Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 82 priced lines covering 1,161 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 596 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 695 head.

Mon May 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 596Last week 168Year ago 1,683

Slaughter CattleReceipts 695Last week 480Year ago 632

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 1 Colorado auction report included: Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand was good. Dairy heifers traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows mostly traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher with the exception of Premium Whites, which traded 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Average dress slaughter bulls traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Not enough receipts to trend feeder steers and heifers. The next available report will be Monday, June 2, 2025.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,327	182.50–191.00	185.92
2	—	1,235	157.50–180.00	169.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,778	150.00–177.50	167.25
19	—	2,006	182.50–190.50	186.09
9	—	2,170	191.50–202.50	196.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	1,546	137.00–148.00	143.32
1	—	1,595	102.50	102.50
23	—	1,514	125.00–136.50	131.80
20	—	1,340	148.50–159.00	152.65
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,010	158.00–182.50	173.46
8	—	1,041	119.00–131.00	127.66
40	—	1,131	135.00–155.00	142.42
1	—	980	82.50	82.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,665	158.50–160.00	159.65
16	—	1,637	148.50–157.50	151.83
8	—	1,749	144.00–150.50	146.60
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,920	165.50	165.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,318	125.00–136.50	129.96
10	—	1,344	120.00–124.00	121.25
19	—	1,311	70.00–111.00	91.27
15	—	1,215	135.00–145.00	139.10
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,315	134.00–142.50	139.74
64	—	1,360	144.00–170.00	152.23
9	—	1,084	182.00–222.50	196.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,525	155.50–163.00	158.73
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,130	148.00–158.00	152.99
10	—	1,716	159.00–162.50	159.73

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	267	355.00	355.00
3	300–350	313	340.00	340.00
2	350–400	398	335.00	335.00
4	800–850	830	222.00	222.00
1	850–900	860	219.00	219.00
12	1050–1100	1,082	214.50–215.50	215.17
8	1100–1150	1,119	212.00–214.50	213.81
1	1150–1200	1,170	212.00	212.00
36	1200–1250	1,207	210.00–214.50	213.96
1	1250–1300	1,250	210.00	210.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	310.00	310.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	525.00	525.00
1	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
11	750–800	786	220.00	220.00
7	1000–1050	1,036	214.50	214.50
8	1050–1100	1,093	205.00–207.50	205.31
7	1150–1200	1,187	205.00	205.00
7	1200–1250	1,201	205.00–206.00	205.86
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	833	126.00	126.00
1	950–1000	960	185.00	185.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	172	500.00	500.00
5	150–200	181	290.00	290.00
1	200–250	230	270.00	270.00
2	950–1000	983	212.50	212.50
1	1200–1250	1,205	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	936	237.00	237.00
1	950–1000	975	230.00	230.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	900	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	50–100	88	675.00–825.00	773.01
1	100–150	120	675.00	675.00
11	350–400	363	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	510	340.00	340.00
3	550–600	569	330.00	330.00
9	750–800	794	262.00–270.00	264.67
3	900–950	910	256.00	256.00
108	950–1000	967	255.00–255.25	255.22
3	1100–1150	1,132	222.50	222.50
1	1200–1250	1,220	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	347.50	347.50
10	550–600	585	327.50	327.50
2	750–800	753	251.00	251.00
115	950–1000	968	250.00–254.00	252.03
3	1050–1100	1,065	210.00–217.00	214.63
1	1100–1150	1,115	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
4	50–100	88	750.00–950.00	854.29
1	100–150	130	825.00	825.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	353	447.50	447.50
4	400–450	405	387.50	387.50
2	950–1000	993	190.00–191.00	190.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	395.00	395.00
2	500–550	543	345.00	345.00
12	550–600	580	332.50–345.00	335.66
4	750–800	785	284.00	284.00
36	900–950	936	271.00	271.00

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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