Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 118 priced lines covering 1,811 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,662 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 350 head. replacement cattle receipts at 23 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 26, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,662Last week 236Year ago 1,103

Slaughter CattleReceipts 350Last week 444Year ago 723

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 15Year ago 19

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder cattle too thinly traded for an accurate trend. Slaughter cows traded 3.00 to 8.00 higher, while slaughter bulls traded 7.75 higher. Feeding cows traded steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	334	290.00–334.00	318.10
4	—	1,560	132.50	132.50
18	—	515	240.00–255.00	252.37
17	—	255	280.00–320.00	282.54
11	—	696	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,300	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,030	167.50	167.50
4	—	758	177.50	177.50
3	—	983	160.00	160.00
3	—	710	170.00	170.00
104	—	384	285.00–315.00	310.73
32	—	581	220.00–235.00	228.36
53	—	421	270.00–307.50	291.27
3	—	1,157	147.50	147.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	483	170.00–205.00	188.46
6	—	732	152.50–155.00	152.90
155	—	374	197.50–235.00	211.51
1	—	825	117.50	117.50
64	—	421	182.50–200.00	194.67
53	—	337	211.00–217.50	216.50
17	—	256	207.50	207.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	513	190.00–222.50	217.23
6	—	618	180.00	180.00
12	—	291	240.00–260.00	248.21
3	—	340	275.00	275.00
45	—	463	222.50–227.50	226.70
23	—	426	230.00–265.00	257.35
9	—	574	205.00	205.00
3	—	985	140.00	140.00
79	—	390	237.50–265.00	240.26
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	180.00	180.00
3	—	563	162.50	162.50
15	—	287	200.00	200.00
1	—	435	175.00	175.00
8	—	358	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	137.50	137.50
2	—	873	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	598	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	141.00	141.00
3	—	970	152.00–162.50	158.98
6	—	889	170.00	170.00
3	—	775	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	638	235.00–239.00	238.28
5	—	1,234	159.00	159.00
2	—	660	240.00	240.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	152.00	152.00
1	—	1,165	151.00	151.00
20	—	410	167.50	167.50
3	—	545	150.00	150.00
3	—	608	152.50–160.00	157.43
2	—	298	195.00	195.00
1	—	1,045	155.00	155.00
14	—	383	177.50	177.50
2	—	838	149.00–153.00	151.01
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per head · actual wt
4	—	178	160.00	160.00
10	—	172	175.00	175.00
7	—	721	127.00	127.00
2	—	765	122.50–127.50	125.03
4	—	413	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	587	52.50	52.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	559	167.50–170.00	167.73
8	—	383	220.00	220.00
3	—	260	250.00	250.00
16	—	337	220.00–235.00	231.43
1	—	485	195.00	195.00
2	—	430	205.00	205.00
9	—	1,094	142.00	142.00
2	—	633	170.00	170.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,305	142.50	142.50
2	—	1,212	162.00	162.00
1	—	815	156.00	156.00
43	—	425	220.00–237.50	235.04
10	—	1,030	158.00–161.00	159.49
16	—	701	187.50	187.50
12	—	477	200.00–210.00	206.54
39	—	569	187.50–211.00	202.03
21	—	536	187.50–202.50	198.70
2	—	693	170.00	170.00
33	—	1,171	161.50–169.00	163.92
4	—	1,086	160.50–162.00	161.25
17	—	1,131	159.00–162.00	160.76
61	—	367	240.00–287.50	276.06
8	—	972	156.00–160.00	159.01
1	—	1,270	158.50	158.50
10	—	883	152.00	152.00
17	—	316	230.00–255.00	243.96
2	—	780	160.00–162.00	160.99
21	—	906	157.00–159.50	159.14
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	310	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	120.00	120.00
5	—	1,005	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	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 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,493	2,500.00	2,500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,142	120.00–141.00	129.21
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,091	140.00–146.00	141.25
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,271	149.00–158.00	151.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	122.00–122.50	122.22
1	—	930	135.00	135.00
4	—	1,144	110.00–119.00	112.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,728	125.00–132.50	129.09
8	—	1,896	134.00–139.50	136.27
12	—	1,491	105.00–120.50	116.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,163	97.00–107.00	101.26
32	—	1,042	80.00–95.00	90.26
12	—	1,013	52.50–75.00	63.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,446	116.00–124.50	119.73
68	—	1,482	86.00–104.50	96.91
2	—	1,335	62.50–70.00	66.25
69	—	1,475	105.00–115.00	107.89
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,433	105.00–115.00	111.72
4	—	1,309	118.00–128.00	122.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,678	110.50–121.50	114.52
13	—	1,730	95.00–109.50	106.23
1	—	1,735	90.50	90.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	105.00	105.00
11	—	1,139	115.50–122.50	118.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	124.00	124.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,493	150.00–166.00	160.18

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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