Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 124 priced lines covering 15,274 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,147 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 320 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,475 head. Counted as USDA files them — 12 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,147Last week 18,833Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 320Last week 266Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,475Last week 484Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade moderate to active on moderate to good demand. Feeder steers under 550 lbs were mostly 4.00 to 6.00

lower, 550-850 lbs steady to 3.00 lower and over 850 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs were 2.00 to 8.00 lower, 500-600

lbs steady to 1.00 higher, 600-750 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower and over 750 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. The next available report will be Friday,

January 24, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	260	181.00	181.00
43	—	325	180.00–190.50	186.51
594	—	678	130.50–149.00	137.89
99	—	881	123.00–135.50	126.49
9	—	1,101	120.00	120.00
9	—	1,163	115.00	115.00
10	—	1,080	127.00	127.00
11	—	908	124.00–127.25	125.78
189	—	764	131.00–142.50	136.61
63	—	822	124.00–135.00	130.96
93	—	371	165.00–190.00	174.16
172	—	725	131.00–140.25	135.26
198	—	425	164.00–181.00	170.42
609	—	523	141.00–164.00	154.73
643	—	480	149.50–175.00	159.35
811	—	617	128.00–145.25	137.95
823	—	567	133.00–158.00	145.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	515	163.00	163.00
80	—	357	189.00	189.00
100	—	561	155.00–156.00	155.54
109	—	437	174.50–177.00	174.89
97	—	459	166.00–169.50	169.28
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	382	167.50	167.50
6	—	332	174.00	174.00
5	—	505	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	641	136.50	136.50
51	—	577	139.50–140.00	139.74
15	—	719	123.50–129.00	127.19
15	—	684	126.00–129.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	423	160.00–166.00	164.08
104	—	528	134.00–151.00	144.08
138	—	676	125.00–138.50	135.07
247	—	623	129.00–140.00	135.20
173	—	479	144.00–157.00	150.68
24	—	775	125.00	125.00
32	—	735	126.00–134.50	129.70
17	—	379	162.00–182.00	174.26
312	—	587	131.00–145.50	138.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	125.00	125.00
16	—	544	142.00	142.00
24	—	385	160.00	160.00
14	—	446	146.00–152.00	148.55
9	—	290	165.00	165.00
44	—	586	131.00–137.50	134.19
8	—	701	117.25	117.25
14	—	494	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	665	141.50	141.50
32	—	809	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	478	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	357	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	545	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	650	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	402	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	575	203.00	203.00
50	—	513	200.50–204.50	201.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	821	138.00–142.00	139.54
26	—	767	130.00–134.00	132.93
40	—	493	178.50–190.00	182.10
67	—	582	150.50–167.00	159.11
39	—	444	189.00–193.00	191.28
5	—	340	202.50	202.50
70	—	532	167.50–182.00	177.47
12	—	895	132.00	132.00
152	—	727	135.00–146.00	140.74
136	—	681	138.00–150.00	145.90
195	—	633	145.00–160.50	153.15
63	—	381	187.00–203.00	190.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	506	185.00	185.00
115	—	414	205.50	205.50
38	—	350	212.00	212.00
46	—	602	165.00	165.00
88	—	566	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	720	132.00	132.00
8	—	642	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	338	210.00–220.00	214.40
406	—	817	137.50–148.00	141.15
51	—	383	195.00–212.00	201.48
34	—	963	130.00–134.50	133.61
131	—	420	191.00–213.00	198.96
248	—	879	131.00–148.50	141.69
469	—	767	139.50–148.50	144.95
492	—	479	176.00–210.00	187.67
563	—	725	141.00–150.50	145.71
728	—	529	166.00–197.50	176.41
854	—	569	159.50–179.50	169.45
1,057	—	669	143.50–159.50	150.45
1,131	—	629	150.00–171.00	158.53
16	—	298	209.00	209.00
67	—	918	129.00–144.25	138.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	693	143.00	143.00
18	—	635	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	547	155.00	155.00
5	—	723	135.00	135.00
22	—	488	166.00–172.50	167.43
9	—	436	173.50–177.50	175.33
6	—	676	136.00	136.00
44	—	596	140.00–155.00	149.93
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	481	162.50	162.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	933	125.00	125.00
27	—	521	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	646	142.00	142.00
15	—	597	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	448	176.00	176.00

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	368	—	1,230	45.00–58.00	50.92
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	253	—	1,035	1,335.00–1,525.00	1,415.15
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,211	1,050.00–1,175.00	1,120.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,196	875.00–985.00	908.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	42	—	1,266	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,264	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,281.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,186	800.00–975.00	864.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,307	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	138	—	1,289	725.00–885.00	814.88
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	1,080	1,550.00	1,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,153	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,250	1,250.00	1,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,781	72.00–77.00	74.32
14	—	1,974	78.00–84.00	81.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,289	47.00–49.00	48.46
30	—	1,177	50.00–55.00	52.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,448	51.00–56.00	53.84
2	—	1,318	48.00–50.00	49.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	842	36.00	36.00
17	—	1,088	45.00–53.00	48.50
23	—	898	40.00–46.00	42.97

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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