Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 126 priced lines covering 5,509 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,825 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,653 head. replacement cattle receipts at 466 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,825Last week 3,700Year ago 2,116

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,653Last week 1,157Year ago 348

Replacement CattleReceipts 466Last week 654Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Winter Livestock Auction, La Junta Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good on feeders. Feeder steers under 400 lbs traded steady to 6.00 higher, 400-550 lbs mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower, 550-750 lbs unevenly steady, and over 750 lbs 1.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs were mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 500-850 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, and over 850 lbs mostly unevenly steady. Slaughter cows trade unevenly steady with Bulls steady to 5.50 lower. The next available report will be Friday, October 2, 2020.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	32	—	879	69.50–82.00	72.24
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,220	65.00–68.00	66.91
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,391	53.50–60.50	55.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,417	59.00–70.00	65.79
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	938	88.00–96.00	90.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,310	65.50–69.00	67.42
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	994	80.00–86.00	83.17
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,235	70.00–78.50	71.40
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,710	69.00	69.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,192	80.00–87.00	84.56
Stock Cows — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	69.00	69.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	121	—	1,243	55.00–65.50	59.63
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	698	325.00	325.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	925.00	925.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	1,100.00	1,100.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	875.00	875.00
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,005	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,148	910.00	910.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,282	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,048	785.00–950.00	877.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	950	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,330	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,309	650.00–810.00	744.54
Bred Cows — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,377	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,271	850.00–925.00	885.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	935.00	935.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,312	910.00–1,050.00	974.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,208	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,383	800.00–1,025.00	868.49
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,166	750.00–860.00	775.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,505	1,285.00	1,285.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,530	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,395	1,150.00	1,150.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	910	119.50–129.50	121.65
33	—	360	141.00–167.00	154.21
31	—	975	114.50–128.00	117.13
57	—	684	131.50–136.25	133.64
2	—	1,053	120.00	120.00
16	—	752	132.50	132.50
58	—	718	130.25–136.50	133.23
31	—	290	173.00–174.00	173.91
269	—	518	125.50–145.50	132.18
205	—	473	131.00–148.00	138.59
182	—	574	124.00–137.00	130.92
155	—	420	132.00–160.00	144.27
70	—	619	121.00–139.00	133.56
38	—	315	143.00–171.00	159.06
52	—	820	124.75–133.50	128.28
31	—	883	119.50–120.50	119.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	539	128.00–141.00	132.01
32	—	463	131.00–141.00	137.06
6	—	618	128.00–132.00	129.96
8	—	743	132.50	132.50
17	—	809	130.00–131.50	131.32
17	—	900	111.00	111.00
14	—	979	109.00	109.00
106	—	425	129.00–146.00	138.87
11	—	561	120.00	120.00
55	—	366	152.00–159.00	153.98
44	—	760	121.00–130.25	124.97
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	702	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	576	125.00	125.00
7	—	375	141.00–147.00	144.48
9	—	453	132.00	132.00
15	—	811	113.00–121.50	116.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	684	121.00	121.00
7	—	626	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	681	129.50–132.50	130.11
63	—	609	132.50–133.00	132.94
22	—	794	123.00	123.00
13	—	705	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	483	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	807	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	727	133.50–146.50	141.74
157	—	917	131.00–139.75	135.56
6	—	260	215.00	215.00
367	—	526	148.00–164.50	153.62
234	—	464	159.00–173.50	165.37
177	—	562	143.00–154.00	147.18
159	—	422	171.00–187.50	179.35
85	—	865	131.50–140.50	135.65
65	—	326	203.00–210.00	208.27
49	—	785	136.00–139.00	136.76
39	—	367	191.00–202.00	197.21
36	—	1,019	117.50–120.00	118.75
116	—	827	135.00–140.50	137.80
106	—	635	144.00–150.50	147.34
83	—	978	125.00–131.25	126.69
66	—	665	144.00–148.25	146.02
4	—	1,063	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	743	118.00	118.00
3	—	495	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	893	143.10	143.10
72	—	818	141.00–143.00	142.42
13	—	450	169.00	169.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	425	173.00	173.00
2	—	860	127.00	127.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	981	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	434	161.00–177.00	169.10
55	—	583	137.00–146.50	141.18
14	—	373	172.00–180.00	178.20
89	—	489	153.50–160.50	156.17
26	—	666	130.00–141.00	133.05
7	—	795	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	621	138.50–145.50	141.36
80	—	733	136.50–139.00	137.07
7	—	654	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	454	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	878	136.25	136.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	305	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	706	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	113.00	113.00
10	—	638	110.00–117.00	114.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	90.00–91.00	90.54
36	—	1,738	51.00–79.50	71.98
37	—	1,720	76.00–89.00	81.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,281	46.00–53.00	49.89
43	—	1,354	58.00–72.00	62.83
140	—	1,313	50.00–60.00	56.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	68.00	68.00
86	—	1,082	33.00–47.50	42.92
90	—	1,286	52.00–65.00	58.84
246	—	1,206	43.00–55.50	51.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,521	58.00–69.00	64.42
21	—	1,618	51.00–63.50	57.25

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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