Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2019-11-19

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Nov 19
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
950 head
50 vs last sale 1,000 950 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
50 vs last sale 150 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
515 head
194 vs last sale 321 515 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves in a light test mostly steady. Yearling feeder steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Yearling feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.91/cwt on 251 head.
Average price
$134.91
251 head · 785 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,059
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$304
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$13.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.43
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1803136.011,092208
Medium and Large 1-2704130.4591838
Large 1641123.007885thin
One grade step is worth $13.01/cwt here — about $304 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 sale251 hd
134.91
CO average5 barns · 5,180 hd
138.34
−3.43
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
BullsAverage1,83382.131,50647
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49856.6384815
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23954.1567138
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19048.0857219

Every lot, as filed

32 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,20951.47/cwt45.00–52.5062211
CowsLean 85-90%1,16343.43/cwt42.00–44.505058
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48954.07/cwt52.00–55.0080510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39757.94/cwt56.00–61.508093
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69367.49/cwt67.00–68.001,1432
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25353.59/cwt50.00–54.7567131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17656.62/cwt55.00–60.006667
Bulls1,78082.52/cwt80.00–86.001,46936
Bulls1,94877.91/cwt75.00–79.001,5188
Bulls2,17088.65/cwt88.00–90.001,9243
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,29555.42/cwt49.00–61.00718215
SteersMedium and Large 1817140.27/cwt140.00–141.001,14651
SteersMedium and Large 1561142.00/cwt142.00–142.0079739
SteersMedium and Large 1619140.50/cwt140.50–140.5087032
SteersMedium and Large 1959144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,38126
SteersMedium and Large 1520149.78/cwt147.50–151.0077926
SteersMedium and Large 1425158.70/cwt157.50–159.0067415
SteersMedium and Large 1665137.50/cwt137.50–137.5091413
SteersMedium and Large 1476155.00/cwt155.00–155.007389
SteersMedium and Large 1925140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2956
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2858134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,15019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540128.00/cwt128.00–128.0069112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565125.00/cwt125.00–125.007067
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned656124.83/cwt124.00–129.0081919
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned646129.00/cwt129.00–129.0083310
HeifersMedium and Large 1762133.66/cwt131.00–135.001,01847
HeifersMedium and Large 1685138.13/cwt134.50–140.0094640
HeifersMedium and Large 11,000139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,39530
HeifersMedium and Large 1956139.52/cwt137.00–141.501,33429
HeifersMedium and Large 1894140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,25227
HeifersMedium and Large 1500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006756
HeifersLarge 1641123.00/cwt123.00–123.007885

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.