Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 156 priced lines covering 3,227 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,486 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 969 head. replacement cattle receipts at 215 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,486Last week 3,377Year ago 5,199

Slaughter CattleReceipts 969Last week 598Year ago 729

Replacement CattleReceipts 215Last week 887Year ago 176

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand Moderate to Good. Feeder steers 400-500 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 500-650 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower, and over 650 lbs 7.00 higher to sharply higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs lightly tested 5.00 to 7.00 higher with instances of sharply higher, 450-700 lbs 7.00 to 8.00 higher with instances of sharply higher, and over 700 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Dairy feeder heifers over 1000 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 6.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	405.00	405.00
14	400–450	421	400.00–440.00	429.91
2	450–500	455	385.00	385.00
4	500–550	503	345.00	345.00
4	550–600	576	320.00	320.00
2	650–700	683	262.50	262.50
3	700–750	715	274.00	274.00
4	800–850	813	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	235	1,000.00	1,000.00
9	250–300	286	432.50–435.00	433.03
10	300–350	331	415.00–445.00	434.58
19	350–400	379	430.00–473.00	444.79
33	400–450	417	410.00–442.50	431.55
60	450–500	474	385.00–405.00	395.90
125	500–550	532	345.00–377.50	359.45
118	550–600	574	330.00–350.00	338.01
68	600–650	621	305.00–334.00	324.99
84	650–700	674	277.00–318.00	295.36
168	700–750	717	261.00–299.00	288.34
69	750–800	792	265.00–267.00	266.18
85	800–850	826	250.00–269.00	267.26
67	850–900	868	220.00–260.00	257.68
35	900–950	915	228.00–255.25	252.95
4	950–1000	969	238.00	238.00
9	1100–1150	1,127	201.00–207.00	204.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	352	480.00–485.00	482.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	395.00	395.00
16	450–500	461	370.00–380.00	377.65
4	500–550	515	320.00	320.00
4	550–600	593	287.50	287.50
7	600–650	614	292.50	292.50
3	650–700	675	265.00	265.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	428	374.00	374.00
7	450–500	480	357.50–360.00	358.18
6	500–550	541	320.00	320.00
4	800–850	816	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	391	315.00	315.00
6	650–700	674	267.50	267.50
3	800–850	823	195.00–197.50	195.82
1	950–1000	995	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	370	355.00–372.50	366.24
3	400–450	403	277.50	277.50
19	450–500	491	313.00–329.00	319.47
29	500–550	510	297.50–320.00	309.09
44	550–600	579	267.00–287.50	278.55
11	650–700	672	247.00–280.00	267.66
4	850–900	880	207.00–213.00	211.39
4	900–950	928	199.00–207.00	204.51
2	950–1000	960	196.00–197.00	196.51
1	1050–1100	1,055	186.00	186.00
1	1150–1200	1,175	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	375.00	375.00
24	350–400	377	357.50–360.00	358.29
28	400–450	434	322.50–345.00	337.22
4	450–500	462	330.00–367.50	348.28
12	500–550	502	347.00	347.00
3	600–650	628	265.00	265.00
9	650–700	684	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
6	450–500	486	302.50	302.50
1	1000–1050	1,015	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	485	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1200–1250	1,240	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	222	750.00–1,060.00	928.62
13	250–300	265	395.00–415.00	407.16
10	300–350	307	386.00	386.00
28	350–400	384	380.00–405.00	396.99
65	400–450	428	335.00–396.00	364.47
61	450–500	476	349.00–364.00	354.14
176	500–550	524	325.00–352.00	339.47
65	550–600	562	292.50–339.00	313.33
90	600–650	617	262.00–316.00	286.09
46	650–700	679	251.00–285.00	274.52
42	700–750	736	242.50–247.50	244.76
2	750–800	782	227.50	227.50
8	800–850	838	245.00	245.00
12	850–900	863	237.00–237.50	237.09
2	900–950	910	211.00–213.00	212.00
1	950–1000	985	202.50	202.50
2	1000–1050	1,005	198.00–200.00	199.00
1	1100–1150	1,130	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	860	172.50	172.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	868	197.00	197.00
2	950–1000	983	190.00–193.00	191.49
1	1000–1050	1,015	191.00	191.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	190.50	190.50
2	1200–1250	1,208	187.00	187.00
1	1250–1300	1,270	186.00	186.00
2	1300–1350	1,300	179.00	179.00
1	1350–1400	1,375	170.00	170.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	808	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	800–850	809	207.50–208.00	207.61
1	900–950	910	207.00	207.00
21	950–1000	987	194.50–197.50	197.36
13	1000–1050	1,015	194.00–197.50	194.73
23	1050–1100	1,069	193.50–196.50	194.32
18	1100–1150	1,123	192.50–194.50	193.72
5	1150–1200	1,176	194.00	194.00
5	1200–1250	1,218	190.00–191.50	190.51
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	683	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
2	50–100	75	625.00–825.00	738.33
4	400–450	445	407.50	407.50
2	450–500	483	380.00	380.00
11	500–550	524	350.00–362.50	354.41
8	550–600	560	330.00–345.00	335.95
3	600–650	628	287.50	287.50
5	700–750	721	264.00	264.00
4	850–900	893	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	968	208.00–218.00	213.69
1	1050–1100	1,055	186.00	186.00
1	1100–1150	1,135	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,376	139.00–151.00	144.66
4	—	1,588	82.50–111.00	102.99
112	—	1,490	116.00–138.00	131.49
47	—	1,536	117.50–126.00	122.62
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,062	126.00–180.00	139.50
49	—	1,090	120.00–140.00	129.23
3	—	1,223	101.00–116.00	109.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,465	145.00–148.50	146.80
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,177	157.50–185.00	169.60
1	—	1,595	116.00	116.00
150	—	1,331	130.00–155.00	143.05
12	—	1,384	121.00–134.50	125.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,717	127.00–136.00	132.49
8	—	1,661	139.00–145.00	141.05
29	—	1,597	138.00–151.00	148.20
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,668	147.00–150.00	148.49
2	—	1,833	135.00–135.50	135.28
3	—	1,895	126.00–142.00	136.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,120	127.00–156.00	141.30
25	—	1,161	74.00–103.00	92.77
115	—	1,269	114.00–127.00	122.00
24	—	1,123	91.00–114.00	107.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,715	141.00–186.00	166.09
14	—	1,833	126.00–158.00	143.18
8	—	1,917	125.00–169.50	162.86
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,098	172.50–187.50	182.21
3	—	1,372	155.00–156.00	155.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	995	1,885.00–2,025.00	1,961.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,017	1,675.00–1,800.00	1,751.04
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,330	1,910.00	1,910.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	990	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,172	1,950.00–2,150.00	2,052.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,177	1,525.00–2,025.00	1,772.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,107	2,275.00–2,700.00	2,470.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	860	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,085	1,550.00	1,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	981	1,450.00–1,625.00	1,504.62
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	57	—	954	172.50–210.00	193.17
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,098	150.00–161.00	155.72
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	43	—	969	116.00–152.50	142.10
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	904	213.00–237.50	219.74
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	3,450.00	3,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,202	3,400.00–3,750.00	3,620.46

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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