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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Dec 5

● As filed239 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 239 priced lines covering 13,353 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,203 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,062 head. replacement cattle receipts at 172 head.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Dec 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,203Last week 9,117Year ago 15,085

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,062Last week 1,918Year ago 1,869

Replacement CattleReceipts 172Last week 672Year ago 99

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction reports included: Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold mostly 8.00 to 13.00 higher, 500-850 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher, and over 850 lbs were lightly tested at 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs sold mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers over 750 lbs were too thinly tested to trend. Dairy heifers over 1000 lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower; bulls sold steady. The next available report will be Monday, December 19, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	162.00	162.00
7	—	684	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	575	173.00–204.00	195.42
54	—	478	186.00–221.00	205.20
41	—	521	200.00–209.00	205.73
49	—	623	170.00–197.00	186.83
15	—	708	175.00–181.00	178.60
12	—	431	209.00–217.50	212.42
16	—	320	222.50–240.00	235.57
39	—	680	172.00–193.00	182.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	620	181.00–186.00	184.27
62	—	421	214.00–232.50	219.20
17	—	378	230.00–236.00	233.01
156	—	535	200.00–208.00	203.72
340	—	584	172.00–195.00	185.70
151	—	677	174.50–184.00	177.75
7	—	495	207.50–209.00	207.92
10	—	320	221.00	221.00
139	—	718	164.00–171.00	167.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	476	181.00	181.00
24	—	540	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	425	252.00	252.00
103	—	606	202.00–207.75	205.56
47	—	505	215.00–223.00	217.11
18	—	480	222.00	222.00
117	—	658	193.00–201.00	198.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	538	190.00–197.00	194.60
11	—	415	210.00–215.00	212.81
35	—	624	166.00–173.00	169.64
3	—	562	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
257	—	466	210.00–242.00	226.95
536	—	623	180.00–206.00	188.92
82	—	383	240.00–261.00	252.94
259	—	519	201.00–227.00	210.35
55	—	915	172.25	172.25
126	—	769	170.50–189.00	179.44
336	—	668	170.00–200.50	184.33
438	—	572	188.00–215.75	200.89
16	—	314	234.00–237.00	235.12
116	—	418	222.50–247.00	239.25
416	—	823	170.00–178.25	176.62
160	—	970	150.50–170.00	168.70
58	—	868	169.00–170.00	169.54
596	—	723	171.50–191.50	181.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	600	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	512	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	248.00	248.00
43	—	481	235.00–241.00	239.12
31	—	556	217.00	217.00
22	—	746	193.00–198.50	197.27
139	—	659	181.00–194.50	188.76
78	—	605	191.00–205.00	196.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	429	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	80.00	80.00
2	—	700	75.00	75.00
2	—	250	70.00	70.00
4	—	610	80.00	80.00
1	—	220	80.00	80.00
13	—	589	75.00–91.00	87.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	111.00	111.00
25	—	554	162.50–167.50	167.10
5	—	274	170.00–177.50	174.40
13	—	603	141.00	141.00
1	—	1,058	131.00	131.00
17	—	335	170.00–190.00	180.63
4	—	246	175.00	175.00
58	—	407	203.00–220.00	213.83
4	—	1,268	137.00	137.00
9	—	1,101	117.00	117.00
2	—	520	164.00–165.00	164.49
10	—	903	128.00	128.00
7	—	952	114.00	114.00
6	—	374	185.00–200.00	192.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	272	100.00–110.00	104.53
45	—	376	100.00–107.50	102.08
7	—	597	102.50	102.50
10	—	209	110.00	110.00
5	—	407	105.00	105.00
12	—	329	100.00–107.50	104.62
8	—	658	102.00–102.50	102.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	776	112.50	112.50
4	—	591	103.00	103.00
19	—	714	109.00–110.00	109.78
1	—	820	118.00	118.00
4	—	956	115.00	115.00
7	—	528	112.00–122.50	114.97
1	—	925	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,060	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	919	119.00–123.50	119.50
1	—	480	137.50	137.50
18	—	808	116.00–120.50	116.25
3	—	872	115.00–122.00	117.34
7	—	591	136.00–157.50	151.32
6	—	621	127.00	127.00
1	—	1,320	124.00	124.00
2	—	280	150.00	150.00
11	—	1,185	125.50–126.00	125.82
8	—	1,063	123.00–125.00	123.88
8	—	1,277	105.00–123.50	107.33
22	—	977	109.00–124.50	119.77
3	—	1,115	125.50–126.00	125.67
20	—	1,017	123.50–125.50	124.79
7	—	1,214	123.00–125.50	124.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	785	60.00–62.00	60.83
10	—	856	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,027	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	621	175.00	175.00
6	—	778	142.00	142.00
5	—	462	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	419	193.00–220.00	200.13
51	—	638	183.00	183.00
8	—	500	185.00	185.00
26	—	394	204.00	204.00
50	—	474	185.00–215.00	198.42
73	—	573	180.00–181.00	180.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	339	211.00–215.00	213.70
385	—	575	168.00–188.50	175.07
252	—	616	165.50–181.00	174.08
438	—	674	161.00–179.50	173.93
149	—	917	162.25–167.50	165.43
194	—	432	177.50–221.00	202.48
144	—	767	156.00–170.00	166.34
134	—	378	191.00–221.00	203.65
351	—	470	172.00–209.00	188.49
42	—	981	141.00	141.00
151	—	721	160.00–175.00	167.34
336	—	522	171.00–200.00	182.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	330	152.50	152.50
7	—	526	142.50	142.50
17	—	421	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	574	169.00–196.00	175.08
8	—	713	151.00–155.00	152.13
31	—	478	187.00–205.00	193.13
119	—	622	162.00–172.00	167.77
2	—	393	196.00	196.00
58	—	672	157.50–168.00	164.15
2	—	888	146.00	146.00
10	—	314	208.00–217.50	212.77
30	—	519	175.00–182.00	179.93
11	—	424	185.00–191.00	187.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	492	194.50	194.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	571	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	498	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
335	—	616	153.00–168.00	161.74
11	—	717	167.00	167.00
18	—	386	205.00–210.00	208.32
27	—	483	173.00	173.00
8	—	449	198.00	198.00
83	—	665	161.00–168.50	164.89
234	—	570	163.50–169.00	166.43
222	—	531	161.00–190.00	168.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	585	166.00–170.00	166.44
17	—	441	177.00–190.00	187.67
19	—	489	174.00–179.00	176.11
20	—	532	175.00	175.00
3	—	667	152.00	152.00
7	—	638	152.50–160.00	155.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	587	193.00–195.00	194.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	636	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	429	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	858	129.00–130.00	129.34
41	—	286	170.00–200.00	174.88
4	—	653	147.50	147.50
1	—	1,110	100.00	100.00
38	—	475	146.00–182.50	147.00
9	—	575	150.00–162.50	157.13
29	—	533	139.00–145.00	139.20
99	—	335	150.00–169.00	163.39
8	—	622	135.00–145.00	142.45
125	—	373	150.00–169.00	163.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	625	160.00–162.50	161.67
56	—	367	201.00–230.00	223.48
128	—	416	202.00–230.00	219.35
12	—	472	200.00–215.00	211.94
23	—	337	202.50–222.00	217.41
12	—	578	185.00	185.00
9	—	521	192.00–216.00	205.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	618	117.50–130.00	128.98
2	—	708	119.00	119.00
7	—	1,046	104.00	104.00
28	—	570	130.00	130.00
4	—	871	121.00	121.00
28	—	319	135.00	135.00
17	—	385	130.00–135.00	133.65
3	—	482	122.00	122.00
43	—	278	155.00–159.00	156.32
12	—	439	130.00–142.00	138.01
2	—	828	122.50	122.50
25	—	769	115.00–122.50	115.29
35	—	520	126.00–136.00	131.36
22	—	665	120.00–125.00	123.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
11	—	514	110.00–117.50	115.48
15	—	267	130.00	130.00
1	—	690	107.50	107.50
2	—	415	104.00	104.00
5	—	381	110.00–150.00	125.96
3	—	337	130.00	130.00
5	—	779	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	67.50	67.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	230	60.00	60.00
7	—	526	39.00	39.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	105.00	105.00
2	—	363	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,192	725.00–825.00	748.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,380	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,054.37

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,280	835.00–1,325.00	1,140.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	985.00	985.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,231	785.00	785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,435	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,333	700.00–1,025.00	834.06

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	78	—	921	425.00–575.00	518.26

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	5	—	1,015	108.00–118.00	112.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	837	88.00–90.00	89.64

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,098	121.00–128.00	124.41

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,355	1,300.00	1,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,463	91.00–97.50	93.45
8	—	1,517	84.00–89.00	86.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,977	90.00–98.00	92.75
49	—	1,798	76.00–89.50	85.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	1,283	59.00–69.00	64.89
109	—	1,347	64.00–82.00	71.26
3	—	1,368	83.00–100.00	88.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,174	62.00–76.00	66.90
37	—	976	80.00–87.50	83.88
55	—	986	45.50–57.00	47.73
69	—	1,143	57.50–65.00	63.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,129	58.00–70.00	62.39
78	—	1,107	27.50–61.00	50.63
239	—	1,171	47.00–65.50	55.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,720	61.00–74.50	69.38
14	—	1,799	89.00–91.50	91.05
127	—	1,599	69.00–87.50	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,492	30.00–55.50	52.59
146	—	1,395	59.00–81.00	68.73
15	—	1,326	75.50–89.00	77.16
206	—	1,450	55.00–69.00	62.42

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.