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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Dec 12

● As filed125 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 125 priced lines covering 9,585 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,939 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,724 head. replacement cattle receipts at 3,689 head. Counted as USDA files them — 78 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Dec 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,939Last week 17,203Year ago 9,241

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,724Last week 2,062Year ago 2,237

Replacement CattleReceipts 3,689Last week 172Year ago 4,715

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average for 5 Colorado auction reports spread across 3 sale barns included: Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock and Sterling Livestock. Some sales were forced to be moved to alternative days or cancelled this week due to blizzard conditions with heavy amounts of snow falling across northeast Colorado. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder steers under 500 lbs traded mostly 8.00 to 14.00 lower, 500-650 lbs traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 650-800 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower and over 800 lbs traded unevenly steady. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs traded uneven, 2.00 higher to 7.00 lower, while those from 500-700 lbs traded 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Over 700 lbs traded unevenly steady on a thin test. Average dress slaughter cows traded unevenly steady and average dress slaughter bulls traded 5.00 higher. The next available report will be Tuesday, December 27, 2022.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	479	191.00–212.50	196.88
32	—	732	172.00–180.00	177.84
3	—	800	166.00	166.00
79	—	691	182.00	182.00
6	—	273	275.00	275.00
4	—	975	162.00	162.00
2	—	918	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
522	—	719	170.50–191.50	180.51
300	—	617	180.00–198.00	190.24
25	—	338	231.00–240.00	237.97
294	—	581	194.50–213.00	205.37
73	—	825	173.50–179.00	177.26
45	—	370	228.00–249.00	238.05
247	—	530	201.00–222.00	212.05
205	—	867	174.00–177.85	175.73
73	—	918	167.00–171.50	168.72
350	—	778	168.00–186.50	175.13
298	—	676	171.00–192.00	182.97
81	—	419	223.00–244.00	231.30
97	—	473	200.00–238.00	218.28
55	—	951	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	637	197.50–199.50	198.28
10	—	508	213.00	213.00
78	—	818	181.50	181.50
49	—	676	181.00–182.50	181.91
64	—	795	182.00	182.00
15	—	483	215.00	215.00
23	—	554	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	530	180.00–183.00	181.22
28	—	671	171.00	171.00
105	—	567	190.50–192.00	191.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	810	168.50	168.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	321	221.00	221.00
128	—	619	180.00–186.00	181.30
69	—	591	183.00–189.50	187.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	168.00	168.00
89	—	713	161.00–162.00	161.11
14	—	785	150.00–161.00	155.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	467	215.00–219.00	218.44
10	—	392	227.50–232.50	231.03
57	—	530	197.00–209.00	204.11
110	—	717	166.00–171.00	168.87
51	—	643	182.00	182.00
50	—	419	209.00–220.00	215.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	609	203.00–204.00	203.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	366	171.00–172.00	171.71
7	—	764	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	621	161.00–166.00	163.30
170	—	573	160.00–169.50	166.32
86	—	686	160.00–168.00	165.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	613	191.00	191.00
53	—	510	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	712	158.00–173.00	169.06
120	—	475	171.00–201.00	189.74
321	—	671	160.00–175.50	171.89
20	—	933	155.00	155.00
187	—	519	172.00–188.00	179.99
197	—	784	156.00–166.00	164.48
239	—	623	160.00–174.50	169.02
357	—	572	161.00–182.00	173.04
29	—	333	205.00–209.00	206.24
84	—	804	165.00–166.00	165.23
102	—	866	160.00–165.00	163.20
95	—	389	200.00–225.00	205.73
33	—	424	194.50–212.00	201.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	571	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	642	162.00–163.00	162.87
9	—	724	159.00	159.00
26	—	515	171.00–178.00	175.72
28	—	468	162.00–183.00	171.27
17	—	779	160.00–162.00	161.14
13	—	676	162.00–168.00	166.17
11	—	434	184.00	184.00
26	—	563	173.00	173.00
4	—	809	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	607	185.00	185.00
10	—	679	177.00	177.00
7	—	480	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	668	158.00	158.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,528	70.00–78.00	72.82
3	—	1,607	79.00–82.00	80.07
112	—	1,391	62.00–70.00	66.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,199	60.00–66.00	64.24
91	—	1,251	65.00–73.00	68.39
11	—	1,284	73.50–76.00	74.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,025	48.00–60.00	56.44
97	—	1,124	60.00–65.75	63.02
34	—	1,076	65.50–69.00	66.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,177	65.00–68.00	65.86
43	—	1,044	51.00–59.00	55.01
54	—	1,132	60.00–65.00	63.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,274	65.00–72.00	67.79
140	—	1,175	60.00–66.00	63.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,121	101.00–105.00	102.68
10	—	1,949	92.00–101.00	97.20
6	—	1,907	84.00–91.00	89.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,698	83.00–94.50	90.64
4	—	1,825	93.00–96.00	94.55

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,269	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,635.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,303	1,825.00	1,825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	104	—	1,323	1,800.00–2,225.00	2,013.41

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,426	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,323	1,150.00–1,310.00	1,252.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,379	975.00–1,000.00	985.40

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)	20	—	1,215	1,060.00–1,100.00	1,089.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	52	—	1,187	1,525.00–1,575.00	1,556.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	1,378	960.00	960.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	109	—	1,358	1,110.00–1,375.00	1,280.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	49	—	1,100	1,000.00–1,285.00	1,213.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	80	—	1,094	1,000.00–1,185.00	1,094.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	364	—	1,361	910.00–1,100.00	993.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	401	—	1,218	1,425.00–1,950.00	1,749.71
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	62	—	1,456	1,050.00–1,175.00	1,124.03

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,330	1,675.00–1,800.00	1,731.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,233	1,300.00–1,410.00	1,334.32
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,385	1,475.00	1,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,293	1,110.00	1,110.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,600	1,825.00	1,825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,125	1,475.00–1,560.00	1,525.77
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,425	1,425.00	1,425.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	39	—	963	1,785.00	1,785.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	349	—	1,076	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,681.44
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	960	1,010.00–1,175.00	1,121.24
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	78	—	1,003	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,743.82

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	906	1,575.00	1,575.00

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.