Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 218 priced lines covering 4,064 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,607 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 946 head. replacement cattle receipts at 797 head. Counted as USDA files them — 249 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,607Last week 5,734Year ago 2,182

Slaughter CattleReceipts 946Last week 995Year ago 926

Replacement CattleReceipts 797Last week 706Year ago 143

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 under 550 lbs sold unevenly steady, 550-700 lbs 10.00 to 18.00 lower, and over 700 lbs mostly steady with a few instances of sharply lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold uneven, and heifers over 450 lbs sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower; average dressing slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, April 29, 2024.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	950.00	950.00
5	300–350	348	352.00	352.00
14	350–400	379	343.00–356.00	352.26
22	400–450	434	341.00–349.00	344.28
2	450–500	475	322.00	322.00
5	550–600	597	285.00	285.00
16	600–650	641	271.00–277.50	271.78
20	650–700	694	240.00–241.00	240.09
7	800–850	834	231.00	231.00
8	850–900	886	205.00–225.50	207.54
1	1000–1050	1,015	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	301	382.50–397.50	387.53
15	350–400	364	370.00–373.00	371.38
38	400–450	422	356.00–372.00	363.10
11	450–500	487	323.00–330.00	327.19
29	500–550	530	308.00–325.00	320.10
90	550–600	582	291.00–311.00	302.49
49	600–650	640	277.00–281.00	277.56
125	650–700	676	270.00–289.00	280.75
7	700–750	732	245.00–249.00	246.13
61	750–800	786	231.00–245.00	234.17
63	800–850	809	246.00	246.00
39	850–900	871	210.00–214.00	211.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
59	500–550	539	329.00–337.00	331.28
36	550–600	570	317.00–322.50	317.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	450–500	471	340.00–350.00	345.67
21	500–550	533	321.00	321.00
57	600–650	626	291.00–305.00	295.59
30	700–750	708	259.00–272.50	264.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	500–550	524	338.00–348.00	343.92
9	550–600	553	319.00–338.00	327.50
85	700–750	703	283.00	283.00
16	750–800	759	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	342.50	342.50
2	400–450	420	322.50	322.50
1	450–500	465	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	630	258.00	258.00
6	750–800	791	206.00–208.00	207.25
3	800–850	818	205.00	205.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	634	260.00	260.00
5	800–850	802	216.00	216.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	536	268.00	268.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	510	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	335	325.00–340.00	335.19
48	350–400	381	330.00–339.00	335.04
30	400–450	429	312.50–325.00	320.55
86	450–500	482	291.00–306.50	296.27
116	500–550	519	286.00–298.00	291.27
98	550–600	561	265.00–276.00	273.53
23	600–650	612	252.00–264.00	256.63
69	650–700	664	235.00–243.00	237.62
46	700–750	723	221.00–226.00	224.56
4	750–800	755	221.00	221.00
2	800–850	848	187.00	187.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	170.00	170.00
5	1100–1150	1,103	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	507	309.00	309.00
27	550–600	574	290.00	290.00
20	600–650	611	291.00	291.00
7	650–700	651	250.00	250.00
3	700–750	742	241.00	241.00
9	750–800	795	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	583	270.00	270.00
15	600–650	613	281.00	281.00
85	650–700	675	265.00	265.00
68	700–750	715	243.00–250.00	248.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	463	303.00–305.00	304.37
41	500–550	516	300.00–301.00	300.59
10	550–600	560	281.00–282.00	281.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,035	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	667	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	509	247.50	247.50
5	550–600	567	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	640	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	589	243.00–251.00	245.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
2	250–300	285	880.00–925.00	902.89
49	400–450	420	294.00–311.00	302.22
22	450–500	491	279.00–287.00	280.73
56	500–550	532	270.00–281.00	274.78
17	550–600	591	242.00–251.00	249.39
26	600–650	625	240.00–250.00	244.74
14	650–700	677	225.00–245.00	236.71
3	700–750	722	216.00	216.00
1	750–800	765	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	415	241.00–271.00	248.71
2	500–550	528	268.00	268.00
7	550–600	581	231.00–236.00	233.21
2	600–650	635	226.00	226.00
7	750–800	768	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per head · actual wt
2	450–500	453	750.00	750.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
2	350–400	395	800.00	800.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	598	259.00	259.00
2	650–700	690	245.00	245.00
2	800–850	848	182.50	182.50
5	850–900	886	182.50	182.50
4	900–950	911	184.00	184.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	633	261.00	261.00
21	650–700	685	257.50–259.00	257.71
2	850–900	858	187.50	187.50
6	900–950	921	182.50	182.50
8	950–1000	963	181.00–198.00	185.39
2	1150–1200	1,165	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	578	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	653	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	285.00	285.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	880	171.00–173.50	172.65
3	900–950	900	173.50	173.50
7	950–1000	979	173.50–174.00	173.86
7	1000–1050	1,024	171.50–173.50	172.86
9	1050–1100	1,077	171.50–173.50	172.27
23	1100–1150	1,129	170.00–174.00	172.96
13	1150–1200	1,168	173.50	173.50
5	1200–1250	1,206	172.00–172.50	172.10
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	513	171.00	171.00
3	750–800	755	167.50	167.50
7	1200–1250	1,227	166.50–167.00	166.57
7	1250–1300	1,271	166.50–167.50	167.08
1	1300–1350	1,300	162.00	162.00
1	1400–1450	1,415	164.00	164.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	95.00	95.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,745	125.00–131.00	127.68
3	—	1,625	111.00–114.00	112.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	138.00–140.00	138.97
30	—	1,829	119.50–130.50	122.21
36	—	1,594	115.00–129.00	124.85
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,093	111.00	111.00
148	—	1,131	101.00–140.00	120.74
16	—	1,083	112.00–127.50	117.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,578	87.50–96.00	90.61
13	—	1,526	91.00–131.00	124.44
168	—	1,549	88.00–121.00	114.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,386	104.00–140.00	122.37
12	—	1,440	119.00–123.00	120.11
24	—	1,364	127.00–136.50	133.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	973	60.00–87.50	71.32
72	—	1,147	71.00–111.00	100.39
89	—	1,163	90.00–123.00	111.00
1	—	1,245	125.00	125.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,761	121.00–185.00	143.10
23	—	1,732	130.50–147.50	140.59
17	—	2,006	148.00–158.50	152.16
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	137.00–144.00	141.53
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	144.00	144.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	954	172.50–190.00	177.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	988	141.00–169.00	156.58
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	753	208.00–231.00	217.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	95	—	924	165.00–199.00	180.36
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,090	131.00–146.00	136.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	152.50	152.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,830	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,223	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	1,700.00	1,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,213	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,890.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,343	1,510.00–1,525.00	1,516.96
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,364	1,625.00–3,075.00	2,760.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,272	1,950.00–2,975.00	2,881.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,330	3,350.00–3,500.00	3,419.27
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,407	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,041.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,112	2,425.00–3,050.00	2,937.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,386	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,734.30
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,470	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	990	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,934.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,594	2,450.00–2,500.00	2,479.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,330	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,052.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	932	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,626.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,456	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,417.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,590	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,301	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,491.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,603	2,750.00–2,800.00	2,762.85
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,579	3,175.00	3,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,136	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,386	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,598	3,200.00	3,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,333	1,625.00–1,750.00	1,694.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,208	1,650.00–2,750.00	1,884.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,310	1,575.00–1,700.00	1,640.84
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,436	1,750.00–2,450.00	2,018.44
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,408	1,685.00–1,700.00	1,692.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	—	1,105	1,525.00–1,750.00	1,573.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,075	1,650.00–1,725.00	1,664.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,449	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,749.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,223	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,341	1,525.00–2,700.00	1,975.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,669	1,925.00	1,925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,171	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,029	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,618	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,060.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,181	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,225	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	109	—	1,205	2,950.00–2,975.00	2,966.06
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,558	1,900.00–2,100.00	1,997.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,065	1,260.00	1,260.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	1,058	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,208	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	933	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,190	1,350.00–1,475.00	1,411.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,173	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,025	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,383.83
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,469	900.00–1,000.00	905.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	981	1,125.00–1,475.00	1,289.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,004	975.00–1,375.00	1,097.04
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,105	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	2,750.00	2,750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,087	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,682.23
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,010	2,025.00–2,550.00	2,311.05
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	660	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	1,125.00	1,125.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	39	—	1,019	3,200.00–3,350.00	3,240.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,012	3,000.00–3,250.00	3,197.47
Heifer Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	2,550.00	2,550.00

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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