Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls scarce. Trade demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.62/cwt on 170 head.

Average price

$160.62

170 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$6

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

$20.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.07

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	167.76	885	111
Medium and Large 1-2	605	147.19	890	59

One grade step is worth $20.56/cwt here — about −$6 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 sale170 hd

160.62

—

CO average3 barns · 255 hd

161.69

−1.07

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	—	High	1,960	97.50	1,911	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,438	64.50	927	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	63.20	743	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,032	57.97	598	44

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	646	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	1,061.57/cwt	1,010.00–1,150.00	11,752	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,078	1,455.81/cwt	1,425.00–1,500.00	15,694	37
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,307	1,370.70/cwt	1,300.00–1,410.00	17,915	50
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,019	978.65/cwt	925.00–1,010.00	9,972	21
Bulls	—	—	1,960	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,911	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	64.83/cwt	64.00–66.00	774	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	61.89/cwt	58.00–63.50	719	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	66.20/cwt	65.50–68.00	966	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	63.73/cwt	62.00–64.50	910	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	60.66/cwt	60.00–63.00	670	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	887	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	132.90/cwt	132.00–136.00	896	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	821	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	213	366.20/cwt	310.00–400.00	780	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	792	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	172.73/cwt	170.00–175.00	871	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	147.93/cwt	146.00–150.00	969	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	174.97/cwt	172.00–176.00	850	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	176.99/cwt	172.00–181.00	759	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	167.02/cwt	165.00–171.00	924	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	699	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	156.40/cwt	155.00–162.00	837	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	133.36/cwt	132.00–135.00	959	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	121.33/cwt	120.00–127.00	774	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	707	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	1,211.95/cwt	1,175.00–1,260.00	13,162	71
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,201	63.16/cwt	59.00–66.00	759	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	922	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	147.04/cwt	145.00–148.00	922	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	948	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	749	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	56.33/cwt	54.00–59.00	549	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	48.56/cwt	48.00–50.00	425	3

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 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 566Last week 558Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 76Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 350Last week 250Year ago 0

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls scarce. Trade demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	382	169.00	169.00
6	—	568	141.00	141.00
13	—	674	132.00–136.00	132.90
33	—	604	136.00	136.00
2	—	220	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	396	150.00	150.00
10	—	638	120.00–127.00	121.33
16	—	520	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	715	124.00	124.00
3	—	213	310.00–400.00	366.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	504	170.00–175.00	172.73
24	—	655	146.00–150.00	147.93
31	—	486	172.00–176.00	174.97
18	—	429	172.00–181.00	176.99
18	—	553	165.00–171.00	167.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	421	166.00	166.00
13	—	535	155.00–162.00	156.40
14	—	719	132.00–135.00	133.36
5	—	591	156.00	156.00
6	—	627	145.00–148.00	147.04
9	—	752	126.00	126.00
4	—	454	165.00	165.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,107	1,010.00–1,150.00	1,061.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,078	1,425.00–1,500.00	1,455.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	50	—	1,307	1,300.00–1,410.00	1,370.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,019	925.00–1,010.00	978.65
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	71	—	1,086	1,175.00–1,260.00	1,211.95
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,201	59.00–66.00	63.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,960	97.50	97.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,194	64.00–66.00	64.83
30	—	1,161	58.00–63.50	61.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,459	65.50–68.00	66.20
11	—	1,428	62.00–64.50	63.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,104	60.00–63.00	60.66
19	—	974	54.00–59.00	56.33
3	—	875	48.00–50.00	48.56

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

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle