Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 200 priced lines covering 16,462 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,735 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,291 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,097 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,735Last week 9,428Year ago 12,347

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,291Last week 1,409Year ago 605

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,097Last week 2,081Year ago 1,193

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Livestock Exchange, Centennial Livestock, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Sterling Livestock. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 350 lbs traded sharply higher on a light test, 350-550 lbs steady to 7.00 higher, and over 550 lbs mostly 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs mostly 6.00 to 9.00 higher, and over 550 lbs mostly 1.00 to 4.00 higher with few instances of 7.00 to 8.00 higher. In the slaughter cows and bulls supply, average dressing Breakers traded 2.00 higher, average dressing Boners steady, average dressing Leans 1.00 lower, and average dressing Bulls 1.00 higher. Middle Aged stock cows returning to feed 1.00 higher. No comparable trades on bred cows and cow calf pairs to trend. The next available report will be Friday, December 18, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	320	158.00	158.00
7	—	1,219	96.00	96.00
947	—	572	126.00–148.00	139.02
579	—	476	141.00–161.00	152.65
10	—	1,122	114.00–118.50	117.59
440	—	663	123.00–137.00	130.69
349	—	723	126.00–134.25	130.39
6	—	1,000	110.00	110.00
232	—	761	124.50–130.00	129.45
121	—	858	128.00	128.00
476	—	522	135.00–156.00	145.74
278	—	830	124.00–129.75	128.35
592	—	621	125.50–146.00	138.13
14	—	1,063	114.00	114.00
75	—	375	158.00–170.00	164.81
151	—	426	147.00–165.00	154.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	684	120.50–133.00	124.55
217	—	622	123.00–134.00	129.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	478	130.00–148.00	140.23
44	—	675	125.00–130.00	127.50
6	—	799	122.00	122.00
68	—	572	131.00–139.50	133.60
9	—	726	122.00	122.00
44	—	625	126.00–133.50	130.61
194	—	528	130.00–144.50	138.14
52	—	368	150.00–161.00	156.30
153	—	418	141.00–154.00	149.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	860	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	543	130.00	130.00
9	—	594	126.00	126.00
23	—	479	125.00–131.00	129.16
4	—	434	138.00	138.00
18	—	629	116.00–124.00	121.75
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	536	159.50	159.50
25	—	816	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	959	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	630	126.00–126.50	126.19
44	—	525	137.50–139.00	138.62
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	518	134.00	134.00
31	—	368	151.00	151.00
17	—	778	124.00	124.00
8	—	726	110.00	110.00
30	—	555	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
251	—	877	132.25–134.75	133.74
245	—	429	176.00–190.00	184.99
252	—	924	129.00–135.00	132.59
24	—	307	207.00–221.00	213.60
336	—	473	167.00–186.00	177.44
620	—	621	140.00–159.00	151.92
11	—	297	225.00	225.00
386	—	786	134.00–141.00	136.11
451	—	668	138.00–150.50	145.51
561	—	718	135.50–145.25	141.40
54	—	972	127.00	127.00
513	—	518	160.00–180.00	168.82
243	—	818	124.00–138.00	134.51
883	—	577	141.50–169.00	155.36
198	—	376	194.00–207.00	199.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	600	160.00	160.00
149	—	585	165.25–168.00	165.46
122	—	665	154.50	154.50
44	—	411	193.00–197.00	194.89
61	—	523	172.00–174.00	172.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	785	135.00–139.00	138.79
189	—	675	140.00–146.00	143.54
103	—	530	145.00–167.00	153.99
78	—	628	141.00–147.00	142.88
25	—	803	128.00–135.00	131.56
90	—	874	122.00–134.00	132.84
143	—	581	140.00–158.00	150.03
36	—	715	134.00–143.00	140.24
3	—	1,107	96.00	96.00
42	—	430	163.00–177.00	173.63
147	—	484	156.00–174.00	167.04
18	—	377	178.00–189.00	182.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	673	136.00–137.00	136.59
8	—	712	132.00	132.00
9	—	602	136.00	136.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	626	130.50–149.00	141.60
86	—	671	129.50–139.00	132.75
122	—	709	133.00–137.00	136.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	727	143.00	143.00
5	—	630	174.00	174.00
21	—	576	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	870	136.75	136.75
42	—	610	159.50	159.50
25	—	805	142.00	142.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	600	149.50	149.50
24	—	677	139.50	139.50
42	—	484	161.00–162.00	161.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	356	172.50	172.50
4	—	724	118.00	118.00
12	—	580	142.00–149.00	147.51
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	462	142.00	142.00
7	—	534	117.50	117.50
10	—	684	119.00–120.00	119.29
7	—	572	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	576	143.00	143.00
21	—	694	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	579	121.00	121.00
14	—	430	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	537	135.00	135.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	894	37.50	37.50
4	—	384	52.50	52.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	62.50	62.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	31.00	31.00
11	—	357	31.00	31.00
13	—	346	36.00	36.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	451	125.50	125.50
21	—	376	124.00–131.00	129.08
3	—	508	122.00	122.00
15	—	334	140.00–147.00	145.32
2	—	448	131.00	131.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	705	75.50	75.50
308	—	358	111.00–119.00	112.89
82	—	317	127.00	127.00
15	—	764	74.00	74.00
18	—	624	84.00	84.00
21	—	572	91.00	91.00
51	—	525	93.00–105.50	95.93
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	283	104.00–113.00	108.02
22	—	516	82.00–90.00	86.94
161	—	427	93.00–98.00	96.32
21	—	689	71.50–72.00	71.91
9	—	619	75.50–77.00	76.16
50	—	577	79.00–85.00	81.53
4	—	895	70.00	70.00
12	—	719	65.00	65.00
64	—	375	104.00–110.00	107.65
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	346	90.00–100.00	94.57
6	—	519	80.00	80.00
64	—	263	93.00–100.00	96.69
3	—	488	74.00	74.00
11	—	410	78.00	78.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	359	153.50	153.50
13	—	286	161.00	161.00
39	—	330	156.00–157.50	157.25
45	—	470	150.50–156.50	153.04
6	—	933	107.50	107.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	652	100.00	100.00
3	—	587	115.00	115.00
14	—	281	139.00–140.00	139.29
8	—	357	136.00	136.00
18	—	460	120.00–123.00	120.83
23	—	327	145.50	145.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	981	71.00	71.00
4	—	245	95.00	95.00
10	—	803	65.00	65.00
9	—	668	70.50	70.50
9	—	932	73.50	73.50
22	—	645	75.00	75.00
3	—	855	72.50	72.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	318	60.00–65.00	64.30
43	—	392	53.00–67.00	65.21
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	532	67.00	67.00
5	—	598	71.00	71.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,189	82.50	82.50
30	—	466	99.00–110.00	100.44
9	—	434	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,852	76.00–87.00	81.09
30	—	1,691	66.50–80.00	74.24
4	—	2,128	87.00–90.00	88.82
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,255	75.00–77.00	75.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,580	35.50–39.50	36.87
152	—	1,480	40.00–54.00	45.57
57	—	1,347	54.00–64.50	57.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,143	32.00–48.00	39.18
44	—	1,175	16.00–41.00	27.96
136	—	1,152	43.00–52.00	46.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,559	55.00–65.50	60.13
60	—	1,720	42.50–54.00	47.78
13	—	1,701	69.00–70.50	70.27

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	52	—	1,209	550.00–785.00	730.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	79	—	1,297	925.00–1,150.00	1,034.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,153	1,085.00–1,250.00	1,159.64
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,469	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,192	825.00–950.00	862.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	81	—	1,309	1,200.00–1,475.00	1,342.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	—	1,281	625.00–750.00	705.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,703	1,060.00	1,060.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	238	—	1,340	560.00–1,035.00	887.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,309	785.00–975.00	878.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	1,233	1,375.00–1,550.00	1,448.88
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,211	1,010.00	1,010.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,294	800.00–810.00	802.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	38	—	1,339	785.00	785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	29	—	1,393	885.00–900.00	890.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,000	107.00–112.00	108.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	55	—	1,178	63.00–79.00	69.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	136	—	1,357	52.00–62.50	58.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	49	—	1,231	44.50–51.00	48.75
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	918	90.00–97.00	92.43
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	379	—	1,205	47.00–61.00	55.67
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,102	71.00–79.50	77.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,537	1,175.00–1,375.00	1,270.52
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	—	1,067	1,375.00–1,500.00	1,454.28

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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