Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 141 priced lines covering 13,191 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,097 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 608 head. replacement cattle receipts at 792 head.

Mon Nov 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,097Last week 20,235Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 608Last week 411Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 792Last week 2,225Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 550 lbs traded mostly 1.00 to 5.00 higher and over 550 lbs mixed, trading 2.00 to 8.00 lower with instances of 6.00 to 8.00 higher on yearlings. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs traded mostly 3.00 lower, 650-950 lbs unevenly steady, and over 950 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher on a light test. The next available report will be released Friday, November 22, 2019.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,046	72.00–96.00	80.58
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,045	90.00–100.00	95.51
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	977	117.00–125.50	121.49
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	135	—	1,375	50.00–62.50	55.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	171	—	1,157	47.00–62.00	58.08

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	588	133.50–139.00	134.79
11	—	537	149.00	149.00
6	—	410	173.00	173.00
5	—	480	159.00	159.00
9	—	646	126.00–132.00	129.32
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	575	138.00	138.00
12	—	492	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	323	202.50–214.00	204.68
35	—	931	134.00–140.00	135.72
103	—	968	130.00–147.00	142.14
18	—	261	212.00–218.00	216.15
15	—	1,194	118.00	118.00
4	—	1,089	127.00	127.00
1,237	—	574	143.00–160.00	150.66
740	—	526	145.00–175.50	159.74
593	—	669	134.00–149.00	143.98
556	—	628	138.50–152.00	145.45
349	—	477	153.00–188.00	170.01
321	—	718	133.50–154.00	145.48
255	—	420	160.00–189.00	180.16
60	—	885	136.50–148.50	137.94
53	—	1,025	136.50	136.50
93	—	821	130.50–149.00	141.85
80	—	379	178.00–198.00	189.67
59	—	767	124.00–148.00	140.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	618	135.00–146.50	142.35
131	—	582	140.00–147.00	141.95
56	—	436	156.00–176.00	162.41
54	—	533	142.00–158.50	150.06
182	—	481	151.00–169.00	158.35
64	—	386	145.00–187.50	166.58
38	—	328	170.00–189.00	179.66
8	—	893	115.00	115.00
3	—	977	109.00	109.00
18	—	928	132.50	132.50
10	—	754	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	605	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	425	146.00–155.00	152.01
8	—	518	138.00	138.00
4	—	595	125.00	125.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	596	129.00–134.00	131.35
19	—	526	138.00	138.00
9	—	470	162.50	162.50
18	—	653	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
514	—	628	136.00–149.50	143.09
372	—	677	131.50–142.00	138.94
149	—	718	135.50–144.75	140.05
3	—	755	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	610	136.00–139.00	137.75
84	—	682	130.00–137.00	132.47
21	—	735	126.00	126.00
8	—	759	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	521	166.00	166.00
53	—	675	152.00	152.00
40	—	455	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	577	157.00–158.00	157.24
16	—	711	146.50	146.50
29	—	402	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	459	158.50	158.50
6	—	838	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	510	112.50	112.50
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	609	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	875	130.25	130.25
319	—	524	128.00–138.50	134.95
49	—	632	124.50–129.00	126.37
205	—	574	126.00–135.50	132.31
120	—	430	132.00–156.00	142.61
31	—	380	151.00–158.00	156.27
88	—	481	125.00–144.00	137.08
6	—	332	152.50	152.50
7	—	944	124.00–127.50	126.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,157	—	574	128.00–144.00	133.84
425	—	523	129.00–148.00	137.17
422	—	623	125.75–140.25	135.51
334	—	472	134.00–155.00	145.33
266	—	664	127.00–142.00	136.20
202	—	427	134.00–155.00	145.10
135	—	377	153.00–169.00	160.10
52	—	755	130.50–132.00	131.77
22	—	871	124.00–130.00	126.85
6	—	250	189.00	189.00
3	—	253	300.00	300.00
34	—	1,026	115.00–130.25	128.92
33	—	916	128.00–135.50	134.57
26	—	982	130.50–131.00	130.87
16	—	810	126.00–135.25	131.78
17	—	326	155.00–159.00	156.71
13	—	1,082	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	472	138.00–139.00	138.18
5	—	423	137.50	137.50
33	—	382	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	392	125.00–139.00	133.31
54	—	582	121.00–127.50	122.20
14	—	608	125.00–127.00	125.79
16	—	528	128.50	128.50
66	—	463	132.50–136.00	134.24
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	655	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	574	111.00	111.00
5	—	522	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	608	116.00	116.00
9	—	598	121.50	121.50
14	—	520	126.00–135.00	129.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	526	147.00–151.75	149.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	477	158.00–159.00	158.75
19	—	403	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	667	127.50–138.50	131.96
363	—	625	129.00–137.50	131.79
12	—	755	131.00–132.50	131.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	664	124.50	124.50
62	—	629	130.00–133.00	131.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	557	110.00	110.00
3	—	630	122.50	122.50
2	—	738	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	440	157.00	157.00
8	—	616	129.00	129.00
7	—	852	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	511	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	379	144.00	144.00
4	—	275	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,134	45.00–56.00	50.57
32	—	1,103	35.00–44.00	39.79
6	—	1,091	57.00–60.00	57.76
12	—	941	22.00–33.00	26.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,467	56.00–64.50	59.52
14	—	1,632	50.00–59.00	54.78
1	—	1,735	47.00	47.00
4	—	1,688	70.00–76.00	73.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	1,343	54.00–66.00	58.64
103	—	1,275	45.00–55.50	51.15
1	—	1,360	41.00	41.00
7	—	1,419	68.50–70.50	69.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,930	77.00–81.00	78.35
8	—	1,666	60.00–74.00	68.25
3	—	1,902	84.00–87.00	85.71
13	—	1,932	74.00–77.50	76.41
24	—	1,932	78.00–83.50	80.47

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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