Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available this week due to the lack of receipts from the prior week. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.74/cwt on 272 head.

Average price

$151.74

272 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$116

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

$6.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.53

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	460	156.47	720	78
Medium and Large 1	558	149.83	836	194

One grade step is worth $6.63/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale272 hd

151.74

—

CO average3 barns · 658 hd

153.27

−1.53

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	1,878	83.83	1,574	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,676	58.99	989	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,164	57.83	673	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	984	50.68	499	9thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	143.43/cwt	141.00–146.00	832	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	134.77/cwt	130.50–137.00	903	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	153.46/cwt	150.00–159.00	815	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	633	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	799	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	994	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	761	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	132.02/cwt	131.00–133.00	573	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	151.43/cwt	151.00–152.00	740	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	664	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	174.83/cwt	172.00–177.00	657	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	157.06/cwt	152.00–159.00	743	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	138.88/cwt	136.00–141.00	864	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	729	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	618	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	134.77/cwt	134.00–141.00	582	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	128.52/cwt	125.50–130.50	797	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	887	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,011	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	144.67/cwt	143.00–146.00	518	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	131.36/cwt	127.00–134.00	745	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	132.09/cwt	130.00–136.00	675	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	56.94/cwt	55.00–58.50	994	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	49.34/cwt	47.00–50.00	471	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	51.76/cwt	50.00–56.00	522	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	61.56/cwt	60.00–63.50	806	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	55.54/cwt	46.00–59.00	597	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,559	62.51/cwt	60.00–64.00	975	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	675	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	324	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	583	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	771	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	698	8
Bulls	—	—	1,708	77.01/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,315	2
Bulls	—	—	1,933	92.45/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,787	2
Bulls	—	—	1,936	82.92/cwt	81.00–86.50	1,605	4

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 Sep 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 725Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 221Last week 0Year ago 0

No trend available this week due to the lack of receipts from the prior week. Trade and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	580	141.00–146.00	143.43
23	—	670	130.50–137.00	134.77
53	—	531	150.00–159.00	153.46
10	—	731	136.00	136.00
11	—	435	175.00	175.00
27	—	473	152.00–159.00	157.06
40	—	622	136.00–141.00	138.88
12	—	373	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	344	184.00	184.00
7	—	546	135.00	135.00
11	—	655	122.00	122.00
16	—	489	151.00–152.00	151.43
19	—	410	162.00	162.00
20	—	376	172.00–177.00	174.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	434	131.00–133.00	132.02
16	—	593	123.00	123.00
4	—	394	138.00	138.00
4	—	506	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	472	131.00	131.00
30	—	432	134.00–141.00	134.77
37	—	620	125.50–130.50	128.52
5	—	715	124.00	124.00
5	—	822	123.00	123.00
6	—	348	150.00	150.00
9	—	358	143.00–146.00	144.67
10	—	567	127.00–134.00	131.36
17	—	511	130.00–136.00	132.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	324	180.00	180.00
5	—	617	125.00	125.00
8	—	521	134.00	134.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,745	55.00–58.50	56.94
7	—	1,559	60.00–64.00	62.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	955	47.00–50.00	49.34
5	—	1,008	50.00–56.00	51.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,309	60.00–63.50	61.56
13	—	1,075	46.00–59.00	55.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,708	76.00–78.00	77.01
2	—	1,933	90.00–95.00	92.45
4	—	1,936	81.00–86.50	82.92

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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