Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 96 priced lines covering 16,130 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,833 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 266 head. replacement cattle receipts at 484 head.

Mon Jan 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,833Last week 4,838Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 266Last week 250Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 484Last week 4,883Year ago 0

No trend as this market was last reported three weeks ago. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. This week marked the beginning of the annual Stock Show Specials. Feeder cattle offerings were almost 6,000 head more than this time last year. Most of the offerings entering the sale ring were long weaned, with at least one, and in several cases, two rounds of vaccinations. Any offerings without wean and vaccinations are receiving noticeable discounts. The next available report will be Friday, January 17, 2019.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	376	173.00–189.00	182.67
88	—	903	124.25	124.25
337	—	426	148.00–183.00	172.39
336	—	764	125.00–138.25	133.53
27	—	883	125.00–130.50	126.04
1,116	—	576	135.00–156.00	145.72
963	—	626	135.00–144.50	139.94
731	—	728	127.00–143.00	136.11
206	—	819	125.50–138.50	128.32
729	—	522	141.00–162.00	153.60
540	—	477	145.00–172.00	162.43
439	—	675	130.00–145.00	139.00
29	—	322	181.00–193.00	186.15
8	—	966	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	463	171.00	171.00
27	—	406	184.50	184.50
102	—	523	159.00–164.25	162.78
88	—	550	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	576	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	541	140.00–145.50	141.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	533	131.00–142.00	136.98
17	—	565	129.00–137.00	133.23
14	—	476	130.00–132.00	130.82
15	—	420	150.00	150.00
13	—	386	152.00–155.00	153.57
21	—	698	127.50	127.50
16	—	340	158.00–165.00	161.06
12	—	622	125.00–126.00	125.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	627	127.00–140.00	136.97
121	—	579	133.50–144.00	142.10
55	—	431	148.50–165.00	157.97
253	—	529	132.00–153.50	147.09
14	—	385	165.00–173.00	170.25
95	—	485	144.00–155.00	151.49
29	—	771	126.00–126.50	126.18
47	—	682	130.00–138.00	132.41
20	—	734	129.00–132.00	130.64
21	—	270	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	437	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	495	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
276	—	815	131.00–148.50	141.95
238	—	875	130.00–144.00	134.87
97	—	379	197.00–215.00	204.39
24	—	336	220.00–221.00	220.20
735	—	776	139.50–149.00	145.09
809	—	724	143.00–152.50	148.55
89	—	968	126.00	126.00
1,059	—	678	142.00–160.00	150.63
66	—	904	130.00–136.00	133.12
17	—	1,014	126.00–129.00	127.59
8	—	1,057	126.00	126.00
181	—	422	194.00–208.00	204.73
1,006	—	621	150.00–171.00	160.61
810	—	580	155.00–178.00	170.82
720	—	526	169.00–187.50	180.22
412	—	475	185.00–197.50	192.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	482	172.00–186.00	181.85
26	—	814	127.50–139.00	135.49
26	—	885	130.00–135.50	132.26
14	—	320	193.00–205.00	200.88
417	—	581	153.00–168.00	161.25
284	—	631	141.00–158.00	154.82
216	—	735	134.00–146.75	142.72
137	—	676	140.00–149.50	145.67
14	—	272	209.00	209.00
191	—	540	160.00–179.00	168.77
57	—	426	186.00–198.00	190.45
21	—	384	190.00–196.00	193.30
26	—	778	137.00–140.00	138.49
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	508	151.00	151.00
28	—	649	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	615	135.00	135.00
5	—	419	156.00	156.00
7	—	300	190.00	190.00
15	—	581	138.00	138.00
33	—	681	132.00–136.00	134.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	582	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	758	142.25	142.25
30	—	818	137.00–139.50	138.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	713	154.00–156.25	155.16
104	—	630	168.00–172.00	169.68
10	—	448	205.00	205.00
45	—	514	193.00	193.00
121	—	461	200.00–210.25	207.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	461	204.00–206.00	205.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	734	123.00	123.00

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	177	—	1,237	44.00–59.00	52.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,175	50.00–56.00	53.31
19	—	1,084	41.00–50.00	45.01
1	—	1,280	59.00	59.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,080	45.00–52.00	48.55
25	—	1,013	41.00–47.00	44.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,423	51.00–56.00	53.97
5	—	1,403	46.00–50.50	48.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,806	75.50–83.50	78.44
10	—	1,584	69.00–78.00	74.02

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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Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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