.50
11	—	598	135.00–137.50	135.91
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	117.50	117.50
6	—	540	70.00	70.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	855	144.00	144.00
15	—	281	260.00–270.00	263.67
8	—	374	277.50	277.50
19	—	1,070	147.50–152.50	149.50
9	—	659	165.00–177.50	173.33
15	—	986	147.50–151.00	148.17
2	—	1,143	147.50	147.50
2	—	703	157.50	157.50
2	—	1,183	149.00	149.00
3	—	1,388	145.50	145.50
17	—	544	185.00–187.50	185.15
2	—	635	142.50	142.50
8	—	579	177.50–205.00	190.78
24	—	1,016	148.00–156.00	150.71
12	—	284	525.00	525.00
10	—	418	710.00	710.00
23	—	552	910.00–950.00	930.92
11	—	733	1,010.00	1,010.00
1	—	1,430	145.00	145.00
3	—	753	164.00	164.00
22	—	913	145.00–147.50	146.46
12	—	770	1,110.00	1,110.00
4	—	244	260.00	260.00
60	—	412	255.00–277.50	266.13
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	813	97.50	97.50
13	—	611	112.50	112.50
7	—	518	100.00	100.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	371	230.00–247.50	238.51
10	—	468	227.50	227.50
7	—	649	145.00	145.00
12	—	529	185.00–192.50	188.85
12	—	743	141.00	141.00
27	—	693	147.50–149.00	147.83
2	—	958	137.50	137.50
12	—	262	235.00	235.00
15	—	414	230.00–237.50	234.56
4	—	908	135.00	135.00
18	—	321	230.00–242.50	240.04
18	—	573	157.50–161.00	159.13
4	—	1,465	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,090	144.50	144.50
5	—	778	146.00	146.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	138.00	138.00
10	—	619	135.00	135.00
2	—	790	132.50	132.50
16	—	663	160.00	160.00
14	—	503	155.00–160.00	157.50
2	—	808	120.00–143.50	131.79
27	—	475	127.50–170.00	154.02
9	—	721	125.00–127.50	126.40
4	—	291	202.50	202.50
29	—	375	190.00–210.00	200.17
5	—	550	142.50	142.50
10	—	324	210.00	210.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	367	117.50–150.00	134.44
25	—	430	150.00–156.00	151.90
8	—	329	150.00–160.00	155.06
9	—	456	135.00	135.00
6	—	219	150.00	150.00
4	—	280	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	147.50–152.50	150.01
2	—	1,168	149.00–158.00	153.55
1	—	1,110	152.50	152.50
1	—	915	151.00	151.00
1	—	1,070	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,010	151.00	151.00
1	—	95	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	—	150	385.00	385.00
6	—	1,029	177.50	177.50
1	—	605	267.50	267.50
3	—	532	262.50	262.50
1	—	445	275.00	275.00
1	—	960	178.50	178.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	815	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	142.50	142.50
5	—	494	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	170.00	170.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,476	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,487	1,950.00–2,225.00	2,123.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	2,350.00	2,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,120	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,927.23
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,065	2,150.00	2,150.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	798	146.00–170.00	155.59
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	115.00	115.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	127.00	127.00
Stock Cows — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,057	138.00–147.50	144.36
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,124	122.50–142.00	132.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,513	113.50–125.00	117.78
1	—	1,295	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,530	113.00	113.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	2,073	128.50–136.50	131.65
11	—	1,779	116.50–128.00	122.87
2	—	1,458	106.00–114.00	109.88
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,137	77.50–91.50	88.89
28	—	1,086	92.00–99.00	95.57
13	—	983	111.00–123.00	115.98
5	—	868	57.50–67.50	62.17
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,226	117.00–128.00	119.91
8	—	1,404	91.00–102.00	97.48
56	—	1,318	103.00–115.00	109.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,452	85.00–98.00	93.79
90	—	1,404	99.00–110.50	102.39
1	—	1,745	72.00	72.00
4	—	1,374	113.00–114.50	113.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	136.00	136.00
49	—	1,471	108.00–113.50	111.37
3	—	1,337	103.50–106.50	105.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,218	91.00–104.00	95.06
9	—	1,249	60.00–72.50	69.59
50	—	1,279	75.00–90.50	85.91
2	—	1,053	105.00–108.00	106.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,583	101.00–112.50	103.96
4	—	1,747	87.00–98.00	95.16
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,887	118.00–121.00	119.26
41	—	1,707	104.50–117.00	112.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	149.00	149.00

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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