Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 107 priced lines covering 692 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 403 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 390 head. replacement cattle receipts at 83 head. Counted as USDA files them — 65 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 403Last week 2,464Year ago 1,604

Slaughter CattleReceipts 390Last week 473Year ago 882

Replacement CattleReceipts 83Last week 282Year ago 476

Compared to last week: No trend is available due to limited receipts. Feeder cattle traded too thinly for a trend. The next available report will be Monday, May 05, 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
1	100–150	135	150.00	150.00
12	150–200	168	175.00	175.00
1	350–400	395	220.00	220.00
2	450–500	453	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	740	195.00	195.00
1	800–850	810	197.50	197.50
1	950–1000	970	195.00	195.00
2	1000–1050	1,040	195.00	195.00
1	1050–1100	1,065	195.00	195.00
1	1100–1150	1,115	190.00	190.00
1	1300–1350	1,315	176.00	176.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	185	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	420	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	510	230.00	230.00
2	550–600	598	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	710	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	770	215.00	215.00
3	850–900	884	201.00–205.50	204.05
1	900–950	940	204.00	204.00
6	950–1000	992	204.00–206.00	204.75
7	1000–1050	1,042	202.00–203.50	203.29
1	1050–1100	1,060	203.50	203.50
10	1100–1150	1,120	202.00–203.50	203.35
1	1200–1250	1,230	194.00	194.00
1	1250–1300	1,285	188.00	188.00
2	1300–1350	1,318	184.00–188.00	186.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	883	210.00	210.00
5	900–950	942	207.50	207.50
1	950–1000	970	207.00	207.00
17	1000–1050	1,016	206.00–208.50	207.76
18	1050–1100	1,074	204.00–205.00	204.39
11	1100–1150	1,117	204.00–207.00	204.64
13	1150–1200	1,178	200.50–204.00	202.85
2	1200–1250	1,205	199.50–200.00	199.75
1	1250–1300	1,250	195.50	195.50
2	1300–1350	1,303	181.00	181.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	185.00	185.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	855	157.50	157.50
1	950–1000	975	155.00	155.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	695	224.00	224.00
6	850–900	890	215.50	215.50
1	900–950	940	210.00	210.00
7	950–1000	961	208.50	208.50
8	1050–1100	1,071	206.50	206.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
1	0–50	45	275.00	275.00
1	50–100	55	300.00	300.00
4	300–350	334	430.00	430.00
2	650–700	690	275.00	275.00
2	750–800	758	255.00–267.50	261.27
3	950–1000	973	215.00–227.50	220.75
1	1000–1050	1,010	208.00	208.00
2	1050–1100	1,068	202.50	202.50
1	1100–1150	1,125	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	765	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	100–150	135	600.00	600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	674	292.00	292.00
10	750–800	775	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	50–100	75	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	398	415.00	415.00
11	550–600	587	310.00	310.00
3	700–750	727	297.00	297.00
2	750–800	763	282.50	282.50
2	800–850	825	257.50	257.50
5	900–950	903	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	50–100	80	650.00	650.00
2	100–150	123	775.00–800.00	788.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	341	470.00	470.00
1	1150–1200	1,185	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	303	500.00	500.00
3	500–550	513	390.00	390.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,592	3,250.00	3,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,345	3,850.00	3,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,405	2,950.00–3,400.00	3,246.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,695	3,450.00–3,500.00	3,455.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,537	2,975.00–3,150.00	3,001.07
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,040	3,550.00	3,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,180	3,950.00–4,050.00	3,999.36
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,395	3,200.00	3,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,263	3,400.00	3,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,345	2,825.00	2,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,465	2,775.00	2,775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,365	129.00–138.00	133.90
7	—	1,249	160.00–197.00	171.35
55	—	1,347	139.00–159.00	148.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,220	135.00–141.00	135.63
16	—	1,261	72.50–106.00	91.75
10	—	1,161	107.50–120.00	113.34
36	—	1,228	121.00–133.00	127.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,512	146.00–159.50	153.49
87	—	1,515	133.00–144.00	138.38
3	—	1,575	104.00–112.50	107.92
44	—	1,553	119.00–132.00	126.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,651	145.00–150.00	147.42
9	—	1,743	140.00–143.50	141.72
2	—	1,495	155.00–159.00	157.03
1	—	1,830	120.00	120.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,615	154.00–160.00	157.72
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,053	95.00–110.00	104.70
4	—	953	175.00–210.00	189.01
3	—	1,027	117.00–126.00	122.98
22	—	1,128	129.00–155.00	137.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	155.50	155.50
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,380	173.00–186.00	179.56
13	—	1,228	190.00–225.00	211.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,889	165.50–175.00	171.02
4	—	2,181	151.00–162.00	156.04
1	—	1,580	185.00	185.00

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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