Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 138 priced lines covering 7,972 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,881 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,066 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,589 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,881Last week 17,735Year ago 4,838

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,066Last week 1,291Year ago 250

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,589Last week 2,097Year ago 4,883

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. Across all auctions, a lighter supply of Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. In the slaughter cows and bulls supply, average dressing Breakers traded 1.00 higher, average dressing Boners 2.00 higher, average dressing Leans steady, and average dressing Bulls steady. Middle Aged stock cows traded mostly steady. No comparable trades on bred cows and cow calf pairs to trend. The next available report will be Monday, January 11, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	713	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
212	—	721	131.00–146.00	140.73
235	—	782	131.00–142.75	136.58
183	—	530	158.00–173.00	166.13
24	—	334	197.50–215.00	211.38
293	—	625	146.00–155.50	152.27
151	—	810	133.50–136.50	134.23
135	—	373	186.00–214.00	206.50
282	—	671	140.00–149.00	144.79
112	—	885	121.00–133.00	130.35
95	—	475	169.50–183.00	176.02
273	—	572	149.50–161.50	156.92
7	—	283	226.00	226.00
4	—	1,030	130.50	130.50
3	—	263	560.00	560.00
99	—	433	180.00–187.00	184.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	563	164.00–168.00	166.28
18	—	402	190.00–192.00	190.78
38	—	500	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	665	129.00–138.50	132.92
96	—	621	135.50–143.50	139.35
9	—	741	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	609	159.25–160.00	159.52
60	—	861	137.25	137.25
27	—	554	164.00–168.00	166.82
7	—	701	143.50	143.50
70	—	659	154.60	154.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	577	140.00–151.50	145.62
100	—	481	159.00–168.00	163.05
5	—	287	183.00	183.00
2	—	973	119.50	119.50
17	—	636	142.00–147.00	143.45
18	—	341	205.00–210.00	207.70
84	—	534	146.00–155.00	149.13
6	—	917	121.00	121.00
34	—	680	131.00–140.50	138.40
25	—	374	175.00–191.00	184.23
16	—	873	126.00–129.00	127.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	549	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	474	151.00–159.00	156.92
38	—	432	159.00–162.00	160.19
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	434	170.00	170.00
8	—	624	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	523	144.00–147.00	145.12
4	—	726	130.00	130.00
4	—	570	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	433	153.00–158.00	155.83
173	—	676	126.00–135.00	130.47
5	—	318	166.00–172.00	169.60
257	—	614	128.00–135.50	131.43
2	—	973	112.00	112.00
3	—	943	111.00	111.00
346	—	572	130.00–147.00	139.13
7	—	1,035	123.50	123.50
149	—	521	135.00–153.00	144.54
74	—	785	120.00–121.00	120.57
122	—	724	121.00–126.50	123.34
52	—	372	161.00–171.00	166.62
185	—	474	141.00–153.00	147.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	915	132.50–134.00	133.50
47	—	791	130.00	130.00
7	—	1,106	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	625	125.00–129.00	126.87
9	—	650	123.00	123.00
10	—	557	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	519	147.00	147.00
9	—	602	145.00	145.00
42	—	474	161.50	161.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	533	134.00–140.00	136.66
30	—	617	125.00–130.00	128.00
29	—	678	123.50–128.00	125.12
4	—	822	120.00–123.00	122.25
10	—	392	151.00–153.00	151.98
44	—	594	128.00–133.00	130.28
9	—	320	160.00–162.00	160.94
33	—	485	132.00–140.00	136.09
78	—	421	145.00–151.00	147.37
22	—	737	120.00–126.00	123.56
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	704	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	131.00	131.00
4	—	475	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	534	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	513	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	528	129.00	129.00
15	—	347	142.50–149.00	147.70
20	—	633	118.50	118.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	392	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	682	119.00	119.00
9	—	371	165.00–171.00	168.90
8	—	499	145.00	145.00

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)	69	—	1,085	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,357.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	127	—	1,295	950.00–1,400.00	1,077.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	16	—	1,171	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,157.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,098	810.00–875.00	821.66
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	54	—	1,223	725.00–860.00	780.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	75	—	1,198	550.00–650.00	595.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	72	—	1,249	660.00–775.00	707.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,272	1,525.00	1,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	36	—	1,185	860.00–960.00	886.22
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,398	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	139	—	1,288	510.00–835.00	694.14
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	98	—	1,350	775.00–960.00	849.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	1,158	725.00–835.00	805.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	46	—	1,382	925.00–1,285.00	1,105.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,070	1,385.00	1,385.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	975	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,135	775.00–810.00	804.37
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,085	750.00–775.00	760.97
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,590	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,228	1,250.00	1,250.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	897	86.50	86.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	596	—	1,159	45.00–60.00	54.73
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,384	47.00–52.00	49.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	116	—	1,337	53.00–64.50	58.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	67	—	1,124	67.50–82.00	72.46
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,083	92.00–97.50	94.47
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	989	65.00–66.00	65.84
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	54	—	1,035	70.00–75.00	73.07
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	924	825.00–1,000.00	948.97
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	976	1,250.00–1,260.00	1,253.53
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	—	980	1,175.00–1,350.00	1,239.79
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	97	—	1,212	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,569.42
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	963	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	1,304	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,837.04
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	—	1,236	1,775.00–2,000.00	1,924.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,440	54.00–64.00	60.39
36	—	1,332	66.00–76.00	72.77
16	—	1,610	29.00–41.50	39.42
183	—	1,435	42.00–54.50	46.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	986	22.00–37.00	32.82
111	—	1,143	43.00–53.00	46.89
35	—	1,194	32.00–48.00	40.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,751	44.00–54.00	47.54
1	—	1,320	62.00	62.00
83	—	1,634	55.00–65.00	61.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,907	77.00–86.00	81.98
4	—	1,889	85.50–88.00	86.60
17	—	1,682	68.00–77.50	74.58

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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