Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-07-08

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Jul 8
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
225 head
50 vs last sale 175 225 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
0 vs last sale 250 250 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
175 head
148 vs last sale 323 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers and heifers lightly tested. Todays sale consisted mostly of slaughter and feeder cows. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.53/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$133.53
76 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$35
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1489139.3168258
Medium and Large 1-2624114.8971718thin
One grade step is worth $24.42/cwt here — about −$35 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 sale76 hd
133.53
CO average1 barns · 76 hd
133.53
+0.00
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
BullsHigh1,68990.101,52219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46161.3489641
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16759.0468980
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04650.4752827

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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31066.00/cwt66.00–66.008651
SteersMedium and Large 1515142.58/cwt141.00–144.0073410
SteersMedium and Large 1660130.00/cwt130.00–130.008582
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16961.95/cwt60.00–64.5072437
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16156.32/cwt51.50–59.5065442
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50558.00/cwt57.00–59.008735
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45561.80/cwt60.00–65.5089936
CowsLean 85-90%94940.49/cwt39.00–41.003844
CowsLean 85-90%1,01557.42/cwt55.00–60.505836
Bulls1,59695.97/cwt93.00–97.501,5327
Bulls1,83388.38/cwt86.00–92.001,6209
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,30161.84/cwt54.00–66.00805104
HeifersMedium and Large 1172373.81/cwt310.00–450.006435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420125.00/cwt125.00–125.005255
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2702111.00/cwt111.00–111.0077913
SteersMedium and Large 1299199.00/cwt199.00–199.005954
SteersMedium and Large 1575142.50/cwt140.00–144.008198
SteersMedium and Large 1992105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0423
CowsLean 85-90%1,08050.37/cwt47.00–52.0054417
HeifersMedium and Large 1246188.00/cwt188.00–188.004627
HeifersMedium and Large 1731122.15/cwt120.50–126.0089310
HeifersMedium and Large 1316160.47/cwt159.00–161.0050711
HeifersMedium and Large 1529125.91/cwt125.00–129.0066630
HeifersMedium and Large 1128317.35/cwt310.00–325.004062
Bulls1,47381.58/cwt78.00–84.001,2023
BullsMedium and Large 1175393.40/cwt325.00–450.006885
BullsMedium and Large 1220490.11/cwt485.00–500.001,0783

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.