Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 56 priced lines covering 855 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 496 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 366 head. replacement cattle receipts at 32 head. Counted as USDA files them — 29 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 17, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 496Last week 506Year ago 240

Slaughter CattleReceipts 366Last week 363Year ago 835

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 17Year ago 23

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, while slaughter bulls sold steady. Feeding cows and feeder dairy heifers sold steady. Trade activity and demand were good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,433	101.50–113.00	106.54
18	—	1,451	85.00–101.00	96.05
17	—	1,416	114.00–122.00	116.23
6	—	1,553	40.00–77.00	61.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,672	106.00–116.00	110.96
9	—	1,713	99.00–105.00	103.15
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,364	106.00–111.00	108.38
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	121.00	121.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,728	117.00–124.00	120.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,229	36.00–62.00	48.80
60	—	1,159	96.00–108.00	100.56
13	—	1,119	78.00–95.00	87.51
4	—	1,156	109.00–114.00	112.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,537	82.50–122.50	113.78
8	—	1,743	125.00–135.50	130.32
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,384	139.00–148.00	143.14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,071	160.00–163.00	161.43
2	—	1,255	161.50	161.50
4	—	1,414	161.50	161.50
12	—	1,222	161.50–162.50	162.16
3	—	1,164	162.00–163.00	162.66
45	—	601	165.00	165.00
4	—	983	161.00	161.00
18	—	1,030	161.50–163.00	162.27
46	—	728	167.00	167.00
51	—	833	161.00	161.00
1	—	1,370	161.00	161.00
16	—	1,128	162.00–164.00	163.51
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	157.50	157.50
45	—	714	158.00	158.00
33	—	862	152.00–158.50	157.91
19	—	918	155.00–158.00	156.05
12	—	1,099	159.00	159.00
6	—	1,008	157.50–158.50	158.33
52	—	816	159.50	159.50
1	—	950	156.00	156.00
10	—	1,298	161.50	161.50
3	—	1,318	130.00–155.00	146.69
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	602	102.50	102.50
9	—	478	125.00	125.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	708	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	86	200.00	200.00
3	—	1,210	148.00	148.00
5	—	124	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	302.50	302.50
2	—	485	295.00	295.00
2	—	768	200.00	200.00
7	—	669	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	267.50	267.50
2	—	495	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
2	—	163	500.00	500.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
6	—	90	210.00	210.00

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,319	2,150.00–2,350.00	2,210.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,507	2,600.00	2,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,020	131.00–133.00	132.02

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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