Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 217 priced lines covering 11,046 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,903 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,215 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,534 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,903Last week 6,660Year ago 8,616

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,215Last week 1,026Year ago 526

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,534Last week 948Year ago 64

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado Auction markets included: Livestock Exchange, La Junta Livestock, Winter Livestock, Sterling Livestock and Centennial Livestock. Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers under 400 lbs traded 2.00 higher, 400-600 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower, and over 600 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs traded 8.00 to 11.00 lower, 400-550 lbs steady to 1.00 lower, and over 550 lbs mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. The next available report will be Friday, October 16, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	495	131.00	131.00
18	—	576	129.00–130.00	129.49
11	—	721	119.00–121.00	120.09
16	—	431	134.00	134.00
8	—	331	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	422	85.00–92.50	88.40
24	—	476	75.00–96.00	86.06
49	—	180	35.00–82.50	50.63
2	—	590	90.00	90.00
15	—	520	86.00–92.50	89.52
9	—	603	85.00–86.00	85.67
4	—	373	82.50	82.50
8	—	668	78.00	78.00
85	—	325	90.00–94.00	92.52
27	—	237	55.00–80.00	73.14
22	—	125	70.00	70.00
9	—	252	68.00	68.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	284	45.00	45.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	683	36.00	36.00
9	—	637	40.00	40.00
11	—	319	42.50	42.50
20	—	382	35.00	35.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	440	70.00–75.00	70.79
3	—	242	80.00	80.00
3	—	842	67.00	67.00
5	—	276	71.00	71.00
4	—	384	72.50	72.50
6	—	320	71.00	71.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	355	65.00	65.00
7	—	594	60.00	60.00
10	—	447	55.00	55.00
4	—	324	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	471	107.00	107.00
28	—	809	88.50–96.50	92.81
15	—	798	95.00	95.00
3	—	518	103.00	103.00
7	—	931	89.00	89.00
74	—	432	105.00–110.00	106.43
2	—	860	89.00	89.00
60	—	633	95.00–97.50	96.28
51	—	580	99.00–102.50	101.01
2	—	1,125	80.00	80.00
11	—	303	107.50	107.50
335	—	378	106.00–113.00	107.72
25	—	663	94.00–97.50	97.09
3	—	1,005	82.00	82.00
29	—	291	104.75	104.75
32	—	989	109.00	109.00
5	—	729	93.00	93.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	374	119.50	119.50
18	—	417	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	154.00	154.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	361	72.50	72.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	530	97.00–100.00	98.93
10	—	608	90.00–94.00	91.19
88	—	377	97.50–105.00	101.63
43	—	240	92.50–100.00	93.76
37	—	404	99.00–102.00	100.11
5	—	592	95.00	95.00
99	—	475	97.00–99.50	98.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	409	169.00	169.00
5	—	489	153.00	153.00
11	—	580	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	531	106.00	106.00
4	—	415	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,080	115.00	115.00
4	—	734	117.00	117.00
9	—	644	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	454	123.00	123.00
9	—	301	147.50	147.50
30	—	377	138.00–144.00	141.56
15	—	422	130.00–134.00	132.32
4	—	515	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	329	158.00	158.00
6	—	448	134.00	134.00
3	—	377	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	800	146.25	146.25
79	—	714	136.00–145.75	144.35
130	—	794	146.25	146.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
260	—	467	131.00–148.50	139.35
63	—	759	125.25–125.50	125.40
62	—	386	142.00–159.00	148.29
19	—	319	155.00–167.00	165.20
72	—	631	120.00–138.50	129.05
94	—	429	138.00–155.00	146.28
39	—	714	123.00–129.00	126.63
91	—	664	118.00–139.00	129.79
494	—	573	121.00–144.50	130.69
19	—	819	122.00–136.25	128.53
509	—	522	124.00–149.00	133.36
31	—	276	168.00–171.00	168.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	263	160.00	160.00
141	—	424	130.00–150.00	136.85
14	—	879	116.00	116.00
280	—	471	126.00–143.00	134.04
30	—	655	120.00	120.00
20	—	972	103.00–105.00	104.11
95	—	365	143.00–153.00	149.70
12	—	909	110.00	110.00
25	—	627	126.00–134.00	128.43
19	—	838	116.00	116.00
42	—	577	135.50–137.50	136.03
11	—	720	123.50	123.50
21	—	337	153.00–161.00	157.20
108	—	525	121.00–141.50	131.28
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	454	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	677	125.25–127.50	126.25
130	—	615	117.00–130.50	123.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	975	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	521	112.50	112.50
5	—	605	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	576	129.00–130.00	129.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	622	123.50–124.50	124.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	690	155.00	155.00
12	—	566	152.00–156.50	153.92
40	—	453	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	491	138.00–143.00	140.48
25	—	535	135.00–139.00	137.35
5	—	339	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	490	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	438	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	730	129.50	129.50
7	—	482	145.00	145.00
8	—	625	136.00	136.00
6	—	579	135.00	135.00
31	—	536	140.00–145.00	141.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	716	132.50–152.00	140.00
315	—	621	136.00–153.50	146.57
57	—	322	183.00–198.00	194.88
209	—	670	137.00–157.50	143.08
10	—	974	118.00	118.00
82	—	805	133.00–138.75	138.05
27	—	852	144.75	144.75
110	—	776	130.50–148.25	138.04
339	—	575	139.00–159.00	145.63
270	—	472	155.00–177.00	163.84
755	—	527	140.00–166.00	153.60
61	—	361	188.50–193.00	189.90
54	—	904	123.00–128.50	127.99
182	—	426	166.00–182.50	173.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	248	174.00	174.00
8	—	608	126.00	126.00
5	—	489	140.00	140.00
10	—	507	141.00–146.00	142.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	576	150.00	150.00
13	—	665	141.00	141.00
38	—	422	170.00–180.00	176.56
8	—	484	174.00	174.00
35	—	509	154.00–160.00	155.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	527	136.00–155.00	146.54
52	—	437	157.50–174.00	166.75
4	—	665	135.00	135.00
59	—	629	126.00–148.00	136.11
215	—	575	131.00–152.00	143.83
64	—	473	149.00–155.00	153.43
13	—	341	175.00–182.00	178.73
66	—	377	165.00–181.00	175.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	681	130.00–137.50	133.13
7	—	768	131.00	131.00
345	—	624	127.00–141.00	136.36
143	—	719	125.00–135.00	130.82
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	532	142.00	142.00
9	—	572	138.00	138.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	381	157.50	157.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	72.00	72.00
1	—	125	70.00	70.00
22	—	342	64.00–81.00	65.57
29	—	423	70.50–72.50	71.43
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	319	35.00	35.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	394	123.00	123.00
27	—	423	124.00	124.00
24	—	480	120.00	120.00
8	—	273	135.00	135.00
8	—	511	117.00	117.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	284	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	391	81.00	81.00
5	—	466	77.50–80.00	78.55
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	82.00	82.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	828	94.00	94.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	—	1,187	750.00–785.00	773.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	—	1,168	500.00–760.00	638.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,328	900.00–950.00	935.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	75	—	1,289	725.00–1,075.00	827.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	84	—	1,176	585.00–825.00	717.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	31	—	1,235	825.00–910.00	882.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	44	—	1,312	635.00–775.00	704.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	1,280	785.00–975.00	847.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	206	—	1,027	1,075.00–1,110.00	1,096.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	60	—	1,205	850.00–1,085.00	1,024.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	105	—	1,150	1,010.00–1,110.00	1,057.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,223	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,790	1,200.00–1,385.00	1,328.68
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,113	1,050.00–1,085.00	1,057.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	931	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,077.61
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	847	900.00–950.00	931.28
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	950	105.00–113.00	110.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	94	—	1,378	62.50–71.50	68.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,362	50.50–60.00	53.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,120	71.50–82.00	75.41
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	131	—	1,275	48.00–60.50	53.26
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,115	65.00–69.00	66.31
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	70	—	1,001	83.00–88.00	86.64
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	743	60.00–62.50	61.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,394	50.00–68.00	62.27
36	—	1,462	43.00–49.50	47.96
192	—	1,364	43.00–59.50	52.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,581	46.00–61.00	55.79
4	—	1,601	58.50–79.00	68.04
81	—	1,573	50.00–72.50	65.53
2	—	1,733	48.50–49.00	48.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,145	47.00–63.00	55.69
49	—	1,036	20.00–42.00	35.67
242	—	1,157	40.00–54.50	47.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,070	88.00	88.00
59	—	1,853	75.00–86.00	78.88
33	—	1,849	67.00–76.00	72.60
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,336	69.50–76.00	72.60

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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