Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2021-03-24

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Mar 24
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
378 head
369 vs last sale 747 2,889 vs year ago 3,267 · 88.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
3 vs last sale 50 72 vs year ago 125 · 57.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
23 vs last sale 14 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: All weights feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady on the kind offered. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.86/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$139.86
74 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$815
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.74
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2485143.5069512thin
Medium and Large 1602139.1683862
One grade step is worth $4.34/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale74 hd
139.86
CO average3 barns · 352 hd
131.12
+8.74
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
BullsHigh1,89190.371,7098thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12065.6473523
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56563.609955thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03258.8160717

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
Bulls2,08095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,9762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12065.64/cwt63.00–69.0073523
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64261.00/cwt61.00–61.001,0023
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45067.50/cwt67.00–68.009792
CowsLean 85-90%1,04559.83/cwt58.00–62.0062513
CowsLean 85-90%1,04564.00/cwt64.00–64.006691
SteersMedium and Large 1613155.00/cwt155.00–155.009506
SteersMedium and Large 1674141.00/cwt141.00–141.0095014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2318173.00/cwt173.00–173.005503
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540133.66/cwt131.00–135.007229
HeifersMedium and Large 1639132.60/cwt131.00–134.0084713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373181.00/cwt181.00–181.006753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2444180.00/cwt180.00–180.007997
SteersMedium and Large 1-2333193.00/cwt193.00–193.006435
SteersMedium and Large 1440191.00/cwt191.00–191.008404
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,34366.00/cwt61.00–67.0088612
SteersMedium and Large 1581163.87/cwt163.00–164.0095215
SteersMedium and Large 1303201.00/cwt201.00–201.006092
HeifersMedium and Large 1710122.53/cwt120.00–126.008707
SteersMedium and Large 1800126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0084
HeifersMedium and Large 1673129.67/cwt129.00–130.0087312
Bulls1,82888.82/cwt88.00–89.001,6246
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528161.23/cwt159.00–164.008519
CowsLean 85-90%1,00056.00/cwt56.00–56.005602
CowsLean 85-90%91046.00/cwt46.00–46.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 1389180.00/cwt180.00–180.007004
HeifersMedium and Large 1474155.00/cwt155.00–155.007354
HeifersMedium and Large 1529146.00/cwt146.00–146.007724
HeifersMedium and Large 1578142.56/cwt140.00–149.0082418

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.