Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 80 priced lines covering 4,333 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,102 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 437 head. replacement cattle receipts at 94 head.

Mon Sep 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,102Last week 2,116Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 437Last week 348Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 94Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. The amount of feeder cattle brought to market this week more than doubled from last week as the fall run begins. Feeder steers under 500 lbs traded mostly 4.00 lower and over 500 lbs were 5.00 higher to sharply higher on a light test. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs traded mostly 2.00 higher with instances of sharply higher and over 550 lbs were steady to 6.00 higher on a light test. The next available report will be Friday, October 11, 2019.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	959	120.50–123.50	123.18
91	—	758	136.00–139.00	137.19
37	—	619	134.00–144.00	137.98
42	—	373	144.00–167.00	152.37
67	—	860	123.00–131.00	128.72
72	—	431	140.00–158.00	153.64
118	—	574	130.00–146.75	136.42
118	—	822	128.50–137.00	135.22
150	—	479	130.00–150.00	140.94
176	—	736	131.00–142.50	139.33
20	—	672	139.00–146.00	142.19
6	—	907	126.00	126.00
89	—	521	130.00–145.00	137.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	677	140.50–144.00	142.32
76	—	624	142.00–146.50	144.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	395	140.00	140.00
62	—	485	130.00–146.00	135.47
80	—	524	126.00–144.00	138.66
99	—	577	124.00–139.00	129.25
12	—	439	145.00–147.00	146.67
5	—	708	123.00–129.00	125.40
4	—	794	126.00	126.00
11	—	852	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	574	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	452	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	628	130.00–136.00	133.33
20	—	653	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	996	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	952	135.50	135.50
50	—	1,011	123.00–130.25	128.45
210	—	929	132.50–138.50	136.39
7	—	323	177.50–186.00	181.47
32	—	382	170.00–182.50	172.75
72	—	435	167.00–183.00	172.46
117	—	473	155.00–167.00	162.44
129	—	725	146.00–153.10	151.91
131	—	664	142.50–152.50	147.96
198	—	531	150.00–165.75	156.99
265	—	822	144.50–151.50	147.42
267	—	572	144.00–154.00	150.26
390	—	874	130.50–152.50	143.53
126	—	767	144.00–153.25	148.89
76	—	629	143.50–153.00	147.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	631	141.00–147.50	145.51
24	—	676	146.00–146.50	146.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	550	136.00	136.00
4	—	429	159.00	159.00
21	—	743	139.00–142.50	142.34
42	—	614	140.00–148.00	145.91
50	—	677	137.00–146.00	143.76
30	—	475	152.00–159.00	154.51
72	—	521	141.00–152.00	146.46
20	—	929	121.00	121.00
21	—	832	135.50	135.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	748	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	763	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	423	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	624	136.00–137.00	136.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	595	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	735	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	526	126.00	126.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	750	89.00	89.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	946	127.50	127.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,335	100.00	100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,191	1,100.00–1,185.00	1,147.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,402	860.00–985.00	930.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	950	72.00	72.00
29	—	1,110	53.00–59.00	55.26
36	—	1,107	41.00–53.50	50.52
4	—	1,070	41.00–45.00	42.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,312	56.00–64.00	59.51
41	—	1,196	51.00–58.00	54.97
3	—	1,139	66.00	66.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,430	58.00–64.00	62.10
16	—	1,398	56.00–58.25	56.96
2	—	1,335	67.00–71.00	68.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,484	70.00–78.50	75.37
18	—	1,804	79.00–86.50	82.72
4	—	2,093	87.00–91.50	90.43

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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