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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 15

● As filed76 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 76 priced lines covering 2,032 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,088 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 373 head. replacement cattle receipts at 843 head. Counted as USDA files them — 196 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,088Last week 8,161Year ago 8,547

Slaughter CattleReceipts 373Last week 596Year ago 343

Replacement CattleReceipts 843Last week 1,129Year ago 232

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. Feeder steers lightly tested across all weights with steers under 450 lbs trading sharply lower, 450-550 lbs mostly 4.00 lower, 550-700 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher, and over 700 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifer lightly tested across all weights with heifers under 600 lbs mostly 10.00 to 11.00 lower, and over 600 lbs mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls steady. The next available report will be Monday, March 29, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	486	146.00	146.00
14	—	340	155.00	155.00
6	—	367	155.00	155.00
4	—	276	160.00	160.00
76	—	423	147.00–158.00	152.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	916	115.00	115.00
32	—	622	134.00–140.50	138.75
66	—	834	118.75	118.75
3	—	862	117.00	117.00
15	—	568	137.00–143.00	140.94
39	—	728	127.00–128.00	127.37
81	—	526	141.00–151.00	144.85
10	—	664	132.00	132.00
2	—	133	250.00–300.00	277.36
46	—	475	146.50–165.00	156.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	758	152.00–159.00	154.32
10	—	740	155.00–156.00	155.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	860	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	120	325.00–350.00	333.33
1	—	200	410.00	410.00
5	—	376	183.00	183.00
3	—	170	375.00–385.00	381.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	668	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	494	190.00	190.00
39	—	724	131.50–145.00	135.15
84	—	822	124.50–132.25	129.92
7	—	288	210.00	210.00
94	—	893	120.00–128.50	125.34
57	—	529	175.00–187.00	177.54
40	—	356	190.00–191.00	190.87
5	—	586	173.50	173.50
21	—	612	166.50–168.50	167.18
12	—	413	181.00	181.00
56	—	1,025	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	829	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,010	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	616	145.00–150.00	149.26
56	—	522	158.50–166.00	160.49
6	—	391	181.00	181.00
10	—	590	153.00	153.00
9	—	409	182.00	182.00
6	—	308	185.00	185.00
8	—	764	129.00	129.00
5	—	745	130.00	130.00
25	—	469	170.00–176.00	172.19
4	—	870	121.00	121.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,186	1,400.00–1,510.00	1,444.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	67	—	1,400	1,300.00–1,385.00	1,352.79

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,229	1,075.00–1,085.00	1,075.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	86	—	1,263	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,089.18

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	—	1,363	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,078.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	47	—	1,310	910.00–1,025.00	991.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	1,134	1,225.00–1,375.00	1,301.65

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,185	625.00–775.00	669.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	70.00	70.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,424	58.50–83.50	62.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	982	50.00–63.00	59.69

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,226	75.00–79.00	75.86

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,050	80.00–85.00	83.06

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	100.00	100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	92	—	1,141	80.00–86.50	84.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,042	1,500.00	1,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,122	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,357.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,418	69.00–77.00	72.43
12	—	1,404	52.50–69.00	60.20
59	—	1,531	59.50–73.50	66.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,087	35.00–52.00	44.39
2	—	923	41.00–43.50	42.40
45	—	1,134	50.00–64.00	56.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	45.00	45.00
32	—	1,228	43.00–68.00	57.44
4	—	1,231	70.00–76.00	72.64
161	—	1,349	56.00–74.00	62.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,845	81.00–90.00	84.00
18	—	1,655	73.00–84.50	76.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,003	92.00	92.00

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.