Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady on the kind offered. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.80/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$129.80

100 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$107

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

$25.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.02

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	137.42	708	70
Medium and Large 1-2	727	112.04	815	30

One grade step is worth $25.38/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale100 hd

129.80

—

CO average3 barns · 337 hd

125.79

+4.02

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	—	High	1,819	86.59	1,575	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,446	61.40	888	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,177	57.89	682	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,001	48.59	486	24

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	64.30/cwt	62.00–66.00	941	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	56.76/cwt	56.00–57.00	804	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	55.60/cwt	52.00–58.00	643	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	61.00/cwt	59.00–64.00	736	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	692	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	847	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	793	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	296	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	950	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	731	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	166.85/cwt	166.00–168.00	729	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	535	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	112.56/cwt	109.00–116.00	798	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	129.73/cwt	125.00–130.50	802	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	194.40/cwt	190.00–196.00	603	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	146.86/cwt	146.00–147.50	869	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	947	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	155.38/cwt	155.00–156.00	743	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	894	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,368	62.46/cwt	56.00–65.00	854	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	688	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	50.68/cwt	48.00–52.00	492	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	55.78/cwt	54.00–57.00	621	7
Bulls	—	—	1,971	91.46/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,803	4
Bulls	—	—	1,795	75.55/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,356	2
Bulls	—	—	1,773	86.80/cwt	84.50–89.00	1,539	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	855	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	38.42/cwt	36.00–42.00	358	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	594	3

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 Jul 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 343Last week 225Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 250Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 151Last week 175Year ago 0

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady on the kind offered. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand moderate to good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,464	62.00–66.00	64.30
5	—	1,416	56.00–57.00	56.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,156	52.00–58.00	55.60
31	—	1,206	59.00–64.00	61.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	970	48.00–52.00	50.68
7	—	1,114	54.00–57.00	55.78
7	—	932	36.00–42.00	38.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,971	90.00–93.00	91.46
2	—	1,795	74.00–77.00	75.55
12	—	1,773	84.50–89.00	86.80

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	528	131.00	131.00
6	—	655	121.00	121.00
5	—	296	166.00	166.00
4	—	488	139.00	139.00
4	—	420	147.00	147.00
8	—	343	156.00	156.00
22	—	618	125.00–130.50	129.73
3	—	388	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	763	111.00	111.00
20	—	709	109.00–116.00	112.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	754	126.00	126.00
7	—	450	162.50	162.50
7	—	437	166.00–168.00	166.85
8	—	310	190.00–196.00	194.40
7	—	592	146.00–147.50	146.86
2	—	535	151.00	151.00
5	—	653	145.00	145.00
12	—	362	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	478	155.00–156.00	155.38
3	—	688	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	676	126.50	126.50

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 (5-8 yrs)	Open	84	—	1,368	56.00–65.00	62.46

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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Heifers · 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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Feeder Cattle

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