Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 197 priced lines covering 5,318 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,199 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 729 head. replacement cattle receipts at 176 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,199Last week 5,838Year ago 5,160

Slaughter CattleReceipts 729Last week 722Year ago 1,122

Replacement CattleReceipts 176Last week 627Year ago 199

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 were moderate to good. Feeder steers under 450 lbs sold 3.00 higher, and 450-750 lbs steers were 11.00 to 19.00 higher. Trade mixed on a light test for feeder heifers under 450 lbs, 450-550 lbs sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher, and over 550 lbs sold mixed. Feeder dairy heifers over 900 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher; average dressing slaughter bulls sold 16.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, March 11, 2024.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	410.00	410.00
16	400–450	419	380.00–390.00	384.20
27	450–500	475	359.00–365.00	361.29
30	550–600	574	315.00–317.50	315.49
38	750–800	760	247.00–250.50	248.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	324	405.00–415.00	411.27
45	350–400	369	375.00–392.50	381.42
72	400–450	428	360.00–377.50	366.84
167	450–500	471	335.00–370.00	360.02
127	500–550	530	325.00–340.00	331.72
154	550–600	575	287.00–338.00	314.39
99	600–650	629	274.00–308.00	299.84
124	650–700	659	260.00–282.00	274.69
198	700–750	733	241.00–275.00	256.88
66	750–800	768	227.00–242.50	233.60
20	800–850	807	228.00–235.50	231.73
77	850–900	865	223.00–243.50	238.64
15	900–950	927	210.00–227.00	212.27
4	1000–1050	1,049	182.50	182.50
4	1100–1150	1,104	182.00	182.00
3	1450–1500	1,485	167.50	167.50
3	1550–1600	1,577	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	450–500	473	387.50	387.50
14	700–750	700	260.50	260.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	297	1,150.00	1,150.00
7	300–350	344	385.00	385.00
39	350–400	386	330.00–365.00	356.13
17	400–450	427	337.50–350.00	345.13
21	450–500	471	320.00–345.00	330.30
6	500–550	526	302.00–306.00	304.01
65	550–600	575	270.00–322.50	305.32
59	600–650	630	261.00–304.50	282.55
45	650–700	685	241.00–258.00	248.84
39	700–750	732	234.00–257.00	252.61
55	750–800	770	221.00–231.00	225.38
8	800–850	847	229.00	229.00
2	950–1000	975	177.50	177.50
3	1200–1250	1,218	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	250–300	283	422.50–445.00	438.24
3	300–350	303	435.00	435.00
42	350–400	360	400.00–407.50	404.86
6	400–450	428	400.00	400.00
11	550–600	570	303.00	303.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	543	285.00–322.50	309.74
6	600–650	632	254.00–260.00	255.98
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	293.00	293.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	366.00	366.00
3	450–500	459	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	428	275.00–312.50	283.04
24	450–500	467	281.00–320.00	316.12
20	500–550	535	276.00–302.00	287.37
28	550–600	589	254.00–307.00	291.39
6	600–650	602	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	275.00	275.00
5	550–600	581	260.00–287.50	270.84
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	526	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	340.00	340.00
66	450–500	480	310.00–316.00	313.44
7	650–700	654	261.00	261.00
7	700–750	706	243.00	243.00
23	750–800	760	228.00–235.00	234.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	367.50–395.00	384.63
22	400–450	424	340.00–345.00	341.73
34	500–550	513	311.00–312.00	311.66
58	550–600	564	276.00–288.00	286.22
5	600–650	608	266.00	266.00
39	650–700	661	251.00–258.00	256.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	248	410.00	410.00
8	250–300	261	850.00	850.00
48	300–350	326	317.00–360.00	337.19
84	350–400	381	307.50–395.00	342.72
113	400–450	438	320.00–331.00	324.11
68	450–500	474	277.50–315.00	300.25
216	500–550	529	285.00–305.00	301.19
133	550–600	580	260.00–281.50	271.62
259	600–650	632	250.00–268.00	259.06
134	650–700	671	236.00–259.50	249.60
118	700–750	726	225.00–239.00	233.38
28	750–800	778	215.00–232.00	222.30
86	800–850	831	214.00–217.00	214.90
10	850–900	862	210.00	210.00
3	900–950	947	199.00	199.00
1	1250–1300	1,290	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
3	300–350	300	975.00	975.00
2	300–350	340	320.00	320.00
22	350–400	391	292.50–330.00	309.12
45	400–450	416	295.00–312.00	302.02
61	450–500	472	272.00–294.00	282.34
62	500–550	530	251.00–285.00	270.98
13	550–600	573	246.00–260.00	254.15
43	600–650	625	242.50–250.00	247.86
15	650–700	672	232.50–242.50	236.67
5	750–800	753	210.00–212.50	211.00
6	800–850	845	204.00	204.00
1	850–900	890	167.50	167.50
10	950–1000	980	160.00–170.00	168.25
1	1100–1150	1,125	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	280	422.50	422.50
15	300–350	327	390.00–420.00	407.64
36	350–400	372	345.00–407.50	361.93
84	450–500	472	328.00	328.00
8	550–600	554	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	400–450	447	316.00–318.00	317.88
11	600–650	637	251.00–252.00	251.27
23	750–800	797	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	383	315.00	315.00
5	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
3	450–500	488	279.00	279.00
4	500–550	511	262.00	262.00
31	550–600	575	232.00–267.00	250.46
10	600–650	633	248.00	248.00
17	700–750	735	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	454	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
10	200–250	208	650.00	650.00
2	350–400	390	305.00	305.00
12	400–450	408	279.00–286.00	280.91
29	450–500	472	246.00–277.50	271.97
2	500–550	528	259.00	259.00
16	550–600	590	234.00–255.00	240.72
18	600–650	629	227.50–230.00	229.29
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	485	235.00	235.00
4	650–700	659	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	363	275.00–277.50	275.75
15	500–550	542	288.00	288.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	427	357.50	357.50
14	600–650	600	284.00	284.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	372.50	372.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	502	315.00	315.00
4	550–600	575	272.00–282.50	277.30
4	700–750	716	229.00	229.00
9	750–800	796	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	420.00	420.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	620	165.00	165.00
3	900–950	925	159.00–162.50	160.82
12	950–1000	991	159.50–163.50	161.58
6	1000–1050	1,028	161.50–163.50	162.17
18	1050–1100	1,072	161.00–163.00	162.08
25	1100–1150	1,125	158.50–161.50	160.80
23	1150–1200	1,180	158.50–162.50	160.41
8	1200–1250	1,227	157.50–163.00	158.99
14	1250–1300	1,290	157.50–159.50	158.54
6	1300–1350	1,337	159.50	159.50
7	1400–1450	1,400	154.50	154.50
1	1650–1700	1,695	135.00	135.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	309	155.00–170.00	165.02
2	400–450	428	140.00	140.00
1	650–700	685	160.00	160.00
1	750–800	760	155.00	155.00
1	850–900	895	159.00	159.00
1	1100–1150	1,110	158.00	158.00
4	1250–1300	1,265	155.00–156.00	155.26
1	1450–1500	1,475	135.00	135.00
1	1500–1550	1,515	131.00	131.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1100–1150	1,140	137.50	137.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,277	1,475.00	1,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,227	1,285.00	1,285.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,179	1,210.00–1,350.00	1,240.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,285	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,198	1,750.00–1,950.00	1,853.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,675.00	1,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,380	1,675.00	1,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,319	1,525.00–1,650.00	1,559.44
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	883	1,450.00–1,550.00	1,501.27
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	725	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,225	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	993	1,675.00–1,825.00	1,743.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	910	1,625.00	1,625.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	995	132.50–159.00	147.90
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	44	—	839	201.00–230.00	210.14
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	808	231.00	231.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	45	—	936	161.00–199.00	183.55
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,106	121.00–132.50	127.05
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	982	1,975.00	1,975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	2,025.00	2,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	1,850.00	1,850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,244	83.00–105.00	98.40
37	—	1,169	93.00–111.50	103.76
30	—	1,100	71.00–91.00	83.55
22	—	1,306	37.50–77.50	62.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	124.50–143.00	134.01
5	—	1,506	114.50–136.00	121.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,541	105.00–121.00	115.61
18	—	1,687	84.00–120.50	113.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,397	90.00–100.00	97.48
1	—	1,740	72.50	72.50
5	—	1,409	116.50–123.00	119.51
128	—	1,461	89.00–115.00	111.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,275	105.00–132.00	119.68
40	—	1,331	104.00–140.00	114.10
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,095	101.00–145.00	110.51
21	—	1,182	104.00–131.00	115.36
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,664	121.00–131.00	125.11
3	—	1,720	134.00–139.00	135.88
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	128.00	128.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,682	96.50–108.00	103.04
1	—	1,600	92.00	92.00
17	—	1,635	116.00–137.00	128.24

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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