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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 17

● As filed65 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 65 priced lines covering 2,424 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,797 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 747 head. replacement cattle receipts at 295 head. Counted as USDA files them — 68 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,797Last week 901Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 747Last week 708Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 295Last week 149Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auctions included: Winter Livestock, and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand good for yearling feeder cattle and moderate to good for slaughter cows and bulls. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly tested to trend. In the slaughter cattle supply, average dressing Breakers traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower, average dressing Boners .50 to 1.50 lower, average dressing Leans 1.00 to 5.00 lower, and average dressing Bulls .50 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cows too thinly tested to trend. The next available report will be Friday, August 28, 2020.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,187	51.00–66.00	60.24
60	—	1,080	41.00–56.00	52.16
6	—	1,178	27.50–43.00	34.55
4	—	1,074	66.50–74.00	69.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,592	61.00–72.00	65.07
11	—	1,704	59.50–62.00	61.29
2	—	1,550	68.00–68.50	68.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,371	61.50–72.50	65.52
134	—	1,416	52.00–62.50	59.42
7	—	1,378	68.00–80.00	75.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,676	66.50–89.50	82.11
30	—	1,881	84.00–99.00	89.28
1	—	2,135	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	86.00–87.00	86.47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	841	135.50–137.00	136.76
10	—	589	147.50–151.00	148.92
9	—	362	177.50–185.00	180.80
5	—	301	202.50	202.50
3	—	530	157.00	157.00
63	—	734	144.80	144.80
9	—	915	129.00	129.00
16	—	428	168.00–175.00	174.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
421	—	817	142.35–144.75	144.14
270	—	726	147.75–151.50	149.81
180	—	755	146.10–148.00	147.66
162	—	881	136.85–138.85	138.26
63	—	962	130.50–133.10	132.85
31	—	910	135.85	135.85
10	—	1,000	120.50	120.50
10	—	418	171.00–175.50	173.16
9	—	379	187.50–193.00	189.25
7	—	463	171.00	171.00
4	—	540	161.00	161.00
53	—	619	146.50–155.00	150.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	560	126.50	126.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	640	137.00–138.00	137.51
7	—	331	160.00–170.00	164.08
5	—	426	151.00	151.00
11	—	677	125.50–128.50	127.69
20	—	571	128.00–147.00	136.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	814	130.50	130.50
10	—	726	133.00–136.50	135.46
10	—	411	149.50–163.00	159.50
1	—	250	485.00	485.00
40	—	976	114.00	114.00
16	—	527	135.50–139.00	137.23
11	—	773	126.00	126.00
11	—	561	131.50–137.50	134.72
11	—	477	142.00–144.00	142.87
5	—	372	151.00	151.00
2	—	325	158.50	158.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	220	500.00–525.00	515.34
1	—	170	460.00	460.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,315	1,485.00–1,560.00	1,543.56
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,480	1,135.00–1,350.00	1,265.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,523	1,400.00–1,510.00	1,451.28

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,347	910.00–985.00	931.94

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	3	—	1,127	71.00–74.50	73.24
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,285	89.00–99.00	91.08

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,089	115.00–123.00	119.47

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	41	—	425	45.00–63.00	53.14

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,071	71.00–79.00	73.85

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	35	—	928	81.00–88.00	85.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	63.00	63.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	28	—	1,282	800.00–935.00	884.84

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.