Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 137 priced lines covering 6,470 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,787 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 930 head. replacement cattle receipts at 516 head. Counted as USDA files them — 29 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,787Last week 3,736Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 930Last week 100Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 516Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auctions included:

Livestock Exchange, Centennial Livestock Auction, Winter Livestock, Sterling Livestock Commission Co., and La Junta Livestock.Feeder steers

under 550 lbs traded unevenly steady, 550-750 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower, and over 750 lbs unevenly steady. Feeder heifers across all weight

classes traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower with no test on heifers over 900 lbs. The next available report will be Friday, March 13, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	665	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	410	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	650	144.00	144.00
9	—	641	142.50	142.50
29	—	708	125.50	125.50
39	—	761	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
248	—	627	137.00–145.00	141.50
219	—	663	131.00–145.75	134.29
205	—	779	120.00–127.50	123.73
174	—	469	156.00–168.00	162.10
130	—	519	151.00–162.00	155.69
324	—	577	140.50–151.00	145.81
20	—	937	109.00–113.25	111.84
60	—	388	168.50–170.00	169.54
60	—	816	117.50–124.75	121.43
115	—	416	160.00–179.00	170.73
29	—	853	113.00–113.50	113.45
250	—	719	122.50–132.50	126.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	381	163.00–180.00	168.58
29	—	472	149.00–155.00	150.56
54	—	542	140.00–147.00	143.91
31	—	425	157.00–159.00	157.61
6	—	254	177.50	177.50
18	—	319	166.00	166.00
18	—	688	125.00–127.50	126.80
55	—	639	137.50–140.00	138.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	465	172.00–175.00	172.62
14	—	506	170.00	170.00
6	—	428	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	491	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	716	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	689	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	540	146.00	146.00
37	—	433	143.00–147.00	143.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	812	132.75	132.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	304	212.00	212.00
110	—	525	171.00–191.00	181.02
107	—	618	151.00–170.00	158.71
35	—	355	203.00–213.00	207.69
41	—	781	126.00–140.50	134.09
52	—	874	117.00–131.25	124.88
61	—	988	110.00–126.00	115.52
68	—	669	139.00–156.25	149.56
97	—	714	130.00–151.25	137.26
102	—	425	192.50–202.00	196.89
51	—	905	122.50	122.50
164	—	820	124.00–139.00	127.44
154	—	567	162.00–182.00	167.37
138	—	469	181.00–192.00	188.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	405	202.00–205.00	203.14
13	—	523	182.00	182.00
20	—	619	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	505	166.00	166.00
21	—	682	149.00–154.00	151.68
26	—	623	146.00–159.00	151.47
35	—	783	121.00–137.00	133.44
46	—	575	157.00–168.00	161.56
51	—	480	170.00–184.00	176.97
52	—	421	181.00–192.50	186.77
19	—	372	193.00–195.00	193.85
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	533	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	811	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	290	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	346	100.00–113.00	110.54
144	—	622	85.00–92.50	89.55
160	—	431	99.00–107.00	102.61
11	—	147	190.00	190.00
6	—	1,071	80.00	80.00
11	—	215	125.00	125.00
16	—	985	83.00	83.00
17	—	701	84.50	84.50
47	—	286	106.00–116.00	110.62
48	—	771	82.50–91.50	85.98
54	—	815	83.00–86.00	84.19
74	—	666	85.00–92.25	90.93
85	—	518	87.50–97.00	90.37
92	—	379	100.50–113.00	108.81
93	—	560	88.50–93.25	92.63
97	—	479	85.00–99.00	93.68
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	497	151.00	151.00
9	—	441	167.00	167.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	49.00	49.00
6	—	380	42.50	42.50
Dairy Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	388	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	475	111.00	111.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	676	80.50	80.50
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	432	148.00	148.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	400	69.00	69.00
7	—	572	68.00	68.00
4	—	508	72.00	72.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	750	80.00	80.00
6	—	656	78.00	78.00
5	—	527	74.00	74.00
4	—	1,157	80.00	80.00
4	—	885	78.00	78.00
4	—	496	74.00	74.00
4	—	318	74.00	74.00
3	—	1,360	82.00	82.00
3	—	834	76.00	76.00
2	—	383	77.00	77.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	467	142.00	142.00

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	57	—	1,236	55.00–62.00	58.80
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	45	—	1,366	56.00–65.00	60.83
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	799	116.00	116.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,134	66.50–82.50	74.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,347	850.00–985.00	918.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,222	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,264	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,034.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	—	1,206	710.00–800.00	767.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,338	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,305	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,338	1,025.00–1,110.00	1,054.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,151	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	65	—	1,350	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,204.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,355	975.00–1,050.00	1,032.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,048	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,289	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,531.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,380	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	906	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,122	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,247	900.00–1,050.00	952.29
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,600	1,250.00–1,450.00	1,277.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,400	87.00	87.00
8	—	1,904	77.00–82.00	78.27
12	—	1,792	69.00–76.00	73.16
4	—	2,060	84.50–90.00	86.57
15	—	1,695	69.00–76.50	73.03
28	—	1,735	70.00–85.50	80.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,431	50.00–64.00	57.40
204	—	1,450	40.00–57.00	52.45
9	—	1,503	31.00–42.00	37.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,689	48.50–55.00	53.66
108	—	1,676	56.00–65.00	59.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,265	12.50–46.00	27.79
60	—	1,085	30.00–53.00	38.76
117	—	1,197	44.00–58.00	50.91
6	—	1,373	56.50–57.50	57.25

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

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