Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2019-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steer calves under 550 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, 550 to 700 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves under 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 instances 8.00 lower.

Yearling feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Yearling feeder heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.31/cwt on 780 head.

Average price

$147.31

780 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$902

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$19

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$9.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.21

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	148.19	919	652
Medium and Large 1-2	526	144.80	761	88
Medium 1	677	138.50	938	40

One grade step is worth $9.69/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale780 hd

147.31

—

CO average4 barns · 2,138 hd

149.53

−2.21

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	—	Low	1,761	79.26	1,396	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,493	58.67	876	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	55.31	679	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,078	49.80	537	21

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1Fleshy	—	600	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	723	14
Bulls	—	—	1,714	77.04/cwt	73.50–78.00	1,320	7
Bulls	—	—	1,781	80.18/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,428	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	41.51/cwt	39.00–43.00	460	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	49.80/cwt	48.00–52.00	552	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	53.49/cwt	52.00–59.00	554	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	57.30/cwt	56.00–60.00	684	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	125.02/cwt	123.50–125.50	1,175	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,152	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	142.53/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,078	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	147.68/cwt	143.00–148.25	1,084	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	169.96/cwt	166.00–174.00	727	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	141.74/cwt	138.50–144.00	1,184	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	146.04/cwt	142.50–149.50	821	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	161.74/cwt	156.50–166.00	763	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	498	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	125.02/cwt	124.00–127.50	648	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	153.79/cwt	150.00–157.00	792	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	150.55/cwt	150.00–151.00	711	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	145.14/cwt	142.50–146.00	749	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	140.16/cwt	140.00–141.00	807	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	125.70/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,105	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	133.06/cwt	131.00–134.00	913	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	696	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	131.44/cwt	130.00–134.00	598	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	126.54/cwt	123.00–132.50	720	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	137.90/cwt	135.00–145.00	655	154
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	54.03/cwt	52.00–57.00	675	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	55.17/cwt	53.00–57.50	870	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	60.58/cwt	59.00–61.50	877	11
Heifers	Medium 1	—	744	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	956	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	708	13
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	677	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	938	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	143.86/cwt	141.00–147.50	886	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	680	140.30/cwt	138.00–144.00	954	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	127.14/cwt	120.00–129.00	777	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	578	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	775	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	130.72/cwt	129.00–131.50	1,022	13

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 Oct 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,278Last week 3,060Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 225Last week 202Year ago 0

Compared with last Tuesday: Steer calves under 550 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, 550 to 700 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves under 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 instances 8.00 lower.

Yearling feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Yearling feeder heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	600	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	369	135.00	135.00
28	—	518	124.00–127.50	125.02
28	—	568	122.50	122.50
34	—	455	130.00–134.00	131.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	879	125.00–126.00	125.70
20	—	686	131.00–134.00	133.06
96	—	569	123.00–132.50	126.54
154	—	475	135.00–145.00	137.90
13	—	528	134.00	134.00
13	—	782	129.00–131.50	130.72
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	744	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	611	120.00–129.00	127.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	578	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	338	179.00	179.00
21	—	940	123.50–125.50	125.02
27	—	860	134.00	134.00
29	—	756	140.00–144.00	142.53
37	—	734	143.00–148.25	147.68
41	—	428	166.00–174.00	169.96
46	—	835	138.50–144.00	141.74
56	—	562	142.50–149.50	146.04
78	—	472	156.50–166.00	161.74
95	—	515	150.00–157.00	153.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	472	150.00–151.00	150.55
32	—	516	142.50–146.00	145.14
32	—	576	140.00–141.00	140.16
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	677	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	616	141.00–147.50	143.86
53	—	680	138.00–144.00	140.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,714	73.50–78.00	77.04
17	—	1,781	79.00–82.00	80.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,109	39.00–43.00	41.51
8	—	1,109	48.00–52.00	49.80
9	—	1,036	52.00–59.00	53.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,193	56.00–60.00	57.30
25	—	1,250	52.00–57.00	54.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,577	53.00–57.50	55.17
11	—	1,447	59.00–61.50	60.58

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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