Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2019-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tues: Steer and heifer calves lightly tested, Yearling feeder steers and heifers mostly steady in a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.74/cwt on 362 head.

Average price

$141.74

362 head · 746 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$2.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.91

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	746	141.80	1,058	353
Medium and Large 1-2	743	139.50	1,036	9thin

One grade step is worth $2.30/cwt here — about $21 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 sale362 hd

141.74

—

CO average5 barns · 6,471 hd

146.66

−4.91

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	1,894	80.31	1,521	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,369	53.02	726	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,219	50.56	616	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	45.03	518	33

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,844	74.93/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,382	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	47.16/cwt	46.00–49.00	545	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	42.80/cwt	42.00–44.00	489	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	617	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	879	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	133.20/cwt	132.50–133.50	1,172	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,139	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	752	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	123.73/cwt	120.00–124.50	689	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	866	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,271	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,170	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,166	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	726	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	761	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	731	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	138.99/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,222	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,339	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	139.34/cwt	139.00–140.50	856	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	695	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,008	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	133.22/cwt	131.00–135.00	901	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,036	9
Bulls	—	—	1,939	79.01/cwt	77.00–80.50	1,532	6
Bulls	—	—	1,887	83.25/cwt	83.25–83.25	1,571	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	46.60/cwt	43.00–51.00	565	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	54.19/cwt	53.00–55.00	664	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	55.24/cwt	54.00–57.00	793	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	51.25/cwt	49.00–53.50	674	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	40.07/cwt	38.00–41.00	458	5

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 29, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 990Last week 1,187Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 350Last week 260Year ago 0

Compared with last Tues: Steer and heifer calves lightly tested, Yearling feeder steers and heifers mostly steady in a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,844	73.00–76.00	74.93
6	—	1,939	77.00–80.50	79.01
10	—	1,887	83.25	83.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,155	46.00–49.00	47.16
8	—	1,142	42.00–44.00	42.80
5	—	1,142	38.00–41.00	40.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,213	43.00–51.00	46.60
12	—	1,225	53.00–55.00	54.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,436	54.00–57.00	55.24
5	—	1,315	49.00–53.50	51.25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	441	140.00	140.00
15	—	671	131.00	131.00
20	—	880	132.50–133.50	133.20
25	—	842	135.25	135.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	632	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	557	120.00–124.50	123.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	866	146.75	146.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	827	141.50	141.50
10	—	1,005	116.00	116.00
14	—	421	172.50	172.50
16	—	507	150.00	150.00
17	—	450	162.50	162.50
20	—	879	138.00–140.00	138.99
60	—	974	137.50	137.50
74	—	614	139.00–140.50	139.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	695	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	676	131.00–135.00	133.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	743	139.50	139.50

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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