Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to the lack of receipts from the prior week, although a higher undertone noted. Trade activity and buyer demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.01/cwt on 278 head.

Average price

$114.01

278 head · 747 lb average

Value per head Derived

$852

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$163

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

$5.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

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	598	118.64	709	36
Medium and Large 1	769	113.32	872	242

One grade step is worth $5.32/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale278 hd

114.01

—

CO average1 barns · 278 hd

114.01

+0.00

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	—	High	1,954	90.19	1,762	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,480	69.33	1,026	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	67.96	849	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,077	52.11	561	4thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	127.04/cwt	123.00–129.00	938	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	937	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,035	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	733	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,059	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	931	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	992	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	165.91/cwt	165.00–167.50	806	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	704	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	810	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	642	134.41/cwt	133.00–138.00	863	14
Bulls	—	—	2,177	93.32/cwt	93.00–94.00	2,032	3
Bulls	—	—	1,842	88.62/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,632	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	68.68/cwt	67.00–69.50	866	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	117.59/cwt	115.00–119.00	981	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	961	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	947	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	170.88/cwt	170.00–172.00	866	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	988	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	737	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	154.49/cwt	154.00–155.00	589	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	120.37/cwt	120.00–121.00	689	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	106.04/cwt	104.00–107.00	840	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	857	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	160.28/cwt	160.00–161.00	765	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	134.51/cwt	129.00–137.50	697	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	783	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	113.11/cwt	110.50–113.50	831	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	146.44/cwt	144.00–148.00	602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	113.88/cwt	113.00–115.00	721	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	124.21/cwt	123.00–125.00	673	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	848	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	69.58/cwt	67.00–71.00	1,032	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	45.76/cwt	43.00–48.00	450	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	58.47/cwt	58.00–59.00	684	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	914	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	61.49/cwt	61.00–63.50	709	6

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 Mar 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 754Last week 7,267Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 27Year ago 0

No trend available due to the lack of receipts from the prior week, although a higher undertone noted. Trade activity and buyer demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	738	123.00–129.00	127.04
2	—	433	187.50	187.50
40	—	834	115.00–119.00	117.59
2	—	475	170.00	170.00
7	—	632	152.00	152.00
8	—	653	145.00	145.00
9	—	507	170.00–172.00	170.88
48	—	852	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	733	144.50	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	931	106.50	106.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	477	160.00–161.00	160.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	937	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	695	106.00	106.00
5	—	411	144.00–148.00	146.44
9	—	633	113.00–115.00	113.88
10	—	542	123.00–125.00	124.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	381	154.00–155.00	154.49
11	—	572	120.00–121.00	120.37
34	—	792	104.00–107.00	106.04
36	—	824	104.00	104.00
9	—	518	129.00–137.50	134.51
9	—	642	122.00	122.00
77	—	735	110.50–113.50	113.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	486	165.00–167.50	165.91
11	—	704	115.00	115.00
14	—	642	133.00–138.00	134.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,177	93.00–94.00	93.32
6	—	1,842	86.00–91.00	88.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,261	67.00–69.50	68.68
1	—	1,270	72.00	72.00
6	—	1,153	61.00–63.50	61.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	61.00	61.00
34	—	1,483	67.00–71.00	69.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	983	43.00–48.00	45.76
2	—	1,170	58.00–59.00	58.47

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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