Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 95 priced lines covering 2,715 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,856 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 880 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,363 head. Counted as USDA files them — 501 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,856Last week 10,611Year ago 7,851

Slaughter CattleReceipts 880Last week 621Year ago 504

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,363Last week 428Year ago 466

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auction markets included Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate for feeder cattle, moderate to good for cow/calf pairs and slaughter cows and bulls. This week, feeder cattle were to lightly tested for an accurate market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, April 26, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	520	175.00–181.00	177.78
20	—	734	140.00	140.00
3	—	307	216.00	216.00
22	—	611	165.00–166.00	165.37
27	—	582	164.50–167.00	166.47
22	—	369	204.00–205.00	204.35
11	—	951	122.50	122.50
5	—	169	325.00–425.00	392.04
11	—	780	140.00	140.00
32	—	827	132.00–134.25	133.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	842	131.00	131.00
46	—	503	162.50–184.00	167.80
23	—	696	148.00	148.00
15	—	635	154.00–162.00	155.54
30	—	479	179.00–187.00	181.62
25	—	776	134.25–135.00	134.37
66	—	573	153.00–166.00	161.68
16	—	385	187.00–191.00	187.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	688	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	130	375.00–385.00	378.46
4	—	178	375.00–450.00	409.44
13	—	853	120.50	120.50
8	—	719	128.00	128.00
29	—	571	144.00–152.00	145.42
48	—	418	160.00–166.00	164.19
35	—	517	148.00–163.00	152.65
6	—	794	124.50	124.50
44	—	483	154.00–159.50	156.45
17	—	678	131.00–136.00	134.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	405	149.00–157.00	150.52
27	—	487	146.50–150.00	146.99
32	—	534	142.00–148.50	145.59
13	—	627	140.00–141.00	140.31
38	—	378	152.00–163.00	157.99
5	—	996	111.00	111.00
35	—	581	136.00–141.00	137.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	391	141.00	141.00
8	—	323	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	809	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	586	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	585	130.00	130.00
14	—	469	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	179	410.00–475.00	450.28

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,548	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,509	960.00–975.00	967.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	—	1,307	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,365.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	80	—	1,299	1,075.00–1,350.00	1,171.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	52	—	1,310	760.00–1,110.00	903.12
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,280	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,299	825.00–935.00	884.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,071	1,075.00–1,150.00	1,099.77
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,103	100.00–110.00	105.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,430	60.50–62.00	61.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,199	72.00–83.00	76.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	125	—	1,384	62.50–71.50	68.85
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,120	75.00–83.00	78.12
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	60.00–61.00	60.46
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,002	87.50–99.00	94.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	960	59.50–67.00	60.43
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,155	53.00–62.50	60.52
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,175	113.00–115.00	114.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,157	64.00–74.00	68.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,155	85.00–98.00	89.83
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	116	—	1,060	87.50–93.50	90.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,618	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,124.42
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,290	1,750.00	1,750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,056	1,225.00–1,275.00	1,249.04
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,281	1,400.00–1,425.00	1,422.46
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,072	950.00–1,075.00	1,017.25
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,216	1,150.00–1,260.00	1,227.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,479	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,231	1,250.00–1,360.00	1,326.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,109	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	54	—	1,087	1,775.00–1,885.00	1,841.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,200	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	138	—	1,234	1,400.00–1,640.00	1,533.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,161	1,100.00–1,235.00	1,179.11
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,232	1,325.00–1,385.00	1,367.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	100	—	1,341	1,110.00–1,275.00	1,203.88
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	51	—	1,371	1,675.00–1,750.00	1,695.42
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	64	—	997	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,958.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,000	1,775.00	1,775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,412	56.00–66.00	63.29
17	—	1,415	71.50–75.00	73.74
99	—	1,577	66.00–73.50	68.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,177	71.00–75.00	72.52
102	—	1,324	51.50–65.00	60.80
182	—	1,320	63.00–71.00	66.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,046	41.00–51.00	45.18
76	—	1,153	59.00–68.00	61.99
72	—	1,035	48.00–59.00	55.42
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,505	81.00	81.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,845	85.00–99.50	93.72
17	—	2,159	92.00–115.00	100.94
17	—	1,651	78.00–89.50	84.01

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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