Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 184 priced lines covering 11,325 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,947 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 774 head. replacement cattle receipts at 2,411 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,947Last week 6,881Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 774Last week 1,066Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,411Last week 2,589Year ago 0

Combined weighted average report for 5 Colorado auction markets included: Centennial Livestock Auction, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, Livestock Exchange, and Sterling Livestock. Centennial Livestock hosted their monthly dairy auction. Livestock Exhange hosted their 1st of 3 stock show specials. Sterling Livestock hosted their 1st of 3 stock show specials. No comparison available as this is the first published report in three weeks. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. The next available report will be Monday, January 18, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	624	142.00–146.50	144.72
46	—	677	134.50–138.00	136.62
15	—	535	162.00–162.50	162.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
336	—	569	149.00–177.50	164.89
104	—	924	124.50–129.50	127.81
233	—	765	129.00–143.00	135.19
485	—	620	137.00–167.00	156.38
142	—	884	123.00–130.00	127.78
23	—	340	205.00–221.00	213.55
244	—	466	177.00–195.00	185.38
497	—	729	133.00–149.25	141.09
65	—	377	203.00–215.00	210.11
364	—	823	121.00–140.50	133.60
410	—	528	159.00–186.00	178.07
141	—	431	182.00–202.00	193.42
466	—	667	136.00–155.00	146.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	359	220.00	220.00
13	—	418	201.00	201.00
50	—	722	145.75	145.75
8	—	519	186.00	186.00
6	—	552	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	684	128.50–131.00	129.75
18	—	723	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	827	125.00–126.00	125.67
86	—	543	149.00–173.00	165.93
49	—	784	125.50–135.00	129.94
66	—	578	158.00–163.00	160.61
19	—	891	125.25	125.25
48	—	679	139.00–146.00	143.03
31	—	713	126.00–138.00	133.68
23	—	422	183.00–189.00	187.74
65	—	485	167.00–183.00	172.87
140	—	627	145.00–155.00	152.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	546	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	468	189.00	189.00
50	—	755	146.50	146.50
16	—	842	145.00	145.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	595	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	956	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	685	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
491	—	570	137.00–155.00	145.50
119	—	380	156.00–169.00	163.89
418	—	517	146.00–157.00	151.85
18	—	326	163.00–166.00	164.51
263	—	474	146.00–165.00	155.10
5	—	906	108.00	108.00
10	—	871	115.50	115.50
383	—	679	124.50–140.00	130.60
186	—	722	122.00–131.00	128.14
166	—	433	155.00–173.00	160.04
414	—	622	129.00–143.50	136.58
132	—	817	120.00–130.75	125.91
209	—	762	121.00–131.00	127.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	805	125.50	125.50
8	—	563	150.00	150.00
9	—	367	182.50	182.50
9	—	456	157.00	157.00
13	—	604	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	692	121.00	121.00
18	—	648	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	681	117.50	117.50
6	—	768	112.50	112.50
2	—	638	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	492	142.00–154.00	149.00
189	—	582	130.00–142.00	136.50
28	—	676	119.00–127.00	125.84
13	—	365	151.00–156.00	152.97
79	—	519	132.00–150.00	141.32
27	—	421	150.00–154.00	151.93
60	—	721	117.00–126.00	121.20
88	—	629	122.00–133.75	130.01
13	—	784	120.50–122.00	121.20
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	538	120.00	120.00
4	—	768	85.00	85.00
8	—	583	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	673	116.00–126.50	121.12
7	—	539	128.00	128.00
12	—	825	118.00	118.00
10	—	636	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	550	150.50	150.50
16	—	432	166.50–167.00	166.75
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	902	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	644	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	584	125.00–136.00	133.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	661	124.00	124.00
25	—	623	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	406	166.00	166.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	75.00	75.00
8	—	791	80.00	80.00
8	—	584	72.00	72.00
2	—	623	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	419	69.00–70.00	69.27
1	—	860	64.00	64.00
3	—	465	69.00	69.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	61.00	61.00
15	—	434	34.00	34.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	279	139.00	139.00
15	—	455	150.50	150.50
5	—	335	148.00	148.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	437	134.00	134.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	77.00	77.00
7	—	689	85.00	85.00
45	—	369	113.00–120.00	115.09
3	—	450	97.00	97.00
68	—	267	125.00–134.00	128.33
5	—	811	70.00	70.00
14	—	571	90.00	90.00
12	—	535	90.00	90.00
87	—	421	106.00–109.00	107.22
2	—	983	83.00	83.00
70	—	336	119.00–128.00	120.71
40	—	616	85.00–94.00	90.56
3	—	700	86.00	86.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	321	116.00	116.00
22	—	392	100.00–105.00	102.88
4	—	443	97.00	97.00
23	—	583	85.00–86.50	86.10
60	—	520	82.00–88.00	85.89
12	—	476	84.00–92.00	85.98
5	—	288	109.00–110.00	109.38
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	543	138.00	138.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	97.00	97.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	91.00	91.00
2	—	423	82.00	82.00
2	—	318	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	586	132.00	132.00
16	—	462	153.00	153.00
9	—	690	110.50–122.50	117.09
58	—	432	161.00–169.50	169.36
9	—	297	162.00	162.00
16	—	891	111.50–123.25	121.83
13	—	809	119.75	119.75
12	—	335	157.00–166.00	162.49
3	—	967	92.50	92.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	443	151.00	151.00
4	—	623	105.00	105.00
1	—	490	133.00	133.00
3	—	670	93.50	93.50
9	—	816	95.50	95.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,012	85.00–87.50	85.95
30	—	1,892	77.50–84.50	80.72
26	—	1,832	66.50–78.00	74.30
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	61.00–65.50	63.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	60.00	60.00
2	—	1,808	38.50–39.50	39.01
51	—	1,637	53.00–62.50	57.27
49	—	1,754	42.00–53.00	45.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,175	42.00–52.00	45.35
23	—	1,104	24.00–43.00	32.95
133	—	1,183	30.00–46.00	39.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,342	51.00–60.00	54.72
144	—	1,457	40.50–52.00	44.80
20	—	1,502	31.00–39.50	36.16

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	120	—	1,305	1,135.00–1,310.00	1,202.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	937	1,010.00–1,060.00	1,042.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,195	1,400.00–1,460.00	1,431.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,271	1,525.00–1,550.00	1,535.56
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,200	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	169	—	1,337	725.00–850.00	793.69
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,335	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,414	910.00–1,000.00	963.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,184	775.00–860.00	822.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,394	775.00–860.00	797.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,287	600.00–725.00	685.31
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,098	1,275.00–1,375.00	1,297.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,427	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	—	1,450	1,510.00	1,510.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	217	—	1,117	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,384.99
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	884	1,085.00	1,085.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	882	1,150.00	1,150.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,027	95.50–97.50	96.11
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	978	101.50–104.00	102.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,302	47.50–51.50	49.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	148	—	1,376	52.00–60.50	55.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	78	—	1,025	64.00–77.50	71.21
Stock Cows — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	16	—	768	34.00–38.00	36.10
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	418	—	1,227	46.00–58.00	52.37
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	87	—	1,034	70.00–73.00	72.27
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	62	—	957	55.00–69.50	66.70
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	915	81.00–87.50	82.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	978	60.00	60.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,133	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,108.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,170	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,414.10

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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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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