Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2019-11-27

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Nov 27
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
3,672 vs last sale 4,092 420 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
10 vs last sale 110 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
253 head
447 vs last sale 700 253 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady in a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.23/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$133.23
125 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.57
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534133.23712125
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale125 hd
133.23
CO average2 barns · 312 hd
133.80
−0.57
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
BullsLow1,94079.571,54423
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38257.557956thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,09254.1559110
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03743.2644826

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1-2536140.50/cwt140.50–140.507537
SteersMedium and Large 1-2418171.66/cwt171.00–174.007189
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482160.09/cwt156.00–163.0077220
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned629121.00/cwt121.00–121.0076113
SteersMedium and Large 1474168.14/cwt166.00–169.007977
SteersMedium and Large 1563142.40/cwt140.00–146.0080219
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned798128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0214
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650134.00/cwt134.00–134.008716
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned712126.30/cwt125.00–129.0089919
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned623131.57/cwt130.00–135.5082023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2554136.00/cwt136.00–136.007534
HeifersMedium and Large 1372151.00/cwt151.00–151.005625
HeifersMedium and Large 1674128.00/cwt128.00–128.008635
HeifersMedium and Large 1487134.58/cwt130.50–137.5065517
HeifersMedium and Large 1423146.22/cwt144.00–148.0061919
HeifersMedium and Large 1526131.00/cwt130.50–133.0068924
HeifersMedium and Large 1572131.46/cwt126.00–134.5075238
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008044
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,09054.81/cwt48.00–60.0059798
Bulls1,75674.26/cwt72.50–78.001,3044
Bulls1,97980.69/cwt80.00–82.001,59719
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05451.63/cwt50.00–54.505445
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13056.67/cwt56.00–58.006405
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38257.55/cwt56.00–59.007956
CowsLean 85-90%1,10347.21/cwt46.00–50.005216
CowsLean 85-90%1,02640.84/cwt36.00–42.004199
CowsLean 85-90%1,00943.09/cwt43.00–44.0043511

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.