Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 101 priced lines covering 6,578 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,928 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 348 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,296 head. Counted as USDA files them — 41 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,928Last week 8,937Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 348Last week 551Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,296Last week 929Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 650 lbs traded unevenly steady, ranging from

3.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Steers over 650 lbs were 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs traded mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 500-

600 lbs 4.00 higher, and over 600 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower. The next available report will be Friday, February 7, 2020.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,488	63.00–66.50	64.99
5	—	1,476	51.00–56.00	53.52
32	—	1,362	56.00–61.00	58.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,183	55.00–62.00	59.54
5	—	1,174	62.00–65.00	63.55
6	—	1,213	50.50–54.00	52.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	875	36.00–41.00	40.30
12	—	1,082	44.00–50.00	47.59
48	—	944	49.00–55.50	52.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,982	80.00–86.00	83.44
3	—	1,673	72.00–76.00	73.60

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	130	—	1,208	48.00–64.00	56.70
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	202	—	1,003	1,325.00–1,475.00	1,349.47
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,052	1,525.00–1,550.00	1,541.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	67	—	1,151	1,110.00–1,225.00	1,201.49
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	120	—	1,163	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,325.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	86	—	1,292	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,186.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	178	—	1,275	760.00–875.00	841.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,385	1,475.00	1,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	61	—	1,451	900.00–955.00	936.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,128	1,375.00–1,475.00	1,411.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,175	1,575.00	1,575.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	511	138.00–150.00	142.88
15	—	436	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	466	176.00–184.00	177.24
15	—	361	181.00–186.00	185.02
11	—	436	182.00	182.00
27	—	532	163.00–168.00	164.13
2	—	752	136.00	136.00
4	—	708	135.00	135.00
13	—	589	152.50–161.00	155.72
30	—	629	151.00–151.50	151.32
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	639	142.00	142.00
16	—	576	154.00–159.00	157.13
28	—	693	133.00–142.00	136.19
3	—	752	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	594	159.00–160.00	159.68
52	—	776	130.00–133.00	131.55
16	—	604	148.00	148.00
10	—	695	135.00–136.00	135.40
4	—	464	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	671	137.50–139.50	139.10
7	—	532	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
440	—	561	162.00–183.00	174.04
338	—	616	151.00–166.00	161.74
314	—	721	131.00–148.00	138.85
290	—	773	128.00–147.00	138.51
285	—	679	141.50–154.75	148.22
255	—	470	185.00–202.00	196.72
129	—	519	170.00–189.00	177.56
78	—	428	190.00–209.00	198.55
73	—	826	127.00–142.75	135.24
70	—	911	126.00–128.75	128.40
6	—	965	123.00	123.00
16	—	388	214.00–218.00	216.66
56	—	877	127.00–134.00	132.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	514	191.00	191.00
24	—	611	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	735	148.75	148.75
42	—	769	147.75	147.75
45	—	650	160.25	160.25
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	587	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	226	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	549	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	447	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	400	176.00	176.00
7	—	656	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	426	151.00–161.00	155.52
39	—	768	121.00–125.00	123.83
28	—	465	148.00–157.00	154.34
26	—	319	161.00–163.00	162.00
9	—	383	160.00–171.00	163.81
120	—	583	135.00–146.00	140.17
15	—	539	150.00	150.00
11	—	628	131.00–135.00	133.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	560	153.50	153.50
51	—	467	163.00–164.00	163.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
318	—	621	136.00–146.00	140.70
261	—	666	133.00–138.00	135.87
254	—	524	149.00–165.00	156.93
62	—	432	160.00–171.00	165.93
392	—	576	138.00–162.25	147.78
209	—	732	123.00–135.00	133.09
203	—	480	151.00–170.50	161.76
7	—	256	183.00	183.00
2	—	908	116.00	116.00
6	—	1,046	120.50	120.50
15	—	366	187.00	187.00
19	—	874	121.00	121.00
26	—	798	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	679	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	461	164.00–178.00	173.96
6	—	403	184.00	184.00
15	—	504	169.00	169.00
24	—	361	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	411	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	576	128.50	128.50
8	—	436	148.00	148.00
7	—	376	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	337	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	756	124.00	124.00

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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