Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-04-08

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Apr 8
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,034 head
▼ 2,233 vs last sale 3,267▲ 1,034 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 107 vs last sale 125▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
227 head
▲ 227 vs last sale 0▲ 227 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available this week due to the limited receipts from the prior week. Demand good for calves slow to moderate for slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.69/cwt on 251 head.
Average price
$151.69
251 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$253
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 1
$3.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.17
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1421155.006538thin
Medium and Large 1598151.58906243
One grade step is worth $3.42/cwt here — about −$253 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 sale251 hd
151.69
—
CO average2 barns · 1,878 hd
149.51
+2.17
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%Average1,52549.817605thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19948.355794thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low82232.842709thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—506153.15/cwt151.00–155.0077539
SteersMedium and Large 1—489162.00/cwt162.00–162.007924
HeifersMedium and Large 1—587135.53/cwt131.00–136.0079694
HeifersMedium and Large 1—609125.00/cwt125.00–125.0076140
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515145.09/cwt141.00–146.5074728
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700113.00/cwt113.00–113.0079114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—404140.00/cwt139.00–141.0056610
SteersMedium and Large 1—619146.21/cwt142.00–147.0090557
SteersMedium and Large 1—535161.00/cwt161.00–161.0086149
SteersMedium and Large 1—821107.58/cwt106.00–108.0088319
SteersMedium and Large 1—709121.00/cwt121.00–121.0085818
SteersMedium and Large 1—575151.00/cwt151.00–151.0086814
SteersMedium and Large 1—424172.00/cwt172.00–172.007297
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1141,341.82/cwt1,300.00–1,400.0014,94812
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3231,097.74/cwt1,085.00–1,100.0014,52312
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0811,443.32/cwt1,410.00–1,475.0015,60219
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2751,685.00/cwt1,685.00–1,685.0021,48423
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,3061,641.22/cwt1,585.00–1,675.0021,43418
SteersMedium 1—421155.00/cwt155.00–155.006538
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,13047.73/cwt45.00–53.0053919
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2561,238.16/cwt1,225.00–1,275.0015,55119
CowsLean 85-90%—80931.69/cwt31.00–35.002568
CowsLean 85-90%—92542.00/cwt42.00–42.003891
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58850.26/cwt48.00–51.007984
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27548.00/cwt48.00–48.006121
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18850.13/cwt49.00–51.005963
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23043.00/cwt43.00–43.005291
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—530173.00/cwt173.00–173.0091710
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—571164.50/cwt164.50–164.5093965

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.