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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, May 10

● As filed106 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 106 priced lines covering 2,269 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,274 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 930 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,036 head. Counted as USDA files them — 505 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,274Last week 4,517Year ago 1,301

Slaughter CattleReceipts 930Last week 932Year ago 1,023

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,036Last week 840Year ago 1,004

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 on feeder cattle, moderate to good on slaughter cows and bulls. Feeder cattle offerings this week were only 20 percent of what was offered last week while replacement cattle offerings were up 20 percent. Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold mostly 3.00 higher, 600-800 lbs sold sharply lower, and no comparable trades on steers over 800 lbs. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold 9.00 lower on a light test, 450-750 lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher, and over 750 lbs too thinly traded for an accurate trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher with the exception of average dressing Leans, selling 2.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, May 24, 2021.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,360	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,070	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,393	1,100.00–1,160.00	1,112.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,597	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,111.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,594	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,060.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	977	1,010.00–1,150.00	1,114.58

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,140	710.00–850.00	781.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	988	900.00	900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	153	—	1,381	1,250.00–1,560.00	1,459.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,508	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,318.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	62	—	1,249	1,600.00–1,775.00	1,678.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	78	—	1,168	1,450.00–1,850.00	1,720.81
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,372	1,000.00–1,175.00	1,045.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	109	—	1,251	900.00–1,200.00	1,123.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,825	1,360.00	1,360.00

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	—	970	975.00	975.00

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	2	—	1,208	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	69	—	1,143	900.00–1,025.00	993.12

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,166	1,335.00–1,375.00	1,352.54

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,212	53.00–64.00	59.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,300	58.50–67.00	62.56

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,038	74.00	74.00

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	2	—	1,060	88.00–97.50	93.35
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	929	116.00	116.00

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	—	816	925.00	925.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	625.00	625.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	875.00	875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,125.00	1,125.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	315	173.00	173.00
10	—	634	143.00	143.00
32	—	469	165.00–194.00	169.58
63	—	541	158.00–164.00	158.99
5	—	706	132.00	132.00
32	—	680	136.00	136.00
16	—	561	151.00–171.00	159.43
9	—	770	120.00–131.00	123.12
5	—	803	120.00	120.00
1	—	265	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	763	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	720	126.00	126.00
5	—	660	140.00	140.00
14	—	534	151.00–177.00	156.68
8	—	456	175.00	175.00
4	—	569	141.00	141.00
2	—	423	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	125	225.00–275.00	250.00
5	—	218	360.00–410.00	382.61
18	—	182	285.00–400.00	351.75
4	—	258	385.00–450.00	401.39
6	—	553	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,162	83.50–94.00	90.51
1	—	995	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	224	250.00–360.00	315.36
6	—	344	151.00	151.00
10	—	177	210.00–350.00	307.19
49	—	614	130.00–135.00	132.47
9	—	123	200.00–225.00	214.92
9	—	477	139.00–150.00	145.32
7	—	709	126.00	126.00
37	—	573	132.50–139.00	137.47
44	—	661	123.00–133.50	129.37
25	—	415	140.00–144.00	142.02
12	—	820	122.00–141.00	126.84
56	—	530	146.00–148.00	147.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	532	149.00–154.00	152.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	856	115.00	115.00
7	—	313	145.00	145.00
15	—	519	126.00–130.00	128.15
5	—	569	126.00	126.00
2	—	428	137.50	137.50
28	—	470	132.00–140.50	136.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	83.00–85.00	84.33
1	—	860	81.00	81.00
7	—	359	62.50	62.50
19	—	405	62.50	62.50
6	—	845	83.00	83.00
42	—	1,057	82.50–86.00	85.43
35	—	476	65.00–77.00	74.37
1	—	1,155	83.00	83.00
18	—	938	82.00–84.50	84.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,375	82.00	82.00
2	—	1,085	85.00	85.00
20	—	1,236	84.50–85.00	84.77
9	—	1,278	83.00–85.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	746	76.00	76.00
1	—	1,115	47.50	47.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	68.00	68.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,143	60.00–70.00	65.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,073	45.00–57.00	52.90
32	—	1,042	25.00–51.00	43.71
94	—	1,164	56.00–66.00	59.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,356	63.00–81.00	68.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,417	63.00–73.00	66.39
1	—	1,655	47.00	47.00
215	—	1,450	50.50–64.50	59.08
1	—	1,275	82.50	82.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	73.00	73.00
57	—	1,769	55.00–65.00	61.84
36	—	1,652	65.50–74.50	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,702	69.50–82.00	75.63
6	—	2,125	95.50–104.00	99.60
28	—	1,879	84.50–95.50	88.70

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.