Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: All weights of feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 lower instances 8.00 lower on 650 to 700 lbs. All weights feeder heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.22/cwt on 747 head.

Average price

$143.22

747 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$106

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

$3.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.77

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	628	145.97	916	87
Medium and Large 1	716	142.86	1,023	660

One grade step is worth $3.12/cwt here — about −$106 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 sale747 hd

143.22

—

CO average2 barns · 1,522 hd

151.99

−8.77

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	1,893	79.29	1,501	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,163	59.47	692	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,345	59.00	794	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,006	53.26	536	8thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	812	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	958	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	979	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	959	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	991	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	783	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	174.57/cwt	172.50–176.00	721	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	144.63/cwt	144.00–145.00	804	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	143.32/cwt	137.00–145.50	877	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	973	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	153.77/cwt	150.00–156.50	820	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	127.42/cwt	126.50–131.00	864	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	127.76/cwt	124.00–129.50	925	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	135.54/cwt	135.00–137.00	779	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	140.87/cwt	138.00–146.00	706	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	152.09/cwt	150.00–154.00	738	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	857	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,070	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	190.59/cwt	187.00–192.50	728	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,100	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	187.96/cwt	186.50–191.00	812	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	967	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	176.01/cwt	171.00–177.00	901	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	142.43/cwt	139.00–147.00	959	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	131.33/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,014	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	155.65/cwt	153.00–158.00	968	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	120.91/cwt	119.50–122.00	1,116	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	129.34/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,081	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	138.69/cwt	135.00–141.00	985	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	163.03/cwt	160.00–166.00	830	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	922	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	155.87/cwt	153.00–157.00	920	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	134.59/cwt	134.00–136.00	926	39
Bulls	—	—	1,888	75.16/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,419	2
Bulls	—	—	1,894	79.92/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,514	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	59.47/cwt	58.00–61.50	692	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	785	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,328	59.87/cwt	59.50–60.00	795	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	49.75/cwt	49.00–51.00	475	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	55.36/cwt	54.00–58.00	574	5

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 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,763Last week 2,043Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 56Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	812	118.00	118.00
15	—	979	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	809	122.50	122.50
27	—	466	168.00	168.00
31	—	413	172.50–176.00	174.57
45	—	556	144.00–145.00	144.63
59	—	612	137.00–145.50	143.32
69	—	791	123.00	123.00
70	—	533	150.00–156.50	153.77
151	—	678	126.50–131.00	127.42
171	—	724	124.00–129.50	127.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	575	135.00–137.00	135.54
14	—	501	138.00–146.00	140.87
15	—	485	150.00–154.00	152.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	457	187.50	187.50
6	—	870	123.00	123.00
14	—	382	187.00–192.50	190.59
16	—	952	115.50	115.50
28	—	432	186.50–191.00	187.96
29	—	572	169.00	169.00
38	—	512	171.00–177.00	176.01
54	—	673	139.00–147.00	142.43
58	—	772	130.00–134.00	131.33
59	—	622	153.00–158.00	155.65
61	—	923	119.50–122.00	120.91
115	—	836	128.00–131.00	129.34
178	—	710	135.00–141.00	138.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	509	160.00–166.00	163.03
14	—	627	147.00	147.00
21	—	590	153.00–157.00	155.87
39	—	688	134.00–136.00	134.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,888	73.00–77.00	75.16
13	—	1,894	79.00–82.00	79.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,163	58.00–61.50	59.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	55.50	55.50
4	—	1,328	59.50–60.00	59.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	955	49.00–51.00	49.75
5	—	1,037	54.00–58.00	55.36

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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