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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 9
● As filed87 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907
← Mar 2Mar 9Mar 16 →

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
Colorado reported 87 priced lines covering 7,361 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,547 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 343 head. replacement cattle receipts at 232 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 9, 2020
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)
Feeder CattleReceipts 8,547Last week 6,787Year ago 0
Slaughter CattleReceipts 343Last week 930Year ago 0
Replacement CattleReceipts 232Last week 516Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado Auctions included:

Winter Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Feeder steers across all weight classes traded mostly steady to 3.00 lower with instances of 5.00

lower on the light calves. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs traded steady to 2.00 higher with instances of sharply higher on calves under 450 lbs,

550-800 lbs were 2.00 to 3.00 lower and heifers over 800 lbs had no market test. The next available report will be Friday, March 20, 2020.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36—1,07934.00–50.0038.62
40—1,15045.00–57.0050.28
7—1,04025.00–30.0027.04
2—1,09557.00–58.5057.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21—1,73357.00–68.0059.16
17—1,80450.00–56.5054.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
83—1,48154.00–64.0056.31
78—1,45045.00–55.0051.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18—1,81871.00–77.5074.18
27—1,95478.50–83.0081.06
1—2,13589.0089.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16—491173.00–180.00177.42
49—577154.00–155.00154.51
53—521160.00–165.00162.49
83—433185.50–189.00186.88
90—673138.00–141.00138.85
96—617140.50–147.00145.81
5—727133.00133.00
24—782131.00131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
101—678158.50–160.25159.88
79—720141.50–146.00143.83
30—754136.00136.00
23—392212.00212.00
7—452197.50197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18—370175.00–184.00178.69
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3—377147.50147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16—484214.00214.00
38—558184.00184.00
102—547193.25193.25
191—622165.25–169.00166.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22—731134.00–135.50134.81
58—833119.00–127.00121.73
69—762122.50–123.00122.81
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79—539166.00166.00
163—623147.00–149.00147.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
44—783122.50–135.00126.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12—376202.50202.50
55—418190.00–201.00195.81
439—669143.00–160.00149.15
430—727130.00–144.50134.92
380—623151.00–162.00157.40
346—518169.00–188.00176.93
218—574160.50–171.00165.26
189—468185.00–192.50188.88
178—770125.00–141.50133.82
167—870119.50–122.50121.26
144—816122.00–128.00125.20
55—950115.50–119.25118.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
349—617132.50–149.25138.55
287—662130.00–140.00133.38
217—711120.00–139.00124.34
185—474157.00–172.00164.09
131—417161.00–182.50177.98
48—771115.50–134.00120.69
26—371169.00–186.00180.33
5—338206.00206.00
381—572139.50–154.00144.98
372—520151.00–160.50155.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
76—737117.50117.50
11—399165.00165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
135—584153.00–154.00153.14
38—461179.00179.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19—531147.00147.00
14—674122.50–130.00126.06
11—740125.00–131.00126.63
4—555138.50138.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4—644123.00123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8—749127.00127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4—368155.00155.00
11—706121.00–123.00121.73
44—433150.00–160.00156.63
47—576137.00–138.00137.50
47—631128.00–130.00128.81
63—520137.00–148.00146.20
96—479152.50–155.00154.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5—473135.00135.00
11—355149.00149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
88—502165.50165.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported
AgeStageHeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open42—1,37156.00–61.0058.60
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)Open83—1,05760.00–65.0060.93
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)Open49—87248.00–58.0055.92
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open32—1,21455.00–65.0061.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)N/A4—1,08485.00–93.0087.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)Open3—1,423935.00935.00
Young (2-4 yrs)Open1—1,1751,375.001,375.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo)4—1,250725.00–800.00779.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo)4—1,5011,125.001,125.00
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.