Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Several cancellations due to the winter weather and road conditions. Steer and heifer calves in a light supply mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.27/cwt on 387 head.

Average price

$137.27

387 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$11.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.78

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	598	137.63	823	375
Medium and Large 1-2	575	126.00	725	12thin

One grade step is worth $11.63/cwt here — about $98 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 sale387 hd

137.27

—

CO average5 barns · 3,753 hd

142.06

−4.78

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	—	Average	1,763	76.90	1,356	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,503	61.49	924	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	54.55	697	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	998	43.50	434	26

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1Unweaned	—	631	122.19/cwt	120.00–123.00	771	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	137.83/cwt	137.00–141.00	805	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	633	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	116.28/cwt	115.00–118.00	736	26
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	—	500	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	525	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	136.73/cwt	133.00–139.00	573	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	400	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	660	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	158.83/cwt	155.00–161.00	686	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	124.24/cwt	121.00–125.50	726	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	789	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	923	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	785	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	942	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	518	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	154.82/cwt	151.00–160.00	738	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	126.67/cwt	123.00–128.00	854	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	121.02/cwt	120.00–121.50	793	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	133.06/cwt	130.00–134.00	813	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	115.46/cwt	113.00–116.50	767	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	60.61/cwt	58.00–62.00	802	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,634	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,046	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	149.61/cwt	146.00–155.00	785	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	54.36/cwt	53.00–56.00	785	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	41.13/cwt	35.00–43.00	406	15
Bulls	—	—	1,831	79.12/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,449	14
Bulls	—	—	1,668	73.80/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,231	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	842	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	53.24/cwt	53.00–54.00	636	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	182.52/cwt	180.00–185.00	675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	968	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	121.69/cwt	121.00–122.00	599	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	725	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	122.09/cwt	121.00–123.00	619	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	711	123.37/cwt	123.00–124.00	877	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,248	55.02/cwt	48.00–60.00	687	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	126.88/cwt	125.50–128.00	601	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	122.38/cwt	121.00–128.00	893	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	147.36/cwt	147.00–148.00	523	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	893	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	453	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	743	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	48.52/cwt	48.00–49.00	529	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	46.33/cwt	46.00–47.00	462	9

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 Oct 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,160Last week 3,238Year ago 1,947

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 200Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 250Last week 350Year ago 240

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	631	120.00–123.00	122.19
5	—	785	120.00	120.00
11	—	711	123.00–124.00	123.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	584	137.00–141.00	137.83
14	—	432	155.00–161.00	158.83
3	—	277	187.00	187.00
21	—	477	151.00–160.00	154.82
98	—	674	123.00–128.00	126.67
9	—	611	130.00–134.00	133.06
45	—	525	146.00–155.00	149.61
6	—	370	180.00–185.00	182.52
12	—	771	125.50	125.50
20	—	709	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	400	165.00	165.00
10	—	453	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	575	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	502	126.00	126.00
14	—	419	133.00–139.00	136.73
72	—	584	121.00–125.50	124.24
38	—	655	120.00–121.50	121.02
5	—	318	151.00	151.00
2	—	600	121.00	121.00
17	—	474	125.50–128.00	126.88
20	—	730	121.00–128.00	122.38
11	—	355	147.00–148.00	147.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	633	115.00–118.00	116.28
10	—	789	117.00	117.00
21	—	664	113.00–116.50	115.46
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	500	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	492	121.00–122.00	121.69
22	—	507	121.00–123.00	122.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,323	58.00–62.00	60.61
11	—	1,634	64.00	64.00
3	—	1,444	53.00–56.00	54.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	986	35.00–43.00	41.13
2	—	1,090	48.00–49.00	48.52
9	—	997	46.00–47.00	46.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,465	57.50	57.50
9	—	1,194	53.00–54.00	53.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,831	78.00–83.00	79.12
10	—	1,668	71.00–77.00	73.80

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	139	—	1,248	48.00–60.00	55.02

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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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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Slaughter Cattle

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