Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2019-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves lightly tested. Yearling feeder steers over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher advance on 850 lbs . Yearling feeder heifers over 750 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand moderate for calves and slaughter cows and bulls , good for yearlings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.97/cwt on 419 head.

Average price

$138.97

419 head · 796 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$372

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

$27.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.64

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	621	144.02	894	23
Medium and Large 1	791	139.86	1,106	376
Medium and Large 1-2	1,087	116.50	1,266	20

One grade step is worth $27.52/cwt here — about −$372 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 sale419 hd

138.97

—

CO average5 barns · 5,600 hd

148.61

−9.64

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	1,757	73.70	1,295	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,506	56.07	845	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,266	54.57	691	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	44.96	472	28

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	130.43/cwt	129.00–133.00	749	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,277	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	1,305	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,267	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	595	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	136.11/cwt	134.00–137.50	1,049	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	132.70/cwt	128.50–133.25	1,247	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	678	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	858	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	129.08/cwt	128.50–130.00	809	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	637	13
Steers	Medium 1	—	482	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	766	10
Steers	Medium 1	—	728	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	965	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	577	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	808	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	142.58/cwt	140.25–144.00	1,055	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,027	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,299	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	131.81/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,289	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	965	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,141	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,089	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	141.18/cwt	137.50–143.00	1,242	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	814	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,070	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	731	133.41/cwt	133.00–134.00	975	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	604	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	831	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	129.31/cwt	127.00–132.00	860	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,087	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,266	20
Bulls	—	—	1,805	76.73/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,385	4
Bulls	—	—	1,744	72.89/cwt	69.50–75.00	1,271	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	53.82/cwt	49.00–55.50	688	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	55.30/cwt	54.00–58.00	694	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	926	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	53.15/cwt	51.00–54.50	766	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	57.24/cwt	55.00–59.50	881	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	49.18/cwt	49.00–50.00	539	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	40.78/cwt	39.00–42.00	384	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	46.83/cwt	44.00–48.00	531	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 (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Tue Oct 22, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,187Last week 2,300Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 260Last week 222Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	345	150.00	150.00
14	—	574	129.00–133.00	130.43
19	—	1,026	124.50	124.50
22	—	1,050	124.25	124.25
23	—	962	131.75	131.75
26	—	402	148.00	148.00
39	—	771	134.00–137.50	136.11
85	—	940	128.50–133.25	132.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	678	126.50	126.50
10	—	627	128.50–130.00	129.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	479	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	482	159.00	159.00
13	—	728	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	577	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	740	140.25–144.00	142.58
13	—	1,027	126.50	126.50
18	—	978	131.00–134.00	131.81
25	—	663	145.50	145.50
29	—	812	140.50	140.50
61	—	750	145.25	145.25
132	—	880	137.50–143.00	141.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	814	131.50	131.50
12	—	731	133.00–134.00	133.41
16	—	604	137.50	137.50
20	—	665	127.00–132.00	129.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,087	116.50	116.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,805	76.00–78.00	76.73
15	—	1,744	69.50–75.00	72.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,278	49.00–55.50	53.82
44	—	1,255	54.00–58.00	55.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	63.00	63.00
12	—	1,442	51.00–54.50	53.15
24	—	1,540	55.00–59.50	57.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,096	49.00–50.00	49.18
11	—	942	39.00–42.00	40.78
11	—	1,133	44.00–48.00	46.83

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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