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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Feb 28

● As filed150 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 150 priced lines covering 6,278 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,841 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,088 head. replacement cattle receipts at 86 head.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Feb 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,841Last week 2,078Year ago 9,259

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,088Last week 515Year ago 604

Replacement CattleReceipts 86Last week 19Year ago 396

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher on a light test, 500-700 lbs mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher, 700-800 lbs 3.00 lower and over 800 lbs 8.00 to 14.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher on a thin test, and over 700 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower on a thin test. Feeder dairy heifers sold unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, March 14, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	584	193.00–206.00	198.18
255	—	778	145.50–162.00	154.49
10	—	912	136.00	136.00
255	—	721	155.00–177.00	162.42
102	—	671	155.00–183.00	171.55
18	—	393	220.00–229.00	228.04
61	—	431	210.00–224.00	220.54
257	—	631	184.00–197.00	189.24
6	—	326	560.00	560.00
4	—	305	227.00	227.00
24	—	860	141.00–142.50	142.05
55	—	977	140.25	140.25
67	—	474	210.00–222.00	215.30
40	—	817	143.00–153.00	149.76
202	—	518	200.00–215.00	210.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	882	144.50	144.50
18	—	628	171.00–182.00	176.23
53	—	679	151.00–171.00	162.34
4	—	964	131.00	131.00
86	—	781	143.25–152.00	147.11
38	—	573	184.00–192.00	188.26
21	—	479	194.00–205.00	200.31
14	—	415	210.00	210.00
64	—	537	191.00–202.00	198.38
56	—	713	150.00–152.25	150.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	706	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	424	187.50	187.50
4	—	488	186.00	186.00
10	—	386	190.00–192.50	190.70
4	—	504	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	615	199.00	199.00
21	—	526	222.00–223.00	222.81
5	—	726	179.00	179.00
42	—	461	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	877	136.00	136.00
3	—	840	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	660	160.00–162.50	162.06
10	—	720	159.50	159.50
67	—	781	155.00	155.00
15	—	487	182.50–185.00	184.15
22	—	822	140.50	140.50
10	—	589	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	417	222.00–228.00	223.40
19	—	564	202.00–206.00	205.14
35	—	612	192.00	192.00
4	—	525	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	818	123.00	123.00
6	—	549	136.00	136.00
15	—	700	145.50	145.50
6	—	489	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	764	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	498	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	469	170.00–195.00	181.62
419	—	626	150.00–174.50	164.24
236	—	776	141.50–154.00	145.28
165	—	530	175.00–189.00	185.90
9	—	1,051	110.00	110.00
346	—	721	144.00–164.50	152.21
21	—	861	139.00	139.00
212	—	580	159.00–183.00	172.49
257	—	665	147.00–166.50	158.37
2	—	352	190.00	190.00
31	—	807	132.00–133.00	132.61
4	—	976	124.00	124.00
77	—	431	189.00–198.50	194.57
7	—	315	575.00	575.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	646	168.00	168.00
36	—	552	171.00–188.00	184.23
28	—	461	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	810	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	739	123.00	123.00
3	—	956	112.50	112.50
19	—	865	126.75	126.75
12	—	938	103.00	103.00
82	—	759	123.00–134.00	131.61
6	—	835	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	801	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	688	132.50	132.50
2	—	388	183.00	183.00
6	—	632	134.00–141.00	137.51
12	—	739	131.00–135.00	132.00
3	—	340	175.00	175.00
10	—	457	174.00	174.00
3	—	442	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	594	152.50	152.50
7	—	746	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	567	151.00–170.50	157.23
12	—	348	190.00	190.00
10	—	818	133.00	133.00
5	—	437	179.00	179.00
17	—	525	168.00–175.00	169.07
7	—	488	180.00–186.00	182.63
2	—	895	126.00	126.00
2	—	950	111.00	111.00
84	—	772	130.00–136.25	135.84
12	—	393	182.00–190.00	183.25
105	—	634	146.00–161.00	155.02
100	—	686	145.00–155.50	153.02
102	—	717	138.50–147.00	143.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	664	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	111.50	111.50
4	—	953	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,385	116.50	116.50
10	—	1,427	112.00–112.50	112.20
2	—	1,320	113.00–114.00	113.50
16	—	1,230	108.00–113.50	110.53
16	—	886	107.50–109.50	108.62
1	—	820	113.00	113.00
5	—	1,181	111.50–114.00	112.01
6	—	1,040	109.50–112.50	112.01
13	—	1,052	109.50–110.00	109.58
5	—	929	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	718	57.50–70.00	62.58
5	—	691	60.00	60.00
2	—	648	70.00	70.00
2	—	780	60.00–62.50	61.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,076	105.50–106.00	105.64
1	—	1,115	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	171.00	171.00
6	—	447	210.00	210.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,082	81.00–89.00	84.32
35	—	1,056	51.00–74.00	66.70
8	—	890	58.00–63.00	60.58
105	—	1,219	72.00–84.00	78.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,474	90.00–102.00	94.55
52	—	1,333	62.50–83.00	73.93
259	—	1,477	71.00–90.00	84.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,209	76.00–89.00	83.46
4	—	1,188	90.00–93.00	91.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,364	83.00–95.00	89.85
2	—	1,560	96.00–99.00	97.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,675	72.00–81.00	79.04
10	—	1,702	90.00–103.00	99.48
135	—	1,666	82.00–95.50	89.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,579	101.00–117.00	104.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,304	116.00–117.00	116.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,856	85.00–100.00	95.28
24	—	1,915	111.00–124.00	114.15
47	—	1,734	101.00–111.50	106.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	75.00	75.00
35	—	1,476	101.00–113.50	108.09

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,118	112.00–125.00	120.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,081	100.00–107.50	103.00

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	2	—	1,105	82.50	82.50

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	16	—	1,163	90.00–97.50	94.24
(<2 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,118	100.00–107.50	104.78

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,379	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,371	1,200.00	1,200.00

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.