Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 71 priced lines covering 3,683 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,021 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 914 head. replacement cattle receipts at 37 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,021Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 914Last week 391Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 894Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. No trend available for feeder cattle due to a lack of comparable

trades. Slaughter cows traded mostly 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 6.00 higher. No comparable trades on stock cows. Bred

cows and pairs too lightly tested to trend. The next available report will be Friday, April 3, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	611	159.00	159.00
25	—	931	106.50	106.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	788	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	900	111.00	111.00
48	—	852	116.00	116.00
200	—	483	170.00–201.00	198.74
143	—	569	170.00–180.00	176.27
136	—	507	170.00–192.00	186.55
123	—	433	187.50–213.00	210.52
97	—	732	123.00–140.00	133.95
85	—	659	145.00–158.00	155.69
71	—	761	137.00–138.75	138.48
66	—	837	115.00–122.00	119.34
59	—	624	152.00–171.00	165.37
16	—	332	217.00–224.00	220.07
14	—	364	221.00–223.00	222.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	738	128.00	128.00
30	—	386	206.00–211.00	209.28
23	—	464	160.00–190.00	175.39
16	—	627	153.00	153.00
6	—	500	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	418	215.00–219.00	215.37
69	—	455	206.00	206.00
55	—	550	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	733	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	427	144.00–162.00	158.91
40	—	532	123.00–150.00	142.00
29	—	640	113.00–129.50	124.71
16	—	555	132.00–137.00	135.13
14	—	481	156.00	156.00
12	—	695	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
221	—	527	129.00–162.00	154.97
119	—	569	120.00–146.00	142.20
109	—	732	110.50–117.00	114.24
104	—	483	163.00–167.00	164.19
83	—	615	122.00–145.00	136.67
81	—	663	120.00–121.00	120.36
72	—	379	154.00–165.00	161.50
67	—	782	104.00–120.50	111.73
51	—	821	104.00–116.00	107.50
25	—	424	166.00–174.00	168.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	472	174.00–174.50	174.37
61	—	445	177.00	177.00
31	—	626	149.50	149.50
18	—	502	165.00	165.00
56	—	937	110.50	110.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	704	115.00	115.00
14	—	642	133.00–138.00	134.41
8	—	486	165.00–167.50	165.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,313	825.00	825.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,392	77.00–87.00	82.81
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,030	76.00–85.00	80.96
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	99.50	99.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,050	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,045	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,037	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,047.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,175	64.00–69.00	65.97
125	—	1,210	53.00–63.50	60.24
17	—	1,049	41.00–52.50	48.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,453	77.00–80.00	78.59
10	—	1,707	52.00–65.00	60.31
56	—	1,559	62.50–71.00	68.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	40.00–48.50	43.61
39	—	1,207	69.00–76.00	72.81
231	—	1,372	62.00–71.00	65.43
64	—	1,385	55.00–66.00	60.68
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	903	110.00–111.00	110.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,722	82.50–95.50	89.74
14	—	2,096	93.00–103.00	97.97
7	—	1,554	69.00–88.00	80.49

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

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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