Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-12-23

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Dec 23
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,037 head
1,037 vs last sale 2,074 1,037 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
134 head
74 vs last sale 60 134 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
175 head
149 vs last sale 324 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wed: Steer and heifer calves steady instances 2.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers and heifers over 700 lbs scarce. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls scarce. Demand moderate. * Note due to the holidays this will be the last sale this year, sale will resume Wed Jan 6, 2021.*

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.52/cwt on 389 head.
Average price
$170.52
389 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$36.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.01
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499172.10859372
Medium 1587136.0079817thin
One grade step is worth $36.10/cwt here — about $60 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 sale389 hd
170.52
CO average3 barns · 587 hd
167.52
+3.01
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
BullsAverage2,07580.001,6601thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47353.3678612
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14052.7660115
CowsLean 85-90%Average99341.5341256

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 1522142.61/cwt140.00–143.0074423
SteersMedium and Large 1335219.15/cwt219.00–220.0073443
SteersMedium and Large 1817122.00/cwt122.00–122.009978
HeifersMedium and Large 1366163.46/cwt160.00–166.0059819
SteersMedium and Large 1419185.29/cwt185.00–186.0077624
HeifersMedium and Large 1622133.24/cwt131.00–137.0082938
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed501171.00/cwt171.00–171.008577
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned679136.87/cwt134.00–138.0092931
SteersMedium and Large 1383203.78/cwt199.00–210.0078032
Bulls2,07580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,6601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14052.76/cwt51.00–54.0060115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43956.52/cwt56.00–58.508135
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49851.10/cwt50.50–55.007657
CowsLean 85-90%1,00450.58/cwt49.00–51.005085
CowsLean 85-90%1,00843.82/cwt42.00–46.0044224
SteersMedium and Large 1522160.61/cwt160.00–166.0083857
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,13850.26/cwt46.00–58.00572100
HeifersMedium and Large 1481143.90/cwt141.00–148.0069248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431143.56/cwt141.00–146.0061911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2539136.16/cwt136.00–137.0073432
SteersMedium and Large 1612144.64/cwt142.50–145.5088537
SteersMedium and Large 1474176.00/cwt170.00–180.0083481
CowsLean 85-90%97737.81/cwt31.00–42.0036927
HeifersMedium and Large 1261175.00/cwt175.00–175.004578
SteersMedium 1587136.00/cwt136.00–136.0079817
HeifersMedium and Large 1558142.00/cwt142.00–142.0079223
SteersMedium and Large 1558149.30/cwt148.50–151.0083337
HeifersMedium and Large 1781122.00/cwt122.00–122.009537
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed425195.21/cwt194.00–197.0083015

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.