Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers in a light test 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade activity and demand moderate for feeder cattle, moderate to good for slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.58/cwt on 232 head.

Average price

$134.58

232 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.32

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	134.58	724	232

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale232 hd

134.58

—

CO average4 barns · 1,244 hd

135.90

−1.32

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	1,817	88.87	1,615	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,489	64.18	956	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	61.45	746	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,015	52.73	535	21

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
Bulls	—	—	1,745	84.36/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,472	7
Bulls	—	—	1,895	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,895	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	65.32/cwt	64.00–66.50	772	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	60.68/cwt	58.00–63.50	740	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	66.06/cwt	65.50–67.00	941	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	63.18/cwt	62.00–64.00	963	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	141.67/cwt	136.00–146.00	666	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	163.74/cwt	161.00–166.00	781	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	124	344.67/cwt	285.00–375.00	427	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	128.02/cwt	126.00–132.00	722	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	146.37/cwt	145.00–147.00	622	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	846	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	149.89/cwt	148.00–151.00	580	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	970	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	90	248.19/cwt	235.00–260.00	223	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	218	474.49/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,034	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	162.58/cwt	161.00–165.00	667	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	178	424.06/cwt	385.00–460.00	755	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	801.70/cwt	775.00–875.00	8,674	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,301	1,605.32/cwt	1,500.00–1,650.00	20,885	42
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,458	1,250.51/cwt	1,210.00–1,300.00	18,232	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,179	61.26/cwt	57.00–66.00	722	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	123.06/cwt	120.00–124.00	852	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	128.37/cwt	125.00–131.00	774	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	649	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	802	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	171.73/cwt	171.00–176.00	570	19
Bulls	—	—	1,850	90.44/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,673	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	47.46/cwt	46.00–48.00	457	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	184	407.21/cwt	335.00–435.00	749	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	85	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	973	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	54.40/cwt	52.00–59.00	558	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,349	1,132.42/cwt	1,110.00–1,200.00	15,276	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,414	1,370.50/cwt	1,325.00–1,475.00	19,379	17
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	1,925.00/cwt	1,925.00–1,925.00	21,656	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	147.50/cwt	146.00–149.00	743	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	118	299.87/cwt	260.00–360.00	354	6

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 May 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 789Last week 772Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 150Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 492Last week 350Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,745	83.00–86.00	84.36
1	—	1,895	100.00	100.00
13	—	1,850	87.00–93.00	90.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,182	64.00–66.50	65.32
25	—	1,220	58.00–63.50	60.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,424	65.50–67.00	66.06
15	—	1,524	62.00–64.00	63.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	963	46.00–48.00	47.46
1	—	1,180	61.00	61.00
14	—	1,025	52.00–59.00	54.40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	470	136.00–146.00	141.67
60	—	564	126.00–132.00	128.02
21	—	425	145.00–147.00	146.37
29	—	387	148.00–151.00	149.89
11	—	822	118.00	118.00
17	—	692	120.00–124.00	123.06
44	—	603	125.00–131.00	128.37
9	—	184	335.00–435.00	407.21
1	—	85	250.00	250.00
6	—	118	260.00–360.00	299.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	477	161.00–166.00	163.74
25	—	410	161.00–165.00	162.58
7	—	391	166.00	166.00
14	—	514	156.00	156.00
19	—	332	171.00–176.00	171.73
11	—	620	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	604	140.00	140.00
10	—	504	146.00–149.00	147.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	124	285.00–375.00	344.67
2	—	90	235.00–260.00	248.19
4	—	218	450.00–485.00	474.49
6	—	178	385.00–460.00	424.06

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,082	775.00–875.00	801.70
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	42	—	1,301	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,605.32
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,458	1,210.00–1,300.00	1,250.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,349	1,110.00–1,200.00	1,132.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,414	1,325.00–1,475.00	1,370.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	81	—	1,179	57.00–66.00	61.26
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,125	1,925.00	1,925.00

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

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

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Feeder Cattle

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