Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2019-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available since last reported sale was in May. Trade activity and demand moderate. Yearling offerings coming off grass carrying light flesh. The next available report will be Tuesday Sept 24, 2019.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.50/cwt on 317 head.

Average price

$128.50

317 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$452

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

$11.97/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 1-2	460	128.97	593	38
Medium and Large 1	680	128.81	876	270
Medium 1	893	117.00	1,045	9thin

One grade step is worth $11.97/cwt here — about −$452 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 sale317 hd

128.50

—

CO average1 barns · 317 hd

128.50

+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	—	Average	1,740	76.73	1,335	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,431	55.79	798	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	55.37	679	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	51.00	571	20

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,024	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	131.55/cwt	127.50–134.00	697	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	539	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	132.25/cwt	132.00–132.50	1,049	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	133.37/cwt	132.00–135.00	573	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,012	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	457	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	737	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	56.33/cwt	54.00–58.00	688	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	53.99/cwt	53.00–56.00	557	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	56.73/cwt	56.00–57.50	819	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	54.69/cwt	54.50–55.50	775	6
Bulls	—	—	1,816	79.07/cwt	77.50–82.50	1,436	12
Bulls	—	—	1,626	73.22/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,191	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	797	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	138.04/cwt	136.00–141.00	730	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	126.52/cwt	124.50–130.00	1,184	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	143.75/cwt	143.00–149.00	785	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	151.20/cwt	150.00–152.00	652	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	112.96/cwt	110.50–114.00	1,161	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	139.74/cwt	137.50–143.00	784	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,132	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	598	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,012	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	687	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	116.38/cwt	114.50–117.75	1,056	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	797	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	50.01/cwt	49.00–51.00	575	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	51.79/cwt	49.50–53.50	645	4
Heifers	Medium 1	—	893	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,045	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	142.74/cwt	140.00–147.00	452	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	132.49/cwt	130.00–136.00	620	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	961	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	127.78/cwt	124.50–132.00	796	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	913	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	136.21/cwt	136.00–137.00	851	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	135.58/cwt	135.00–138.00	904	21

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 Sep 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 733Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	816	125.50	125.50
45	—	530	127.50–134.00	131.55
20	—	430	132.00–135.00	133.37
26	—	794	127.50	127.50
38	—	907	114.50–117.75	116.38
29	—	586	136.00	136.00
5	—	317	140.00–147.00	142.74
5	—	468	130.00–136.00	132.49
18	—	748	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	523	125.00	125.00
12	—	421	128.00	128.00
3	—	476	126.00	126.00
7	—	341	134.00	134.00
7	—	558	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	893	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	623	124.50–132.00	127.78
27	—	679	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	793	132.00–132.50	132.25
2	—	280	167.50	167.50
59	—	936	124.50–130.00	126.52
16	—	546	143.00–149.00	143.75
17	—	431	150.00–152.00	151.20
17	—	1,028	110.50–114.00	112.96
41	—	561	137.50–143.00	139.74
46	—	871	130.00	130.00
4	—	396	151.00	151.00
5	—	460	147.00	147.00
8	—	744	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	586	136.00	136.00
12	—	529	136.00–141.00	138.04
9	—	474	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	625	136.00–137.00	136.21
21	—	667	135.00–138.00	135.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,222	54.00–58.00	56.33
4	—	1,245	49.50–53.50	51.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,031	53.00–56.00	53.99
15	—	1,149	49.00–51.00	50.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,443	56.00–57.50	56.73
6	—	1,417	54.50–55.50	54.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,816	77.50–82.50	79.07
8	—	1,626	70.00–75.00	73.22

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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