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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Apr 26

● As filed90 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 90 priced lines covering 1,804 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,498 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 853 head. replacement cattle receipts at 542 head. Counted as USDA files them — 244 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Apr 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,498Last week 3,032Year ago 1,069

Slaughter CattleReceipts 853Last week 903Year ago 761

Replacement CattleReceipts 542Last week 704Year ago 379

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. The light test of feeder steers under 750 lbs traded with weak undertone, while steers weighing over 750 lbs traded firm. Feeder heifers traded steady to 5.00 lower, though lightly tested. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. The next available report will be Monday, May 10, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	589	150.00–152.00	150.30
30	—	473	162.00–179.00	171.37
7	—	717	141.00	141.00
35	—	519	152.00–164.00	157.29
4	—	673	154.00	154.00
34	—	430	175.00–180.00	176.38
15	—	780	138.00–140.00	138.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	611	148.00	148.00
14	—	586	146.00–159.00	153.49
2	—	458	167.00	167.00
25	—	431	170.00–171.00	170.27
6	—	534	155.00	155.00
18	—	665	135.00–148.00	141.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	504	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	661	126.00–127.00	126.38
20	—	724	123.00–125.00	123.52
42	—	469	151.00–157.00	154.87
33	—	422	158.00–168.00	161.83
17	—	768	121.00–123.00	122.06
30	—	528	149.00–157.00	151.38
4	—	391	161.00	161.00
19	—	571	140.00–145.00	141.02
12	—	613	136.00–141.00	136.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	576	126.00–137.00	130.34
17	—	384	153.00–155.00	154.16
11	—	527	138.00–144.00	139.11
23	—	482	140.00–152.00	145.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,130	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	752	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	88.00	88.00
14	—	1,098	89.00	89.00
10	—	1,015	88.00–89.00	88.50
1	—	1,210	89.50	89.50
5	—	1,273	88.50–89.00	88.90
3	—	1,315	87.50–89.00	88.50
11	—	1,420	84.50–89.00	85.31
5	—	1,190	89.00–91.00	90.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	852	88.00	88.00
2	—	1,353	81.50	81.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,160	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	534	141.00	141.00
13	—	713	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	385.00	385.00
1	—	225	410.00	410.00
3	—	180	350.00–425.00	399.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,075	90.00–105.00	96.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,181	72.00–87.50	79.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	46	—	1,216	61.00–69.00	64.02
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	63	—	1,236	61.00–67.50	66.44

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	963	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,016.20

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)	9	—	992	975.00–1,035.00	982.93

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)	10	—	1,347	910.00–975.00	942.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,176	810.00–910.00	839.51
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,055	910.00–975.00	966.72

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,220	860.00	860.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,180	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,387	975.00	975.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,417	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,156	1,050.00	1,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	1,200.00	1,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,285	1,225.00	1,225.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	84	—	972	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,844.95

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,275	1,310.00	1,310.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,217	1,010.00–1,110.00	1,038.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	48	—	1,232	1,450.00–1,575.00	1,522.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,293	1,610.00–1,650.00	1,614.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,250	1,735.00	1,735.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,426	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,559	1,600.00–1,950.00	1,820.36

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,105	975.00–1,025.00	1,008.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	991	1,375.00–1,400.00	1,392.50

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	10	—	1,357	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,260.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,386	64.00–75.00	68.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,588	65.00–77.00	68.77
44	—	1,607	58.00–65.50	61.46
1	—	1,490	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,165	58.00–67.50	60.86
50	—	1,052	48.00–59.00	55.40
16	—	957	32.50–52.00	44.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	69.00–70.00	69.50
106	—	1,329	61.50–72.00	65.88
2	—	1,615	38.50–49.00	44.35
125	—	1,420	52.00–65.00	59.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,117	58.00–71.00	63.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,861	86.00–97.50	91.86
13	—	2,048	95.00–108.00	98.80
19	—	1,626	76.00–88.50	82.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	81.00–86.00	83.49

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.