Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Steers under 700 lbs in a light test steady to 2.00 lower, over 700 lbs steady to 1.00 lower.. Heifers too lightly tested for a comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady in a light test. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.73/cwt on 175 head.

Average price

$160.73

175 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$146

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

$18.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.67

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	445	175.14	780	38
Medium and Large 1	591	156.73	926	137

One grade step is worth $18.41/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale175 hd

160.73

—

CO average3 barns · 1,874 hd

152.06

+8.67

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	—	Low	1,772	77.78	1,378	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,442	56.50	815	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,080	54.69	591	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	887	40.44	359	27

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	57.74/cwt	51.00–62.00	696	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	172.21/cwt	169.00–176.00	823	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	162.23/cwt	160.00–163.00	923	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	171.77/cwt	168.00–173.00	900	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	138.22/cwt	137.00–139.00	916	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	482	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	752	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	814	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	736	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	868	13
Bulls	—	—	1,772	77.78/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,378	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,072	55.94/cwt	54.50–57.00	600	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	53.52/cwt	50.00–56.00	582	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	690	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	644	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,013	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	155.55/cwt	155.00–157.00	709	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	150.77/cwt	150.50–151.00	510	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	136.84/cwt	136.00–137.00	980	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	651	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	138.41/cwt	137.00–139.00	790	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	134.90/cwt	133.00–136.00	857	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	130.86/cwt	129.00–132.00	886	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	874	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	917	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,343	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	846	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,419	52.79/cwt	52.00–53.00	749	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	56.76/cwt	55.00–57.00	842	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	51.31/cwt	50.00–54.00	505	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	45.62/cwt	41.00–49.00	435	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	792	31.60/cwt	31.00–36.00	250	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	560	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	818	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	664	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	969	6

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 Feb 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 778Last week 1,453Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 94Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 94Year ago 0

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	16	—	1,205	51.00–62.00	57.74

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	478	169.00–176.00	172.21
6	—	346	186.00	186.00
6	—	403	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	569	160.00–163.00	162.23
29	—	524	168.00–173.00	171.77
32	—	663	137.00–139.00	138.22
6	—	403	189.00	189.00
13	—	352	196.00	196.00
4	—	779	130.00	130.00
25	—	716	136.00–137.00	136.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	664	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	482	156.00	156.00
7	—	554	147.00	147.00
13	—	736	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	456	155.00–157.00	155.55
5	—	417	156.00	156.00
10	—	571	137.00–139.00	138.41
11	—	635	133.00–136.00	134.90
31	—	677	129.00–132.00	130.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	482	149.00	149.00
6	—	363	151.00	151.00
11	—	338	150.50–151.00	150.77
4	—	716	122.00	122.00
7	—	758	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	560	146.00	146.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,772	76.00–79.00	77.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,072	54.50–57.00	55.94
16	—	1,088	50.00–56.00	53.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	63.00	63.00
4	—	1,419	52.00–53.00	52.79
7	—	1,483	55.00–57.00	56.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	984	50.00–54.00	51.31
10	—	953	41.00–49.00	45.62
12	—	792	31.00–36.00	31.60

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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Reporter comment USDA

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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Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle