Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 145 priced lines covering 3,911 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,647 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 560 head. replacement cattle receipts at 14 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,647Last week 140Year ago 798

Slaughter CattleReceipts 560Last week 429Year ago 813

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 12Year ago 42

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to very good. No trend available on feeder cattle due to limited offerings the prior week. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 6.00 lower; bulls 1.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	513	170.00–197.50	192.95
22	—	264	210.00–220.00	211.96
15	—	169	215.00	215.00
16	—	316	205.00	205.00
52	—	208	212.50–228.00	221.23
28	—	385	200.00–210.00	201.05
78	—	477	195.00–220.00	206.96
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	277	242.50	242.50
26	—	423	220.00–250.00	232.41
27	—	539	212.50–217.50	213.99
30	—	328	240.00–260.00	248.16
106	—	383	232.50–255.00	250.21
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	470	245.00–257.50	253.55
7	—	650	185.00	185.00
40	—	573	190.00–220.00	214.62
1	—	925	150.00	150.00
1	—	760	170.00	170.00
92	—	329	267.50–285.00	275.12
268	—	440	257.50–280.00	265.73
91	—	368	272.00–285.00	277.18
28	—	263	260.00–262.50	260.49
5	—	729	165.00–170.00	168.98
25	—	624	190.00–195.00	193.38
32	—	522	235.00–250.00	247.17
2	—	815	172.50	172.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	404	295.00–302.50	295.63
11	—	304	315.00–320.00	315.97
14	—	610	210.00–215.00	211.08
61	—	480	260.00–275.00	269.70
36	—	533	252.50–265.00	259.26
4	—	358	310.00	310.00
5	—	1,100	167.50	167.50
16	—	255	290.00–305.00	292.70
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	408	315.00–325.00	320.86
23	—	382	332.50–345.00	334.48
2	—	810	190.00–195.00	192.48
72	—	469	290.00–310.00	299.16
36	—	321	327.50–347.50	335.74
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	337.50	337.50
11	—	335	375.00	375.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	155.00	155.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	305.00	305.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	844	163.00	163.00
3	—	1,397	160.00	160.00
47	—	925	161.00–163.00	162.96
16	—	350	280.00–307.50	285.18
1	—	1,180	164.50	164.50
20	—	438	250.00–282.50	280.87
19	—	1,141	165.00–166.00	165.58
5	—	334	650.00	650.00
12	—	977	163.00–165.00	164.17
17	—	1,022	163.50–165.00	164.24
21	—	536	232.50–240.00	233.55
47	—	458	235.00–260.00	251.88
6	—	1,077	164.00–165.50	164.49
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	145.00	145.00
7	—	652	185.00	185.00
1	—	520	150.00	150.00
15	—	1,335	157.00–159.00	158.44
4	—	311	170.00–185.00	181.39
50	—	634	152.50–191.00	189.33
7	—	813	157.50–160.00	157.87
3	—	1,035	159.50	159.50
29	—	583	185.00–187.50	187.00
15	—	375	197.00–210.00	202.55
5	—	1,366	155.50	155.50
1	—	795	150.00	150.00
9	—	296	200.00	200.00
31	—	438	207.50	207.50
1	—	1,070	157.50	157.50
4	—	1,168	158.00	158.00
2	—	1,265	155.00–157.50	156.24
6	—	963	156.00–160.00	159.34
19	—	252	400.00	400.00
2	—	465	210.00	210.00
4	—	180	210.00	210.00
20	—	227	375.00	375.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,127	162.50–164.00	163.63
16	—	282	260.00–275.00	270.27
14	—	1,168	163.50–164.00	163.64
10	—	1,233	162.50	162.50
47	—	391	250.00–267.50	265.27
23	—	1,058	164.50	164.50
8	—	991	161.00	161.00
1	—	820	160.00	160.00
25	—	323	250.00–275.00	259.22
2	—	893	160.00	160.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	661	97.50	97.50
6	—	867	82.00	82.00
12	—	844	86.50	86.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	104.00	104.00
4	—	535	160.00–165.00	161.21
3	—	485	180.00	180.00
7	—	408	170.00	170.00
4	—	1,235	91.00–103.00	93.94
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	252	175.00	175.00
16	—	469	207.50	207.50
8	—	738	170.00	170.00
11	—	520	180.00	180.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	639	99.00–105.00	101.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	220.00	220.00
9	—	476	242.50	242.50
16	—	435	250.00–272.00	266.72
6	—	327	275.00	275.00
5	—	669	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	620	237.00	237.00
2	—	588	247.50	247.50
7	—	711	235.00	235.00
4	—	1,088	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	556	290.00	290.00
5	—	515	285.00	285.00
18	—	408	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	797	265.00	265.00
190	—	937	239.00–245.00	241.13
208	—	951	242.00	242.00
12	—	832	257.00	257.00
525	—	878	247.00–255.00	249.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	428	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	119.00	119.00
16	—	1,500	61.00–81.00	76.96
112	—	1,432	84.00–103.50	94.59
86	—	1,496	104.00–117.50	107.44
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,146	104.00–112.00	107.35
4	—	1,208	113.50–116.00	115.17
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,331	119.00–124.50	121.63
44	—	1,305	106.50–115.50	109.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,135	80.00–100.00	94.32
3	—	1,222	113.00–114.00	113.68
38	—	1,173	100.00–112.00	105.47
26	—	940	51.00–77.50	73.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,764	92.00–109.00	102.42
30	—	1,638	112.50–120.00	116.71
1	—	1,760	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,484	117.50–120.00	118.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,539	100.00–119.00	112.89
18	—	1,859	121.00–133.50	126.82
1	—	2,155	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	127.50–131.00	129.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,037	1,300.00	1,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,325	1,350.00–1,425.00	1,388.63
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,528	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,420	1,925.00–1,975.00	1,938.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,385	2,000.00	2,000.00

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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