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Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Colorado · Weekly summary · Mon, Feb 15

● As filed80 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1907

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Colorado reported 80 priced lines covering 1,851 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,216 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 426 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,144 head. Counted as USDA files them — 36 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Colorado Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Feb 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,216Last week 5,323Year ago 4,103

Slaughter CattleReceipts 426Last week 876Year ago 206

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,144Last week 1,192Year ago 131

Compared to last week: Combined weighted average report for 2 Colorado auction markets included: La Junta Livestock and Livestock Exchange. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 550 lbs traded mostly sharply higher on a light test, 550-650 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, and over 650 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded unevenly steady, 600-650 lbs 5.00 lower, and over 650 lbs 6.00 higher. In the slaughter cow and bull supply, average dressing Breakers traded 2.00 lower, average dressing Boners 1.00 lower, average dressing Leans 3.00 higher, and average dressing bulls 1.00 higher. The next available report will be Monday, March 1, 2021.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,625	63.00–74.50	67.27
1	—	1,553	74.00	74.00
14	—	1,761	61.00–66.00	61.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,382	62.00–71.00	65.19
1	—	1,255	73.00	73.00
31	—	1,486	50.00–61.50	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	70.00	70.00
8	—	972	25.00–53.00	42.96
10	—	1,118	41.00–60.00	51.31
53	—	1,086	55.00–68.00	62.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,275	101.50–102.00	101.82
17	—	1,939	85.00–99.00	93.62
4	—	2,026	83.00–91.50	89.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	95.00	95.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	780	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	827	110.00	110.00
5	—	896	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	142.00	142.00
21	—	684	130.00–135.50	133.75
6	—	377	181.00	181.00
4	—	761	123.00	123.00
4	—	493	179.00	179.00
11	—	331	191.00	191.00
6	—	444	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	340	191.00–195.00	192.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	615	163.00	163.00
44	—	816	142.75	142.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	679	147.00–150.00	149.01
11	—	627	146.00–147.00	146.28
100	—	726	141.00–146.25	144.65
5	—	550	156.00	156.00
9	—	345	212.00	212.00
40	—	520	161.00–185.00	182.33
25	—	465	183.00–197.50	192.44
28	—	419	187.00–193.00	189.55
77	—	775	132.50–140.10	139.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	441	146.00	146.00
4	—	361	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	121.00	121.00
2	—	950	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	488	121.00	121.00
6	—	594	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	535	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	410	151.00–156.00	152.99
17	—	609	124.00–130.00	125.40
12	—	566	129.00	129.00
4	—	720	123.50	123.50
3	—	473	144.00	144.00
8	—	669	125.50	125.50
2	—	500	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	418	154.00–155.00	154.84
6	—	388	161.00	161.00
48	—	749	135.00–136.00	135.12
66	—	611	128.50–138.00	129.22
17	—	489	152.00	152.00
105	—	670	136.00–139.00	137.89
57	—	516	145.00–150.00	146.97
24	—	574	134.00–141.00	136.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	790	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	958	79.00	79.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,232	66.00–73.00	69.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,258	88.00–101.50	93.49

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	36	—	973	80.00–86.00	82.01

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	904	61.00–67.50	63.34

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	6	—	1,119	105.00–112.50	107.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,259	63.00–69.00	66.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,145	71.00–81.00	72.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	706	38.50	38.50

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)	43	—	1,508	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,101.83
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,109	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	—	1,490	1,010.00–1,110.00	1,070.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	73	—	1,270	800.00–985.00	875.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	—	1,233	1,225.00–1,375.00	1,289.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	44	—	1,297	1,175.00–1,310.00	1,244.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	85	—	1,240	950.00–1,135.00	1,046.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,040	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,329.19

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,259	1,000.00–1,160.00	1,058.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,111	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,311.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,150	1,225.00	1,225.00

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.