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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 3

● As filed79 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 79 priced lines covering 2,155 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,754 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 533 head. replacement cattle receipts at 120 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,754Last week 404Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 533Last week 665Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 120Last week 543Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average for 2 Colorado auctions included: Centennial Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Centennial Livestock held its monthly dairy feeder cattle sale, where producers saw trade 7.00 to 9.00 higher on dairy steers under 600 lbs and sharply higher prices on dairy steers over 600 lbs. Dairy heifers were too lightly tested to trend, but higher undertones were noted. Slaughter cows and bulls made up the bulk of the run at Livestock Exchange. Compared to the statewide average from last week, average dressing Breakers traded 2.00 to 3.50 higher, average dressing Boners .50 to 2.00 higher, average dressing Leans steady to .50 lower, and average dressing Bulls 1.50 to 2.50 higher. Bred cows, pairs, and feeding cows were too thinly traded to trend. The next available report will be Friday, August 14, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	504	91.00	91.00
7	—	1,255	85.50	85.50
6	—	627	90.00	90.00
5	—	594	89.00	89.00
4	—	1,401	79.50	79.50
24	—	1,121	88.25	88.25
17	—	675	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	802	88.50	88.50
8	—	776	86.50	86.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	440	140.00–146.00	144.98
16	—	586	102.50–110.00	103.85
7	—	456	125.00	125.00
6	—	603	103.00	103.00
5	—	346	142.00	142.00
4	—	764	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	448	90.00	90.00
25	—	550	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	940	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	383	69.00–70.00	69.76
6	—	271	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	225	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	281	110.00	110.00
10	—	314	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	277	122.00–125.00	124.27
19	—	617	97.00–98.00	97.84
12	—	308	113.00–120.00	117.09
7	—	771	87.00	87.00
7	—	539	96.00	96.00
7	—	434	111.00	111.00
6	—	450	104.00	104.00
5	—	936	83.50	83.50
8	—	376	111.00	111.00
3	—	690	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	762	96.00–98.00	96.93
24	—	688	100.00–100.50	100.29
5	—	977	88.75	88.75
5	—	1,217	84.00	84.00
6	—	1,174	87.25	87.25
10	—	855	93.00	93.00
13	—	732	98.00–100.50	99.74
242	—	330	126.00–128.50	128.09
148	—	372	120.00–129.50	127.46
137	—	469	110.25–118.25	115.95
113	—	416	113.00–121.50	118.60
83	—	568	104.00–106.00	105.00
48	—	610	102.50–104.50	103.68
34	—	807	93.00–97.50	96.58
30	—	523	105.00–106.75	106.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	708	126.50	126.50
7	—	609	133.00	133.00
8	—	345	150.00	150.00
52	—	421	147.50–158.50	155.12
90	—	480	142.50–150.50	149.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	630	111.00	111.00
13	—	355	133.00	133.00
44	—	408	126.00–129.00	126.43

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,403	950.00–1,035.00	990.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,314	835.00–850.00	844.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	978	825.00–925.00	917.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,530	950.00	950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,660	1,275.00	1,275.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	68	—	890	80.00–90.00	86.85

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	717	70.00–76.00	73.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	903	101.00–116.00	109.48

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	950	90.00	90.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,183	56.00–67.00	62.46
5	—	956	30.00–42.00	36.37
21	—	1,200	45.00–55.00	51.01
43	—	1,253	68.00–77.00	69.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,284	75.00–81.00	77.67
30	—	1,422	52.00–64.50	62.41
190	—	1,387	65.00–74.00	69.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,767	66.50–76.50	69.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,261	104.00–106.50	104.80
18	—	1,536	71.00–90.50	86.04
22	—	2,053	91.00–103.00	97.05

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.