Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 85 priced lines covering 6,358 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,838 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 250 head. replacement cattle receipts at 4,883 head. Counted as USDA files them — 21 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,838Last week 12,347Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 250Last week 605Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4,883Last week 1,193Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 400 lbs traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower on a light test,

and steers over 400 lbs traded steady to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs were 8.00 lower, 400-650 lbs traded steady to 6.00 higher,

and heifers over 650 lbs too lightly tested to trend. This report will not be published on Friday, December 27, 2019, and Friday, January 3,

2020 due to Christmas and New Year's Holiday. The next available report will be Friday, January 10, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	538	147.00–159.00	153.83
23	—	375	178.00–181.00	178.97
20	—	482	161.00–166.00	162.40
6	—	414	174.00	174.00
23	—	565	143.00	143.00
16	—	638	140.00–142.50	141.73
3	—	722	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	469	191.00	191.00
24	—	525	180.00	180.00
9	—	400	202.00	202.00
6	—	587	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
349	—	720	137.00–148.00	146.34
305	—	627	142.00–158.00	153.30
302	—	581	146.00–168.00	157.50
79	—	810	132.00–141.50	139.80
54	—	768	137.00–146.00	141.80
42	—	424	183.00–197.00	191.76
39	—	850	137.50	137.50
6	—	998	121.50	121.50
261	—	676	138.50–152.00	147.06
144	—	476	170.00–188.00	175.90
119	—	519	160.00–183.50	172.84
15	—	384	187.00–197.00	191.04
10	—	326	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	561	127.00	127.00
9	—	453	149.00	149.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	420	160.00–162.50	161.39
5	—	492	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	686	129.00–136.00	132.54
9	—	783	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	556	160.50	160.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	550	148.00	148.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	428	161.00	161.00
5	—	315	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	574	126.00–133.00	128.60
12	—	518	130.00–136.00	132.57
10	—	617	125.50–130.00	128.15
19	—	421	145.00–148.00	145.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	652	119.00	119.00
4	—	745	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	959	119.50	119.50
4	—	906	121.00	121.00
4	—	711	127.00	127.00
126	—	624	127.50–137.00	132.14
31	—	872	123.00–126.00	125.05
324	—	578	128.00–141.50	136.77
229	—	671	125.00–139.50	134.29
213	—	465	135.00–160.00	145.35
134	—	519	130.00–156.00	143.08
63	—	382	162.00–171.00	166.62
58	—	417	150.00–165.00	163.06
6	—	303	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	563	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	492	153.00	153.00
5	—	381	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	507	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	665	134.00	134.00
10	—	476	162.00–164.00	162.81
6	—	404	172.00	172.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,261	46.00–50.50	47.64
29	—	1,486	51.00–61.00	57.50
17	—	1,706	73.00	73.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,148	45.00–51.00	48.75
14	—	1,058	40.00–46.00	43.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,252	50.50–59.00	51.86
20	—	1,178	46.00–50.00	47.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,899	75.00–80.00	77.25
4	—	1,650	71.00–74.00	72.80

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	386	—	1,056	1,200.00–1,325.00	1,254.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	169	—	964	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,169.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	61	—	1,134	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,537.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,258	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	273	—	1,280	1,200.00–1,375.00	1,315.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	336	—	1,221	1,335.00–1,550.00	1,451.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	128	—	1,310	1,000.00–1,110.00	1,073.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	383	—	1,270	650.00–875.00	774.70
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	64	—	1,240	1,650.00–1,725.00	1,697.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	181	—	1,172	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,119.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	113	—	1,310	875.00–1,010.00	938.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	159	—	1,248	710.00–810.00	730.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,450	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,154.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,288	1,050.00–1,075.00	1,068.93
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	57	—	1,210	47.50–75.00	54.35
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	316	—	1,167	43.00–56.50	49.62

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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