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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, May 16

● As filed110 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 110 priced lines covering 2,472 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,944 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,704 head. replacement cattle receipts at 900 head. Counted as USDA files them — 517 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,944Last week 1,519Year ago 1,242

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,704Last week 1,282Year ago 1,099

Replacement CattleReceipts 900Last week 321Year ago 580

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 cattle too thinly traded for an accurate market trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Due to the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, the next available report will be Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	923	73.00–77.50	73.55
2	—	725	77.50	77.50
3	—	468	72.50	72.50
3	—	358	72.50	72.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,221	100.50–102.00	100.87
14	—	1,059	101.00–103.00	102.14
2	—	985	100.50	100.50
21	—	1,013	100.50–102.00	101.08
2	—	1,255	102.00	102.00
22	—	1,112	101.00–102.00	101.37
13	—	1,187	101.00–101.50	101.23
2	—	1,345	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	67.50	67.50
2	—	768	68.00	68.00
10	—	340	57.50	57.50
1	—	860	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	99.50	99.50
10	—	1,080	97.00	97.00
7	—	971	99.50	99.50
8	—	1,116	97.50–98.00	97.75
10	—	868	97.00	97.00
8	—	1,231	92.00–97.00	94.53
4	—	330	87.50	87.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	625	159.00–171.00	163.63
6	—	362	196.00–200.00	197.38
8	—	731	151.00	151.00
5	—	533	177.00	177.00
16	—	564	166.00–170.00	167.78
32	—	685	153.00–156.00	155.53
37	—	773	147.00–150.00	148.11
20	—	478	169.00–177.00	173.06
17	—	431	176.00–181.00	178.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	636	172.50	172.50
3	—	580	182.00	182.00
20	—	753	156.00	156.00
7	—	246	560.00	560.00
15	—	172	425.00–435.00	430.77
11	—	437	195.00	195.00
11	—	522	181.00–198.00	188.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	542	156.00–162.00	159.03
2	—	707	156.00	156.00
17	—	615	159.00	159.00
6	—	78	60.00–110.00	83.83
4	—	296	525.00	525.00
3	—	117	85.00–260.00	205.00
18	—	178	360.00–385.00	372.68
10	—	243	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	734	141.00–145.00	143.01
27	—	627	145.00–150.00	147.07
5	—	333	171.00	171.00
4	—	456	156.00	156.00
6	—	521	151.00	151.00
2	—	248	161.00	161.00
29	—	419	151.00–156.00	152.15
13	—	552	154.50	154.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	224	450.00–475.00	466.07
9	—	160	325.00–435.00	422.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	461	151.50	151.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	172.00	172.00
9	—	452	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	120	125.00–275.00	214.05
4	—	81	110.00–160.00	141.92
12	—	224	425.00–525.00	485.95
1	—	255	500.00	500.00
5	—	178	300.00–385.00	357.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,435	75.00–88.50	83.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,110	72.00–83.00	76.76
9	—	1,157	85.00–89.00	86.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,125	67.00–79.00	72.47
1	—	1,350	74.00	74.00
108	—	1,059	55.00–67.00	63.53
19	—	1,101	44.00–61.00	57.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,417	62.00–74.50	71.08
187	—	1,404	68.00–87.50	78.28
8	—	1,461	88.00–99.00	93.47
5	—	1,421	45.00–58.00	53.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	82.00	82.00
97	—	1,571	74.00–93.00	80.39
84	—	1,681	66.00–81.00	75.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,846	95.00–112.00	101.61
36	—	1,675	85.00–101.50	94.63
9	—	2,259	102.00–120.50	113.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,217	75.00–95.00	83.79
4	—	1,024	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,500	101.00–108.00	103.29

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	25	—	1,381	1,525.00–1,675.00	1,598.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	195	—	1,208	1,235.00–1,335.00	1,279.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	157	—	1,432	1,300.00–1,675.00	1,508.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,556	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,438.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,333	1,625.00–1,675.00	1,646.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	48	—	1,314	1,360.00–1,510.00	1,464.37

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	—	1,129	1,210.00	1,210.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,466	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,228.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,386	1,135.00	1,135.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,424	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,526	1,275.00–1,435.00	1,400.09

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,490	1,185.00–1,350.00	1,260.14
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,385	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,166.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,359	985.00	985.00

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)	21	—	1,362	1,010.00–1,025.00	1,021.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,150	925.00–1,010.00	967.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	85	—	1,215	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,100.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,327	885.00–935.00	894.36

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	21	—	1,004	90.00–97.00	92.56
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,031	100.00–109.00	105.94

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	—	1,067	100.00–105.00	102.69

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,226	1,060.00	1,060.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,015	910.00–1,000.00	949.11

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,222	1,725.00	1,725.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,208	1,550.00	1,550.00

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.