Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 208 priced lines covering 16,640 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 20,235 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 411 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,225 head. Counted as USDA files them — 29 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20,235Last week 11,025Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 411Last week 408Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,225Last week 240Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Offerings this week almost doubled in volume compared to last week.

The bulk of cattleman focused on getting this year's calf crop on vaccination programs of at least 1-2 rounds and weaned the calves 30 plus

days to meet buyers needs. Feeder steers under 700 lbs traded 1.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of 7.00 to 8.00 higher on 550-700 lb

calves, and steers over 750 lbs were mixed but mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs traded 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 450-650

lbs 7.00 to 11.00 higher, and over 650 lbs mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower with instances of 3.00 to 5.00 lower. The next available report will be

Friday, November 15, 2019. Supply included: 88% Feeder Cattle (56% Steers, 8% Dairy Steers, 35% Heifers, 0% Bulls, 1% Dairy Heifers); 2%

Slaughter Cattle (89% Cows, 11% Bulls); 10% Replacement Cattle (36% Stock Cows, 61% Bred Cows, 3% Cow-Calf Pairs). Feeder cattle supply

over 600 lbs was 40%.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	623	120.00–126.50	125.19
242	—	573	124.00–139.50	132.78
177	—	426	126.00–171.00	147.05
158	—	481	125.00–148.00	136.62
14	—	322	150.00	150.00
11	—	874	128.50	128.50
69	—	365	147.00–158.00	155.76
156	—	522	133.00–146.50	138.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	921	126.50–131.00	129.69
137	—	727	121.00–140.50	132.84
174	—	383	155.00–166.00	163.66
206	—	432	141.00–158.00	148.93
234	—	672	124.00–140.00	133.27
285	—	622	126.50–144.00	137.35
495	—	481	136.00–157.00	144.31
710	—	524	132.00–153.00	140.99
645	—	575	128.00–147.00	136.76
59	—	867	119.00–136.50	131.10
68	—	822	131.50–137.00	132.57
34	—	976	125.00–128.50	126.48
11	—	1,015	121.00–122.50	121.69
13	—	1,069	115.00	115.00
18	—	782	123.00–142.50	130.76
26	—	323	162.50–168.00	165.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	491	152.50	152.50
60	—	500	154.00	154.00
161	—	558	140.00–143.00	141.88
29	—	433	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	383	155.50	155.50
9	—	566	137.50	137.50
6	—	649	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	122.00	122.00
5	—	306	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	489	122.00	122.00
10	—	547	117.00	117.00
32	—	376	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	621	131.00–132.00	131.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	435	131.00–141.00	136.39
26	—	475	130.00–142.00	136.55
52	—	520	126.00–131.00	130.51
7	—	582	121.00–125.00	123.88
14	—	610	121.00–122.50	121.87
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	516	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	396	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	565	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	724	125.00–135.75	126.57
178	—	670	123.00–138.10	131.35
426	—	621	124.00–138.00	131.25
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	299	140.50	140.50
33	—	522	133.50	133.50
47	—	351	131.00	131.00
5	—	337	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	927	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	685	112.00	112.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	298	102.00	102.00
14	—	886	83.00	83.00
17	—	233	110.00	110.00
17	—	981	84.00	84.00
23	—	782	81.00–90.00	84.87
41	—	646	100.00	100.00
43	—	328	110.00	110.00
65	—	530	108.00–110.00	108.59
68	—	426	101.00–110.00	106.73
77	—	476	106.00–110.00	107.28
77	—	717	86.00–87.00	86.41
107	—	378	102.00–113.00	110.29
168	—	576	97.50–109.00	102.66
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	93.00	93.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	269	94.00	94.00
5	—	218	100.00	100.00
5	—	644	85.00	85.00
10	—	774	79.00	79.00
15	—	433	95.00	95.00
16	—	518	80.00–93.00	81.68
25	—	586	79.00–90.00	87.82
28	—	721	78.00–82.00	80.17
68	—	333	91.00–102.00	97.38
Dairy Steers — Large 4 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	507	70.00	70.00
13	—	264	50.00–60.00	52.96
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	360	149.00	149.00
46	—	412	137.00–147.00	145.48
Dairy Steers — Large 4 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	486	48.00	48.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	87.00	87.00
18	—	386	79.00	79.00
22	—	476	62.00–70.00	63.73
34	—	218	85.00–92.50	87.13
Dairy Steers — Small 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	407	51.00	51.00
18	—	344	56.00	56.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	352	35.00	35.00
19	—	303	38.00	38.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	878	134.00–148.00	141.60
83	—	828	130.00–140.50	135.14
74	—	371	182.00–199.00	190.40
31	—	913	134.50–147.00	139.51
218	—	723	138.50–149.00	144.46
244	—	768	131.00–160.75	148.96
404	—	477	160.00–176.00	165.34
484	—	666	140.00–161.25	147.04
706	—	617	138.00–159.50	147.33
1,003	—	521	149.00–170.00	156.54
1,206	—	580	138.50–159.50	149.63
3	—	1,102	119.00	119.00
4	—	1,235	112.00	112.00
20	—	974	130.00–142.00	134.21
112	—	335	187.00–209.00	195.45
217	—	427	172.00–187.00	179.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
210	—	716	132.50–144.00	137.75
466	—	671	130.00–150.75	141.09
613	—	618	132.00–153.25	141.95
25	—	764	127.50–136.50	129.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	659	130.00–143.00	137.66
33	—	831	129.50–134.50	131.47
76	—	390	170.50–177.50	175.30
119	—	427	161.00–168.00	166.05
121	—	527	137.50–159.00	149.08
137	—	630	131.00–150.75	141.86
257	—	580	133.00–153.00	143.07
25	—	745	143.00–144.00	143.64
5	—	996	123.50	123.50
34	—	759	130.00–135.00	132.74
4	—	265	194.00	194.00
59	—	481	151.00–162.00	155.91
11	—	306	177.00–177.50	177.14
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	625	137.00	137.00
5	—	891	121.00	121.00
10	—	536	126.00	126.00
15	—	373	151.00–152.50	151.56
42	—	567	124.00–145.00	136.72
62	—	672	117.50–126.00	124.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	620	130.00–141.00	138.50
25	—	718	130.00–136.00	133.83
59	—	682	132.00–138.00	135.78
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	431	162.00	162.00
24	—	675	130.00	130.00
75	—	586	131.00–137.00	135.75
19	—	888	136.25	136.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	322	200.00	200.00
155	—	463	171.00–176.00	171.90
163	—	517	160.50–163.00	161.23
78	—	567	153.00–162.50	160.20
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	440	166.00	166.00
5	—	475	136.00	136.00
5	—	577	134.50	134.50
17	—	682	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	359	115.00	115.00
16	—	674	123.00–129.00	125.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	784	163.00	163.00
90	—	961	145.00–152.10	149.52
207	—	878	150.00–155.00	154.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	150.00	150.00
8	—	624	133.50	133.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	773	122.00	122.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	697	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	734	135.50	135.50
7	—	378	170.00	170.00
10	—	661	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	725	147.00	147.00
8	—	759	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	446	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	643	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	579	124.00	124.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,053	70.00	70.00
9	—	540	78.50–80.00	79.17
5	—	693	87.00	87.00
12	—	595	83.00	83.00
14	—	441	69.00	69.00
17	—	471	68.50	68.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	450	56.00	56.00
4	—	231	50.00	50.00
4	—	271	48.00	48.00
5	—	330	50.00	50.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	301	143.50	143.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	602	108.00	108.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	764	85.00–86.00	85.23
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	70.00	70.00
10	—	403	65.00	65.00
21	—	312	60.00	60.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	17	—	1,232	650.00–775.00	682.10
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	1,372	800.00–1,000.00	862.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,216	835.00	835.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	55	—	1,283	1,050.00–1,225.00	1,179.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,180	1,210.00	1,210.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,312	1,110.00–1,160.00	1,135.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	109	—	1,213	1,225.00–1,385.00	1,312.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	1,220	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,320.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	48	—	1,021	875.00–935.00	897.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,307	950.00–1,125.00	1,037.72
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,446	925.00–1,025.00	949.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	45	—	1,208	760.00–810.00	767.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,468	860.00	860.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	59	—	1,305	635.00–860.00	759.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	84	—	1,258	610.00–760.00	704.17
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	883	110.00–122.50	115.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	—	916	67.00–74.00	73.43
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,168	46.00–50.00	48.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	332	—	1,280	47.50–60.00	54.39
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,203	1,260.00–1,325.00	1,303.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,275	1,400.00	1,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,912	76.00–86.50	80.39
17	—	1,722	72.00–76.50	74.65
1	—	2,250	83.00	83.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,304	42.00–55.00	51.09
109	—	1,267	48.00–65.00	57.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,513	46.00–68.00	56.82
4	—	1,376	48.00–50.00	49.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	986	27.00–41.00	36.27
27	—	1,068	38.00–46.00	43.20
55	—	1,107	45.00–56.00	50.49

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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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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