Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 104 priced lines covering 8,382 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,652 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 579 head. replacement cattle receipts at 930 head.

Mon Dec 2, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,652Last week 1,072Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 579Last week 250Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 930Last week 4,213Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Markets too lightly tested last week for an adequate market trend, but sharply higher undertones noted across all weight classes for both steers and heifers. The next available report will be Friday, December 13, 2019.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
335	—	528	150.50–169.00	158.31
302	—	725	135.50–150.25	143.07
198	—	828	133.00–149.75	145.94
143	—	476	168.00–177.00	171.33
374	—	758	134.00–150.50	147.41
633	—	670	131.00–152.25	142.87
65	—	881	132.50–147.25	138.62
25	—	988	126.00–137.25	134.58
7	—	372	194.00	194.00
4	—	306	205.00	205.00
438	—	626	135.50–152.00	144.52
377	—	569	145.50–166.00	152.34
67	—	423	176.00–197.50	188.31
158	—	931	135.00–147.75	144.88
48	—	1,033	135.75	135.75
18	—	1,064	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	577	150.50–154.00	152.09
26	—	482	160.00–170.00	161.97
11	—	679	130.00–135.00	132.69
68	—	379	170.00–189.00	181.11
50	—	542	146.00–149.50	148.33
42	—	435	169.00–181.00	173.21
62	—	625	137.50–145.00	142.76
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	414	154.00	154.00
145	—	525	143.00–145.50	145.11
22	—	642	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	678	136.50–137.50	137.04
31	—	762	131.00–135.00	133.83
51	—	634	124.50–126.00	125.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	605	173.50	173.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	658	147.00	147.00
8	—	770	143.00	143.00
6	—	503	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	518	175.00–176.00	175.71
69	—	710	152.75–153.00	152.78
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	444	41.00	41.00
5	—	352	52.00	52.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	727	87.00	87.00
5	—	760	87.00	87.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	447	81.00	81.00
11	—	374	87.00–91.00	89.51
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	226	107.50–109.00	108.39
35	—	321	92.50–102.50	96.85
23	—	370	95.00–101.00	98.96
14	—	471	93.00–99.00	96.75
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	486	125.00	125.00
16	—	352	147.50	147.50
7	—	332	164.00	164.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	545	137.00	137.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	341	106.00–118.50	116.40
69	—	478	100.25–106.00	102.11
46	—	408	108.00–108.50	108.33
40	—	537	102.00–104.00	103.26
39	—	382	103.00–116.00	110.37
29	—	730	96.50	96.50
12	—	597	99.00	99.00
8	—	1,036	82.00	82.00
8	—	678	99.00	99.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,240	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	652	126.50–127.00	126.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	422	161.50–163.00	162.19
8	—	579	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	551	127.00	127.00
7	—	463	131.00	131.00
6	—	389	130.00	130.00
19	—	548	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	873	137.75	137.75
26	—	806	122.50–138.00	130.82
531	—	529	130.50–147.75	136.31
484	—	622	127.00–138.50	131.32
419	—	574	127.00–141.00	132.17
208	—	673	125.00–136.50	131.48
194	—	475	133.00–148.50	142.03
143	—	726	125.25–141.00	133.51
93	—	424	146.00–162.50	152.55
72	—	776	127.50–140.00	137.44
151	—	1,010	129.00–130.50	130.26
30	—	1,085	126.50	126.50
19	—	909	127.75	127.75
18	—	381	153.00–156.00	154.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	588	126.00–134.00	129.44
25	—	673	121.00–126.50	124.30
25	—	631	125.00–131.50	129.49
7	—	546	131.00	131.00
38	—	371	140.00–160.00	149.58
49	—	467	133.00–136.00	134.95
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	475	128.50	128.50
11	—	448	134.00	134.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	407	—	1,247	46.00–62.50	56.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	64.50	64.50
153	—	1,300	43.50–55.50	50.49
87	—	1,313	52.00–59.00	55.09
2	—	1,235	40.50	40.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,541	53.00–58.00	56.43
1	—	1,460	67.50	67.50
24	—	1,525	46.00–55.50	52.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,101	25.00–31.00	26.85
74	—	1,123	38.00–47.00	44.02
60	—	1,140	46.00–53.50	49.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,896	80.00–85.00	83.02
21	—	1,788	80.00–87.00	83.02
15	—	1,718	73.50–81.00	78.24
13	—	1,524	69.50–79.50	76.17
5	—	1,870	88.00–90.50	89.32

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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