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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 28

● As filed130 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 130 priced lines covering 5,816 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,152 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 967 head. replacement cattle receipts at 204 head. Counted as USDA files them — 45 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,152Last week 1,303Year ago 6,098

Slaughter CattleReceipts 967Last week 993Year ago 672

Replacement CattleReceipts 204Last week 76Year ago 448

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 to good. Feeder steers under 450 lbs sold uneven on a light test, 450-650 lbs mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of sharply higher, and over 650 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade mixed on feeder heifers under 500 lbs. Feeder heifers 500-700 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, and over 700 lbs trade was mixed on a light test. Dairy feeder heifers 950-1200 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, and 1200-1300 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. The next available report will be Monday, April 11, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	424	208.00–221.00	215.24
188	—	481	204.00–219.00	214.14
303	—	526	190.00–216.00	211.94
8	—	1,053	131.00	131.00
68	—	811	144.00–161.50	147.23
61	—	726	156.00–171.00	160.78
20	—	376	220.00–225.00	220.76
66	—	673	172.00–177.00	175.96
349	—	763	148.00–161.50	152.63
204	—	564	182.50–214.00	206.51
101	—	864	140.00–156.50	148.78
309	—	620	185.00–197.00	191.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	871	136.00	136.00
9	—	397	210.00	210.00
3	—	618	170.00	170.00
23	—	689	169.00	169.00
50	—	574	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	704	150.50	150.50
55	—	406	207.00	207.00
52	—	476	191.00–204.00	196.96
5	—	762	141.00–151.00	146.97
20	—	695	164.00–170.00	166.18
55	—	629	170.00–181.00	177.51
143	—	579	187.00–201.00	195.26
47	—	517	190.00–201.00	196.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	589	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	518	127.50	127.50
9	—	432	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	686	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	167.00	167.00
4	—	678	158.00	158.00
4	—	965	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	553	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	165.00	165.00
3	—	857	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	524	220.00	220.00
33	—	464	225.00	225.00
96	—	553	216.00	216.00
59	—	716	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	506	178.00	178.00
5	—	608	162.00	162.00
5	—	419	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	653	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	696	142.50	142.50
41	—	551	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	674	149.50–157.00	153.89
82	—	915	131.00–137.25	135.68
182	—	515	165.00–187.00	172.89
236	—	618	157.00–168.00	162.11
7	—	850	133.00	133.00
5	—	304	185.00	185.00
10	—	840	138.00	138.00
29	—	381	170.00–178.00	173.23
47	—	424	173.00–175.00	173.72
174	—	476	169.00–191.00	172.80
171	—	725	142.50–148.50	146.42
156	—	575	158.00–181.00	166.77
83	—	761	139.50–146.50	144.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	609	141.00	141.00
2	—	725	132.00	132.00
8	—	410	152.00	152.00
9	—	561	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	146.00	146.00
4	—	670	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	550	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	584	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	627	169.50	169.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	600	150.50	150.50
12	—	377	168.00	168.00
20	—	683	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	562	151.00–166.00	156.16
75	—	491	166.00–179.00	172.35
73	—	518	150.00–175.00	158.96
17	—	434	175.00–183.00	180.10
147	—	634	149.00–161.00	151.86
11	—	386	187.00	187.00
137	—	687	141.00–147.00	141.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	160.00	160.00
5	—	385	176.00	176.00
18	—	540	151.00–162.00	160.51
9	—	578	147.00–156.00	151.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	784	82.50–88.00	86.43
5	—	744	88.00	88.00
3	—	679	81.00–85.00	82.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,309	112.50	112.50
6	—	931	107.50–114.00	110.17
1	—	885	107.00	107.00
12	—	1,279	105.00–113.50	111.35
7	—	1,069	108.50–111.50	109.21
2	—	1,233	112.00–112.50	112.25
11	—	983	106.00–110.50	106.67
3	—	1,397	114.00	114.00
8	—	1,008	109.50–114.50	111.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	832	97.50	97.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	151.00	151.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,290	84.00–91.50	87.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,511	93.00–100.00	93.68
60	—	1,702	77.00–87.00	81.20
77	—	1,547	85.00–96.00	88.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,487	45.00–63.00	56.42
114	—	1,352	65.00–85.00	78.52
141	—	1,355	80.00–91.00	84.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,142	72.50–84.00	77.99
56	—	1,054	57.50–78.00	67.64
1	—	1,175	87.00	87.00
23	—	1,043	40.00–70.00	55.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,138	77.00–86.50	82.56
5	—	1,099	87.50–88.00	87.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,751	92.00–102.00	98.34
19	—	1,972	105.00–111.00	107.51
4	—	2,271	114.00–118.00	115.50

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,105	101.00–110.00	107.19
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,055	115.00–118.00	115.78

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	17	—	1,102	90.00–99.00	93.10

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,321	1,075.00–1,125.00	1,104.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,329	1,250.00–1,275.00	1,269.14
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,376	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,158.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,240	1,475.00–1,525.00	1,499.10

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,538	1,225.00–1,250.00	1,242.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,423	1,325.00–1,525.00	1,398.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,159	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,070.54

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	11	—	1,420	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,400.99

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	4	—	1,200	1,125.00	1,125.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,067	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,757.62

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.