Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 126 priced lines covering 2,413 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,090 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 610 head. replacement cattle receipts at 54 head. Counted as USDA files them — 40 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,090Last week 1,517Year ago 2,254

Slaughter CattleReceipts 610Last week 799Year ago 651

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 288Year ago 30

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded for a trend. Feeder dairy heifers 800-1050 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, and over 1050 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher; average dressing slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, June 17, 2024.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	338	382.50–385.00	384.06
56	350–400	374	360.00–385.00	375.00
7	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
25	450–500	467	240.00–325.00	311.49
9	500–550	502	315.00	315.00
4	550–600	591	190.00–197.50	191.89
1	800–850	825	180.00	180.00
2	850–900	873	181.00–182.00	181.49
8	900–950	922	180.00–181.00	180.87
8	950–1000	961	180.00–183.00	180.87
13	1000–1050	1,035	180.00–181.00	180.15
3	1050–1100	1,080	180.00–180.50	180.17
3	1100–1150	1,128	180.00	180.00
13	1150–1200	1,188	178.00–180.50	178.88
2	1250–1300	1,283	171.00–176.00	173.51
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	365.00	365.00
31	350–400	393	350.00	350.00
12	400–450	413	300.00–305.00	301.70
12	500–550	519	275.00	275.00
3	700–750	723	197.00	197.00
5	750–800	768	180.50–197.50	187.25
5	900–950	945	179.00	179.00
9	950–1000	977	178.00–179.00	178.22
2	1050–1100	1,083	181.50	181.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	100–150	135	190.00	190.00
8	200–250	218	400.00	400.00
8	250–300	298	252.50–280.00	269.64
29	350–400	394	205.00–255.00	223.29
2	450–500	490	235.00	235.00
12	500–550	543	172.50	172.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	405	190.00	190.00
13	450–500	482	160.00	160.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
41	250–300	279	310.00	310.00
33	300–350	322	310.00–330.00	320.22
16	350–400	360	290.00–295.00	294.37
3	400–450	425	212.50	212.50
6	450–500	471	325.00	325.00
16	500–550	522	215.00–232.50	225.27
36	600–650	623	200.00–205.00	200.28
6	650–700	692	182.00	182.00
13	700–750	717	172.00–181.00	180.29
10	800–850	810	178.50	178.50
2	850–900	875	165.00–171.00	167.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	593	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	880	192.50	192.50
3	950–1000	962	182.50–195.00	186.64
1	1000–1050	1,030	181.00	181.00
5	1050–1100	1,068	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	338	412.50–422.50	417.93
39	350–400	394	417.50–421.00	419.86
93	400–450	426	367.50–407.50	396.51
76	450–500	464	365.00–397.50	377.09
17	500–550	517	325.00–347.50	335.36
8	550–600	553	310.00	310.00
7	650–700	667	277.50	277.50
5	750–800	775	242.50	242.50
28	950–1000	954	180.00–194.00	190.50
9	1100–1150	1,110	179.00	179.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	310	355.00–400.00	388.72
18	350–400	358	340.00–390.00	370.69
15	400–450	431	352.50–355.00	353.64
5	450–500	484	310.00–325.00	318.87
3	500–550	535	287.50	287.50
4	600–650	609	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	673	240.00	240.00
11	750–800	792	212.50	212.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	563	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	260.00–267.50	263.78
9	450–500	493	250.00	250.00
7	500–550	506	245.00	245.00
4	700–750	713	182.00	182.00
2	900–950	945	135.00	135.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
173	300–350	314	307.50–342.00	331.93
180	350–400	376	300.00–338.00	323.21
94	400–450	416	300.00–325.00	310.48
132	450–500	476	262.50–301.00	292.75
109	500–550	524	270.00–272.50	271.09
40	600–650	620	220.00–244.00	241.55
4	850–900	873	175.00	175.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	315.00	315.00
1	800–850	825	187.50	187.50
2	1000–1050	1,040	174.00	174.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	172.00	172.00
1	1100–1150	1,135	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	314	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	240.00	240.00
3	950–1000	988	185.00	185.00
7	1100–1150	1,125	170.00–176.00	170.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	212.50	212.50
1	750–800	790	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	237.50	237.50
2	850–900	888	210.00	210.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,632	2,750.00	2,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,516	2,625.00–2,675.00	2,654.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,392	2,500.00–2,525.00	2,508.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,580	2,750.00	2,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,288	2,125.00	2,125.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,404	2,275.00	2,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,465	2,125.00	2,125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,328	131.50–146.00	139.48
10	—	1,199	148.00–165.00	155.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,739	128.50–139.50	137.41
27	—	1,579	140.00–146.50	143.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,285	139.00–149.50	143.31
101	—	1,410	128.00–139.00	133.52
1	—	1,210	110.00	110.00
9	—	1,312	117.00–127.00	122.41
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,863	140.00–142.50	141.14
3	—	1,658	147.00–147.50	147.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,176	75.00–103.00	96.18
24	—	1,240	105.00–116.00	110.76
15	—	1,196	128.00–134.00	130.18
92	—	1,326	117.00–127.50	123.56
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	70.00–95.00	81.63
8	—	1,169	125.00–133.50	131.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,688	147.00–148.00	147.50
12	—	2,165	167.00–178.50	171.92
22	—	1,830	155.00–166.00	161.22
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,295	161.00–187.50	173.10
1	—	1,395	155.00	155.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	150.00	150.00

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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