Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2020-02-18

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Feb 18
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,043 head
605 vs last sale 1,438 2,043 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
18 vs last sale 38 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
5 vs last sale 30 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Steers under 500 lbs steady, 500 to 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 instances 8.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs steady, 600 to 700 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher, Yearling feeder steers over 700 lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Yearling feeder heifers over 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.14/cwt on 983 head.
Average price
$151.14
983 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,069
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
5.22
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1707151.141,069983
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale983 hd
151.14
CO average3 barns · 1,560 hd
156.36
−5.22
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
BullsLow1,85182.201,52116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41162.098765thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23661.4375925
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03852.485459thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy710135.00/cwt135.00–135.00959122
Bulls1,83378.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4302
Bulls1,82780.60/cwt79.00–83.001,4737
Bulls1,87985.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5977
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16656.65/cwt56.00–58.006614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29665.25/cwt64.50–65.508467
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22660.89/cwt59.00–63.0074714
SteersMedium and Large 1570173.15/cwt169.00–176.00987114
SteersMedium and Large 1862137.11/cwt134.50–138.501,182148
SteersMedium and Large 1785138.65/cwt137.00–143.251,088237
SteersMedium and Large 1461185.48/cwt182.00–190.0085524
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,01252.95/cwt52.00–56.005366
SteersMedium and Large 1390200.00/cwt200.00–200.0078022
SteersMedium and Large 1658155.42/cwt151.00–159.001,02329
SteersMedium and Large 1709143.07/cwt140.00–144.001,01430
SteersMedium and Large 1631164.97/cwt163.00–166.001,04134
SteersMedium and Large 1525177.52/cwt176.00–179.0093245
SteersMedium and Large 1846135.62/cwt133.00–137.001,14795
HeifersMedium and Large 1426174.26/cwt170.00–181.0074256
HeifersMedium and Large 1528155.63/cwt151.00–161.0082264
HeifersMedium and Large 1620144.27/cwt141.50–147.0089484
HeifersMedium and Large 1733129.37/cwt128.25–132.00948199
HeifersMedium and Large 1670133.13/cwt131.00–136.0089284
SteersMedium and Large 1437196.00/cwt196.00–196.0085717
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41162.09/cwt59.00–64.008765
CowsLean 85-90%96547.39/cwt45.00–51.004573
CowsLean 85-90%1,07555.03/cwt53.00–56.005926
HeifersMedium and Large 1815125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,01921
HeifersMedium and Large 1560146.45/cwt144.00–147.5082044
HeifersMedium and Large 1797126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,00445
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed570150.00/cwt150.00–150.0085511
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed665163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,08424
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed501186.50/cwt186.50–186.5093442

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.