Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 113 priced lines covering 5,158 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,355 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 219 head. replacement cattle receipts at 5,101 head. Counted as USDA files them — 89 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,355Last week 15,497Year ago 1,072

Slaughter CattleReceipts 219Last week 1,765Year ago 250

Replacement CattleReceipts 5,101Last week 2,212Year ago 4,213

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included: Livestock Exchange, Winter Livestock, and La Junta Livestock. In addition to the regular feeder cattle auctions, Winter Livestock held a bred cow and pair special and La Junta Livestock held a stock cow and pair special. In the feeder cattle supply, trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 400 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower on a light test, 400-750 lbs mostly 1.00 to 6.00 lower, and over 750 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs 7.00 to 11.00 lower on a light test, 450-650 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 lower, and over 650 lbs steady on a light test. In the slaughter cows and bulls supply, average dressing Breakers 4.00 lower, average dressing Boners 2.00 lower, average dressing Leans 3.00 lower, and average dressing bulls 1.00 higher. Short bred Young to Middle aged cows made up the bulk of replacement cattle offerings with no comparable trades to trend to the prior week. The next available report will be Friday, December 4, 2020.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	57	—	1,184	1,325.00–1,550.00	1,422.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,326	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	92	—	1,149	1,060.00–1,225.00	1,181.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	41	—	1,230	700.00–775.00	736.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	55	—	1,211	610.00–635.00	621.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	38	—	1,156	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,065.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	124	—	1,319	825.00–975.00	917.09
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	263	—	1,264	1,025.00–1,435.00	1,320.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	508	—	1,302	625.00–885.00	777.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	301	—	1,317	835.00–1,200.00	992.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,326	710.00–825.00	780.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,356	825.00–875.00	848.92
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,250	1,210.00	1,210.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,150	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,247	1,175.00–1,285.00	1,249.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	51	—	1,172	1,275.00–1,360.00	1,324.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,325	1,335.00	1,335.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	54	—	928	88.00–94.00	91.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	745	—	1,179	44.00–59.50	51.09
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	71	—	1,023	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,317.40
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	50	—	1,020	1,300.00–1,310.00	1,301.82
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	87	—	1,062	1,160.00–1,250.00	1,229.28
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	193	—	1,002	1,150.00–1,275.00	1,220.70
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	951	875.00–1,000.00	960.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	—	991	925.00–1,000.00	963.86
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	911	1,100.00	1,100.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	881	1,100.00	1,100.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	615	116.00–124.00	119.36
5	—	319	142.50	142.50
10	—	580	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	357	145.00–159.00	151.04
69	—	464	131.00–144.00	139.37
22	—	607	120.00–125.00	122.71
191	—	530	130.00–144.50	134.83
10	—	269	146.00–151.00	148.99
72	—	419	136.00–149.00	142.24
49	—	672	129.50–132.00	130.23
80	—	557	130.00	130.00
11	—	319	145.00–157.50	151.77
20	—	808	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	718	121.00–123.00	121.85
39	—	625	124.00–129.00	127.35
61	—	574	122.00–131.00	126.84
9	—	816	116.00–120.00	119.10
28	—	484	131.00–138.00	135.62
10	—	323	143.00–151.00	145.43
30	—	675	110.00–124.00	117.75
43	—	520	134.00–136.00	134.57
10	—	370	148.00–150.00	148.97
10	—	429	137.50–145.00	141.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	596	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	648	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	915	102.00	102.00
4	—	421	139.00	139.00
12	—	745	115.50	115.50
3	—	620	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	618	118.00	118.00
6	—	506	126.00	126.00
8	—	418	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	766	117.00	117.00
3	—	443	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	407	171.00–178.00	176.02
107	—	480	160.00–169.00	163.99
47	—	662	131.00–144.00	134.45
5	—	923	126.00	126.00
20	—	359	189.00–200.00	195.67
8	—	1,024	109.00	109.00
202	—	581	140.00–154.00	147.57
74	—	619	138.00–148.00	144.53
3	—	880	130.00	130.00
12	—	824	123.00	123.00
59	—	726	132.00–139.00	136.09
152	—	522	151.00–166.00	158.67
12	—	337	201.00–202.00	201.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	431	160.00	160.00
2	—	650	125.00	125.00
34	—	769	122.50–126.50	123.92
11	—	520	143.00–147.00	145.18
37	—	725	125.00–132.00	126.90
2	—	463	157.00	157.00
5	—	362	148.00	148.00
76	—	639	123.00–139.00	134.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	813	126.00	126.00
5	—	504	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	426	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	402	146.00	146.00
4	—	475	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	132.00	132.00
3	—	372	160.00	160.00
5	—	346	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	516	153.00	153.00
22	—	584	142.50–145.00	143.97
20	—	642	140.00–141.00	140.45
7	—	445	171.00	171.00
11	—	806	119.00	119.00
18	—	754	130.50	130.50
5	—	373	173.00	173.00
15	—	691	132.00–135.50	133.33
25	—	476	160.00–164.00	162.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	484	137.00–145.00	141.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	588	131.00	131.00
4	—	676	128.00	128.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	975	31.00–41.00	37.91
14	—	1,076	45.00–49.00	46.48
23	—	1,006	40.00–45.00	42.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,345	55.00–59.00	55.92
6	—	1,491	50.50–53.00	51.35
1	—	1,655	61.00	61.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,364	50.00–51.00	50.54
16	—	1,201	53.00–56.00	55.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,900	83.50	83.50
14	—	1,737	69.00–77.00	72.16
35	—	1,882	76.00–82.00	79.25

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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