Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2019-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend available for feeder cattle due to lightly tested market. Slaughter cows mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade activity and demand moderate for feeder cattle and good for slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.70/cwt on 146 head.

Average price

$162.70

146 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$19.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	171.70	1,070	77
Large 1	690	153.08	1,056	38
Medium and Large 1-2	654	152.13	995	31

One grade step is worth $19.57/cwt here — about $75 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 sale146 hd

162.70

—

CO average1 barns · 146 hd

162.70

+0.00

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	1,845	81.71	1,508	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,401	66.20	927	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,229	64.28	790	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	57.46	614	28

Every lot, as filed

34 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - 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	—	1,105	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,171	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	618	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	865	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	545	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	801	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	711	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	953	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	792	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,300	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	739	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	942	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	754	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	704	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	942	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	140.76/cwt	140.50–141.00	805	17
Steers	Large 1	—	586	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,002	17
Steers	Large 1	—	774	138.57/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,073	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	815	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,107	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,188	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	994	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	147.36/cwt	147.00–147.50	1,080	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	197.43/cwt	196.00–199.00	952	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,033	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	146.94/cwt	145.00–150.00	983	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,005	16
Bulls	—	—	2,307	90.42/cwt	88.00–92.00	2,086	3
Bulls	—	—	1,834	84.95/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,558	9
Bulls	—	—	1,728	76.68/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,325	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	60.11/cwt	57.00–62.50	768	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	65.45/cwt	62.00–68.50	795	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,343	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	819	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	69.59/cwt	68.00–70.00	1,038	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	65.19/cwt	63.00–67.50	887	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	61.77/cwt	60.00–63.00	699	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	55.73/cwt	52.00–59.00	582	20

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 (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Tue Apr 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 412Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 278Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,105	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	618	140.00	140.00
11	—	545	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	711	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	166.00	166.00
12	—	508	156.00	156.00
5	—	260	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	739	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	153.00	153.00
5	—	531	142.00	142.00
8	—	429	164.00	164.00
10	—	695	135.50	135.50
17	—	572	140.50–141.00	140.76
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	586	171.00	171.00
21	—	774	138.00–139.00	138.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	393	207.50	207.50
4	—	758	146.00	146.00
9	—	950	125.00	125.00
10	—	540	184.00	184.00
14	—	733	147.00–147.50	147.36
17	—	482	196.00–199.00	197.43
20	—	569	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	669	145.00–150.00	146.94
16	—	640	157.00	157.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,307	88.00–92.00	90.42
9	—	1,834	82.00–89.00	84.95
11	—	1,728	72.00–79.00	76.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,277	57.00–62.50	60.11
32	—	1,215	62.00–68.50	65.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,343	61.00	61.00
10	—	1,492	68.00–70.00	69.59
18	—	1,360	63.00–67.50	65.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,132	60.00–63.00	61.77
20	—	1,044	52.00–59.00	55.73

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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