Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 262 priced lines covering 11,385 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,148 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,574 head. replacement cattle receipts at 663 head.

Mon Oct 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,148Last week 11,531Year ago 10,596

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,574Last week 1,857Year ago 2,773

Replacement CattleReceipts 663Last week 497Year ago 787

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, Livestock Exchange, and Centennial Livestock. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder steers under 450 lbs sold sharply higher, 450-700 lbs steady to 6.00 lower, and over 700 lbs 6.00 to 11.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold sharply higher, 450-500 lbs steady, and over 500 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder dairy heifers over 750 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. The next available report will be Monday, November 13, 2023.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,026	1,225.00–1,550.00	1,424.30
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,149	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,209	1,300.00–1,600.00	1,437.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,700.00	1,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,329	1,350.00–1,410.00	1,354.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,193	1,475.00–1,825.00	1,644.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,140	1,075.00–2,350.00	1,871.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	50	—	1,076	1,500.00–2,000.00	1,677.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	142	—	1,293	1,200.00–1,975.00	1,711.56
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	50	—	1,301	1,175.00–1,610.00	1,370.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,169	1,250.00–1,475.00	1,373.45
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	1,321	1,250.00–1,475.00	1,327.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,307	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,359.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	83	—	1,280	1,125.00–2,450.00	1,867.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	36	—	1,294	1,450.00–2,350.00	2,047.08
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,033	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	945	1,210.00	1,210.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,122	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	926	1,000.00–1,375.00	1,269.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,073	1,060.00–1,550.00	1,135.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	1,110.00	1,110.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	991	142.00–147.00	144.06
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	932	151.00–167.00	154.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	961	111.00–176.00	152.42
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	808	121.00	121.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,095	116.00–131.00	129.57
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	750	1,285.00	1,285.00
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	720	825.00	825.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	715	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	915	1,200.00–1,425.00	1,350.93
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	939	1,525.00–1,660.00	1,627.46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	416	271.00–295.00	281.55
10	—	719	221.00	221.00
11	—	282	271.00–281.00	275.62
19	—	1,018	161.00–172.00	170.24
20	—	869	209.00	209.00
34	—	335	287.00–301.00	298.14
82	—	375	265.00–295.00	282.56
90	—	619	217.50–229.00	226.02
11	—	777	185.00–187.00	185.89
188	—	526	236.00–256.00	246.95
30	—	915	173.00–179.00	176.71
4	—	806	202.00	202.00
2	—	1,138	160.00	160.00
26	—	976	167.00–196.00	188.26
311	—	480	242.50–272.00	258.59
47	—	667	216.00–226.00	223.64
148	—	574	222.00–243.00	232.32
4	—	204	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	591	215.00	215.00
7	—	457	231.00	231.00
4	—	754	191.00	191.00
31	—	549	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	172.50	172.50
164	—	487	229.00–253.00	242.46
173	—	531	217.50–242.00	234.27
22	—	919	161.00–189.00	174.85
267	—	626	210.00–224.50	218.59
136	—	578	221.00–232.00	225.69
104	—	427	258.00–283.00	271.66
16	—	965	179.00–181.00	180.36
30	—	338	261.00–282.00	272.55
44	—	366	269.00–281.00	273.66
8	—	273	247.50	247.50
5	—	235	242.50	242.50
4	—	1,041	164.00	164.00
17	—	671	205.00–221.00	212.80
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	575	225.00	225.00
18	—	422	250.00–252.50	251.00
31	—	477	240.00–241.00	240.83
36	—	647	211.50–219.00	212.73
4	—	665	189.00	189.00
8	—	544	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	541	241.00	241.00
82	—	560	235.00–242.00	237.15
20	—	629	227.00–236.50	232.71
4	—	463	252.00	252.00
6	—	415	267.50	267.50
3	—	383	290.00	290.00
5	—	984	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	617	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	568	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	230.00	230.00
5	—	459	232.50	232.50
4	—	1,056	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	417	288.00–311.00	305.29
188	—	530	242.00–273.00	253.80
79	—	331	300.00–337.50	324.00
17	—	269	300.00–312.50	303.77
144	—	570	232.00–260.00	242.51
43	—	785	216.00–227.00	225.15
42	—	719	177.50–230.00	224.52
12	—	911	181.00–191.00	186.80
103	—	386	281.00–307.50	296.80
6	—	1,209	161.00	161.00
41	—	964	162.50–189.00	184.75
15	—	820	216.00–226.00	221.39
72	—	683	218.00–231.00	224.51
7	—	232	300.00	300.00
12	—	227	500.00–510.00	507.69
69	—	625	231.00–243.00	234.71
238	—	467	271.00–287.50	277.22
11	—	1,013	173.00–181.00	179.98
18	—	1,055	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	534	243.00	243.00
1	—	895	158.00	158.00
8	—	952	169.00–184.00	182.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	658	192.00	192.00
5	—	582	236.00	236.00
78	—	531	241.00–243.00	241.84
6	—	718	211.00	211.00
82	—	479	255.00–266.00	263.82
12	—	407	262.00	262.00
2	—	818	196.00	196.00
80	—	629	200.00–231.00	222.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	338	265.00	265.00
4	—	470	252.50	252.50
16	—	629	221.00–223.00	221.75
4	—	353	255.00	255.00
3	—	702	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	735	203.00	203.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	585	235.00	235.00
3	—	318	311.00	311.00
3	—	725	207.50	207.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	908	142.50	142.50
11	—	438	244.00	244.00
7	—	289	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	236.00	236.00
3	—	660	197.50	197.50
2	—	508	274.00	274.00
10	—	384	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	470	233.00	233.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	403	276.00	276.00
9	—	521	252.00–257.50	255.14
19	—	704	220.00	220.00
2	—	485	249.00	249.00
43	—	620	221.00–230.00	226.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	431	280.00–329.00	318.76
2	—	838	221.00	221.00
240	—	481	271.00–317.50	308.02
57	—	374	282.50–348.00	339.95
275	—	662	228.00–242.00	236.91
403	—	570	255.00–276.00	268.68
10	—	291	307.50–342.50	332.03
176	—	623	212.50–257.50	247.52
7	—	794	207.00	207.00
2	—	195	525.00	525.00
18	—	320	340.00–352.50	345.88
221	—	520	267.50–291.00	281.75
30	—	703	221.00–226.00	222.18
1	—	225	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	163.00	163.00
242	—	524	289.00–308.00	293.00
110	—	722	226.00–239.00	231.27
96	—	367	322.50–385.00	367.02
4	—	856	228.00	228.00
25	—	823	216.00–230.00	226.54
6	—	963	197.00	197.00
178	—	423	330.00–345.00	336.06
153	—	670	240.00–256.00	244.04
4	—	1,084	189.00	189.00
66	—	468	301.00–322.50	313.71
75	—	324	326.00–375.00	363.70
36	—	770	231.00–234.00	232.07
161	—	572	263.00–281.00	272.97
236	—	622	242.50–265.00	258.38
16	—	909	207.00	207.00
11	—	224	600.00–675.00	637.26
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	580	241.00–266.00	262.83
52	—	520	259.00–264.00	259.79
10	—	662	253.00	253.00
22	—	632	241.00	241.00
8	—	770	232.00	232.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	586	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	962	221.50	221.50
125	—	838	229.75	229.75
39	—	763	246.00	246.00
8	—	878	224.50	224.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	691	226.00	226.00
10	—	340	315.00	315.00
14	—	585	242.00–242.50	242.25
5	—	422	262.50	262.50
37	—	479	289.00–294.00	293.44
43	—	641	230.00–235.00	232.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	347.50	347.50
14	—	429	292.00–297.50	295.56
9	—	662	234.00	234.00
75	—	525	250.00–285.00	268.23
44	—	627	185.00–243.00	232.09
33	—	467	275.00–300.00	289.73
9	—	794	216.00	216.00
14	—	711	218.00–222.00	220.25
62	—	575	265.00–267.00	266.16
Steers — Medium 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	620	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	541	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	790	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	680	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	291	281.00–283.00	281.97
237	—	533	251.00–275.00	267.57
60	—	706	216.00–220.50	218.77
1	—	910	195.00	195.00
122	—	476	195.00–299.00	285.30
182	—	626	217.50–242.00	235.45
8	—	313	329.00–330.00	329.37
233	—	577	246.00–260.00	252.79
28	—	432	291.00–311.00	297.09
156	—	677	210.00–228.50	220.63
58	—	389	325.00–330.00	327.01
7	—	764	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	506	306.50	306.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	226.00	226.00
3	—	652	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	474	252.50	252.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,189	160.00–161.50	160.82
22	—	1,015	158.00–164.00	161.92
1	—	1,340	159.50	159.50
36	—	1,089	160.00–165.00	162.24
16	—	846	161.50	161.50
4	—	1,288	158.00–164.00	162.53
12	—	753	161.00	161.00
8	—	690	170.00–190.00	182.57
3	—	1,353	155.50	155.50
7	—	969	158.00–160.00	159.29
6	—	1,103	159.00–161.00	159.50
22	—	607	164.00	164.00
2	—	1,425	153.00–154.00	153.49
7	—	931	159.00–161.50	160.36
1	—	865	159.00	159.00
6	—	1,241	162.00	162.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	751	70.00	70.00
6	—	874	165.00	165.00
3	—	803	75.00	75.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	159.00	159.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	150.00	150.00
2	—	673	150.00	150.00
1	—	420	140.00	140.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	727	171.00	171.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	711	190.00	190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,390	101.00–113.00	104.98
371	—	1,358	88.00–103.00	93.88
49	—	1,330	71.00–89.00	83.80
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,709	109.00–117.00	111.75
1	—	1,540	98.50	98.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	979	40.00–67.50	49.83
308	—	1,182	80.50–99.00	89.21
34	—	1,067	94.00–130.00	106.27
221	—	1,116	56.00–97.00	82.46
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	98.00	98.00
27	—	1,154	104.00–132.50	118.09
116	—	1,333	87.50–120.00	97.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,582	106.00–119.00	109.92
37	—	1,503	71.00–107.00	90.54
119	—	1,470	93.50–109.00	101.87
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,000	117.50–137.50	123.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,323	106.50	106.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,816	109.00–127.00	118.32
13	—	1,672	71.00–99.00	91.85
30	—	1,799	100.00–113.50	108.04

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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