Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 308 priced lines covering 5,651 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,288 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 889 head. replacement cattle receipts at 462 head. Counted as USDA files them — 112 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,288Last week 1,604Year ago 1,045

Slaughter CattleReceipts 889Last week 882Year ago 584

Replacement CattleReceipts 462Last week 476Year ago 396

Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 700 lbs sold 10.00 to 30.00 higher. No comparisons were available for steers over 700 lbs. Feeder heifers 350-450 lbs sold 9.00 to 18.00 higher, 450-550 lbs 2.00 to 20.00 lower on a thin test and 550-700 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher and bulls sold 11.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, May 20, 2024.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,071	126.00–135.50	129.24
28	—	1,148	72.00–114.50	104.54
17	—	1,228	50.00–99.00	81.87
83	—	1,276	91.00–126.00	119.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	1,463	99.00–140.00	130.76
1	—	1,240	82.50	82.50
15	—	1,382	135.00–144.50	140.20
16	—	1,411	115.00–125.00	121.18
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,118	124.00–139.00	130.70
220	—	1,116	102.00–155.00	126.94
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,279	125.00–143.00	134.54
73	—	1,344	101.00–175.00	135.01
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	146.50	146.50
8	—	1,718	117.00–137.00	133.04
3	—	2,155	139.50	139.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	133.00–142.00	136.49
8	—	1,432	130.00	130.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,722	128.00–135.00	131.70
17	—	1,639	134.00–144.00	139.16
17	—	1,565	121.00–141.00	134.88
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,201	146.00–185.00	157.54
5	—	1,246	137.00–148.00	144.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,651	123.00–153.00	142.51
24	—	1,938	110.00–167.00	158.00
49	—	1,632	120.00–180.00	149.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	172.00	172.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,100	159.00	159.00
4	—	1,413	165.00–169.00	167.86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	518	323.00–337.00	328.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
3	250–300	257	900.00	900.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	461	361.00–367.00	365.71
13	550–600	565	310.00–317.50	314.03
42	600–650	615	302.50–305.00	303.15
12	700–750	717	250.00–256.00	254.48
30	750–800	761	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	380	369.00–401.00	391.02
48	400–450	414	345.00–397.50	370.01
49	450–500	474	347.00–362.00	355.24
19	500–550	517	310.00–348.00	336.91
40	550–600	579	303.00–330.00	316.02
89	600–650	627	280.00–311.00	296.87
152	650–700	674	276.00–287.50	281.88
40	700–750	746	236.50–241.00	237.50
84	750–800	769	220.00–264.00	251.66
71	800–850	811	232.00–240.00	234.17
7	900–950	911	207.00	207.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	451	379.00	379.00
49	500–550	534	347.00–352.00	347.31
64	550–600	559	326.00–332.50	329.84
8	600–650	639	294.00	294.00
9	750–800	795	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	850–900	869	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
3	200–250	207	925.00	925.00
7	250–300	250	1,000.00	1,000.00
4	300–350	330	365.00	365.00
37	450–500	478	335.00–347.50	338.00
28	500–550	513	256.00–327.50	274.21
10	550–600	576	307.50–309.00	308.39
5	600–650	638	259.00–275.00	268.50
28	650–700	670	257.50–267.50	260.93
2	700–750	715	248.00	248.00
1	750–800	790	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	371	350.00–377.50	365.53
28	400–450	421	339.00–380.00	352.26
14	500–550	544	291.00–295.00	291.57
17	600–650	628	271.00–272.50	271.96
44	650–700	692	247.50–251.00	247.65
2	750–800	778	221.00	221.00
15	800–850	820	215.00–226.00	217.15
9	850–900	873	201.00–207.00	205.70
5	900–950	933	201.00	201.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	503	286.00	286.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	347.50	347.50
10	450–500	467	332.50	332.50
32	550–600	572	286.00–304.00	301.28
3	750–800	753	232.50	232.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	485	349.00	349.00
23	550–600	554	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	444	322.50–325.00	323.57
3	450–500	450	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	602	254.00	254.00
1	750–800	780	220.00	220.00
1	950–1000	950	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	303.00	303.00
47	600–650	613	259.00–263.00	260.41
75	650–700	674	251.00–260.00	256.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
3	200–250	238	700.00	700.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	574	273.00–279.00	275.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
7	50–100	90	300.00–525.00	420.83
2	100–150	110	575.00–650.00	614.20
11	300–350	333	318.00–350.00	329.70
39	350–400	373	341.00–342.50	341.39
75	400–450	427	297.50–340.00	324.78
110	450–500	477	283.00–312.00	295.50
137	500–550	523	276.00–301.00	286.68
119	550–600	562	260.00–282.50	271.32
79	600–650	627	247.50–279.00	258.10
40	650–700	671	230.00–255.00	243.03
110	700–750	746	220.00–237.00	229.55
68	750–800	761	214.00–226.00	224.60
31	800–850	840	209.00–221.00	211.64
3	850–900	857	208.00	208.00
1	950–1000	950	186.00	186.00
1	1100–1150	1,120	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	420	277.50	277.50
11	450–500	477	259.00–272.50	260.21
3	500–550	538	242.50	242.50
11	550–600	598	241.00	241.00
2	600–650	628	237.50	237.50
1	650–700	680	237.50	237.50
3	700–750	737	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	773	217.50	217.50
1	800–850	830	185.00	185.00
1	900–950	945	180.00	180.00
2	950–1000	973	167.00–175.00	170.97
1	1000–1050	1,025	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	248	336.00	336.00
21	300–350	318	302.00–345.00	328.50
10	350–400	385	291.00–325.00	302.01
19	400–450	437	286.00–310.00	302.40
43	450–500	462	277.50–295.00	288.74
82	500–550	530	265.00–279.00	275.70
8	550–600	589	241.00–251.00	248.49
10	600–650	622	237.50–245.00	239.70
30	650–700	674	201.00–230.00	220.13
3	700–750	700	220.00	220.00
7	900–950	922	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	277.00	277.00
7	450–500	453	248.00	248.00
3	500–550	525	267.00	267.00
7	600–650	633	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	397	314.00	314.00
12	450–500	470	294.00	294.00
23	500–550	525	280.00	280.00
19	550–600	583	261.00–264.00	261.32
5	600–650	628	237.50–249.00	244.44
2	700–750	748	210.00	210.00
3	750–800	758	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	413	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	462	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	355.00	355.00
7	450–500	451	316.00	316.00
30	600–650	617	270.00	270.00
22	650–700	679	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	685	179.00	179.00
1	700–750	740	175.00	175.00
1	750–800	780	170.00	170.00
1	850–900	890	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	473	252.50–262.50	257.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	50–100	87	375.00–650.00	502.40
5	100–150	106	425.00–675.00	529.25
2	150–200	163	600.00–650.00	626.15
2	350–400	373	372.50	372.50
7	450–500	482	310.00	310.00
6	500–550	502	317.50	317.50
19	650–700	674	243.00	243.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	692	57.00	57.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	805	115.00	115.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	343	248.00	248.00
19	350–400	365	250.00–287.50	263.66
32	400–450	428	265.00–272.50	267.05
7	450–500	494	232.50	232.50
12	500–550	525	235.00–240.00	236.74
8	550–600	579	221.00	221.00
1	600–650	600	202.00	202.00
5	750–800	753	181.00	181.00
16	800–850	838	177.00–178.00	177.31
5	900–950	942	174.00	174.00
1	950–1000	960	172.00	172.00
13	1150–1200	1,158	172.00–173.00	172.92
1	1450–1500	1,460	155.00	155.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	323	350.00	350.00
32	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
13	400–450	416	332.00	332.00
8	550–600	569	187.50–246.00	238.35
15	600–650	643	219.00–236.00	233.73
4	750–800	764	190.00	190.00
4	800–850	844	183.00	183.00
1	900–950	930	176.50	176.50
13	950–1000	985	175.00–176.50	175.93
17	1000–1050	1,022	174.00–176.50	175.33
22	1050–1100	1,080	173.50–176.50	174.31
6	1100–1150	1,104	174.50–175.50	175.33
11	1150–1200	1,177	174.50–175.00	174.54
13	1200–1250	1,227	171.50–174.00	171.85
4	1250–1300	1,271	169.50–174.50	173.24
2	1300–1350	1,305	167.50	167.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	150–200	177	165.00	165.00
7	250–300	286	162.50	162.50
12	300–350	341	180.00	180.00
2	350–400	375	160.00	160.00
4	750–800	753	155.00	155.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	144.00	144.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	152.50	152.50
1	1100–1150	1,115	145.00	145.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	329	187.50–220.00	212.10
1	350–400	350	195.00	195.00
2	500–550	538	177.50	177.50
6	600–650	620	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	381	220.00–227.00	221.41
11	400–450	415	170.00–233.00	219.18
1	450–500	485	222.50	222.50
10	500–550	514	193.00–196.00	194.76
1	550–600	555	182.00	182.00
3	600–650	610	189.00	189.00
20	650–700	681	163.00–188.00	186.74
1	1000–1050	1,040	171.00	171.00
1	1050–1100	1,095	169.00	169.00
2	1100–1150	1,130	167.50–168.50	167.99
2	1250–1300	1,295	165.50	165.50
3	1300–1350	1,303	150.00–168.50	160.66
2	1350–1400	1,358	156.00–161.50	158.77
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
98	350–400	363	300.00–340.00	310.96
38	400–450	421	302.50–345.00	325.10
4	450–500	453	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	830	190.00	190.00
2	1000–1050	1,005	174.00	174.00
1	1750–1800	1,775	102.00	102.00
1	2300–2350	2,325	101.00	101.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	346	402.00	402.00
43	350–400	378	395.00–410.00	397.30
17	450–500	459	348.00–355.00	352.17
15	500–550	539	258.00–273.00	261.93
5	550–600	554	259.00	259.00
13	600–650	614	240.00–259.00	247.24
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	215	195.00	195.00
13	300–350	308	210.00	210.00
5	550–600	597	210.00	210.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	195	275.00	275.00
53	250–300	279	210.00–284.00	269.93
5	300–350	323	250.00–260.00	256.07
26	400–450	436	242.00–245.00	243.54
1	450–500	490	222.50	222.50
81	500–550	526	207.50–242.00	239.35
3	550–600	588	239.00	239.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	250–300	273	291.00–302.50	296.85
122	300–350	343	273.00–296.00	287.87
104	350–400	369	267.50–305.00	291.44
151	400–450	437	251.00–295.00	274.47
109	450–500	476	254.00–278.00	266.14
26	500–550	529	247.50–263.00	251.96
33	550–600	563	242.50–254.00	252.01
35	600–650	606	214.00–217.00	216.74
26	650–700	664	212.00	212.00
5	700–750	742	191.00	191.00
7	800–850	839	171.00	171.00
3	850–900	865	174.00	174.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	657	140.00	140.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,690	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	820	1,825.00	1,825.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,113	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,405	2,600.00	2,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,472	1,750.00–2,100.00	1,943.47
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,285	1,875.00–2,600.00	2,439.17
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,378	1,825.00–3,200.00	2,293.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,182	1,925.00–2,200.00	2,075.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,386	2,200.00–3,900.00	3,530.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,551	3,250.00–3,550.00	3,435.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,181	1,725.00–2,225.00	1,866.27
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,253	2,300.00	2,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,362	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	1,310.00	1,310.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	940	1,275.00–1,425.00	1,360.77
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,478	1,650.00–2,575.00	2,481.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,330	1,525.00–2,800.00	2,410.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,532	1,700.00–2,150.00	2,009.47
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,565	2,125.00	2,125.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,389	1,975.00–2,275.00	2,147.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,081	1,825.00–2,300.00	2,007.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,054	2,100.00–2,900.00	2,315.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,695	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,525	1,725.00	1,725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,363	1,875.00–2,300.00	2,009.56
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,158	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,018	1,375.00–1,500.00	1,435.81
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,404	1,775.00–2,250.00	1,957.26
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,425.00	1,425.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,115	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,730	2,200.00	2,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,282	1,375.00–1,525.00	1,414.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,029	1,300.00–1,725.00	1,603.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	865	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	948	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	990	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,350.00	1,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	101	—	890	170.00–199.00	188.49
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	651	168.00–170.00	169.51
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	56	—	796	201.00–231.00	214.40
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	222.50	222.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	949	136.00–147.00	143.55
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	54	—	969	150.00–171.00	162.16
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,136	1,900.00–2,700.00	2,301.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	958	1,675.00	1,675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	858	1,525.00–1,775.00	1,667.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,160	2,650.00	2,650.00

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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