Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special calf sale:

Compared with last Monday; Steer calves under 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 700 lbs 2.00 lower. Heifer calves under 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 600 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade and Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.84/cwt on 2,761 head.

Average price

$151.84

2,761 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$205

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

$11.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.07

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	438	162.02	709	221
Medium and Large 1	605	150.95	914	2,540

One grade step is worth $11.07/cwt here — about −$205 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 sale2,761 hd

151.84

—

CO average5 barns · 6,631 hd

151.91

−0.07

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

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	695	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	813	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	170.10/cwt	169.00–171.00	623	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	141.29/cwt	136.00–143.00	955	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	152.28/cwt	147.00–160.00	629	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	138.10/cwt	135.00–142.50	873	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	147.45/cwt	141.00–153.50	714	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	724	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	141.49/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,091	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	169.34/cwt	163.00–175.00	794	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	157.05/cwt	150.50–161.50	823	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	705	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	693	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	709	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	142.67/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,014	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	182.63/cwt	180.00–189.00	743	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	143.88/cwt	139.50–151.00	973	438
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	151.13/cwt	145.00–154.50	934	477
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	151.97/cwt	146.50–158.50	869	542
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	137.73/cwt	133.00–141.00	789	423
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	140.19/cwt	136.00–144.00	739	440
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	143.89/cwt	143.00–145.00	619	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	137.33/cwt	133.00–140.00	658	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	153.44/cwt	153.00–155.00	551	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	547	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	589	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	889	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	481	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	789	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	404	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	700	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,082	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	128.26/cwt	125.00–134.50	811	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	126.76/cwt	124.00–130.00	845	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	725	137.32/cwt	132.50–140.00	996	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	137.52/cwt	134.50–141.50	923	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	647	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	838	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	139.85/cwt	136.50–142.50	878	85

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 18, 2019

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

Receipts 6,961Last week 6,498Year ago 0

Special calf sale:

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	695	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	366	169.00–171.00	170.10
50	—	676	136.00–143.00	141.29
194	—	413	147.00–160.00	152.28
225	—	632	135.00–142.50	138.10
238	—	484	141.00–153.50	147.45
423	—	573	133.00–141.00	137.73
440	—	527	136.00–144.00	140.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	430	143.00–145.00	143.89
64	—	479	133.00–140.00	137.33
113	—	359	153.00–155.00	153.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	589	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	481	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	632	125.00–134.50	128.26
91	—	667	124.00–130.00	126.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	536	135.00	135.00
55	—	446	158.00	158.00
89	—	396	175.00	175.00
35	—	317	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	771	139.00–143.00	141.49
155	—	469	163.00–175.00	169.34
292	—	524	150.50–161.50	157.05
25	—	371	191.00	191.00
63	—	711	140.00–146.00	142.67
73	—	407	180.00–189.00	182.63
438	—	676	139.50–151.00	143.88
477	—	618	145.00–154.50	151.13
542	—	572	146.50–158.50	151.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	404	190.00	190.00
33	—	700	154.50	154.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	725	132.50–140.00	137.32
174	—	671	134.50–141.50	137.52
85	—	628	136.50–142.50	139.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	647	129.50	129.50

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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