Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 86 priced lines covering 3,037 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,032 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 903 head. replacement cattle receipts at 704 head. Counted as USDA files them — 34 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,032Last week 1,856Year ago 3,131

Slaughter CattleReceipts 903Last week 880Year ago 684

Replacement CattleReceipts 704Last week 1,363Year ago 1,103

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 3 Colorado auctions included Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 500 lbs too thinly tested for an accurate trend, but lower undertones noted. Trade mixed on steers 500-800 lbs. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs traded unevenly steady, and heifers over 550 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. The next available report will be Monday, May 3, 2021.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	822	128.00	128.00
33	—	719	124.00–128.00	126.90
12	—	790	122.00–122.50	122.29
56	—	621	137.50–141.00	137.69
165	—	563	140.00–151.00	144.38
5	—	161	225.00–350.00	287.08
1	—	225	385.00	385.00
30	—	689	131.00–134.49	133.21
51	—	415	159.00–166.00	161.08
5	—	119	125.00–335.00	244.58
50	—	524	151.00–158.00	153.89
121	—	462	153.00–167.00	160.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	620	127.50–133.00	130.46
7	—	756	119.50	119.50
10	—	856	118.00	118.00
4	—	341	162.00	162.00
19	—	397	161.00	161.00
49	—	571	130.00–138.00	133.31
12	—	678	130.00–133.00	130.48
6	—	947	118.00	118.00
22	—	426	153.00–156.00	155.10
30	—	726	121.00–124.50	122.36
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	704	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	765	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	850	120.00	120.00
7	—	721	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	694	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	455	168.00	168.00
7	—	436	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	586	151.00–153.50	153.15
52	—	435	174.00–181.00	176.89
22	—	526	171.00–173.00	172.22
9	—	607	150.00	150.00
9	—	831	121.50–125.00	122.67
27	—	680	141.00	141.00
40	—	476	158.00–176.00	171.58
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	559	161.00	161.00
9	—	676	142.00	142.00
33	—	637	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	792	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	574	169.00–180.00	174.77
43	—	778	133.00–134.00	133.53
99	—	455	177.00–181.00	179.04
25	—	335	194.00–196.00	194.77
47	—	373	190.00–195.00	192.97
88	—	526	162.00–183.00	176.83
58	—	720	148.00–149.50	149.32
8	—	657	162.00	162.00
132	—	613	158.00–169.00	163.88
14	—	416	181.00–186.00	182.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	519	186.00–191.00	187.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	124	160.00–350.00	280.87
4	—	165	275.00–450.00	357.77
2	—	88	160.00–325.00	249.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	383	183.00	183.00
15	—	480	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	702	131.00	131.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,381	73.50–82.50	75.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	187	—	1,380	62.00–73.50	68.09
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,038	102.50–110.00	107.33
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,038	95.00–97.50	96.23
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	82.50	82.50
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	950	61.00	61.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,008	48.75–61.00	54.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,225	87.50–98.00	92.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	41	—	1,178	58.00–65.00	62.28
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	116	—	1,103	85.00–92.00	90.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,100	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,143	1,275.00–1,325.00	1,293.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,046	985.00–1,060.00	989.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,177	950.00–1,000.00	977.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,264	1,075.00–1,375.00	1,231.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,746	74.50–89.50	83.33
19	—	2,047	94.00–109.00	97.18
28	—	1,866	86.00–98.50	93.07
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	82.00	82.00
7	—	1,174	85.00–100.00	90.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	966	46.00–52.00	49.48
113	—	1,152	56.00–66.50	60.40
94	—	999	43.00–59.00	51.80
1	—	975	71.50	71.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	36.00–44.50	40.80
103	—	1,489	55.00–65.00	60.36
147	—	1,480	62.00–73.50	64.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,550	64.50–76.50	69.35
51	—	1,657	61.00–65.50	62.50

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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Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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