Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 135 priced lines covering 5,355 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,822 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 556 head. replacement cattle receipts at 206 head. Counted as USDA files them — 168 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 6, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,822Last week 1,950Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 556Last week 785Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 206Last week 50Year ago 0

The feeder steer market was only tested for 550-600 lb steers, trading 8.00 lower. Heifers were only tested on 500-550 lb and 700-750 lbs heifers, trading 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade activity and demand moderate to good on feeder steers and heifers. Demand very good on feeder holstein steers.

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	2	—	1,035	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,000	1,385.00	1,385.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,140	1,200.00–1,375.00	1,335.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,315	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,695	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,233.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,093	1,475.00–1,610.00	1,514.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,068	1,285.00–1,450.00	1,348.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,085	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,103	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,211.76
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,021	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,762.94
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	1,278	1,250.00–1,375.00	1,286.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	—	1,206	1,310.00–1,400.00	1,364.58
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,452	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,313	785.00–940.00	837.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,820	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,570	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,100	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,151	820.00–850.00	823.64
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,049	925.00	925.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	872	45.00–51.00	47.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,076	61.00–67.50	62.46
16	—	978	53.00–61.00	55.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,425	64.00–69.50	67.16
13	—	1,476	60.00–64.00	63.28
1	—	1,325	71.00	71.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,210	63.00–69.00	65.71
53	—	1,200	52.00–63.50	61.00
3	—	1,363	69.00–72.00	70.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,643	72.50–79.50	76.24
9	—	1,938	80.00–87.50	82.99
2	—	2,155	88.50–89.00	88.74

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	623	117.00–144.00	139.09
51	—	427	140.00–164.00	156.75
39	—	666	112.00–136.75	130.78
23	—	364	146.00–171.00	164.74
216	—	571	125.00–151.00	143.83
140	—	474	140.00–166.00	159.21
95	—	514	127.50–155.00	145.08
2	—	1,115	86.00	86.00
9	—	772	116.00	116.00
12	—	861	96.00–107.00	99.88
1	—	315	168.00	168.00
1	—	905	102.00	102.00
3	—	725	111.00–118.00	113.65
4	—	814	109.00–112.00	111.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
190	—	717	123.00–137.00	134.39
142	—	516	158.00–162.00	159.31
65	—	778	123.50–132.00	125.52
63	—	662	129.00–141.50	138.91
63	—	581	138.00–148.00	143.75
44	—	854	113.00–124.50	121.22
63	—	609	139.00–152.50	150.38
3	—	1,260	96.00	96.00
6	—	1,017	114.00–114.50	114.33
13	—	944	117.00	117.00
18	—	388	170.00–172.00	170.54
21	—	479	151.00–157.00	155.03
89	—	818	124.00–127.50	126.85
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	787	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	889	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	750	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	128.00–130.00	129.00
2	—	530	138.00	138.00
2	—	308	173.00	173.00
1	—	780	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	865	123.00	123.00
9	—	365	180.00–187.50	183.27
4	—	341	182.00	182.00
1	—	720	123.00	123.00
1	—	955	111.00	111.00
9	—	428	157.00–182.00	173.72
44	—	466	159.00–172.50	170.83
82	—	569	158.00–168.00	164.69
88	—	664	146.00–153.00	149.58
160	—	534	155.00–176.00	173.74
163	—	617	150.00–159.75	155.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	518	192.00	192.00
55	—	476	201.00–202.50	201.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	147.50	147.50
11	—	385	197.50	197.50
10	—	910	121.00–127.00	125.75
23	—	426	187.00–190.00	189.60
47	—	613	150.00–172.00	165.05
50	—	656	154.00–165.00	158.95
99	—	720	137.00–146.50	143.85
120	—	480	181.00–198.00	192.56
120	—	517	172.00–189.00	185.30
133	—	570	171.00–182.00	175.23
197	—	821	124.00–137.00	133.52
8	—	346	201.00	201.00
9	—	855	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	726	138.00–139.00	138.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	111.00	111.00
2	—	685	103.00–133.00	118.11
5	—	564	146.00–150.00	146.82
11	—	930	106.00–108.00	107.82
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	544	96.00	96.00
65	—	331	115.00–123.00	117.88
73	—	279	102.00–117.00	107.08
100	—	373	119.00–128.00	122.38
181	—	572	92.00–100.00	96.11
1	—	1,065	60.00	60.00
2	—	643	80.00	80.00
2	—	878	80.00–85.00	82.46
10	—	442	117.50	117.50
13	—	494	126.50	126.50
26	—	666	83.00–87.00	84.59
37	—	213	106.00–115.00	114.20
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	65.00	65.00
2	—	1,038	45.50–53.00	49.22
3	—	245	65.00	65.00
3	—	578	87.00	87.00
3	—	658	61.00–63.00	61.66
4	—	358	100.00	100.00
6	—	458	55.00–83.00	66.62
10	—	519	70.00–95.00	74.70
13	—	269	97.50–102.50	98.74
15	—	612	57.50–67.00	61.96
41	—	337	65.00–100.00	74.90
71	—	405	60.00–102.50	80.87
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	73.00	73.00
6	—	719	90.00	90.00
18	—	275	127.00	127.00
34	—	640	90.00	90.00
34	—	664	90.00	90.00
37	—	559	115.00–125.00	123.54
42	—	213	121.00–122.00	121.79
60	—	464	130.00–138.00	135.52
60	—	824	87.00–91.00	88.12
68	—	904	87.25	87.25
71	—	524	118.00–135.00	127.71
104	—	373	138.00–145.00	140.46
152	—	419	132.00–140.00	137.48
278	—	321	127.00–134.00	131.32

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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