Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 77 priced lines covering 694 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 415 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 352 head.

Mon Aug 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 415Last week 4,838Year ago 332

Slaughter CattleReceipts 352Last week 782Year ago 462

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 1 Colorado auction report included: Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate. Due to light receipts this week on feeders, no trend available. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower; average dressing slaughter bulls 11.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, August 26, 2024.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	177.50	177.50
1	550–600	560	155.00	155.00
1	600–650	630	177.50	177.50
1	700–750	745	167.50	167.50
3	1000–1050	1,048	172.00	172.00
1	1100–1150	1,135	169.00	169.00
1	1250–1300	1,295	165.00	165.00
1	1450–1500	1,475	149.50	149.50
Dairy Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	175.00	175.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	125.00	125.00
3	550–600	577	127.50	127.50
1	850–900	895	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	843	180.00	180.00
2	850–900	868	180.00–180.50	180.25
4	950–1000	971	178.00–180.00	178.51
5	1000–1050	1,032	179.00–181.00	179.40
5	1050–1100	1,077	177.50–179.00	178.09
4	1100–1150	1,121	178.50–181.00	179.11
1	1200–1250	1,220	177.00	177.00
5	1250–1300	1,251	174.50–175.00	174.90
19	1300–1350	1,319	168.00–170.00	168.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	365	297.50–312.50	308.04
4	400–450	428	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	718	230.00	230.00
19	750–800	790	229.00	229.00
44	850–900	877	224.50–227.00	224.84
7	900–950	904	220.00	220.00
3	1000–1050	1,022	170.00–181.00	177.25
4	1100–1150	1,121	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	389	322.50	322.50
5	650–700	683	242.00	242.00
59	800–850	848	232.00	232.00
19	900–950	917	229.00	229.00
5	1150–1200	1,183	193.00	193.00
1	1200–1250	1,200	179.00	179.00
1	1350–1400	1,355	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	800–850	822	217.00	217.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	310.00	310.00
3	450–500	458	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	623	280.00	280.00
12	750–800	782	231.00–236.00	232.67
7	800–850	829	235.00	235.00
3	1000–1050	1,037	194.00	194.00
3	1100–1150	1,108	175.00	175.00
2	1250–1300	1,263	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	885	201.00	201.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1100–1150	1,135	186.50	186.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	50–100	85	550.00	550.00
1	100–150	145	700.00	700.00
4	250–300	250	1,000.00	1,000.00
2	400–450	400	312.50	312.50
19	500–550	541	275.00	275.00
14	700–750	735	231.00	231.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	153.00–155.50	154.28
1	—	1,165	148.50	148.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,659	156.00–168.00	162.01
11	—	1,370	139.00–151.00	146.42
7	—	2,032	171.50–180.50	176.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,161	105.00–116.50	110.15
3	—	1,107	126.00–136.00	132.48
13	—	1,111	55.00–104.00	78.29
39	—	1,215	118.00–125.00	122.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,704	126.00–134.00	132.23
1	—	1,815	112.50	112.50
22	—	1,658	136.50–147.50	139.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,489	126.00–136.00	130.40
4	—	1,428	87.50–113.00	103.03
48	—	1,440	115.00–125.50	122.81
5	—	1,407	140.00–148.00	142.87
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	159.00	159.00
1	—	1,285	120.00	120.00
3	—	947	137.50–141.00	139.39
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,365	151.00–161.50	157.33
28	—	1,377	128.50–147.50	137.98
5	—	1,399	115.00–123.50	121.00

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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