Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 247 priced lines covering 4,841 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,838 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 782 head. replacement cattle receipts at 153 head. Counted as USDA files them — 35 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,838Last week 197Year ago 3,647

Slaughter CattleReceipts 782Last week 485Year ago 560

Replacement CattleReceipts 153Last week 12Year ago 14

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Due to light receipts last week, no trend available on feeder steers and heifers. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower; average dressing slaughter bulls 8.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, August 19, 2024.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	250.00	250.00
1	250–300	280	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	380	198.00	198.00
1	400–450	445	197.50	197.50
6	450–500	475	185.00–190.00	187.56
9	850–900	861	180.50–182.00	180.78
19	900–950	918	178.50–181.50	180.68
12	950–1000	960	165.00–181.00	175.28
19	1000–1050	1,032	170.00–181.00	176.37
28	1050–1100	1,057	167.00–180.00	173.43
25	1100–1150	1,128	170.00–179.50	175.97
31	1150–1200	1,185	168.00–180.00	174.18
18	1200–1250	1,238	169.00–179.50	173.91
14	1250–1300	1,290	170.00–172.50	170.36
9	1300–1350	1,345	167.50–168.50	167.61
2	1350–1400	1,355	169.00	169.00
2	1550–1600	1,558	155.00	155.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	182	160.00	160.00
1	200–250	215	150.00	150.00
1	250–300	295	180.00	180.00
1	300–350	300	175.00	175.00
1	350–400	360	177.50	177.50
9	400–450	411	230.00	230.00
7	450–500	481	167.50–210.00	198.34
22	500–550	545	202.50	202.50
6	550–600	593	200.00	200.00
7	600–650	618	175.00–177.50	177.15
10	700–750	713	177.00	177.00
16	750–800	751	182.25	182.25
5	850–900	871	154.00	154.00
2	900–950	933	161.00	161.00
3	950–1000	972	160.00–172.00	164.03
45	1000–1050	1,015	181.00–183.00	182.21
4	1050–1100	1,058	159.00–174.00	162.76
1	1250–1300	1,270	174.50	174.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	228	150.00	150.00
1	700–750	705	175.00	175.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1350–1400	1,359	161.00–164.50	162.27
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	311	215.00	215.00
8	350–400	379	200.00	200.00
5	400–450	425	190.00	190.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
14	200–250	214	202.50	202.50
3	350–400	360	155.00–162.50	157.64
25	400–450	407	157.50–180.00	179.07
4	450–500	491	180.00	180.00
16	550–600	587	175.00	175.00
13	600–650	613	190.00	190.00
1	750–800	760	165.00	165.00
1	800–850	845	150.00	150.00
1	850–900	895	160.00	160.00
7	900–950	933	177.00	177.00
1	1300–1350	1,300	161.00	161.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	135.00	135.00
3	400–450	405	140.00	140.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1100–1150	1,102	147.00	147.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	779	123.00–125.00	123.51
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	394	305.00–317.50	306.89
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	330.00	330.00
17	450–500	470	280.00–300.00	288.12
17	550–600	590	240.00–260.00	246.97
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	662	207.00	207.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	295.00	295.00
9	400–450	418	297.50–300.00	298.05
8	550–600	569	257.50	257.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	325.00	325.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	705	235.00	235.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	316	385.00–390.00	387.32
17	350–400	369	350.00–375.00	357.89
49	400–450	408	355.00–387.50	376.79
70	450–500	483	347.00	347.00
8	500–550	536	270.00	270.00
11	600–650	622	254.00	254.00
1	1100–1150	1,140	185.00	185.00
5	1300–1350	1,306	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	410	300.00	300.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
72	300–350	319	298.00–302.00	300.88
166	350–400	380	281.00–300.00	284.54
40	400–450	400	276.00–288.00	280.21
5	450–500	458	257.50	257.50
80	500–550	528	229.00–238.00	231.89
22	600–650	610	212.00	212.00
26	700–750	720	191.00–192.00	191.81
3	850–900	880	180.00	180.00
12	1000–1050	1,005	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
33	250–300	290	300.00	300.00
47	300–350	311	272.50–282.50	277.17
26	350–400	397	273.00	273.00
12	400–450	432	242.00–252.00	246.95
22	450–500	477	240.00–244.00	242.55
29	500–550	534	221.00–233.00	225.39
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
21	200–250	228	267.50–282.50	280.32
4	300–350	318	240.00–245.00	242.62
7	350–400	382	232.50–252.50	237.86
22	400–450	433	230.00–241.00	237.94
14	450–500	465	222.50–235.00	233.26
25	500–550	522	195.00–207.50	197.46
12	700–750	723	188.00	188.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	950–1000	954	179.00	179.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	431	260.00	260.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	598	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	283	375.00	375.00
18	400–450	427	225.00–250.00	247.37
10	550–600	576	202.50–206.00	204.93
2	800–850	833	199.00	199.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	393	285.00	285.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	522	205.00	205.00
4	550–600	599	215.00	215.00
9	750–800	792	184.00	184.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	800–850	808	203.00	203.00
8	1100–1150	1,149	186.00	186.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	287	300.00–320.00	304.41
20	300–350	324	352.50	352.50
26	350–400	382	355.00–387.50	367.10
6	400–450	424	345.00	345.00
78	450–500	460	325.00	325.00
11	550–600	559	220.00–245.00	229.25
7	900–950	911	192.00	192.00
29	1150–1200	1,173	187.00	187.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	483	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,043	200.00	200.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	50–100	82	275.00–350.00	308.16
4	100–150	121	300.00–400.00	364.18
1	250–300	290	375.00	375.00
2	500–550	510	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	331.00	331.00
3	500–550	510	280.00	280.00
11	550–600	578	263.00	263.00
28	700–750	735	240.00–244.00	242.13
11	950–1000	995	190.00	190.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	588	275.00	275.00
2	800–850	830	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	200–250	228	935.00–1,025.00	983.26
39	300–350	307	335.00–420.00	412.98
57	350–400	362	342.00–399.00	396.06
6	400–450	418	321.00–324.00	322.50
16	450–500	471	295.00–300.00	296.30
19	500–550	547	281.00–288.00	282.47
12	550–600	550	276.00–283.00	281.83
23	600–650	624	269.00–274.00	271.97
31	650–700	664	255.00–271.00	263.61
121	700–750	731	251.00–256.00	253.67
66	750–800	789	241.00–253.00	252.30
152	800–850	826	228.00–254.00	246.93
30	850–900	876	236.00–237.00	236.63
24	900–950	939	235.00–236.00	235.63
25	950–1000	980	234.00	234.00
6	1000–1050	1,003	232.00	232.00
67	1050–1100	1,088	227.00	227.00
1	1200–1250	1,225	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	472	281.00	281.00
3	500–550	523	277.50	277.50
3	550–600	587	278.00	278.00
7	600–650	649	231.00	231.00
8	650–700	679	221.00–248.00	230.97
83	700–750	740	235.00–248.00	244.21
41	750–800	786	211.00–233.00	227.16
70	800–850	809	237.50–241.00	240.23
122	850–900	887	232.00–234.50	234.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	430	347.50–350.00	347.77
1	700–750	745	230.00	230.00
14	750–800	765	235.00	235.00
16	800–850	822	234.00	234.00
8	950–1000	991	207.00	207.00
2	1000–1050	1,030	180.00–185.00	182.48
1	1100–1150	1,120	180.00	180.00
2	1150–1200	1,153	163.00–177.50	170.27
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	890	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	280.00	280.00
5	550–600	574	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	50–100	87	200.00–325.00	261.06
3	100–150	120	275.00–325.00	308.33
1	150–200	160	425.00	425.00
13	200–250	213	825.00	825.00
42	250–300	286	328.00–382.50	374.40
2	250–300	250	875.00	875.00
36	300–350	340	315.00–365.00	358.13
2	350–400	378	306.00	306.00
20	400–450	409	337.50	337.50
14	450–500	477	273.00–284.00	276.16
2	500–550	540	267.50	267.50
24	550–600	572	250.00–262.50	255.45
14	600–650	642	236.00–247.00	243.84
123	650–700	666	231.00–242.00	238.49
138	700–750	718	225.00–241.00	237.21
228	750–800	776	223.00–234.50	230.27
93	800–850	831	214.00–228.75	224.56
7	850–900	854	223.00	223.00
6	1050–1100	1,059	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	332	288.00–294.00	289.95
7	400–450	447	278.00	278.00
15	450–500	475	255.00–271.00	265.20
10	500–550	542	246.00–250.00	248.79
23	600–650	633	216.00	216.00
3	650–700	680	238.00	238.00
18	700–750	731	201.00	201.00
41	750–800	763	212.00–230.00	224.74
14	850–900	879	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	266.00	266.00
16	500–550	524	247.50–250.00	249.22
13	600–650	602	239.00	239.00
17	700–750	733	226.00–228.00	227.41
1	750–800	790	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,095	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	800–850	822	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	210.00	210.00
3	700–750	722	211.00	211.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,704	141.00–180.50	158.01
20	—	1,654	130.00–166.00	151.04
3	—	1,700	149.50–156.00	153.17
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,288	122.50–144.00	136.70
13	—	1,230	130.00–197.50	159.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,501	115.00–127.00	123.18
37	—	1,350	133.00–146.00	138.72
118	—	1,432	120.00–140.00	134.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,030	99.00–119.00	112.71
29	—	1,141	131.00–148.00	139.48
48	—	1,093	95.00–135.00	122.26
11	—	1,054	70.00–105.00	88.88
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,521	119.50–138.00	134.56
251	—	1,360	130.00–145.50	138.84
2	—	1,240	144.50–165.00	154.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,678	134.00–135.00	134.69
2	—	1,540	141.00–144.00	142.48
51	—	1,738	136.50–146.00	139.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,631	137.00–142.50	140.14
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	945	118.00	118.00
2	—	1,113	126.00–132.00	129.17

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	82	—	852	197.50–244.00	215.72
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	843	207.00–226.00	212.13
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	803	150.00	150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	930	1,575.00–1,835.00	1,721.08
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,177	1,710.00–1,975.00	1,827.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,345	1,775.00	1,775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,065	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	935	1,535.00	1,535.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,057	1,600.00–2,625.00	2,113.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	1,835.00	1,835.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,115	1,825.00–2,550.00	2,202.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,430	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,701.40
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,245	2,425.00	2,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,070	1,410.00	1,410.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	852	925.00	925.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	665	1,010.00	1,010.00

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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