Colorado weekly livestock auction summary

The Colorado weekly cattle auction summary reported receipts of 13,131 head selling the week ending on Oct. 14, compared to 14,652 head trading the previous week and 8,957 head selling a year ago, according to USDA-Colorado Department of Agriculture Market News, Greeley, Colorado.

This 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 650 pounds were selling mostly $2 to $10 lower, and steers over 650 pounds were trading uneven from $7 lower to $7 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 pounds were trading $5 to $10 lower, 500 to 600 pounds were selling $2 to $3 lower, 600 to 750 pounds were selling $1 higher, with no market test on heifers over 750 pounds. In the slaughter cattle supply, average dressing slaughter cows were trading $2 to $4 lower. Average dressing bulls were selling $2 higher. Supply included: 83% feeder cattle (61% steers, 39% heifers, 0% bulls, 0% dairy heifers); 11% slaughter cattle (92% cows, 8% bulls); 6% replacement cattle (58% stock cows, 41% bred cows, 0% bred heifers, 0% cow-calf pairs). Feeder cattle supply over 600 pounds was 34%.

Feeder steers: Medium and large frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 7 head, 290 lbs., 195.00; 40 head, 315 to 348 lbs., 178.00 to 206.00 (192.38); 167 head, 350 to 399 lbs., 176.00 to 212.00 (190.53); 226 head, 404 to 449 lbs., 156.00 to 180.00 (167.12); 412 head, 450 to 498 lbs., 143.00 to 176.00 (153.48); 11 head, 476 to 478 lbs., f59.00 to 160.00 (159.36), thin fleshed; 616 head, 500 to 548 lbs., 141.00 to 165.25 (152.12); 53 head, 500 lbs., 157.00, thin fleshed; 787 head, 550 to 599 lbs., 130.50 to 156.25 (141.98); 28 head, 598 lbs., 142.00, fleshy; 60 head, 570 lbs.,148.50, thin fleshed; 132 head, 604 to 646 lbs., 138.50 to 158.00 (151.73); 49 head, 626 lbs., 151.25, fancy; 4 head, 636 lbs.,132.00, full; 708 head, 601 to 645 lbs., 128.00 to 140.00 (134.90), unweaned; 267 head, 651 to 691 lbs., 137.50 to 153.00 (142.67); 10 head, 661 lbs., 131.00, fleshy; 194 head, 662 to 687 lbs., 125.00 to 134.25 (131.26), unweaned; 126 head, 700 to 747 lbs., 131.50 to 152.25 (147.86); 32 head, 705 to 733 lbs., 130.00 to 131.00 (130.41), unweaned; 61 head, 755 to 795 lbs., 123.00 to 145.75 (131.04); 27 head, 762 lbs., 146.25, fancy; 28 head, 780 lbs., 134.50, full; 69 head, 813 to 829 lbs., 135.50 to 139.75 (139.19); 42 head, 855 to 888 lbs., 136.00 to 139.75 (138.22); 10 head, 921 lbs., 128.50; 8 head, 964 lbs., 124.00; 3 head, 1022 lbs., 117.00. Medium and large frame 1 to 2, 23 head, 288 lbs., 181.00; 23 head, 320 to 326 lbs., 181.00 to 182.00 (181.26); 24 head, 380 to 398 lbs., 170.00 to 175.00 (171.41); 22 head, 418 to 443 lbs., 161.00 to 170.00 (165.49); 19 head, 488 to 489 lbs., 157.00 to 159.00 (157.84); 112 head, 504 to 549 lbs., 136.00 to 153.25 (145.22); 86 head, 550 to 598 lbs., 131.00 to 148.50 (139.03); 25 head, 610 to 628 lbs., 134.00 to 149.50 (139.67); 16 head, 614 lbs., 125.50, unweaned; 7 head, 671 to 683 lbs., 143.00 to 143.50 (143.14); 5 head, 718 lbs., 124.00; 54 head, 770 to 785 lbs., 128.00 to 132.00 (130.22); 40 head, 824 to 847 lbs., 121.50 to 125.00 (123.96); 7 head, 871 lbs., 122.50. Medium and large frame 2, 7 head, 256 lbs., 177.50, full; 7 head, 532 lbs., 136.00; 13 head, 568 lbs., 127.00, full; 31 head, 630 lbs., 133.00. Large frame 1, 13 head, 533 to 548 lbs., 136.00 to 138.00 (137.40); 10 head, 613 to 628 lbs., 125.00, unweaned. Medium frame 1, 8 head, 436 lbs., 146.00; 50 head, 521 to 547 lbs., 123.00 to 125.50 (124.88); 46 head, 580 lbs., 126.00.

Feeder heifers: Medium and large frame 1, 6 head, 270 to 282 lbs., 162.50 to 165.00 (163.72); 99 head, 352 to 398 lbs., 139.50 to 150.50 (143.97); 167 head, 400 to 448 lbs., 130.00 to 151.00 (136.77); 20 head, 403 lbs., 142.00, fancy; 8 head, 413 lbs., 145.00, thin fleshed; 276 head, 450 to 496 lbs., 125.00 to 145.00 (133.75); 58 head, 483 lbs., 135.00, thin fleshed; 411 head, 500 to 548 lbs., 120.00 to 146.00 (131.49); 41 head, 516 to 520 lbs., 138.50 to 158.00 (140.42), fancy; 444 head, 550 to 596 lbs., 120.00 to 145.00 (127.74); 163 head, 604 to 648 lbs., 125.00 to 141.00 (130.63); 3 head, 642 lbs., 126.00, full; 102 head, 600 to 641 lbs., 121.00 to 129.50 (126.56), unweaned; 179 head, 653 to 694 lbs., 127.00 to 138.75 (130.90); 51 head, 653 to 685 lbs., 125.00 to 126.00 (125.56), unweaned; 58 head, 709 to 745 lbs., 125.00 to 130.50 (127.22); 17 head, 701 to 722 lbs., 124.00 to 126.00 (125.18), unweaned; 12 head, 756 to 786 lbs., 121.00 to 123.50 (122.48); 44 head, 850 to 896 lbs., 121.00 to 126.00 (124.64); 5 head, 1038 lbs., 105.00; 14 head, 1020 lbs., 123.00, replacement. Medium and large frame 1 to 2, 40 head, 300 to 347 lbs., 151.00 to 158.00 (153.83); 112 head, 351 to 399 lbs., 126.00 to 154.00 (141.05); 167 head, 407 to 443 lbs., 121.00 to 149.00 (132.72); 171 head, 450 to 497 lbs., 116.00 to 142.50 (129.07); 85 head, 505 to 545 lbs., 126.00 to 141.00 (137.23); 69 head, 557 to 589 lbs., 118.00 to 136.50 (128.22); 59 head, 601 to 635 lbs., 131.00 to 133.00 (132.17); 21 head, 677 to 691 lbs., 124.00 to 128.00 (127.01); 4 head, 666 lbs., 115.00, unweaned; 3 head, 750 lbs., 123.00; 3 head, 842 lbs., 123.00. Medium and large frame 2, 19 head, 285 to 292 lbs., 152.50; 20 head, 358 to 397 lbs., 142.00 to 145.50 (144.11); 19 head, 418 to 448 lbs., 120.00 to 126.00 (124.50); 49 head, 473 lbs., 133.00; 24 head, 564 to 585 lbs., 111.00 to 128.00 (121.85). Medium frame 1, 9 head, 526 lbs., 119.00; 17 head, 551 lbs., 113.00. Medium frame 1 to 2, 6 head, 415 lbs., 129.00. Small and medium frame 1, 12 head, 390 lbs., 121.00.

Feeder bulls: Medium and large frame 1, per hundredweight/actual weight, 12 head, 519 to 525 lbs., 120.00 to 135.00 (125.04); 7 head, 581 lbs., 116.00.

Dairy feeder heifers: Large frame 2, 7 head, 828 lbs., 90.00; 2 head, 945 lbs., 90.00.

Slaughter cows: Breaker 75 to 80%, 50 head, 1315 to 2020 lbs., 57.00 to 69.50 (61.43), average; 14 head, 1560 to 2040 lbs., 63.00 to 72.50 (69.46), high; 34 head, 1300 to 1895 lbs., 51.00 to 58.50 (55.43), low. Boner 80 to 85%, 118 head, 910 to 1750 lbs., 56.00 to 65.00 (60.05), average; 128 head, 1020 to 1835 lbs., 49.50 to 56.00 (51.98), low; 52 head, 1208 to 1770 lbs., 36.00 to 49.00 (46.50), very low. Lean 85 to 90%, 81 head, 820 to 1515 lbs., 48.00 to 59.00 (53.22), average; 10 head, 790 to 1230 lbs., 60.00 to 65.00 (61.31), high; 220 head, 720 to 1525 lbs., 42.00 to 52.00 (47.64), low; 50 head, 820 to 1475 lbs., 25.00 to 42.50 (36.44), very low.

Slaughter bulls: 1 to 2, 52 head, 1350 to 2330 lbs., 76.00 to 85.50 (80.09), average; 1 head, 2000 lbs., 88.00, high; 26 head, 1115 to 2110 lbs., 65.00 to 76.50 (72.55), low; 2 head, 995 lbs., 75.00, low return to feed.

Replacement cows: Medium and large frame 1, from 2 to 4 years, open, 3 head, 730 to 1080 lbs., 82.50 to 87.50 (85.37); from 5 to 8 years, open, 258 head, 905 to 1755 lbs., 48.50 to 63.00 (55.21). Medium and large frame 1 to 2, 8 head, open, 27 head, 1170 to 1465 lbs., 50.00 to 59.50 (54.71). Large frame 2 to 3, more than 2 years, open, 43 head, 815 to 1423 lbs., 81.00 to 89.00 (86.79). Large frame 3, more than 2 years, open, 1 head, 1460 lbs., 79.00. Large frame 4, more than 2 years, open, 4 head, 1095 to 1548 lbs., 58.50 to 61.00 (59.55).

Bred cows: Medium and large frame 1, per head/actual weight, from 2 to 8 years, 2nd trimester, 49 head, 1059 to 1247 lbs., 1025.00 to 1100.00 (1070.41); from 5 to 8 years, 2nd trimester, 35 head, 1255 to 1368 lbs., 810.00 to 975.00 (889.88); more than 8 years, second trimester, 123 head, 185 to 1383 lbs., 625.00 to 760.00 (703.32). Medium and large frame 1 to 2, per head/actual weight, from 2 to 8 years, 2nd trimester, 20 head, 920 to 1520 lbs., 800.00 to 1000.00 (961.20); from 5 to 8 years, 1st to 2nd trimester, 8 head, 1450 lbs., 1000.00; from 5 to 8 years, 2nd trimester, 12 head, 1214 to 1295 lbs., 700.00 to 760.00 (730.97); more than 8 years, 1st trimester, 5 head, 1233 to 1430 lbs., 700.00 to 710.00 (702.25); more than 8 years, 1st to 2nd trimester, 51 head, 1172 to 1386 lbs., 610.00 to 785.00 (705.56); more than 8 years, 3rd trimester, 3 head, 1270 to 1640 lbs., 800.00 to 860.00 (823.54).

Bred heifers: Medium and large frame 1 to 2, per head/actual weight, more than 2 years, 1st trimester, 2 head, 1228 lbs., 1000.00.

Cow-calf pairs: Medium and large frame 1 to 2 with more than 150-pound calf, per family/actual weight, from 2 to 4 years, open, 1 head, 1080 lbs., 1225.00.