Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 200 priced lines covering 13,333 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,211 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,508 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,636 head. Counted as USDA files them — 27 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,211Last week 10,836Year ago 14,504

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,508Last week 1,446Year ago 1,253

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,636Last week 849Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 auction markets included: Livestock Exchange, Winter Livestock, La Junta

Livestock, Sterling Livestock, and Centennial Livestock. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 500 lbs traded

mostly 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 500-850 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower with instances of sharply lower, and over 850 lbs steady to 1.00 higher on a light

test. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs traded 5.00 to 9.00 higher, 450-700 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower, and over 700 lbs lightly tested with trade mixed

from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher. The next available report will be Friday, October 30, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	684	117.00	117.00
38	—	492	118.00	118.00
4	—	539	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	667	115.50–126.00	119.58
371	—	623	115.50–124.00	119.10
32	—	725	116.00–122.00	120.26
8	—	828	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	483	134.00–142.50	137.40
8	—	419	151.00	151.00
19	—	509	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	799	115.00	115.00
4	—	919	97.50	97.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	572	118.00	118.00
6	—	397	145.00	145.00
9	—	658	120.00	120.00
6	—	313	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	812	124.25	124.25
29	—	862	121.00	121.00
11	—	773	126.00	126.00
861	—	527	120.00–145.50	126.52
34	—	331	157.00–167.50	163.61
617	—	571	118.00–141.25	125.27
4	—	939	113.50	113.50
9	—	971	112.00–118.00	113.99
259	—	424	135.00–151.50	141.33
36	—	709	126.00–131.00	128.87
119	—	378	140.00–160.50	152.02
206	—	616	120.50–133.00	126.46
49	—	664	123.00–131.75	124.92
772	—	478	122.00–150.00	131.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	544	61.00	61.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	685	116.00–127.00	121.23
153	—	527	114.00–136.75	129.45
4	—	298	152.00	152.00
23	—	420	128.00–141.00	137.15
186	—	477	117.50–141.50	128.16
197	—	574	115.00–132.00	125.08
5	—	720	115.00	115.00
7	—	324	140.00	140.00
36	—	615	119.00–128.50	124.05
46	—	381	139.00–151.00	144.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	538	118.50–122.50	120.10
4	—	476	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	532	127.50	127.50
7	—	383	136.00	136.00
42	—	477	121.00–131.00	128.17
11	—	433	120.00–132.00	127.66
11	—	597	110.00–117.50	113.42
8	—	623	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	681	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	501	113.00	113.00
9	—	401	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	570	119.50	119.50
23	—	430	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	859	106.00	106.00
5	—	1,027	98.00	98.00
17	—	453	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	376	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	327	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	581	98.00–110.00	104.76
4	—	625	109.00	109.00
13	—	886	95.00	95.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	488	146.00–151.00	147.54
9	—	788	125.00	125.00
29	—	531	129.00	129.00
3	—	552	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	552	139.00–141.00	140.25
41	—	879	119.50–129.00	127.83
58	—	421	155.00–165.00	162.11
3	—	665	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	555	141.50–145.00	142.98
27	—	435	165.00–179.00	174.25
29	—	505	151.00–155.00	151.82
29	—	463	169.00–172.00	170.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
230	—	424	156.00–179.00	170.46
62	—	378	180.00–200.00	187.44
22	—	843	130.00–134.00	131.44
211	—	872	131.75–138.25	138.16
134	—	717	128.00–133.00	131.26
40	—	986	119.50–125.00	124.18
27	—	1,023	116.00	116.00
70	—	767	129.00–139.50	136.06
1,263	—	567	129.00–155.25	136.28
8	—	323	184.00	184.00
213	—	665	127.50–143.50	137.26
336	—	471	143.00–171.00	157.98
554	—	628	130.00–145.50	136.23
775	—	515	137.00–164.75	145.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	762	121.00	121.00
207	—	715	119.00–129.50	125.53
318	—	674	120.00–130.50	126.32
553	—	615	125.50–135.00	130.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	678	123.50	123.50
13	—	645	127.50	127.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	583	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	750	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	472	150.00–158.00	152.21
87	—	438	137.50–167.00	159.42
57	—	391	161.00–178.00	171.05
52	—	622	125.00–138.00	133.18
52	—	661	122.00–135.00	126.14
15	—	912	122.50	122.50
140	—	524	130.00–148.50	142.61
39	—	877	121.00–124.00	123.38
113	—	567	125.00–144.50	136.40
5	—	824	120.00	120.00
8	—	292	197.50	197.50
12	—	1,005	104.00	104.00
30	—	713	120.00–131.00	122.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	572	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	516	134.00	134.00
19	—	498	140.00–141.00	140.79
34	—	615	122.00–127.00	124.27
4	—	429	147.00	147.00
39	—	576	125.00–131.00	129.69
7	—	395	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	573	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	404	153.00	153.00
31	—	586	128.00–128.50	128.12
8	—	788	119.50	119.50
10	—	529	130.00–131.00	130.49
12	—	374	153.00–154.00	153.40
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	390	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	289	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	670	122.00	122.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	365	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	499	148.50	148.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	715	100.00	100.00
7	—	622	121.00–123.00	121.84
8	—	671	92.00	92.00
3	—	403	148.00	148.00
3	—	297	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	118.00	118.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,548	59.00–69.50	63.76
5	—	1,736	43.00–48.50	47.28
51	—	1,605	50.00–58.50	54.18
13	—	1,588	65.00–72.50	70.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	61.00–64.00	62.74
42	—	1,302	56.00–64.50	59.07
24	—	1,469	36.00–44.50	42.69
235	—	1,408	45.00–56.50	50.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,204	48.00–57.00	52.63
2	—	1,033	61.00–64.50	62.75
94	—	1,085	20.00–41.00	32.04
248	—	1,137	40.00–49.50	45.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,830	77.00–85.50	80.87
31	—	1,769	61.00–77.00	73.44
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,248	71.00–77.00	74.81

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,222	860.00–885.00	870.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	52	—	1,189	700.00–760.00	732.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	145	—	1,360	810.00–1,185.00	1,070.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,515	880.00	880.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	167	—	1,265	575.00–785.00	705.15
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	121	—	1,326	800.00–975.00	885.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	1,344	1,210.00–1,225.00	1,219.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,555	930.00	930.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,431	835.00	835.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,043	700.00–940.00	841.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,660	980.00	980.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,405	870.00	870.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,450	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,475	890.00	890.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,330	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,467	860.00–870.00	863.18
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,388	835.00	835.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,510	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,388	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,455	830.00	830.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,148	580.00	580.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	1,304	720.00	720.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,266	680.00	680.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,180	640.00	640.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,130	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,169	850.00–1,025.00	949.06
Bred Cows — Medium 2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	535.00	535.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,464	1,325.00–1,425.00	1,377.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,639	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,263.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,425.00	1,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	774	525.00	525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	990	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,315	860.00	860.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Legible Bangs$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,036	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,265	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Non-Legible BANGS$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	900.00	900.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	875.00	875.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	64	—	1,029	1,085.00–1,350.00	1,175.33
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	991	960.00–1,075.00	998.31
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,291	48.00–59.50	54.78
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	986	102.00–109.50	106.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,063	70.00–85.00	74.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	68	—	1,343	62.00–69.00	65.70
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,092	90.00–98.50	96.87
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	284	—	1,258	48.00–64.50	55.15
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	855	60.00–68.00	64.57
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	81	—	1,014	82.50–86.00	84.76
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	732	78.00	78.00

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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