Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 291 priced lines covering 11,684 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,531 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,857 head. replacement cattle receipts at 497 head. Counted as USDA files them — 21 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,531Last week 7,571Year ago 9,337

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,857Last week 1,613Year ago 2,167

Replacement CattleReceipts 497Last week 470Year ago 64

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold uneven, 500-850 lbs mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower, and over 850 lbs sold uneven. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold uneven, 500-750 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower, and over 700 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder dairy heifers over 900 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 1.00 to 6.00 lower

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	422	271.00–282.50	276.50
15	—	619	230.00	230.00
2	—	510	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	516	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	366	300.00	300.00
9	—	597	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	313	340.00	340.00
5	—	739	215.00	215.00
1	—	200	510.00	510.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	237.50	237.50
1	—	340	300.00	300.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	190.00	190.00
6	—	514	202.50	202.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,130	158.50	158.50
4	—	571	175.00	175.00
6	—	1,015	156.00–159.00	156.99
1	—	640	170.00	170.00
9	—	974	158.50–159.00	158.78
5	—	1,233	157.50–158.00	157.80
1	—	785	162.50	162.50
2	—	1,163	157.50	157.50
13	—	1,072	154.50–159.50	157.54
4	—	674	168.00	168.00
4	—	891	158.00	158.00
6	—	937	158.00–158.50	158.17
2	—	1,483	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	160.00	160.00
1	—	535	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	287	247.50–284.00	272.84
3	—	817	205.00–206.00	205.67
4	—	909	180.00–200.00	189.98
268	—	527	221.00–244.00	238.22
48	—	364	249.00–274.00	265.25
255	—	574	211.00–240.50	232.51
133	—	482	225.00–259.00	248.60
15	—	889	151.00–206.00	181.97
3	—	1,123	155.00–167.00	159.08
19	—	776	212.00	212.00
29	—	323	258.00–275.00	263.60
22	—	1,034	180.00–198.00	193.04
3	—	243	242.50	242.50
89	—	622	200.00–232.00	226.90
6	—	718	211.00	211.00
69	—	420	207.00–264.00	251.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,383	168.00	168.00
3	—	282	800.00	800.00
147	—	567	233.00–257.00	251.43
3	—	978	197.00–241.00	226.08
24	—	683	230.00–242.00	234.08
52	—	725	232.50–233.00	232.91
23	—	928	170.00–216.00	211.22
108	—	620	234.00–248.00	241.45
80	—	466	256.00–289.00	277.56
3	—	1,170	163.00	163.00
8	—	889	220.00	220.00
1	—	1,022	165.00	165.00
145	—	423	255.00–300.00	282.70
26	—	818	221.00–240.00	226.89
40	—	773	221.00–240.50	230.23
55	—	378	258.00–312.50	294.14
6	—	318	307.50–310.00	308.76
234	—	517	248.00–268.00	260.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	981	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	318	255.00	255.00
6	—	495	231.00	231.00
26	—	423	230.00–246.00	237.51
4	—	669	187.50	187.50
43	—	580	221.00–226.00	225.41
2	—	388	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	215.00	215.00
1	—	805	145.00	145.00
6	—	413	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	673	229.00–232.00	230.60
88	—	373	266.00–289.00	273.32
26	—	920	200.00–206.00	202.12
2	—	960	205.00	205.00
135	—	625	230.00–235.00	232.01
145	—	526	241.00–259.00	251.16
15	—	291	256.00–298.00	283.88
37	—	308	252.00–296.00	285.23
142	—	474	252.50–273.00	265.07
3	—	1,006	196.00	196.00
22	—	878	202.50–212.00	208.11
1	—	1,050	198.00	198.00
10	—	757	216.00–225.00	217.78
104	—	718	200.00–230.00	223.17
323	—	571	231.00–249.00	240.70
98	—	433	264.00–275.00	268.05
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	672	222.00	222.00
2	—	460	245.00	245.00
23	—	561	232.50–239.00	237.33
43	—	539	231.00–236.00	234.96
4	—	618	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	655	232.00–233.00	232.60
4	—	611	234.00	234.00
93	—	480	256.00	256.00
57	—	548	236.00	236.00
6	—	448	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	597	200.00	200.00
4	—	799	225.00	225.00
3	—	480	227.50	227.50
3	—	543	210.00	210.00
6	—	326	240.00	240.00
9	—	616	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	464	265.00–275.00	269.06
24	—	874	233.00	233.00
41	—	432	276.00–277.00	276.23
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	451	251.00	251.00
33	—	542	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	580	231.00–239.00	234.50
55	—	528	231.00–243.00	235.12
8	—	651	224.00	224.00
20	—	612	225.00–244.00	240.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	506	257.50	257.50
21	—	587	212.50–230.00	226.46
4	—	663	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	467	232.00–242.00	235.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	544	225.00	225.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	642	226.00–240.00	235.59
6	—	333	281.00	281.00
12	—	595	231.00	231.00
10	—	727	221.00–229.00	222.55
33	—	531	240.00–252.00	248.20
5	—	279	291.00–299.00	295.70
10	—	475	261.00	261.00
9	—	389	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	738	228.00–240.00	234.85
42	—	386	311.00–330.00	322.01
41	—	828	224.00–233.00	229.03
610	—	523	262.00–291.00	287.93
4	—	1,103	165.00	165.00
16	—	981	224.00	224.00
267	—	580	251.00–267.50	260.85
19	—	320	325.00–337.50	330.75
9	—	281	332.00	332.00
7	—	871	222.50	222.50
109	—	672	237.50–247.00	243.29
20	—	427	276.00–309.00	292.73
30	—	767	225.00–238.00	228.76
5	—	1,037	208.00	208.00
344	—	620	232.50–261.00	252.46
200	—	480	262.50–310.00	296.62
5	—	211	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	227.50	227.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	516	256.00–271.00	268.52
10	—	414	286.00	286.00
24	—	781	233.00	233.00
64	—	580	242.50–260.00	255.30
62	—	626	239.00–244.00	240.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	578	245.00–256.00	253.09
38	—	548	265.00	265.00
54	—	645	237.75–247.50	238.49
7	—	451	299.00	299.00
16	—	665	232.50–236.00	234.89
5	—	760	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	663	230.00	230.00
13	—	613	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	572	240.00–287.50	275.54
13	—	540	285.00	285.00
22	—	669	240.00–251.00	247.42
3	—	360	315.00	315.00
53	—	620	248.00–271.00	266.70
22	—	722	229.00–235.00	234.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	429	353.00	353.00
65	—	507	302.50–315.00	310.23
16	—	452	329.00–337.50	331.12
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	568	246.00–251.00	247.81
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	726	234.00	234.00
8	—	661	232.50	232.50
23	—	517	269.00	269.00
12	—	614	247.00–251.00	249.61
Steers — Medium 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	820	231.00–240.00	236.05
224	—	514	282.50–306.00	299.73
29	—	394	340.00–355.00	342.81
217	—	574	270.00–289.00	277.15
290	—	616	236.00–268.00	262.01
197	—	675	240.50–246.00	244.98
48	—	335	340.00–354.00	349.28
46	—	973	227.00–236.00	231.09
2	—	923	227.00	227.00
257	—	425	310.00–340.00	322.14
95	—	776	225.00–246.00	240.57
189	—	474	300.00–322.50	316.09
77	—	881	231.00–241.00	234.82
76	—	717	237.00–247.00	242.85
2	—	1,012	202.50	202.50
5	—	231	800.00	800.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	548	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	484	262.50–276.00	268.45
39	—	381	292.00–306.00	300.39
189	—	632	223.00–246.00	240.13
43	—	334	297.50–327.50	308.67
25	—	760	223.00–227.50	226.54
137	—	571	234.00–254.00	246.34
177	—	676	222.00–242.00	236.84
20	—	899	230.00	230.00
4	—	996	207.00	207.00
57	—	523	236.00–275.00	264.53
32	—	825	216.00–227.00	221.59
15	—	431	280.00–293.00	285.58
6	—	911	200.00–216.00	207.96
8	—	1,282	173.00	173.00
31	—	727	221.00–227.50	222.19
6	—	282	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	888	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	305.00	305.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	885	145.00	145.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	27	—	966	131.00–190.00	140.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,067	185.00	185.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	16	—	865	146.00–155.00	149.74
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	785	160.00–215.00	188.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,149	136.00–138.50	137.10
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	921	1,610.00–1,660.00	1,647.16
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	835	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	1,050.00	1,050.00
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	760	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	1,360.00	1,360.00
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	808	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	895	1,385.00	1,385.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,397	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,386	1,385.00–1,500.00	1,469.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,258	1,410.00–1,450.00	1,437.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,282	1,535.00	1,535.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	17	—	1,181	1,350.00–1,535.00	1,429.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,198	1,375.00–1,585.00	1,429.41
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,260	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,265	1,500.00–1,560.00	1,536.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,120	1,275.00–1,635.00	1,510.27
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	1,485.00	1,485.00
Bred Cows — Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,107	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,171	825.00–1,175.00	1,010.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,154	900.00–1,200.00	1,083.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	1,158	975.00–1,275.00	1,059.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,120	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,161	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,183	1,010.00–1,260.00	1,209.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,151	1,135.00–1,360.00	1,298.31
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,118	900.00–1,125.00	926.61
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	32	—	1,163	1,710.00–2,000.00	1,837.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,083	1,725.00–1,924.99	1,871.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,044	1,460.00–2,150.00	2,112.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,182	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	1,975.00	1,975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	61	—	1,048	2,000.00–2,525.00	2,464.37
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,310.00	1,310.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,335	1,400.00–1,875.00	1,769.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,795	1,910.00	1,910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	—	1,279	1,575.00–1,850.00	1,753.59
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	1,525.00	1,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,245	1,575.00–1,600.00	1,588.55
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,415	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,158	1,150.00–2,500.00	2,035.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,805	2,125.00	2,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,212	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,210.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,347	93.00–111.00	96.28
448	—	1,162	80.00–98.00	87.43
183	—	1,122	65.00–82.00	77.17
38	—	1,113	37.50–77.00	53.89
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,114	110.00–129.50	117.27
45	—	1,314	83.00–101.00	90.25
87	—	1,332	85.00–115.00	100.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
251	—	1,376	87.00–103.50	94.04
14	—	1,303	100.00–106.00	104.57
1	—	920	70.00	70.00
180	—	1,291	68.00–87.00	84.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	120.00	120.00
17	—	1,420	102.50–107.50	106.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,202	82.00–115.00	88.15
29	—	1,294	81.50–85.00	83.12
55	—	1,030	119.00–140.00	131.32
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,694	106.50–118.00	114.11
1	—	1,710	103.00	103.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,480	76.00–97.00	85.73
22	—	1,526	107.00–120.00	111.28
51	—	1,534	92.00–109.00	98.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,903	111.00–125.00	114.37
30	—	1,353	71.00–100.00	91.86
53	—	1,675	101.00–111.50	106.73
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	122.50–123.00	122.75
5	—	1,505	95.50–100.50	97.48
1	—	1,165	120.00	120.00

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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