Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2019-11-11

Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2019-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-11

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Mon, Nov 11

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1902

← Nov 4Nov 11Nov 18 →

Receipts

6,498 head

▼ 934 vs last sale 7,432▲ 6,498 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special calf sale:

All weights of steer calves steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs steady to 1.00 higher with the exception of 450 to 500 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, over 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 instances 8.00 higher. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.97/cwt on 2,693 head.

Average price

$152.97

2,693 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$79

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

$14.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.90

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	459	158.50	728	29
Large 1	492	156.00	768	12thin
Medium and Large 1	590	153.34	905	2,523
Medium and Large 1-2	559	144.19	806	129

One grade step is worth $14.31/cwt here — about −$79 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 sale2,693 hd

152.97

—

CO average5 barns · 5,589 hd

150.07

+2.90

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	656	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	193.22/cwt	192.00–196.00	707	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	182.58/cwt	178.00–188.00	754	177
Steers	—	Medium 1	459	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	728	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	728	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	167.87/cwt	166.00–172.00	804	88
Steers	—	Large 1	492	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	768	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	521	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	865	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	156.68/cwt	150.00–160.00	821	229
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	150.63/cwt	144.00–155.00	865	622
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	577	157.24/cwt	157.00–158.00	907	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	141.35/cwt	141.00–142.50	825	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	141.86/cwt	141.50–143.00	889	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	145.39/cwt	140.00–151.00	919	315
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	145.46/cwt	141.50–149.00	973	415
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	675	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,026	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	137.67/cwt	133.00–139.50	938	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	146.28/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,043	166
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	716	139.91/cwt	139.00–141.00	1,002	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,077	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	162.48/cwt	160.00–169.00	614	91
Heifers	—	Medium 1	382	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	539	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	403	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	693	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	150.29/cwt	147.50–155.00	654	81
Heifers	—	Medium 1	470	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	649	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	148.41/cwt	142.00–155.00	702	198
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	477	158.75/cwt	158.00–159.00	757	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	688	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	139.40/cwt	134.00–146.00	732	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	526	149.04/cwt	147.00–151.75	784	169
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	132.83/cwt	131.00–134.00	708	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	135.34/cwt	131.00–139.00	781	567
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	130.21/cwt	130.00–130.50	768	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	132.24/cwt	129.00–134.00	817	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	136.33/cwt	136.00–139.50	852	277
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	136.55/cwt	134.50–139.00	908	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	686	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	906	11

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 →

Winter Livestock Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - La Junta, CO

Mon Nov 11, 2019

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

Receipts 6,498Last week 7,432Year ago 0

Special calf sale:

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	382	141.00	141.00
60	—	470	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	403	172.00	172.00
97	—	477	158.00–159.00	158.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	435	147.50–155.00	150.29
91	—	378	160.00–169.00	162.48
140	—	665	134.50–139.00	136.55
147	—	525	134.00–146.00	139.40
198	—	473	142.00–155.00	148.41
277	—	625	136.00–139.50	136.33
567	—	577	131.00–139.00	135.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	526	147.00–151.75	149.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	686	132.00	132.00
134	—	618	129.00–134.00	132.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	590	130.00–130.50	130.21
29	—	493	139.50	139.50
95	—	533	131.00–134.00	132.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	492	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	459	158.50	158.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	577	157.00–158.00	157.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	761	141.50	141.50
23	—	366	192.00–196.00	193.22
33	—	324	202.50	202.50
88	—	479	166.00–172.00	167.87
166	—	713	142.00–148.00	146.28
177	—	413	178.00–188.00	182.58
229	—	524	150.00–160.00	156.68
315	—	632	140.00–151.00	145.39
415	—	669	141.50–149.00	145.46
622	—	574	144.00–155.00	150.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	675	152.00	152.00
64	—	521	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	681	133.00–139.50	137.67
61	—	716	139.00–141.00	139.91
65	—	627	141.50–143.00	141.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	473	154.00	154.00
100	—	584	141.00–142.50	141.35

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.