Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2019-05-01

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, May 1
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
← earliestMay 1May 8 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
831 head
▲ 831 vs last sale 0▲ 831 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
197 head
▲ 197 vs last sale 0▲ 197 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 0▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week: Due to the light receipts last week no comparison available. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.22/cwt on 271 head.
Average price
$156.22
271 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$807
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.53
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520157.92821222
Medium and Large 1-2501148.5474549
One grade step is worth $9.38/cwt here — about $76 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale271 hd
156.22
—
CO average3 barns · 712 hd
154.70
+1.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48368.831,02116
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18961.8473518
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05154.5757413

Every lot, as filed

31 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1—703150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,05517
SteersMedium and Large 1—434202.54/cwt199.00–206.008798
SteersMedium and Large 1—816138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1267
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—819126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,03614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—325201.00/cwt201.00–201.006535
HeifersMedium and Large 1—679139.00/cwt139.00–139.0094410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—731132.00/cwt132.00–132.009658
HeifersMedium and Large 1—785125.00/cwt125.00–125.009814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320178.00/cwt178.00–178.005704
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01555.56/cwt53.00–58.005644
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—538142.97/cwt140.00–147.0076934
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—418161.17/cwt160.00–162.0067415
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510163.12/cwt158.00–166.0083298
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567147.46/cwt147.00–151.0083642
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477160.61/cwt157.00–167.0076628
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377170.00/cwt170.00–170.0064116
SteersMedium and Large 1—504198.51/cwt195.00–200.001,00020
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432166.99/cwt165.00–168.0072112
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02651.60/cwt48.00–52.505297
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18765.67/cwt63.00–68.007808
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19058.78/cwt55.00–61.0069910
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63371.52/cwt71.00–73.001,1684
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2751,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0019,1257
SteersMedium and Large 1—653164.44/cwt162.00–165.501,07410
SteersMedium and Large 1—474198.97/cwt196.00–201.0094310
SteersMedium and Large 1—566180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0195
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—405192.00/cwt192.00–192.007784
SteersMedium and Large 1—614166.97/cwt162.00–170.001,02556
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3111,286.49/cwt1,275.00–1,310.0016,86613
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21063.00/cwt63.00–63.007622
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43367.93/cwt65.00–69.0097312

How this sale compares

Colorado weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Colorado auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.