Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 68 priced lines covering 1,810 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,950 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 785 head. replacement cattle receipts at 50 head. Counted as USDA files them — 20 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 29, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,950Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 785Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Due to light receipts, no trend available, but

lower undertones noted. Upcoming back to grass and bred and pair specials are scheduled intermittently throughout

the month as fewer calves are available. Supply included: 42% Feeder Cattle (44% Steers, 54% Heifers, 2% Bulls); 36%

Slaughter Cattle (86% Cows, 14% Bulls); 2% Replacement Cattle (46% Bred Cows, 5% Bred Heifers, 49% Cow-Calf

Pairs). Feeder cattle supply over 600 lbs was 41%.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	430	160.00–172.00	165.16
26	—	579	140.50–146.50	142.80
10	—	695	135.50	135.50
4	—	468	153.00	153.00
46	—	534	140.00–160.00	144.96
4	—	377	178.00–179.00	178.74
6	—	1,085	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	511	156.00–170.00	162.74
96	—	717	132.00–145.00	141.36
82	—	573	147.00–163.00	153.78
79	—	473	157.00–171.00	166.68
51	—	787	125.00–139.75	138.60
41	—	387	170.00–185.50	179.17
10	—	679	139.00	139.00
5	—	260	500.00	500.00
14	—	628	150.00–155.00	154.32
9	—	324	178.00–203.00	187.07
18	—	422	165.00–183.00	170.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	739	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	711	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	545	147.00	147.00
9	—	618	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	609	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	522	183.00–200.00	187.63
50	—	713	147.00–170.50	156.22
56	—	614	162.00–170.00	166.97
7	—	816	138.00	138.00
9	—	950	125.00	125.00
4	—	758	146.00	146.00
10	—	373	207.50–227.00	218.97
20	—	423	199.00–207.50	205.47
32	—	685	162.00–168.50	167.29
36	—	473	195.00–201.00	197.28
103	—	566	180.00–188.00	183.90
5	—	344	227.00	227.00
13	—	1,025	124.50	124.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	819	126.50	126.50
5	—	325	201.00	201.00
16	—	640	157.00	157.00
15	—	669	145.00–150.00	146.94
14	—	427	189.00–197.00	193.01
11	—	478	180.00–187.00	185.26
11	—	519	175.00	175.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	774	138.00–139.00	138.57
17	—	586	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	583	199.50	199.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,105	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	150.00–160.00	156.68
4	—	1,070	100.00	100.00
5	—	701	135.00	135.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,311	1,275.00–1,310.00	1,286.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,275	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,406	725.00–885.00	821.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,447	1,035.00–1,325.00	1,162.74
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,045	925.00–1,050.00	992.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,189	88.00–100.00	92.62
20	—	1,614	72.00–82.00	77.38
35	—	1,703	82.00–90.00	86.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,260	52.00–62.50	57.71
136	—	1,277	61.00–69.00	65.16
3	—	1,348	71.50–78.00	74.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,511	58.00–61.00	59.87
15	—	1,542	68.00–77.00	70.67
50	—	1,485	61.00–69.00	65.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,026	32.00–52.50	45.51
32	—	1,040	45.00–59.00	54.40
75	—	1,119	53.00–63.00	58.90
12	—	1,018	66.00–71.00	67.34

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.

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