Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Steers under 550 lbs lightly tested, 550 to 700 lbs mostly steady instances 3.00 to 4.00 higher on fancy thin fleshed lots. Heifers under 500 lbs lightly tested, 500 to 700 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, yearling feeder steers over 700 lbs steady instances 5.00 higher on thin fleshed lot. Yearling feeder heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.02/cwt on 751 head.

Average price

$151.02

751 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$140

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

$0.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.84

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	151.14	881	168
Medium and Large 1	676	150.98	1,020	583

One grade step is worth $0.15/cwt here — about −$140 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 sale751 hd

151.02

—

CO average2 barns · 1,250 hd

155.86

−4.84

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	1,656	76.59	1,268	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	56.15	856	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,252	52.42	656	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	999	43.11	431	6thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	160	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	68	367.56/cwt	350.00–410.00	250	3
Bulls	—	—	1,563	74.34/cwt	69.00–76.50	1,162	6
Bulls	—	—	1,842	81.10/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,494	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	48.99/cwt	48.00–50.00	654	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	54.14/cwt	51.00–56.00	655	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	167.75/cwt	166.00–171.00	879	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,083	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	134.39/cwt	132.50–139.00	966	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	163.56/cwt	162.00–167.50	947	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	148.94/cwt	142.00–149.50	1,031	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	157.15/cwt	155.00–163.00	996	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	161.66/cwt	160.00–164.50	865	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	143.17/cwt	140.00–145.00	889	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	890	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	173.99/cwt	171.00–180.00	813	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,107	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	138.12/cwt	134.00–143.00	856	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	134.92/cwt	131.00–137.00	715	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	127.84/cwt	127.50–128.00	936	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	138.79/cwt	135.00–141.00	665	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	884	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	785	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	56.15/cwt	55.50–59.00	856	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	46.43/cwt	46.00–47.00	490	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	41.45/cwt	40.00–42.00	402	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	536	140.69/cwt	140.00–141.00	754	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	150.43/cwt	150.00–151.00	710	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	141.24/cwt	136.00–144.00	795	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	565	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	972	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	742	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,068	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	800	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,122	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	658	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,020	111

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 Feb 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,378Last week 2,505Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 55Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	160	375.00	375.00
3	—	68	350.00–410.00	367.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	524	166.00–171.00	167.75
6	—	814	133.00	133.00
63	—	719	132.50–139.00	134.39
69	—	579	162.00–167.50	163.56
116	—	692	142.00–149.50	148.94
54	—	634	155.00–163.00	157.15
11	—	907	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	535	160.00–164.50	161.66
88	—	621	140.00–145.00	143.17
15	—	659	135.00	135.00
21	—	467	171.00–180.00	173.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	565	172.00	172.00
35	—	742	144.00	144.00
64	—	800	140.25	140.25
111	—	658	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	620	134.00–143.00	138.12
19	—	472	150.00–151.00	150.43
40	—	563	136.00–144.00	141.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	530	131.00–137.00	134.92
51	—	732	127.50–128.00	127.84
30	—	479	135.00–141.00	138.79
6	—	693	127.50	127.50
18	—	590	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	536	140.00–141.00	140.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,563	69.00–76.50	74.34
3	—	1,842	79.00–84.00	81.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	48.00–50.00	48.99
4	—	1,210	51.00–56.00	54.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,524	55.50–59.00	56.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	46.00–47.00	46.43
4	—	971	40.00–42.00	41.45

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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