Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 159 priced lines covering 2,450 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,760 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 923 head. replacement cattle receipts at 379 head. Counted as USDA files them — 41 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,760Last week 9,728Year ago 1,475

Slaughter CattleReceipts 923Last week 703Year ago 1,036

Replacement CattleReceipts 379Last week 910Year ago 775

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for three Colorado auction markets, including La Junta Livestock, Livestock Exchange and Winter Livestock. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder steers weighing between 350-850 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 12.00 lower on a much lighter test when compared to last week. Feeder heifers weighing 450-650 lbs sold 12.00 to 20.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher, while average dressing slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, April 1, 2024.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
11	600–650	602	315.00	315.00
17	750–800	750	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	392.00	392.00
21	350–400	378	365.00–382.50	368.12
14	400–450	444	358.00–367.50	362.96
100	450–500	465	342.00–362.50	346.50
33	500–550	524	317.50–330.00	320.78
36	550–600	592	300.00–313.00	302.60
41	600–650	634	286.00–297.50	291.63
29	650–700	688	254.50–291.00	264.82
58	700–750	736	248.00–274.00	253.37
5	750–800	763	229.00–231.00	230.18
30	800–850	832	230.00–235.00	234.34
3	850–900	883	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	399.00	399.00
16	400–450	422	372.00–382.00	379.95
6	550–600	570	310.00–322.00	317.90
9	650–700	665	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	479	355.00–361.00	358.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	684	196.00	196.00
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	583	291.00	291.00
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	365.00	365.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	341.00	341.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	361.00	361.00
2	350–400	373	331.00	331.00
5	400–450	413	326.00	326.00
14	500–550	544	291.00–306.00	301.71
2	600–650	638	272.50	272.50
3	800–850	818	197.50	197.50
5	850–900	873	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	795	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	331.00	331.00
31	450–500	479	338.00	338.00
45	500–550	509	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	327	342.50–372.00	357.25
6	350–400	390	320.00	320.00
47	400–450	430	301.00–312.50	307.90
5	450–500	450	292.00	292.00
21	500–550	519	271.00–297.50	285.34
13	550–600	576	255.00–274.00	262.31
12	600–650	628	248.00–250.00	249.49
77	650–700	663	240.00–257.00	249.99
10	700–750	728	220.00–241.00	234.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	429	321.00–323.00	322.68
82	550–600	560	290.00–299.00	296.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	356	311.00	311.00
5	550–600	571	263.00	263.00
15	600–650	641	251.00–256.00	254.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	444	262.00	262.00
5	450–500	478	254.00–268.00	259.48
4	600–650	603	219.00	219.00
6	700–750	743	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	315.00	315.00
2	350–400	358	281.00	281.00
3	450–500	493	246.00	246.00
8	500–550	540	246.00–251.00	247.88
5	700–750	717	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	322.00	322.00
24	400–450	430	283.00–317.50	301.75
7	450–500	475	280.00–282.00	281.43
4	500–550	531	258.00	258.00
2	550–600	553	251.00	251.00
3	650–700	698	218.00	218.00
3	850–900	850	207.50	207.50
6	900–950	918	173.00	173.00
12	1000–1050	1,019	167.50–177.50	171.99
4	1050–1100	1,079	170.00	170.00
1	1100–1150	1,135	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	335	363.00	363.00
2	450–500	470	291.00	291.00
4	600–650	603	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	551	301.00	301.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	950–1000	962	172.00–173.00	172.20
1	1000–1050	1,030	173.00	173.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	160.00	160.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	175.00	175.00
2	650–700	668	155.00–165.00	160.02
4	800–850	825	165.00	165.00
1	950–1000	960	165.00	165.00
1	1150–1200	1,160	164.00	164.00
4	1350–1400	1,380	157.50	157.50
3	1400–1450	1,418	136.00	136.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	192.50	192.50
2	550–600	575	177.50	177.50
1	700–750	730	170.00	170.00
19	800–850	844	172.50	172.50
2	850–900	875	171.00–172.50	171.76
7	900–950	939	168.50–173.00	172.38
4	950–1000	983	168.00–172.50	171.00
24	1050–1100	1,078	172.00–172.50	172.46
19	1100–1150	1,138	170.50–172.50	171.97
19	1150–1200	1,182	171.50–172.50	172.10
4	1200–1250	1,220	171.50–172.50	171.99
17	1250–1300	1,280	166.00–169.50	168.17
9	1300–1350	1,312	168.50	168.50
6	1350–1400	1,364	163.50	163.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,094	174.50	174.50
1	1700–1750	1,730	146.50	146.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,297	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,480	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,239	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,780.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,188	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,500	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,408	2,950.00	2,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,580	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	989	2,275.00	2,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	755	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	918	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,088.01
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,140	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,594.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,281	1,575.00–1,860.00	1,700.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	1,252	1,475.00–1,710.00	1,640.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,296	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,028	1,775.00	1,775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	845	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,273	1,675.00	1,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,148	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,252	1,835.00–2,125.00	2,049.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,480	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,590	1,885.00	1,885.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,172	2,325.00	2,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,278	2,100.00–2,800.00	2,682.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	990	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,240.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,099	2,750.00	2,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,310	2,300.00	2,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	—	985	116.00–149.00	134.65
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	41	—	820	206.00–218.00	211.17
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	689	207.00	207.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	46	—	876	172.00–204.00	185.42
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	650	182.00–186.00	183.24
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	690	216.00	216.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	—	846	151.00–177.00	167.44
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,075	2,800.00	2,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,237	128.50–177.50	136.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,654	111.00–142.00	132.75
31	—	1,807	120.00–168.50	147.75
31	—	1,703	106.00–155.50	146.85
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,353	123.50–157.50	131.56
98	—	1,334	111.00–167.00	131.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	894	66.00–103.00	80.69
25	—	1,212	50.00–90.00	73.04
81	—	1,273	90.00–116.00	110.86
34	—	1,302	96.00–128.00	119.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,489	115.00–127.00	120.97
11	—	1,402	129.00–140.00	131.95
2	—	1,388	77.50	77.50
11	—	1,541	110.00–114.00	112.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,610	119.00–142.00	127.75
54	—	1,889	126.00–136.00	129.22
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
228	—	1,125	101.00–150.00	122.73
4	—	1,093	114.00–125.00	118.99
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,798	119.50–141.00	130.41
12	—	2,039	132.00–139.00	133.10

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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