Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2022-04-27

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Apr 27
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
781 head
1,033 vs last sale 1,814 9 vs year ago 772 · +1.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
5 vs last sale 147 2 vs year ago 150 · +1.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steer's and heifer's with quality and condition in a light test mostly steady except for 600 to 700 lb steer's 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower decline on breaker's and boner's. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate to good for feeders, moderate for slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.85/cwt on 131 head.
Average price
$149.85
131 head · 629 lb average
Value per head Derived
$943
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$271
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.55
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500153.4176747
Medium and Large 1702147.851,03884
One grade step is worth $5.56/cwt here — about −$271 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 sale131 hd
149.85
CO average3 barns · 424 hd
153.40
−3.55
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
BullsLow1,81796.361,7519thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43382.091,17738
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20679.2995635
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09872.0979127

Every lot, as filed

35 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
BullsMedium and Large 1143307.71/cwt275.00–375.004406
BullsMedium and Large 1238522.63/cwt510.00–525.001,2446
HeifersMedium and Large 1598158.00/cwt158.00–158.0094513
HeifersMedium and Large 1628155.47/cwt153.00–157.0097640
HeifersMedium and Large 1906128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1609
HeifersMedium and Large 1127219.43/cwt210.00–260.002795
SteersMedium and Large 1479192.00/cwt192.00–192.009208
SteersMedium and Large 1679167.96/cwt166.00–172.001,14016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482173.00/cwt171.00–178.008347
HeifersMedium and Large 1981125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2268
SteersMedium and Large 1622184.51/cwt181.00–186.001,14814
SteersMedium and Large 1532187.29/cwt186.00–190.0099626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0236
HeifersMedium and Large 1483165.00/cwt165.00–165.007975
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415186.30/cwt186.00–187.0077317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2308193.00/cwt193.00–193.005943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471151.55/cwt151.00–152.0071415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439157.27/cwt157.00–158.0069011
HeifersMedium and Large 1158310.00/cwt310.00–310.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 1848130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1029
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2742145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,07610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380159.75/cwt158.00–163.0060711
Bulls1,66388.73/cwt86.00–91.001,4764
Bulls1,94396.00/cwt96.00–96.001,8652
Bulls1,938106.78/cwt106.00–108.002,0693
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18480.27/cwt78.00–84.0095018
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22577.57/cwt75.00–81.0095016
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51086.48/cwt86.00–87.001,3062
CowsLean 85-90%1,14874.60/cwt73.00–76.0085610
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43478.35/cwt76.00–80.001,1247
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42882.69/cwt79.00–84.001,18129
CowsLean 85-90%1,16081.00/cwt81.00–81.009401
CowsLean 85-90%1,09272.26/cwt71.00–74.0078911
CowsLean 85-90%99864.94/cwt61.00–69.006485
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1531

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.