Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 188 priced lines covering 2,126 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,683 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 632 head. replacement cattle receipts at 327 head. Counted as USDA files them — 101 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,683Last week 1,723Year ago 280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 632Last week 894Year ago 550

Replacement CattleReceipts 327Last week 899Year ago 52

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: La Junta Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Feeder steers and heifers were too thinly traded for an accurate trend. Feeder dairy heifers over 850 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower; average dressing bulls 3.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, June 3, 2024.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	1,410.00	1,410.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,409	2,625.00	2,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,177	1,525.00–3,100.00	2,517.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,615	3,200.00	3,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	1,700.00	1,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,458	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,249	2,425.00	2,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,241	1,725.00–2,550.00	2,247.03
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,458	2,275.00–2,475.00	2,384.43
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,227	2,160.00	2,160.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,465	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,158	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,229.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	—	989	2,175.00–2,400.00	2,364.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,173	2,085.00	2,085.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,630	2,600.00	2,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	825	1,425.00	1,425.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	827	1,475.00–1,800.00	1,699.77
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	899	1,835.00–1,950.00	1,866.39
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	770	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	853	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,046	1,750.00–2,400.00	2,142.61
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,135	1,610.00–1,775.00	1,663.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,725.00	1,725.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,275	2,075.00	2,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	995	1,535.00–1,710.00	1,635.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,723	2,275.00	2,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,463	2,450.00–2,475.00	2,458.43
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	950	2,225.00–2,325.00	2,291.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,186	1,875.00–1,925.00	1,888.70
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,255	1,810.00	1,810.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,320	1,875.00–2,050.00	1,988.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,053	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	1,825.00	1,825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	710	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,312	2,125.00	2,125.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	865	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	1,500.00	1,500.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	887	2,375.00	2,375.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	2,500.00	2,500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	685	142.00	142.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	38	—	991	131.00–160.00	151.61
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	206.00	206.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	692	179.00–196.00	184.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	77	—	889	167.00–192.00	180.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	330.00	330.00
13	700–750	705	201.00	201.00
10	950–1000	968	151.00–154.00	152.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	850	204.00	204.00
1	950–1000	950	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	398.00	398.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	360.00	360.00
3	400–450	408	340.00	340.00
18	450–500	472	295.00–306.00	302.40
11	550–600	567	261.00–263.00	262.64
9	600–650	607	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	589	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	367.00	367.00
10	400–450	437	336.00–352.50	347.13
14	450–500	473	301.00–305.00	301.85
54	500–550	543	281.00–290.00	284.08
34	550–600	567	271.00–281.00	277.05
9	600–650	616	267.00–271.00	268.79
25	650–700	688	241.00–250.00	247.51
5	700–750	729	226.00	226.00
9	900–950	928	192.00–201.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	50–100	85	360.00	360.00
13	350–400	366	369.00–372.50	370.13
7	400–450	447	357.50	357.50
25	450–500	464	330.00–342.50	337.43
13	500–550	523	311.00–332.50	325.68
21	550–600	557	293.50–298.00	295.43
3	700–750	707	241.00	241.00
66	800–850	803	261.00	261.00
6	1000–1050	1,037	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	365	397.50–400.00	397.96
8	400–450	407	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	405.00	405.00
9	350–400	369	417.50	417.50
13	750–800	750	263.00	263.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	301.00	301.00
4	550–600	574	251.00	251.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	658	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
3	250–300	298	1,075.00	1,075.00
20	400–450	436	281.00–332.50	307.35
6	500–550	526	271.00–274.00	272.52
2	550–600	563	261.00	261.00
6	600–650	643	246.00	246.00
9	650–700	654	180.00	180.00
6	900–950	906	176.00	176.00
1	1300–1350	1,305	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	322.50	322.50
5	600–650	618	267.50	267.50
3	650–700	697	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	310.00	310.00
8	400–450	441	288.00–300.00	295.61
77	500–550	530	246.00–284.00	262.50
13	550–600	580	249.00–254.00	251.18
11	600–650	608	241.00–246.00	244.27
3	650–700	665	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	310	282.00–287.00	284.91
16	350–400	388	286.00–321.00	312.28
11	400–450	429	281.00–312.50	295.02
6	450–500	461	307.50	307.50
14	500–550	544	236.00	236.00
18	600–650	626	226.00–256.00	234.41
5	650–700	667	251.00–252.00	251.60
6	700–750	738	194.00	194.00
1	900–950	940	197.50	197.50
1	1050–1100	1,075	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	429	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	130	560.00	560.00
10	300–350	330	317.00–337.50	326.45
8	350–400	397	304.00–362.50	340.56
32	400–450	414	309.00–357.50	318.69
15	450–500	484	286.00–296.00	292.77
6	550–600	574	258.00–259.00	258.51
7	650–700	694	230.00–231.00	230.72
3	700–750	723	223.00	223.00
117	850–900	879	220.50	220.50
53	900–950	925	207.50–218.00	217.81
1	1000–1050	1,005	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	561	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	424	271.00–283.00	275.17
9	450–500	481	258.00	258.00
2	500–550	538	226.00	226.00
30	550–600	577	245.00	245.00
19	650–700	695	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	442	251.00–261.00	259.53
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	499	252.50	252.50
3	800–850	830	185.00–190.00	186.63
1	900–950	920	187.50	187.50
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	980	122.50	122.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	180.00	180.00
2	700–750	718	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	775	180.00	180.00
1	800–850	810	179.00	179.00
9	850–900	878	177.00–180.00	178.85
10	900–950	912	177.00–180.50	179.06
1	950–1000	975	181.50	181.50
4	1000–1050	1,020	175.50–181.00	179.40
5	1050–1100	1,082	179.50–180.00	179.90
13	1100–1150	1,112	177.00–181.00	177.74
2	1150–1200	1,165	179.50–181.50	180.50
1	1250–1300	1,270	176.00	176.00
12	1300–1350	1,344	169.50–170.50	170.42
12	1350–1400	1,384	169.50	169.50
7	1400–1450	1,449	168.50	168.50
11	1450–1500	1,483	168.00–168.50	168.46
1	1550–1600	1,570	164.00	164.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	445	90.00	90.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	574	178.00	178.00
3	650–700	664	177.00–177.50	177.17
1	700–750	735	177.50	177.50
19	850–900	895	170.00–174.50	174.03
1	900–950	915	170.00	170.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	167.50	167.50
1	650–700	650	150.00	150.00
1	750–800	750	160.00	160.00
1	1150–1200	1,150	165.00	165.00
1	1400–1450	1,405	160.00	160.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	684	207.50	207.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	100.00–114.00	107.18
5	—	1,136	116.50–126.50	121.05
149	—	1,060	104.00–177.50	128.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,318	136.00–144.00	139.34
1	—	915	105.00	105.00
105	—	1,438	101.00–135.00	129.37
27	—	1,409	112.50–124.50	120.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	132.00	132.00
13	—	1,735	129.50–134.00	133.48
25	—	1,571	135.50–142.50	138.86
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	123.00–132.00	127.81
35	—	1,307	121.00–182.50	142.81
58	—	1,278	126.00–142.50	138.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,189	80.00–112.50	104.36
5	—	1,321	85.00–90.00	86.89
51	—	1,248	91.00–123.50	116.31
14	—	1,198	124.50–131.00	128.04
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	146.00	146.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,532	137.50–140.50	138.69
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	141.00–147.50	143.82
6	—	1,488	147.50–172.00	155.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,773	121.00–171.50	150.02
9	—	1,833	111.00–158.50	150.53

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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