Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 130 priced lines covering 9,507 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,836 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,446 head. replacement cattle receipts at 849 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,836Last week 11,903Year ago 8,180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,446Last week 1,215Year ago 723

Replacement CattleReceipts 849Last week 1,534Year ago 54

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 4 Colorado auction markets included: Livestock exchange, Winter Livestock,

La Junta Livestock, and Sterling Livestock. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 650 lbs mostly 2.00 to 10.00

lower, and steers over 650 lbs trade uneven from 7.00 lower to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs traded 5.00 to 10.00 lower, 500-600

lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 600-750 lbs 1.00 higher, with no market test on heifers over 750 lbs. In the slaughter cattle supply, average dressing

slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Average dressing Bulls traded 2.00 higher. The next available report will be Friday, October 23,

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	1	—	1,460	79.00	79.00
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	43	—	1,103	81.00–89.00	86.79
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	—	987	69.00–80.00	73.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	65	—	1,332	60.50–68.00	64.91
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,310	50.00–59.50	54.71
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	994	100.00–110.00	106.43
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	863	82.50–87.50	85.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	258	—	1,225	48.50–63.00	55.21
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,332	58.50–61.00	59.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,393	800.00–860.00	823.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,152	800.00–1,000.00	961.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,255	700.00–760.00	730.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,272	700.00–710.00	702.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	51	—	1,274	610.00–785.00	705.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	1,450	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	1,299	810.00–975.00	889.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	113	—	1,222	625.00–760.00	703.49
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	—	1,112	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,070.41
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,228	1,000.00	1,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,176	48.00–59.00	53.22
50	—	1,102	25.00–42.50	36.44
10	—	1,050	60.00–65.00	61.31
220	—	1,138	42.00–52.00	47.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,410	49.50–56.00	51.98
118	—	1,373	56.00–65.00	60.05
52	—	1,510	36.00–49.00	46.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,577	51.00–58.50	55.43
14	—	1,740	63.00–72.50	69.46
50	—	1,638	57.00–69.50	61.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,585	65.00–76.50	72.55
52	—	1,789	76.00–85.50	80.09
1	—	2,000	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	995	75.00	75.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	580	126.00	126.00
50	—	527	123.00–125.50	124.88
8	—	436	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	771	123.00–145.75	131.04
69	—	815	135.50–139.75	139.19
8	—	964	124.00	124.00
226	—	424	156.00–180.00	167.12
267	—	663	137.50–153.00	142.67
412	—	472	143.00–176.00	153.48
132	—	620	138.50–158.00	151.73
3	—	1,022	117.00	117.00
40	—	327	178.00–206.00	192.38
616	—	520	141.00–165.25	152.12
787	—	570	130.50–156.25	141.98
10	—	921	128.50	128.50
7	—	290	195.00	195.00
126	—	712	131.50–152.25	147.86
42	—	873	136.00–139.75	138.22
167	—	377	176.00–212.00	190.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	500	157.00	157.00
11	—	477	159.00–160.00	159.36
60	—	570	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
708	—	622	128.00–140.00	134.90
32	—	716	130.00–131.00	130.41
194	—	678	125.00–134.25	131.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	661	131.00	131.00
28	—	598	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	626	151.25	151.25
27	—	762	146.25	146.25
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	619	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	256	177.50	177.50
13	—	568	127.00	127.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	543	136.00–138.00	137.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	781	128.00–132.00	130.22
86	—	580	131.00–148.50	139.03
24	—	391	170.00–175.00	171.41
5	—	718	124.00	124.00
7	—	871	122.50	122.50
112	—	530	136.00–153.25	145.22
40	—	830	121.50–125.00	123.96
19	—	488	157.00–159.00	157.84
23	—	288	181.00	181.00
7	—	674	143.00–143.50	143.14
23	—	323	181.00–182.00	181.26
25	—	617	134.00–149.50	139.67
22	—	429	161.00–170.00	165.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	630	133.00	133.00
7	—	532	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	614	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	780	134.50	134.50
4	—	636	132.00	132.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	90.00	90.00
7	—	828	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	521	120.00–135.00	125.04
7	—	581	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
444	—	570	120.00–145.00	127.74
58	—	732	125.00–130.50	127.22
167	—	422	130.00–151.00	136.77
6	—	276	162.50–165.00	163.72
411	—	532	120.00–146.00	131.49
99	—	373	139.50–150.50	143.97
5	—	1,038	105.00	105.00
179	—	668	127.00–138.75	130.90
44	—	860	121.00–126.00	124.64
276	—	469	125.00–145.00	133.75
163	—	621	125.00–141.00	130.63
12	—	774	121.00–123.50	122.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	528	126.00–141.00	137.23
40	—	321	151.00–158.00	153.83
3	—	842	123.00	123.00
167	—	432	121.00–149.00	132.72
3	—	750	123.00	123.00
112	—	374	126.00–154.00	141.05
69	—	577	118.00–136.50	128.22
59	—	616	131.00–133.00	132.17
171	—	483	116.00–142.50	129.07
21	—	689	124.00–128.00	127.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	714	124.00–126.00	125.18
51	—	672	125.00–126.00	125.56
102	—	624	121.00–129.50	126.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	413	145.00	145.00
58	—	483	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,020	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	516	138.50–158.00	140.42
20	—	403	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	390	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	415	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	375	142.00–145.50	144.11
19	—	289	152.50	152.50
49	—	473	133.00	133.00
19	—	440	120.00–126.00	124.50
24	—	571	111.00–128.00	121.85
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	526	119.00	119.00
17	—	551	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	666	115.00	115.00

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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