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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 29

● As filed89 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 89 priced lines covering 4,927 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,098 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 672 head. replacement cattle receipts at 448 head. Counted as USDA files them — 221 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,098Last week 882Year ago 4,021

Slaughter CattleReceipts 672Last week 635Year ago 914

Replacement CattleReceipts 448Last week 409Year ago 37

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auctions included Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder cattle trade was too thin last week for an accurate trend, but sharply higher undertones were noted. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. The next available report will be Monday, April 12, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	155	360.00	360.00
4	—	118	285.00–400.00	356.22
6	—	663	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	672	128.00–131.00	129.88
87	—	428	157.00–163.00	160.05
13	—	356	155.00–160.00	156.59
16	—	458	160.00	160.00
16	—	606	141.00	141.00
64	—	585	134.00–149.00	145.19
34	—	530	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	111	175.00–350.00	299.37
79	—	483	151.00–170.00	163.30
125	—	433	168.00–171.00	169.06
235	—	574	144.00–159.00	152.66
84	—	370	161.00–181.00	178.82
188	—	663	136.00–144.00	139.98
101	—	818	124.00–130.50	126.89
26	—	917	115.50–120.00	117.37
353	—	512	154.00–162.00	159.07
218	—	720	126.00–133.75	130.80
199	—	619	135.00–151.00	144.32
17	—	763	120.00–129.00	127.34
2	—	88	175.00–225.00	202.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	440	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	609	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	614	152.51	152.51
126	—	478	171.00–176.00	174.26
10	—	410	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	716	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	502	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	437	173.00–177.00	175.03
16	—	633	163.00	163.00
45	—	771	131.00–132.00	131.35
16	—	519	184.00–187.00	185.74
68	—	489	178.00–193.00	188.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	322	215.00–220.00	216.79
126	—	526	180.00–198.00	192.80
135	—	869	123.00–130.50	128.87
13	—	975	123.50	123.50
97	—	621	152.00–177.00	173.27
35	—	941	123.50–126.00	124.07
201	—	474	189.00–208.00	201.31
15	—	811	131.00–133.00	131.93
185	—	755	134.00–140.00	137.54
49	—	706	146.00–148.00	147.62
76	—	369	211.00–218.00	214.91
150	—	572	185.00–193.00	189.26
37	—	428	201.00–207.00	203.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	441	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	694	144.00	144.00
35	—	789	133.49	133.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	589	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	567	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	603	190.00	190.00
19	—	370	221.00–223.00	221.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	530	200.00–204.00	202.12
21	—	788	148.00	148.00
52	—	653	169.00	169.00
30	—	415	213.00–215.00	214.33
44	—	586	196.00	196.00
28	—	703	158.00	158.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,143	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,347.96
(<2 yrs)	Open	121	—	1,173	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,200.17

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,287	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,307.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,141	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,145.57

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	14	—	1,350	1,750.00	1,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,094	900.00–1,000.00	964.46

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	840	116.00–127.50	120.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,088	87.50–97.50	95.28

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	15	—	1,169	70.00–82.50	73.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	61	—	1,387	61.00–69.50	66.86
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	989	100.00–112.50	104.79

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	968	62.00–69.00	65.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	824	70.00–79.00	74.52

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	82	—	1,040	80.00–87.50	85.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,904	82.00–97.50	89.20
10	—	1,887	90.00–106.00	97.13
28	—	1,631	76.00–86.00	80.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,520	63.50–70.00	67.34
55	—	1,805	46.00–61.50	58.59
16	—	1,475	70.00–72.00	70.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	939	22.50–48.00	35.65
30	—	907	42.00–58.00	48.80
117	—	1,142	53.00–63.50	59.62
13	—	1,100	64.00–67.50	65.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,442	41.00–63.00	57.97
140	—	1,380	60.00–69.50	63.31
3	—	1,517	22.50–31.00	25.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	77.00	77.00

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.