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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 21

● As filed58 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 58 priced lines covering 563 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 170 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 423 head. replacement cattle receipts at 13 head. Counted as USDA files them — 13 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 170Last week 332Year ago 254

Slaughter CattleReceipts 423Last week 462Year ago 627

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 4Year ago 19

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 1 Colorado auction market included: Livestock Exchange. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower, while slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. Feeding cows sold steady to 7.00 lower on a light test. Feeder dairy heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Colorado auction markets across the state will be starting the fall run of calves the first week of September, with most barns hosting a sale every other week through the month. They will move to a sale every week starting the 1st week of October.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,140	46.00–72.50	57.78
29	—	1,232	97.00–105.00	99.66
42	—	1,134	78.00–96.00	89.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,757	96.00–103.00	100.53
25	—	1,774	105.00–115.00	108.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,376	116.00–125.00	119.96
105	—	1,504	100.00–109.00	103.39
71	—	1,453	80.00–99.50	91.53
8	—	1,384	51.00–75.00	67.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	117.50	117.50
10	—	1,363	110.50–114.00	112.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,705	120.00–127.00	123.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	115.00–118.00	116.45
5	—	1,033	98.00–103.00	100.17
11	—	1,021	92.00–95.00	93.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,121	125.00–143.00	128.59
1	—	1,080	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,641	86.00–123.50	114.28
7	—	1,908	124.00–135.00	129.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,523	150.00–159.00	153.92
2	—	1,533	164.00–169.00	166.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,607	125.00–128.50	128.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	141.00	141.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	170.00	170.00
9	—	917	201.00	201.00
6	—	703	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	790	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	918	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	978	205.50	205.50
7	—	811	224.00	224.00
3	—	1,090	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	659	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	159.50	159.50
2	—	1,348	156.00	156.00
1	—	870	155.00	155.00
1	—	1,400	141.00	141.00
1	—	1,015	159.00	159.00
8	—	426	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,023	161.00–164.50	162.50
2	—	560	172.50	172.50
5	—	932	164.00	164.00
6	—	1,064	162.00–164.50	162.68
8	—	1,161	163.00–164.50	163.69
1	—	1,205	163.50	163.50
12	—	974	163.00–164.50	163.83
14	—	1,131	163.50–164.50	164.32
4	—	1,273	160.50–164.00	161.48
5	—	861	161.00–163.00	161.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	135.00	135.00
3	—	633	130.00–132.50	131.67
1	—	995	125.00	125.00
1	—	1,210	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	651	60.00	60.00

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,303	1,725.00	1,725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	1,525.00	1,525.00

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.