Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-01-08

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Jan 8
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,222 head
177 vs last sale 1,399 1,222 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
50 vs last sale 150 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
250 head
400 vs last sale 650 250 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with the last sale (12/18/19 Steers under 700 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher except for 500 to 550 lbs 8.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.50/cwt on 334 head.
Average price
$157.50
334 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$941
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$24.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.65
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2448175.6578737
Medium and Large 1620155.40964286
Large 1508151.0076711thin
One grade step is worth $24.65/cwt here — about $20 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 sale334 hd
157.50
CO average4 barns · 8,743 hd
161.15
−3.65
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
BullsLow1,88374.961,41110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38151.977189thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07548.5052222
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04445.3547425

Every lot, as filed

33 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
BullsMedium and Large 1734123.00/cwt123.00–123.0090312
Bulls1,64471.82/cwt69.00–74.001,1813
Bulls1,98576.30/cwt75.50–79.001,5157
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11453.89/cwt51.00–56.006009
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02943.59/cwt41.00–48.5044912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32547.78/cwt46.00–49.506332
SteersMedium and Large 1584157.39/cwt155.00–161.0091928
SteersMedium and Large 1613153.80/cwt152.00–155.5094340
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,16352.15/cwt44.00–59.0060796
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511160.00/cwt160.00–160.0081817
SteersMedium and Large 1863131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1315
SteersMedium and Large 1361203.73/cwt203.00–205.007358
SteersLarge 1508151.00/cwt151.00–151.0076711
SteersMedium and Large 1443200.00/cwt200.00–200.008864
SteersMedium and Large 1815133.49/cwt131.00–135.001,08821
HeifersMedium and Large 1579136.55/cwt135.00–139.0079131
SteersMedium and Large 1475187.38/cwt185.00–189.0089010
SteersMedium and Large 1520171.09/cwt169.00–175.0089061
SteersMedium and Large 1679143.92/cwt142.00–146.50977109
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385191.35/cwt190.00–194.007379
SteersMedium and Large 1-2403187.00/cwt187.00–187.0075411
HeifersMedium and Large 1419150.13/cwt148.00–151.0062916
HeifersMedium and Large 1476145.44/cwt145.00–146.0069221
HeifersMedium and Large 1729128.50/cwt127.00–131.0093725
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535133.33/cwt132.00–135.0071316
HeifersMedium and Large 1513142.81/cwt141.00–144.0073348
HeifersMedium and Large 1611136.22/cwt135.50–137.5083252
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39753.17/cwt51.00–56.007437
CowsLean 85-90%1,05943.60/cwt41.00–44.004628
CowsLean 85-90%1,03746.18/cwt45.00–48.0047917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28059.00/cwt59.00–59.007551
HeifersMedium and Large 1653134.00/cwt134.00–134.008759
HeifersMedium and Large 1778125.00/cwt125.00–125.009739

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.