Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 59 priced lines covering 676 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 332 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 462 head. replacement cattle receipts at 4 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 14, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 332Last week 3,647Year ago 193

Slaughter CattleReceipts 462Last week 560Year ago 802

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 14Year ago 40

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 1 Colorado auction market included: Livestock Exchange. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, while slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher. Feeding cows sold steady to 2.50 higher and feeder dairy heifers sold steady. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	153.00–155.00	154.60
1	—	1,055	150.00	150.00
2	—	540	155.00	155.00
4	—	610	150.00–155.00	153.10
7	—	738	151.00	151.00
3	—	855	156.00	156.00
3	—	805	150.00–160.00	156.65
2	—	585	156.00	156.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,118	164.50–165.50	164.61
15	—	1,016	160.00–164.50	163.66
19	—	985	160.00–164.50	164.00
16	—	1,086	164.50–165.50	165.31
4	—	616	164.00–165.50	165.11
26	—	874	164.50–165.50	164.73
1	—	715	165.00	165.00
5	—	1,173	161.00–165.00	163.30
3	—	1,238	163.50	163.50
33	—	677	168.00–169.00	168.12
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	147.50	147.50
1	—	825	141.00	141.00
3	—	567	135.00–142.50	139.96
2	—	403	130.00	130.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	713	76.00	76.00
4	—	681	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	373	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	225.00	225.00
2	—	695	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	701	235.00	235.00
2	—	1,125	161.00	161.00
2	—	643	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	351	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	484	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	938	195.00–201.00	197.39
36	—	776	234.00	234.00
2	—	825	225.00	225.00
4	—	724	241.00	241.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,674	89.50–103.00	99.30
25	—	1,683	106.00–119.00	109.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,447	58.00–74.00	67.62
91	—	1,442	82.00–102.50	95.05
4	—	1,421	116.00–124.00	119.68
68	—	1,546	103.00–114.00	105.10
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,170	120.00–127.00	125.24
9	—	1,145	106.00–110.50	107.65
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,248	116.00–125.50	121.85
33	—	1,409	106.00–115.50	112.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,198	99.00–110.00	102.10
10	—	1,149	56.00–73.00	67.06
63	—	1,133	75.00–98.50	89.87
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,622	120.00–121.00	120.47
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	128.50	128.50
1	—	1,275	139.50	139.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,678	100.00–124.50	115.37
7	—	1,847	125.00–136.00	128.69
1	—	2,075	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	147.00	147.00

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	1	—	1,520	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,450	1,950.00	1,950.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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