Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 215 priced lines covering 7,801 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,171 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,263 head. replacement cattle receipts at 413 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,171Last week 7,858Year ago 8,837

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,263Last week 1,634Year ago 991

Replacement CattleReceipts 413Last week 1,665Year ago 20

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers across all weight classes sold mostly steady to 8.00 higher with instances of 13.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs sold mostly 4.00 to 11.00 higher with instances of sharply higher, and heifers over 650 lbs sold uneven. Feeder dairy heifers over 900 lbs sold mostly 3.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, February 12, 2024.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	158.00	158.00
228	—	614	239.00–249.00	244.77
35	—	365	315.00–328.00	317.86
162	—	768	198.00–220.00	211.69
1	—	1,125	160.00	160.00
29	—	920	185.00–193.00	189.00
148	—	574	245.00–277.00	258.71
12	—	1,022	175.00	175.00
6	—	881	191.50–200.00	195.68
190	—	528	258.00–302.50	280.84
71	—	430	297.50–310.00	301.60
2	—	1,390	150.00	150.00
40	—	316	300.00–368.00	328.04
160	—	718	214.00–229.00	223.08
282	—	669	232.00–249.00	239.11
14	—	826	202.50–206.00	205.01
141	—	482	279.00–305.00	287.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	813	218.00	218.00
22	—	355	367.50	367.50
23	—	522	298.00	298.00
37	—	569	263.00–293.00	285.90
15	—	433	317.50	317.50
4	—	301	387.50	387.50
12	—	473	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	490	275.00–305.00	295.69
29	—	514	239.00–252.50	249.67
8	—	714	215.00	215.00
3	—	753	198.00	198.00
3	—	428	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	499	280.00	280.00
16	—	585	249.00	249.00
4	—	418	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	387	307.50	307.50
8	—	548	260.00	260.00
4	—	321	345.00	345.00
9	—	639	232.00–232.50	232.17
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	924	170.00–173.00	172.60
10	—	682	212.50–220.00	214.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	777	207.00–207.50	207.08
21	—	822	175.00–192.50	187.49
43	—	727	210.00–220.00	216.82
57	—	581	231.00–260.00	248.24
5	—	904	175.00	175.00
125	—	673	191.00–232.00	224.27
14	—	339	282.00–310.00	288.33
5	—	1,351	152.00	152.00
12	—	374	285.00–300.00	293.41
41	—	630	225.00–237.50	230.87
60	—	531	246.00–270.00	254.41
34	—	431	278.00–295.00	288.24
1	—	865	176.00	176.00
17	—	480	268.00–278.00	273.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	283	300.00	300.00
1	—	955	151.00	151.00
20	—	478	225.00–264.00	253.58
1	—	1,030	152.00	152.00
31	—	422	242.50–270.00	263.70
3	—	338	290.00	290.00
10	—	547	242.00	242.00
13	—	370	212.00–280.00	248.82
1	—	1,080	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	564	265.00–272.50	268.92
67	—	627	252.00–256.00	253.69
79	—	668	244.00–246.50	245.87
36	—	413	311.00–313.00	312.55
28	—	465	296.00–297.00	296.46
39	—	525	280.00–286.00	282.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	446	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	630	260.00–281.00	273.31
106	—	578	274.00–295.00	283.33
71	—	476	310.00–322.50	312.86
16	—	422	302.00–340.00	313.92
2	—	790	219.00	219.00
12	—	367	325.00–340.00	333.40
2	—	908	185.00	185.00
2	—	745	223.00	223.00
5	—	1,168	167.00	167.00
3	—	325	340.00	340.00
134	—	684	242.00–262.00	248.39
71	—	531	283.00–305.00	291.64
9	—	970	185.00–191.00	187.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	627	240.00–264.00	252.17
35	—	490	221.00–306.00	257.54
33	—	569	236.00–256.00	247.61
16	—	984	177.00	177.00
2	—	390	292.00	292.00
66	—	675	228.50–238.00	230.31
4	—	501	230.00	230.00
5	—	416	271.00–282.00	275.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	518	324.00–327.50	326.18
81	—	494	334.00–335.00	334.02
46	—	368	384.50–386.00	385.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	420	354.00	354.00
22	—	752	238.00–239.50	238.89
95	—	855	230.00	230.00
66	—	832	229.00–230.00	229.54
43	—	717	251.00	251.00
3	—	353	395.00	395.00
59	—	530	330.00	330.00
22	—	471	338.00	338.00
36	—	658	271.00	271.00
18	—	559	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	736	195.00	195.00
2	—	778	197.50	197.50
3	—	1,037	172.00	172.00
3	—	523	245.00	245.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	543	260.00	260.00
9	—	663	221.00	221.00
23	—	478	271.00–325.00	318.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	764	239.00	239.00
31	—	555	319.00–340.00	327.81
21	—	333	400.00–401.00	400.53
26	—	704	256.50	256.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	350.00	350.00
3	—	410	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	547	303.00	303.00
38	—	582	290.00	290.00
6	—	802	213.00	213.00
2	—	393	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,035	198.00	198.00
2	—	1,423	158.00	158.00
138	—	431	317.00–373.00	342.22
11	—	916	204.00	204.00
41	—	383	353.00–377.50	363.43
4	—	298	356.00	356.00
96	—	465	316.00–340.00	330.41
74	—	533	312.00–328.00	320.10
195	—	626	281.00–295.00	286.28
231	—	775	223.00–251.00	231.90
207	—	576	289.00–312.00	300.22
48	—	879	216.00–217.50	216.89
355	—	722	235.00–252.00	243.19
103	—	821	209.00–225.00	220.04
25	—	965	193.00–210.00	208.59
3	—	1,338	158.00	158.00
273	—	677	257.00–279.00	267.64
31	—	326	345.00–389.00	369.42
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	797	200.00	200.00
5	—	341	311.00	311.00
4	—	455	300.00	300.00
4	—	576	256.00	256.00
8	—	818	214.50	214.50
16	—	657	240.00–246.00	245.21
6	—	526	243.00–293.00	275.81
19	—	634	245.00–275.00	267.01
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	148.00–152.50	150.25
5	—	616	185.00	185.00
1	—	920	153.50	153.50
1	—	1,265	151.50	151.50
19	—	1,172	152.00–155.50	153.76
43	—	1,107	151.00–155.50	154.88
5	—	970	154.50	154.50
2	—	790	145.00	145.00
3	—	1,212	153.50	153.50
19	—	1,069	153.50–155.00	154.60
1	—	1,010	152.00	152.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	160.00	160.00
1	—	1,140	150.00	150.00
4	—	533	147.50	147.50
1	—	745	140.00	140.00
1	—	615	145.00	145.00
6	—	562	142.50	142.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	684	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	688	228.00	228.00
6	—	550	271.00	271.00
3	—	342	332.50	332.50
3	—	700	214.00	214.00
7	—	478	261.00–300.00	288.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	686	187.50–209.00	196.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,505	81.00–91.50	86.26
160	—	1,454	83.00–105.00	99.49
2	—	1,690	55.00–77.50	67.18
123	—	1,271	91.00–114.00	102.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,286	42.50–71.00	60.55
219	—	1,174	90.00–104.00	94.79
181	—	1,281	84.00–99.00	92.04
69	—	1,124	52.00–86.00	77.20
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,859	96.00–112.50	109.65
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,144	100.00–126.50	102.81
22	—	1,124	95.00–112.50	100.29
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,308	100.00–120.00	109.60
52	—	1,298	101.00–145.00	109.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,594	98.00–114.50	107.72
55	—	1,609	91.00–109.50	103.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,542	107.00–107.50	107.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,855	111.00–134.50	121.83
7	—	1,608	85.00–102.00	95.93
23	—	1,707	101.00–120.00	111.71
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	110.00–147.50	126.81

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,226	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,321	1,525.00–1,800.00	1,649.01
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,342	1,700.00–1,875.00	1,767.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,280	1,075.00–1,400.00	1,211.33
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,200	1,175.00–1,300.00	1,216.22
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	975.00–1,050.00	1,013.01
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	622	485.00–525.00	499.15
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,179	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,011	2,125.00	2,125.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	138.00	138.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	976	133.00–150.00	142.15
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	111.00	111.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,184	111.00–123.00	118.54
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	746	151.00–190.00	170.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	249	—	928	151.00–196.00	168.09
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	750	205.00–212.50	208.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	850	200.00–207.50	204.03
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	823	1,510.00	1,510.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,375	1,975.00	1,975.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,425.00	2,425.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,025.00	2,025.00

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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