Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 181 priced lines covering 3,737 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,780 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 439 head. replacement cattle receipts at 29 head. Counted as USDA files them — 11 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,780Last week 255Year ago 2,252

Slaughter CattleReceipts 439Last week 344Year ago 874

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 4Year ago 78

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 was light to very good. This marked the first week of the fall run with feeder cattle auctions to run bi-weekly through September with the intent of running every week starting the first week of October. No comparable trades on feeder steers and heifers. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower; bulls 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	584	200.00–212.50	210.04
5	—	410	227.50	227.50
2	—	630	200.00	200.00
3	—	242	290.00	290.00
1	—	670	190.00	190.00
27	—	543	205.00–217.50	212.49
27	—	392	220.00–232.50	231.65
30	—	335	250.00–297.50	284.82
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	117.50	117.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	330	305.00–347.50	327.83
19	—	866	160.00–175.00	170.83
5	—	1,208	168.00	168.00
33	—	285	300.00–312.50	306.27
2	—	935	162.00	162.00
4	—	1,014	162.00–162.50	162.38
20	—	386	280.00–325.00	307.38
1	—	780	195.00	195.00
13	—	1,080	161.00–162.50	161.65
1	—	1,265	160.50	160.50
6	—	802	187.50	187.50
26	—	1,400	156.00	156.00
2	—	588	230.00	230.00
11	—	518	220.00–265.00	243.60
2	—	988	161.00	161.00
2	—	605	247.50	247.50
7	—	1,132	161.50–162.50	162.14
42	—	406	260.00–317.50	296.98
3	—	1,342	159.50	159.50
12	—	1,168	161.50–163.00	162.63
1	—	705	192.50	192.50
44	—	478	250.00–300.00	272.08
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	159.50	159.50
18	—	613	170.00–195.00	190.70
1	—	115	110.00	110.00
72	—	473	200.00–205.00	202.48
10	—	266	205.00	205.00
8	—	969	158.00–160.00	159.50
2	—	1,650	135.00	135.00
6	—	776	142.50–165.00	154.71
1	—	925	150.00	150.00
14	—	713	140.00–185.00	155.61
15	—	1,257	120.00–160.00	152.85
6	—	806	157.50	157.50
4	—	411	207.50	207.50
24	—	534	155.00–205.00	183.44
18	—	883	150.00–158.00	154.61
32	—	560	180.00	180.00
2	—	1,073	150.00	150.00
8	—	1,364	135.00–157.00	143.19
31	—	224	235.00–257.50	246.56
19	—	650	180.00	180.00
15	—	325	215.00–220.00	215.35
9	—	388	190.00–235.00	204.90
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	355	185.00	185.00
4	—	220	167.50	167.50
2	—	718	125.00	125.00
2	—	885	115.00–120.00	117.50
1	—	640	180.00	180.00
3	—	782	135.00–150.00	145.01
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	480	140.00	140.00
9	—	273	100.00–120.00	113.64
1	—	370	115.00	115.00
4	—	1,071	158.00	158.00
5	—	934	97.00–105.00	100.25
6	—	794	140.00	140.00
8	—	154	82.50	82.50
3	—	230	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	273	322.50–347.50	334.70
41	—	424	300.00–337.50	331.74
2	—	673	225.00–252.50	238.39
9	—	520	277.50–300.00	285.22
40	—	483	307.50–340.00	323.61
12	—	743	207.50	207.50
6	—	620	247.50	247.50
66	—	377	325.00–353.00	340.40
58	—	327	330.00–350.00	343.07
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	369	160.00	160.00
1	—	175	185.00	185.00
6	—	282	200.00–215.00	210.25
1	—	405	205.00	205.00
4	—	323	225.00	225.00
1	—	635	150.00	150.00
3	—	482	110.00–175.00	152.97
5	—	212	160.00–225.00	198.93
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	690	207.50–225.00	211.78
15	—	371	295.00–315.00	300.40
1	—	845	195.00	195.00
2	—	460	200.00–300.00	248.91
4	—	411	265.00–295.00	279.73
24	—	289	305.00	305.00
23	—	332	300.00–317.50	310.51
6	—	564	220.00–250.00	229.85
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	175.00	175.00
185	—	434	240.00–282.50	271.80
22	—	607	185.00–215.00	210.09
28	—	590	205.00–215.00	211.41
4	—	186	240.00–280.00	249.40
16	—	1,142	150.00	150.00
4	—	733	177.50	177.50
121	—	331	250.00–287.50	275.75
40	—	488	245.00–250.00	246.46
112	—	515	222.50–242.50	240.69
55	—	277	250.00–295.00	265.30
100	—	367	265.00–280.00	275.31
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	336	220.00–242.50	240.80
18	—	483	215.00–240.00	232.34
52	—	217	240.00–265.00	248.83
21	—	383	250.00–255.00	252.39
23	—	507	215.00–220.00	219.09
4	—	435	235.00	235.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	291	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,010	199.00	199.00
133	—	841	235.50–241.00	238.25
83	—	915	222.00–232.00	229.23
60	—	888	236.50	236.50
7	—	656	248.00	248.00
19	—	954	202.50–226.00	222.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	864	227.50	227.50
13	—	636	244.50	244.50
16	—	719	236.00–241.00	238.48
12	—	573	241.00–259.00	247.22
32	—	754	237.00–239.00	237.51
29	—	680	240.00–247.50	241.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	850	202.50–212.50	208.21
5	—	901	205.00	205.00
16	—	721	238.00	238.00
12	—	959	199.50	199.50
63	—	836	211.00–219.00	217.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	554	250.00	250.00
6	—	438	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	225.00	225.00
19	—	797	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	694	245.50	245.50
17	—	846	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	773	232.00	232.00
8	—	1,001	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	453	292.50	292.50
157	—	825	248.00–256.00	253.60
49	—	721	246.00–253.00	250.90
61	—	924	235.50–236.00	235.67
5	—	971	226.50	226.50
22	—	879	233.00	233.00
34	—	769	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	533	263.50	263.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	686	255.00	255.00
38	—	772	221.00–242.50	237.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	621	247.00	247.00
4	—	784	239.00	239.00
4	—	574	247.00	247.00
8	—	884	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	970	209.00	209.00
38	—	777	232.00	232.00
26	—	949	226.50	226.50
56	—	876	225.00–235.50	234.22

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,433	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,660	2,075.00–2,200.00	2,159.34
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	950	165.00–173.00	168.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,036	150.00–160.00	152.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,903	120.00–128.50	123.85
8	—	1,103	135.50–168.00	161.44
19	—	1,635	101.00–145.00	114.81
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,127	96.00–105.00	100.01
2	—	1,163	111.00–112.50	111.75
12	—	994	86.00–95.00	89.71
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,428	118.00–129.00	122.83
1	—	1,305	93.50	93.50
10	—	1,400	110.00–116.00	114.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	951	57.50–72.50	64.87
37	—	1,146	97.00–108.00	100.37
86	—	1,181	75.00–95.00	88.47
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,782	120.00–121.00	120.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,507	100.00–113.00	104.02
8	—	1,400	69.50–78.00	72.82
1	—	1,595	118.00	118.00
62	—	1,464	80.00–99.00	92.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,729	104.50–117.00	108.13
5	—	1,747	92.00–103.00	97.67
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	146.00	146.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,563	130.00	130.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	156.00	156.00

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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