Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 118 priced lines covering 4,266 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,188 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 689 head. replacement cattle receipts at 394 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,188Last week 4,121Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 689Last week 1,063Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 394Last week 384Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock Auction, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, Livestock Exchange, and Centennial Livestock Auction. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Colorado auction markets were in full swing this week coming off their summer schedule and beginning the fall run. Feeder steers under 650 lbs traded 8.00 higher to sharply higher, and steers over 650 lbs were steady to 5.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs traded mostly steady to 3.00 higher, 450-800 lbs 5.00 higher to sharply higher, and over 800 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. In the slaughter cattle supply, average dressing Breakers, Boners, and Leans traded mostly steady while average dressing Bulls traded mostly 4.00 higher. In the replacement cattle supply, bred cow offering were mostly 5-8 year old cows in their first and second trimester. The next available report will be Friday, September 18, 2020.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,115	93.00–107.00	99.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,111	73.00–85.00	76.04
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,005	114.00	114.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	55	—	1,008	41.00–50.50	44.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,183	54.00–63.50	56.87
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	938	65.50–66.50	65.98
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,199	71.00–78.00	75.41
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	55	—	1,021	82.00–86.00	85.19
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,348	885.00–1,020.00	1,005.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	34	—	1,313	900.00–1,125.00	1,015.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,219	650.00–835.00	759.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,292	685.00–830.00	792.48
Bred Cows — Large 1-2 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,485	822.50	822.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,908	1,170.00	1,170.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,394	840.00	840.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	890	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,230.45
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	470.00	470.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	720	700.00	700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,498	1,210.00	1,210.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	764	136.75	136.75
34	—	474	151.00–152.00	151.80
53	—	840	133.75	133.75
39	—	716	121.50–139.75	134.98
52	—	519	139.00–146.50	145.71
63	—	372	144.00–156.00	152.55
94	—	561	136.00–150.75	147.52
42	—	863	132.25	132.25
38	—	964	121.75–123.25	122.34
8	—	1,063	111.50	111.50
38	—	445	145.00–150.00	145.77
36	—	319	158.50–164.00	161.82
45	—	679	121.50–138.25	136.32
59	—	615	124.50–142.50	133.85
5	—	936	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	885	120.00–125.00	120.69
10	—	639	130.00	130.00
14	—	364	141.00–153.00	145.14
30	—	741	134.25	134.25
19	—	804	128.50–129.00	128.74
10	—	911	117.00–119.50	118.74
10	—	759	130.50	130.50
2	—	1,100	106.50	106.50
51	—	471	131.00–144.00	137.34
49	—	427	132.00–142.00	139.51
38	—	670	121.00–136.00	133.03
33	—	521	133.00–141.00	135.21
32	—	556	125.50–126.50	126.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	425	137.00	137.00
11	—	630	125.00	125.00
49	—	561	120.00–124.00	123.43
4	—	681	122.50	122.50
4	—	383	143.00	143.00
32	—	488	110.00–129.50	124.26
10	—	510	120.00–130.00	126.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	503	144.00	144.00
12	—	448	144.00	144.00
62	—	465	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	367	165.00	165.00
24	—	524	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,007	127.00	127.00
35	—	763	144.50	144.50
46	—	422	177.00–188.00	183.22
203	—	891	133.00–143.50	137.19
88	—	463	153.00–175.00	170.16
194	—	513	151.00–175.00	164.25
237	—	576	141.00–164.50	160.40
127	—	817	138.50–145.50	141.95
97	—	980	127.00–133.85	130.53
88	—	1,075	121.50–125.50	124.91
47	—	637	153.00–155.00	154.52
44	—	734	147.00–149.00	148.60
59	—	676	134.50–153.00	141.43
157	—	916	130.00–139.25	134.53
8	—	307	198.00	198.00
24	—	378	192.00–196.50	193.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	657	131.00–135.50	131.91
17	—	502	145.00	145.00
13	—	369	143.00	143.00
23	—	428	157.00	157.00
4	—	926	103.00	103.00
12	—	768	118.50–125.00	121.23
56	—	574	139.00–142.00	141.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	936	129.50	129.50
8	—	768	126.00–136.00	133.51
20	—	721	125.00–140.00	130.67
48	—	328	180.00–181.00	180.56
63	—	671	129.00–146.00	137.22
110	—	423	160.00–169.00	163.81
80	—	482	157.00–166.00	162.44
68	—	569	131.00–152.00	140.23
60	—	535	146.00–161.00	153.71
33	—	618	131.00–140.00	134.61
68	—	383	172.00–182.50	179.30
33	—	814	134.00–137.50	135.29
50	—	892	128.00–130.00	129.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	153.00	153.00
3	—	537	113.00	113.00
2	—	635	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	759	109.50	109.50
4	—	746	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	395	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,090	46.00–56.50	50.86
21	—	927	27.50–44.00	37.44
103	—	1,151	50.00–66.00	59.63
13	—	1,070	68.50–71.00	68.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,686	62.00–71.50	66.32
24	—	1,459	54.00–62.50	58.17
1	—	1,395	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,352	50.00–62.50	58.09
107	—	1,370	60.00–70.50	64.07
3	—	978	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,249	70.00–83.50	76.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,961	92.00–110.00	99.25
14	—	1,683	71.00–86.00	79.41
24	—	1,773	81.00–95.00	87.52

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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