Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 89 priced lines covering 2,150 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,311 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 644 head. replacement cattle receipts at 936 head. Counted as USDA files them — 322 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,311Last week 272Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 644Last week 472Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 936Last week 275Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Combined Weighted average report for 3 Colorado Auction Markets included: Centennial Livestock Auction, Winter Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Dairy feeder steers traded sharply higher than the prior month. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 2.50 higher and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeding cows traded mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher. The next available report will be Friday, June 5, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	756	106.00	106.00
15	—	438	136.00–150.00	139.55
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	367	201.00	201.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	275	93.00–100.00	96.12
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	551	83.00	83.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	364	92.50–102.50	99.06
16	—	435	95.00	95.00
9	—	980	56.00	56.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	265	127.00–135.00	128.38
23	—	478	97.00–108.00	98.44
16	—	439	110.00–117.00	114.86
16	—	343	120.00–123.00	120.75
8	—	367	110.00–121.00	114.30
4	—	618	77.00	77.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	522	111.00–124.00	117.82
77	—	419	124.00–132.00	126.69
75	—	373	130.00–139.00	135.64
69	—	460	114.00–129.50	123.55
60	—	577	101.00–114.00	106.96
43	—	710	96.50	96.50
43	—	618	99.00–107.50	106.11
40	—	654	96.50–98.00	97.39
38	—	343	135.00–138.00	137.69
11	—	220	149.00–160.00	153.55
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	363	144.00–151.00	147.74
12	—	555	98.00	98.00
7	—	526	129.00–138.00	132.86
8	—	475	130.00	130.00
11	—	432	145.00	145.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	397	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	426	82.50	82.50
6	—	666	62.00	62.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	326	58.00	58.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	470	79.00	79.00
4	—	254	75.00	75.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	468	84.00	84.00
9	—	358	112.00	112.00
7	—	614	73.00	73.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	763	80.00–83.00	81.56
21	—	695	85.00	85.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	366	124.00	124.00
6	—	828	87.00	87.00
6	—	437	105.00	105.00
5	—	714	81.00	81.00
4	—	511	101.00	101.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	688	94.00	94.00
4	—	634	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	334	147.50–149.00	147.85
9	—	619	126.00–129.00	126.98
7	—	520	129.00–132.00	130.29
8	—	444	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	125.00–127.00	125.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	437	159.00–165.00	160.30
14	—	781	122.00	122.00
9	—	564	153.50	153.50
6	—	468	153.00	153.00
5	—	742	129.00	129.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	52	—	1,047	78.00–84.50	81.49
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	70	—	1,155	53.00–61.00	57.23
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	828	120.00–121.00	120.53
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	914	70.00–77.00	73.88
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	21	—	826	60.00–69.00	66.66
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	917	93.00–97.50	95.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,170	74.50–85.50	81.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,222	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,622	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,129.70
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,447	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,698	1,385.00–1,525.00	1,431.49
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,381	1,125.00–1,275.00	1,247.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,268	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	807	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,372.99
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	53	—	1,055	1,485.00–1,575.00	1,518.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,350	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	65	—	1,227	1,225.00–1,385.00	1,277.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,275	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	121	—	1,338	1,035.00–1,150.00	1,071.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,064	38.00–43.50	41.83
10	—	1,125	66.00–74.50	69.20
25	—	1,141	40.00–55.50	49.45
76	—	1,199	50.00–64.50	60.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,300	63.00–78.00	70.78
47	—	1,437	51.00–60.50	58.02
145	—	1,435	56.00–72.00	64.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,491	64.00–80.00	66.87
15	—	1,658	51.00–62.50	58.99
51	—	1,689	58.00–70.50	65.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,885	82.50–96.00	88.51
23	—	1,952	88.00–110.00	98.27
48	—	1,622	74.50–86.50	80.73

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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