Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2019-11-26

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Nov 26
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
652 head
298 vs last sale 950 652 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
50 vs last sale 200 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
261 head
254 vs last sale 515 261 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week: Feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.84/cwt on 201 head.
Average price
$140.84
201 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$858
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.33
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1614142.58875160
Medium and Large 1-2592134.0379441
One grade step is worth $8.55/cwt here — about $81 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 sale201 hd
140.84
CO average3 barns · 1,777 hd
146.17
−5.33
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
BullsAverage1,73181.711,41548
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43356.9181635
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16055.4864459
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,12947.0453121

Every lot, as filed

33 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%1,02038.00/cwt38.00–38.003881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42257.81/cwt56.00–62.5082230
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50251.48/cwt50.00–53.007735
CowsLean 85-90%1,15248.59/cwt46.00–53.0056015
CowsLean 85-90%1,08044.18/cwt43.00–45.004775
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16455.95/cwt55.00–58.0065150
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13852.89/cwt50.00–54.506029
Bulls1,71882.23/cwt80.25–85.001,41338
Bulls1,71276.64/cwt73.00–79.501,3127
Bulls1,94287.00/cwt87.00–87.001,6903
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,26654.74/cwt50.00–62.00693108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630130.35/cwt127.00–133.0082119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586134.59/cwt134.00–136.0078913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522141.00/cwt141.00–141.007369
SteersMedium and Large 1675137.31/cwt135.00–138.0092743
SteersMedium and Large 1461152.74/cwt152.00–154.0070427
SteersMedium and Large 1621137.58/cwt136.50–138.0085425
SteersMedium and Large 1504146.00/cwt146.00–146.0073618
SteersMedium and Large 1845132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,12016
SteersMedium and Large 1743137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,01816
SteersMedium and Large 1414165.45/cwt161.00–168.0068512
SteersMedium and Large 1586140.00/cwt140.00–140.008203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2542128.00/cwt128.00–128.006949
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2591124.00/cwt124.00–124.007334
HeifersMedium and Large 1567131.01/cwt128.00–132.0074354
HeifersMedium and Large 1481136.47/cwt133.00–137.0065645
HeifersMedium and Large 1534133.44/cwt130.00–139.5071323
HeifersMedium and Large 1762128.00/cwt128.00–128.0097515
HeifersMedium and Large 1635126.00/cwt125.00–127.0080012
HeifersMedium and Large 1418138.48/cwt138.00–139.0057911
HeifersMedium and Large 1309156.00/cwt156.00–156.004826
HeifersMedium and Large 1289162.50/cwt162.50–162.504705
HeifersMedium and Large 1388152.00/cwt152.00–152.005903

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.