Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 179 priced lines covering 5,339 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,141 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 469 head. replacement cattle receipts at 302 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,141Last week 10,306Year ago 6,637

Slaughter CattleReceipts 469Last week 806Year ago 760

Replacement CattleReceipts 302Last week 927Year ago 336

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity Light to Moderate on Moderate to Good demand. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher, and over 500 lbs mostly o.00 to 16.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold uneven, 500 to 650 lbs were 1.00 higher with instances of 10.00 higher, and over 650 lbs sold sharply lower. Dairy feeder heifers over 950 lbs sold 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter bulls sold 10.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, February 24, 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	380.00	380.00
10	400–450	429	365.00–385.00	376.68
4	500–550	514	317.00	317.00
3	550–600	557	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	291	415.00	415.00
10	300–350	327	387.50–415.00	400.59
23	350–400	374	380.00–400.00	391.66
14	400–450	438	360.00–381.00	369.04
28	450–500	457	330.00–379.00	373.95
99	500–550	537	315.00–350.00	338.25
46	550–600	591	309.00–347.50	318.70
6	600–650	638	315.00	315.00
12	700–750	733	239.00–252.00	249.84
8	750–800	755	266.00	266.00
4	900–950	910	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	413	352.50	352.50
6	500–550	536	302.50–337.50	325.75
15	550–600	569	327.50	327.50
4	650–700	651	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	231	775.00–1,150.00	1,063.56
4	250–300	274	450.00	450.00
2	300–350	348	435.00	435.00
42	350–400	394	405.00–445.00	426.19
39	400–450	413	397.50–425.00	415.28
116	450–500	468	340.00–399.00	383.72
150	500–550	526	332.00–370.00	358.30
306	550–600	568	320.00–352.50	341.40
220	600–650	620	285.00–322.50	305.63
237	650–700	676	271.50–301.00	292.68
221	700–750	723	261.00–286.00	274.55
71	750–800	784	257.00–276.00	270.29
139	800–850	817	257.00–269.50	263.82
47	850–900	876	248.00–252.00	250.59
13	900–950	911	253.00	253.00
5	950–1000	988	223.00	223.00
9	1050–1100	1,076	207.50	207.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	466	362.50	362.50
50	500–550	532	322.50–336.00	333.81
15	550–600	558	336.00	336.00
9	600–650	626	291.00	291.00
18	650–700	662	280.00–296.00	285.37
21	700–750	736	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	581	324.00	324.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	325.00	325.00
8	450–500	496	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	581	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	645	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
81	600–650	603	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	590	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	530	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	294	332.50–375.00	366.43
4	300–350	316	337.50	337.50
91	350–400	386	322.50–369.00	356.41
3	400–450	418	322.50	322.50
59	450–500	483	292.00–348.00	325.77
80	500–550	535	270.00–324.00	306.44
21	550–600	577	287.00–300.00	293.12
8	600–650	636	254.00–265.00	258.05
74	650–700	686	247.00–278.00	266.88
51	750–800	753	255.00–260.00	259.59
3	800–850	823	222.50	222.50
2	850–900	875	210.00	210.00
1	1200–1250	1,245	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	416	255.00–332.50	286.94
14	450–500	481	235.00–325.00	312.11
10	500–550	540	267.50	267.50
4	600–650	634	262.00	262.00
1	800–850	800	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	491	312.00–316.00	314.67
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	514	257.50	257.50
8	550–600	595	266.00	266.00
3	650–700	658	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	190	825.00	825.00
27	200–250	225	825.00–950.00	853.40
10	250–300	277	375.00–390.00	384.58
44	300–350	314	380.00–387.50	385.37
86	350–400	385	370.00–392.50	383.10
125	400–450	434	335.00–375.00	357.38
188	450–500	485	348.00–362.50	354.54
137	500–550	538	322.50–333.00	330.01
191	550–600	572	265.00–322.00	310.32
218	600–650	616	268.00–305.00	296.78
431	650–700	677	255.00–285.00	271.97
77	700–750	715	249.00–268.00	260.96
67	750–800	774	233.00–262.00	248.03
1	800–850	800	224.00	224.00
11	850–900	889	221.00	221.00
1	900–950	940	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	500–550	510	327.50–328.00	327.87
3	550–600	583	298.00	298.00
13	600–650	618	287.00	287.00
5	650–700	681	257.00	257.00
5	700–750	742	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	489	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	564	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	592	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	394	393.00	393.00
8	500–550	525	310.00–320.00	312.49
4	550–600	560	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	251	445.00	445.00
3	400–450	448	342.50	342.50
2	450–500	488	340.00	340.00
4	1000–1050	1,011	199.00	199.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	187.50	187.50
1	750–800	790	197.50	197.50
6	850–900	874	191.00–201.00	196.69
2	900–950	903	195.00	195.00
2	950–1000	990	192.00–194.00	192.99
5	1000–1050	1,028	192.00–193.50	193.10
1	1050–1100	1,090	191.50	191.50
1	1150–1200	1,160	189.00	189.00
1	1300–1350	1,300	177.00	177.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	713	200.00	200.00
13	750–800	755	212.00	212.00
2	800–850	810	205.00–207.00	205.99
3	850–900	898	203.00	203.00
8	900–950	914	196.00–198.00	197.01
5	950–1000	968	198.00–199.00	198.20
8	1000–1050	1,015	195.50–198.00	195.87
36	1050–1100	1,078	193.50–196.50	194.43
2	1100–1150	1,113	192.00	192.00
18	1150–1200	1,161	191.00–194.50	192.42
5	1200–1250	1,217	190.00–192.00	190.40
4	1250–1300	1,264	185.00–188.00	185.75
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	175.00	175.00
1	600–650	635	175.00	175.00
1	750–800	770	177.50	177.50
1	1100–1150	1,125	181.00	181.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	900	155.00	155.00
1	950–1000	990	145.00	145.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	803	125.00	125.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	3,250.00	3,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,300	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,102	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,427	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,555	2,325.00	2,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,455	1,875.00–2,425.00	2,179.02
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,235	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,327	2,700.00–3,025.00	2,845.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,442	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,157	3,100.00–3,250.00	3,151.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,392	1,225.00–2,575.00	2,310.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,446	2,050.00–2,725.00	2,570.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,344	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,485	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,296.22
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,293	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,328	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,203.95
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,139	1,860.00	1,860.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,925.00	1,925.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,074	157.50–166.00	158.53
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	749	220.00–221.00	220.63
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	978	117.50–146.00	140.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	59	—	988	170.00–211.00	192.94
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,116	3,475.00	3,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,363	2,275.00	2,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	2,675.00	2,675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,389	126.00–169.50	146.39
20	—	1,751	140.00–189.00	166.96
2	—	1,510	135.00–152.00	144.63
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	936	120.00–135.00	133.74
19	—	731	131.00	131.00
7	—	1,150	126.00–195.00	144.74
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,344	135.00–142.50	138.84
5	—	1,211	138.00–155.00	149.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,252	50.00–91.00	82.80
20	—	1,112	91.00–110.00	104.43
35	—	1,148	113.00–124.00	119.09
105	—	1,123	126.00–146.00	134.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,583	136.00–140.00	137.97
16	—	1,659	111.00–140.50	132.15
4	—	1,885	129.00–132.50	131.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,432	70.00–82.50	74.38
11	—	1,553	109.00–123.00	120.00
58	—	1,403	127.00–149.00	137.65
56	—	1,437	124.00–135.50	129.77
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,875	135.00–140.00	137.50

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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