Colorado weekly livestock auction summary

The Colorado weekly cattle auction summary reported receipts of 8,634 head selling the week ending on Oct. 1, compared to 7,944 head trading the previous week and 5,633 head selling a year ago, according to USDA-Colorado Department of Agriculture Market News, Greeley, Colorado.

This week’s report includes results from Livestock Exchange, Winter Livestock, La Junta Livestock and Sterling Livestock. Compared to a week ago, trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder steers weighing under 500 pounds were selling mostly $1 to $4 lower, 500 to 600 pounds were trading $1 to $4 higher, and steers over 600 pounds were mixed, trading was mostly $1 to $5 lower. Feeder heifers across all weight classes were trading mostly $1 to $6 higher. In the slaughter cows and bulls supply, average dressing Breakers were selling $1 higher, average dressing Boners were trading $1 higher, average dressing Leans were selling $1 lower, and average dressing Bulls were trading $2 lower. A large portion of this offering of slaughter cows will be put back on feed. Supply included: 77% feeder cattle (52% steers, 0% dairy steers, 46% heifers, 1% bulls); 12% slaughter cattle (1% steers, 87% cows, 12% bulls); 11% replacement cattle (69% stock cows, 31% bred cows). Feeder cattle supply over 600 pounds was 26%.

Feeder steers: Medium and large frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 58 head, 316 to 344 lbs., 185.00 to 206.00 (192.48); 59 head, 350 to 390 lbs., 177.50 to 207.00 (187.85); 196 head, 400 to 448 lbs., 169.00 to 190.00 (175.55); 17 head, 407 to 415 lbs., 179.00 to 180.00 (179.35), fancy; 9 head, 413 lbs., 184.00, thin fleshed; 180 head, 456 to 497 lbs., 160.00 to 173.00 (164.94); 8 head, 457 lbs., 176.00, fancy; 4 head, 450 to 475 lbs., 155.00 to 156.00 (155.49), full; 30 head, 459 lbs., 176.00, thin fleshed; 468 head, 500 to 545 lbs., 148.00 to 168.00 (157.16); 2 head, 530 lbs., 150.00, full; 460 head, 550 to 597 lbs., 141.00 to 156.50 (148.03); 73 head, 551 to 597 lbs., 152.00 to 155.50 (152.90), fancy; 30 head, 596 lbs., 140.00, fleshy; 5 head, 578 lbs., 155.00, thin fleshed; 30 head, 600 to 641 lbs., 136.00 to 151.00 (143.32); 196 head, 602 to 646 lbs., 136.50 to 142.00 (139.55), unweaned; 103 head, 662 to 691 lbs., 128.00 to 147.00 (141.88); 5 head, 651 lbs., 141.50, thin fleshed; 50 head, 654 to 689 lbs., 134.50 to 138.00 (135.87), unweaned; 53 head, 713 to 748 lbs., 135.00 to 143.00 (140.35); 120 head, 704 to 741 lbs., 129.00 to 137.00 (135.63), unweaned; 24 head, 761 to 795 lbs., 135.00 to 140.00 (139.35); 17 head, 756 lbs., 143.00, fancy; 41 head, 803 to 816 lbs., 134.00 to 141.75 (138.40); 25 head, 857 to 898 lbs., 132.00 to 133.50 (132.69); 3 head, 913 lbs., 126.00; 8 head, 976 lbs., 124.00. Medium and large frame 1, per head/actual weight, 3 head, 215 lbs., 410.00. Medium and large frame 1 to 2, per hundredweight/actual weight, 5 head, 283 lbs., 182.50; 9 head, 346 lbs., 182.00; 32 head, 405 to 449 lbs., 161.00 to 171.00 (165.83); 150 head, 453 to 497 lbs., 152.00 to 166.00 (159.00); 40 head, 516 to 544 lbs., 146.00 to 151.00 (149.14); 60 head, 565 to 594 lbs., 139.50 to 142.50 (140.92); 27 head, 601 to 635 lbs., 139.00 to 146.50 (142.39); 51 head, 650 to 680 lbs., 128.00 to 141.50 (134.34); 35 head, 713 to 714 lbs., 127.50 to 131.50 (128.18); 6 head, 794 lbs., 128.00; 31 head, 800 lbs., 135.75; 10 head, 870 to 896 lbs., 116.00 to 128.00 (123.28). Medium and large frame 2, per hundredweight/actual weight, 4 head, 448 lbs., 151.00. Medium frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 6 head, 530 to 542 lbs., 144.00 to 149.00 (144.82).

Dairy feeder steers: Large frame 3, per hundredweight/actual weight, 6 head, 1152 lbs., 71.00. Large frame 4, 4 head, 919 lbs., 61.00.

Feeder heifers: Medium and large frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 11 head, 308 to 340 lbs., 170.00 to 175.00 (173.07); 78 head, 352 to 394 lbs., 155.00 to 171.50 (159.71); 304 head, 400 to 444 lbs., 140.00 to 160.00 (147.42); 22 head, 420 lbs., 150.00, thin fleshed; 406 head, 450 to 496 lbs., 134.00 to 151.50 (139.57); 80 head, 457 lbs., 148.00, fancy; 5 head, 455 lbs., 135.00, full; 16 head, 453 lbs., 147.00, thin fleshed; 405 head, 502 to 548 lbs., 129.00 to 144.50 (134.87); 228 head, 551 to 595 lbs., 128.00 to 146.75 (135.33); 53 head, 552 lbs., 139.50, thin fleshed; 6 head, 600 lbs., 139.00; 115 head, 600 to 635 lbs., 129.00 to 134.00 (132.55), unweaned; 44 head, 665 to 685 lbs., 134.00 to 138.50 (134.69); 43 head, 655 to 691 lbs., 123.00 to 133.50 (128.08), unweaned; 83 head, 701 to 736 lbs., 130.00 to 136.50 (135.29); 6 head, 750 to 761 lbs., 125.00 to 126.00 (125.16); 60 head, 776 lbs., 134.50, guaranteed open; 18 head, 815 lbs., 131.00; 33 head, 841 to 847 lbs., 131.00 to 133.00 (132.76), guaranteed open; 21 head, 859 to 887 lbs., 121.50 to 124.50 (122.76); 9 head, 908 to 935 lbs., 118.50 to 119.50 (118.84); 15 head, 955 to 989 lbs., 114.00 to 123.00 (121.25); 3 head, 968 lbs., 114.00, fleshy; 6 head, 988 lbs., 119.00, guaranteed open. Medium and large frame 1, per head/actual weight, 5 head, 242 lbs., 400.00; 3 head, 250 lbs., 385.00. Medium and large frame 1 to 2, per hundredweight/actual weight, 42 head, 300 to 346 lbs., 147.00 to 161.00 (155.77); 95 head, 354 to 398 lbs., 143.00 to 158.00 (146.29); 52 head, 455 to 489 lbs., 130.00 to 138.00 (133.69); 29 head, 529 to 532 lbs., 135.00 to 137.00 (136.79); 41 head, 559 to 588 lbs., 128.00 to 134.00 (132.42); 6 head, 618 to 628 lbs., 125.00 to 133.00 (127.65); 9 head, 688 lbs., 126.00; 11 head, 718 to 729 lbs., 124.00 to 126.00 (124.90); 15 head, 762 to 788 lbs., 120.00 to 122.00 (120.41); 4 head, 840 lbs., 111.00, full; 3 head, 978 lbs., 114.50, guaranteed open; 6 head, 1120 to 1121 lbs., 101.00 to 106.50 (104.67), guaranteed open. Medium and large frame 2, per hundredweight/actual weight, 7 head, 432 lbs., 132.00; 11 head, 478 to 485 lbs., 122.00 to 131.00 (127.72); 3 head, 602 lbs., 106.00; 4 head, 659 lbs., 123.00. Large frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 3 head, 428 lbs., 143.00. Large frame 1 to 2, per hundredweight/actual weight, 5 head, 789 lbs., 122.00. Medium frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 8 head, 716 lbs., 127.50. Medium frame 1 to 2, per hundredweight/actual weight, 3 head, 607 lbs., 120.00.

Feeder bulls: Medium and large frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 21 head, 569 lbs., 144.00; 11 head, 689 lbs., 136.00, unweaned. Medium and large frame 1 to 2, per hundredweight/actual weight, 5 head, 386 lbs., 162.00; 9 head, 458 lbs., 156.25. Large frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 4 head, 643 lbs., 101.00. Slaughter steers: Choice 1 to 3, per hundredweight/actual weight, 7 head, 1448 to 1616 lbs., 95.00 to 104.00 (101.63), average. Select and Choice 2 to 4, per hundredweight/actual weight, 3 head, 1460 lbs., 80.00, average.

Slaughter cows: Breaker 75 to 80%, per hundredweight/actual weight, 30 head, 1290 to 2020 lbs., 58.00 to 74.00 (65.66), average; 40 head, 1425 to 2090 lbs., 51.00 to 61.00 (57.94), low. Boner 80 to 85%, per hundredweight/actual weight, 85 head, 1095 to 1668 lbs., 56.00 to 70.00 (63.90), average; 1 head, 1575 lbs., 66.50, high; 133 head, 1080 to 1810 lbs., 50.00 to 60.00 (55.42), low; 43 head, 1270 to 1730 lbs., 39.00 to 52.50 (50.09), very low. Lean 85 to 90%, per hundredweight/actual weight, 21 head, 920 to 1360 lbs., 50.00 to 67.00 (57.67), average; 157 head, 770 to 1550 lbs., 42.00 to 55.50 (49.66), low; 67 head, 796 to 1445 lbs., 31.00 to 44.50 (38.02), very low. Slaughter bulls: 1 to 2, per hundredweight/actual weight, 30 head, 1511 to 2225 lbs., 76.00 to 85.00 (79.73), average; 2 head, 2385 to 2400 lbs., 89.00 to 95.00 (91.99), high; 33 head, 1442 to 2045 lbs., 70.00 to 80.00 (74.42), low; 6 head, 1190 to 1269 lbs., 71.00 to 78.00 (72.27), low return to feed. Frame 2, per hundredweight/actual weight, 13 head, 996 to 1235 lbs., 56.50 to 62.00 (60.09), low return to feed.

Replacement cattle: Medium and large frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, from 2 to 4 years, open, 14 head, 835 to 1175 lbs., 81.00 to 97.00 (83.57); from 5 to 8 years, open, 214 head, 1022 to 1850 lbs., 50.00 to 61.00 (56.17). Medium and large frame 1 to 2, per hundredweight/actual weight, more than 2 years, open, 7 head, 1064 to 1170 lbs., 110.00 to 119.00 (114.93); from 2 to 4 years, open, 13 head, 980 to 1400 lbs., 69.00 to 75.50 (71.52); from 5 to 8 years, open, 65 head, 1035 to 1510 lbs., 62.00 to 69.50 (66.72). Large frame 2 to 3, per hundredweight/actual weight, more than 2 years, open, 18 head, 1020 to 1420 lbs., 84.50 to 88.50 (86.86). Large frame 3, per hundredweight/actual weight, more than 2 years, open, 1 head, 1360 lbs., 79.00.

Bred replacement cows: Medium and large frame 1, per head/actual weight, from 5 to 8 years, second trimester, 30 head, 1244 to 1388 lbs., 835.00 to 960.00 (896.13); less than 8 years, second trimester, 59 head, 1125 to 1292 lbs., 650.00 to 760.00 (689.53). Medium and large frame 1 to 2, per head/actual weight, from 5 to 8 years, first trimester, 5 head, 1005 to 1330 lbs., 825.00 to 900.00 (861.21); from 5 to 8 years, second trimester, 28 head, 1158 to 1700 lbs., 900.00 to 1075.00 (1043.01); less than 8 years, first to second trimester, 20 head, 1005 to 1475 lbs., 575.00 to 835.00 (749.33).