Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Steers under 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 600 to 700 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Heifers under 700 lbs mostly steady. Yearling feeder steers over 700 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Yearling feeder heifers over 700 lbs scarce. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.14/cwt on 499 head.

Average price

$163.14

499 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2

$41.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.68

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	430	179.73	772	54
Medium and Large 1	568	165.73	941	360
Large 1	643	143.40	921	57
Small and Medium 2	509	138.00	702	28

One grade step is worth $41.73/cwt here — about $70 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 sale499 hd

163.14

—

CO average3 barns · 3,065 hd

159.46

+3.68

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	2,081	83.49	1,737	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,462	61.97	906	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,154	59.57	687	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	914	51.63	472	42

Every lot, as filed

36 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	479	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	786	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	827	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	704	13
Bulls	—	—	2,081	83.49/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,737	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	657	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	58.79/cwt	56.00–60.00	690	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	65.96/cwt	65.50–66.50	1,020	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	173.08/cwt	170.00–175.00	895	37
Steers	Large 1	—	576	157.13/cwt	154.00–159.00	905	16
Steers	Large 1	—	639	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	907	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	55.96/cwt	48.00–63.00	649	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	817	28
Steers	Large 1	—	694	134.62/cwt	133.00–139.00	934	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	962	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	154.27/cwt	151.00–158.00	956	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	128.53/cwt	128.00–129.00	990	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	186.69/cwt	185.00–188.00	853	35
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	509	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	702	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	133.54/cwt	131.00–135.00	964	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	196.33/cwt	190.00–200.00	840	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	167.40/cwt	162.00–172.00	936	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	794	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	185.02/cwt	181.00–186.00	668	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	155.72/cwt	151.00–159.00	749	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	141.08/cwt	138.00–144.00	807	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	602	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	712	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	162.00/cwt	161.00–163.00	517	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	154.86/cwt	151.00–156.00	660	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	58.20/cwt	56.00–60.50	805	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	38.49/cwt	36.00–41.00	327	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	47.51/cwt	46.00–49.00	503	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	901	52.82/cwt	50.00–53.00	476	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	903	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	256	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	468	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	467	163.19/cwt	163.00–164.00	762	51

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.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed Jan 29, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,453Last week 2,529Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 100Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 94Last week 150Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	479	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	481	151.00–159.00	155.72
136	—	572	138.00–144.00	141.08
6	—	734	123.00	123.00
7	—	256	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	376	160.00	160.00
8	—	481	148.00	148.00
26	—	319	161.00–163.00	162.00
30	—	426	151.00–156.00	154.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	467	163.00–164.00	163.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	656	126.00	126.00
13	—	400	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	517	170.00–175.00	173.08
7	—	650	148.00	148.00
21	—	620	151.00–158.00	154.27
28	—	770	128.00–129.00	128.53
35	—	457	185.00–188.00	186.69
44	—	722	131.00–135.00	133.54
52	—	428	190.00–200.00	196.33
136	—	559	162.00–172.00	167.40
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	576	154.00–159.00	157.13
19	—	639	142.00	142.00
22	—	694	133.00–139.00	134.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	464	176.00	176.00
11	—	436	182.00	182.00
15	—	361	181.00–186.00	185.02
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	509	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	2,081	80.00–86.00	83.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	65.00	65.00
7	—	1,174	56.00–60.00	58.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,546	65.50–66.50	65.96
18	—	1,383	56.00–60.50	58.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	36.00–41.00	38.49
4	—	1,059	46.00–49.00	47.51
36	—	901	50.00–53.00	52.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	94	—	1,160	48.00–63.00	55.96

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Slaughter Cattle

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