Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2019-11-05

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Nov 5
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
680 head
310 vs last sale 990 680 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
261 vs last sale 350 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
750 head
750 vs last sale 0 750 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tues: Steer and heifers calves under 700 lbs lightly tested. Yearling feeder steers and heifers in a light test over 700 lbs mostly steady on the kind offered. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.14/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$146.14
166 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$961
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$337
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$20.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.16
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2509155.4279291
Medium and Large 1837134.881,12975
One grade step is worth $20.53/cwt here — about −$337 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 sale166 hd
146.14
CO average5 barns · 5,624 hd
151.30
−5.16
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,91576.931,47310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46957.478447thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26851.0364710
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09144.0248012

Every lot, as filed

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned750127.50/cwt127.50–127.5095610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2817132.72/cwt130.00–134.501,08413
SteersMedium and Large 1782142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1105
SteersMedium and Large 1839137.17/cwt136.00–140.501,15130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2587135.00/cwt135.00–135.007924
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421166.70/cwt162.00–167.5070260
SteersMedium and Large 1930134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,25110
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned739132.50/cwt132.50–132.509796
HeifersMedium and Large 1651134.00/cwt134.00–134.008723
HeifersMedium and Large 1820131.79/cwt131.50–132.501,08158
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2874128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,12311
HeifersMedium and Large 1551135.00/cwt135.00–135.007443
HeifersMedium and Large 1729135.00/cwt135.00–135.0098418
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned662126.94/cwt126.50–128.0084017
HeifersMedium and Large 1942131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,23410
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned643131.00/cwt131.00–131.0084211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581127.38/cwt125.00–130.0074025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522137.50/cwt137.50–137.507187
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned640130.42/cwt130.00–131.008357
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1801,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0014,27810
Bulls1,82679.55/cwt78.00–82.501,4536
Bulls2,04973.01/cwt72.00–74.001,4964
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,29254.40/cwt48.00–58.50703227
SteersMedium and Large 1890134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,19314
CowsLean 85-90%1,00443.97/cwt43.00–46.004414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26851.03/cwt47.00–53.0064710
CowsLean 85-90%1,16847.90/cwt46.50–49.005595
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46957.47/cwt55.00–60.008447
CowsLean 85-90%1,07837.63/cwt35.00–41.004063

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.