Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 139 priced lines covering 5,846 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,248 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 735 head. replacement cattle receipts at 487 head. Counted as USDA files them — 235 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,248Last week 102Year ago 6,822

Slaughter CattleReceipts 735Last week 569Year ago 556

Replacement CattleReceipts 487Last week 274Year ago 206

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado Auction Markets includes: Winter Livestock, Centennial Livestock, Sterling Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good on feeder cattle. Due to light receipts last week, no trend available on feeder cattle, but higher undertones noted, especially on calves under 600 lbs. Trade activity and demand moderate to good In the slaughter cattle supply with Breakers trading 67 cents higher, Boners 1.19 higher, Leans 3.05 higher, and Slaughter Bulls 2.12 higher. Trade activity moderate on good demand for Replacement cattle with no trend available due to a lack of receipts. The next available report will be Friday, May 15, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	836	110.00–113.00	111.25
7	—	318	197.00	197.00
30	—	1,005	94.00–95.00	94.76
31	—	928	106.00	106.00
399	—	580	151.50–173.00	162.54
261	—	514	164.00–174.00	170.50
7	—	1,204	86.00	86.00
2	—	890	111.00	111.00
22	—	428	170.00–178.00	172.85
78	—	714	120.50–148.00	129.98
246	—	620	138.00–165.00	144.75
242	—	661	135.00–164.35	151.15
139	—	774	116.00–136.00	128.63
86	—	487	165.50–178.00	169.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	736	118.00	118.00
24	—	885	95.50	95.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	338	200.50	200.50
40	—	462	193.00–211.00	197.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	430	161.00–177.00	170.30
52	—	577	137.00–151.00	140.73
17	—	332	185.00–187.50	186.38
50	—	666	130.00–152.00	138.41
84	—	466	160.00–171.00	164.56
102	—	528	149.00–162.00	153.35
28	—	731	129.00–135.00	131.24
8	—	905	103.50	103.50
4	—	751	118.00	118.00
35	—	626	151.00–155.50	154.33
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	453	152.00	152.00
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	738	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	151.00–155.00	153.37
5	—	654	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	455	177.50	177.50
13	—	423	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	463	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	708	137.00–143.00	141.37
45	—	764	131.00	131.00
27	—	871	122.00–127.50	126.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	736	110.00–116.00	113.69
42	—	878	91.00–94.00	93.58
8	—	946	94.00	94.00
5	—	341	154.00	154.00
225	—	472	139.00–151.00	144.13
6	—	388	152.00	152.00
359	—	570	131.00–143.00	136.86
83	—	425	142.00–154.00	147.48
54	—	824	106.50–113.25	108.39
190	—	528	132.00–148.50	139.00
122	—	660	115.00–134.00	126.03
120	—	634	122.00–137.50	128.99
34	—	773	108.00–123.00	116.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	827	96.50	96.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	689	126.50–127.00	126.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	735	105.50–109.00	106.47
33	—	376	136.00–144.00	140.56
5	—	752	104.00	104.00
32	—	679	112.00–121.00	114.99
47	—	622	114.00–127.50	120.35
57	—	538	122.00–137.00	127.90
109	—	568	120.00–136.00	126.50
41	—	472	130.00–134.00	132.33
37	—	422	134.00–140.00	138.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	101.50	101.50
5	—	513	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	440	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	554	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	330	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	488	45.00	45.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	283	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	681	58.00	58.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	754	67.00	67.00
10	—	525	77.50–78.00	77.86
8	—	429	102.00	102.00
8	—	369	99.00	99.00
5	—	717	75.00	75.00
62	—	664	75.00–75.50	75.42
35	—	339	99.00–110.00	102.71
15	—	289	100.00–102.00	100.91
21	—	460	92.50–95.00	94.37
26	—	611	70.00–70.50	70.36
34	—	579	71.00–77.50	74.57
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	328	122.00–125.00	123.38
107	—	430	120.00–125.50	122.95
46	—	385	117.00–120.50	119.67
42	—	473	117.00–122.00	118.84
15	—	527	94.00–95.00	94.67
14	—	228	124.00	124.00
2	—	640	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	361	135.00–136.00	135.28
15	—	325	139.00–142.50	140.90
10	—	451	125.00	125.00
6	—	557	114.00	114.00
5	—	416	131.00	131.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	450	159.00	159.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	463	32.50	32.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	426	57.00–60.00	58.89
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	375	81.00	81.00
6	—	445	78.00	78.00
4	—	555	59.00	59.00
4	—	534	58.00	58.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	321	120.50	120.50
4	—	469	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	630	122.00	122.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,688	72.50–82.00	77.57
17	—	1,913	82.00–91.00	86.54
2	—	2,110	91.00–92.00	91.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,269	61.00–61.50	61.12
48	—	1,473	47.00–54.50	52.06
219	—	1,421	55.00–66.00	58.75
1	—	1,520	36.00	36.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	62.50	62.50
64	—	1,566	55.00–62.50	59.14
23	—	1,786	52.00–56.50	54.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,151	47.00–56.50	52.41
4	—	1,023	25.00–39.00	33.38
17	—	1,102	35.00–49.00	43.12
4	—	1,089	57.00–60.00	59.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,455	1,500.00–1,635.00	1,608.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,400	2,025.00	2,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,615	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,827.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,550	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,128	900.00–975.00	952.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	50	—	1,355	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,259.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,310	1,000.00–1,175.00	1,099.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,600.00	1,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,499	1,025.00–1,050.00	1,048.36
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,447	1,225.00–1,325.00	1,263.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,481	825.00–1,075.00	968.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,292	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,358.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,286	800.00–975.00	913.49
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	68	—	1,036	64.50–71.50	68.88
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,082	70.00–79.00	75.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,305	55.00–62.50	59.03
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	865	87.00–92.00	88.81
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,094	53.00–59.00	56.41
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	39	—	632	51.00–63.50	58.01
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	100	—	859	1,700.00–1,825.00	1,787.22
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,200	1,635.00–1,710.00	1,664.79

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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