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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 20

● As filed140 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 140 priced lines covering 1,882 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,475 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,036 head. replacement cattle receipts at 775 head. Counted as USDA files them — 189 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 20, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,475Last week 9,510Year ago 1,303

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,036Last week 863Year ago 993

Replacement CattleReceipts 775Last week 52Year ago 76

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 and heifers were too thinly traded for an accurate trend. Dairy feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, bulls 2.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, April 3, 2023.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	195.00	195.00
5	—	313	202.50–212.50	208.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	168.00	168.00
7	—	316	226.00	226.00
35	—	480	200.00–210.00	205.74
2	—	873	156.00	156.00
34	—	539	193.00–203.00	195.96
1	—	1,010	140.00	140.00
6	—	564	191.00	191.00
7	—	725	175.50–177.50	175.78
20	—	412	215.00	215.00
24	—	621	175.00–187.50	184.53
2	—	78	350.00	350.00
19	—	663	173.00–181.00	177.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	157.50	157.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	612	180.00–181.00	180.74
22	—	826	163.50	163.50
6	—	313	220.00	220.00
44	—	432	200.00–207.50	203.53
9	—	469	186.00–187.00	186.66
6	—	590	182.50	182.50
13	—	940	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	217.50	217.50
4	—	738	166.00	166.00
1	—	935	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,220	136.00	136.00
3	—	903	134.50	134.50
3	—	1,127	134.50	134.50
13	—	1,059	134.00–135.00	134.24
11	—	1,194	135.00	135.00
8	—	1,269	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	129.00	129.00
3	—	1,152	133.50–136.00	135.00
3	—	1,003	133.00–133.50	133.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	94.00	94.00
7	—	723	85.00–87.50	85.36
2	—	528	62.50–82.50	72.55
1	—	820	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	110.00	110.00
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
4	—	669	95.00	95.00
1	—	755	120.00	120.00
1	—	875	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	230.00	230.00
1	—	815	144.00	144.00
6	—	543	192.50	192.50
1	—	80	250.00	250.00
5	—	487	217.50	217.50
2	—	608	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	205.00	205.00
1	—	580	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	458	249.00–250.00	249.72
14	—	574	221.00–226.00	222.04
8	—	388	257.00–265.00	259.96
3	—	532	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	—	110	400.00	400.00
32	—	475	222.50–286.00	274.71
9	—	610	216.00–225.00	222.32
8	—	809	182.00	182.00
1	—	1,025	142.50	142.50
5	—	319	280.00–286.00	282.46
26	—	779	184.50	184.50
23	—	703	183.00–187.50	184.33
5	—	866	175.00	175.00
52	—	575	231.00–239.00	236.23
22	—	425	270.00–280.00	278.40
8	—	386	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	382	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,250	133.00	133.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,107	35.00–61.00	51.48
13	—	1,173	84.00–93.00	87.90
9	—	1,161	71.00–83.00	78.30
2	—	1,070	105.00–107.00	105.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,166	67.50–83.00	75.36
31	—	1,135	35.00–75.00	58.43
70	—	1,276	82.00–91.00	86.93
5	—	1,300	94.00–102.50	96.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,489	85.00–87.00	85.92
23	—	1,495	98.00–107.00	100.14
73	—	1,549	89.50–99.00	94.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,316	96.00–104.00	97.77
54	—	1,284	72.50–89.00	82.82
1	—	1,540	52.00	52.00
131	—	1,465	84.00–96.00	89.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,540	94.00–105.00	97.37
1	—	1,360	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,397	88.00–98.50	93.51
11	—	1,184	100.00–113.00	104.48
5	—	1,394	85.00–87.50	86.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,826	111.00–119.00	115.06
34	—	1,814	99.00–116.50	106.99
21	—	1,851	86.00–104.50	96.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,126	77.50–93.00	84.74
8	—	1,117	127.50–137.00	134.07
9	—	1,351	100.00–117.50	106.22

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,395	1,525.00	1,525.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,388	1,700.00–1,710.00	1,706.70

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,280	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,670	1,810.00–1,875.00	1,827.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,242	1,525.00–1,700.00	1,583.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,261	1,925.00–2,025.00	1,996.22
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,230	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	57	—	1,270	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,257.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,745	1,660.00–1,675.00	1,667.31

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,325.00	1,325.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,625.00	1,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,665	1,750.00	1,750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,361	2,525.00	2,525.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,275	2,200.00	2,200.00

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	—	1,179	126.00–131.00	128.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	134.00	134.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,430	129.00	129.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	760	130.00	130.00

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	—	943	137.50–142.50	140.40

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	134.00	134.00

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)	2	—	1,518	1,475.00–1,510.00	1,493.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	39	—	1,437	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,516.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	—	1,430	1,775.00–1,950.00	1,870.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	—	1,215	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,294.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,238	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,277	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,661.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	110	—	1,275	1,850.00–1,960.00	1,914.73
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,513	1,675.00–1,750.00	1,687.62
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	14	—	1,485	1,550.00–1,650.00	1,595.78

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,443	1,350.00–1,425.00	1,388.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,470	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	3	—	1,227	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	5	—	1,273	1,335.00	1,335.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	—	1,528	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,634.69

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	48	—	1,289	2,000.00–2,050.00	2,013.98

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)	28	—	1,096	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,048.52

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	858	1,475.00	1,475.00

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.