Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Steers under 700 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs 5.00 higher, over 500 lbs mostly steady. Yearling feeder steers and heifers over 700 lbs too lightly tested last week for a comparison. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.88/cwt on 281 head.

Average price

$150.88

281 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$280

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

$18.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.02

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	378	169.00	639	7thin
Medium and Large 1	611	150.41	919	274

One grade step is worth $18.59/cwt here — about −$280 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 sale281 hd

150.88

—

CO average2 barns · 1,131 hd

147.85

+3.02

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	1,869	80.29	1,500	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,497	57.98	868	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,275	55.82	712	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,093	47.21	516	9thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,718	75.20/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,292	4
Bulls	—	—	1,929	82.33/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,588	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,091	61.82/cwt	61.00–63.50	674	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	58.94/cwt	55.00–60.50	804	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	50.98/cwt	47.00–54.00	655	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,694	51.21/cwt	48.00–53.50	867	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	153.30/cwt	152.50–155.00	940	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	129.07/cwt	125.00–132.50	875	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	639	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	905	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	899	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	174.80/cwt	172.50–177.00	820	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	129.71/cwt	129.00–131.00	916	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	176.69/cwt	172.50–178.50	921	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	739	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	147.18/cwt	142.50–149.00	634	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	146.22/cwt	142.00–147.00	721	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	139.16/cwt	134.00–139.50	757	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	122.26/cwt	122.00–123.00	696	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	856	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	57.38/cwt	56.00–60.00	800	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	61.75/cwt	61.75–61.75	904	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	49.97/cwt	49.00–51.00	537	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	45.01/cwt	42.00–49.00	498	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	789	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	126.56/cwt	124.00–127.00	790	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	529	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	965	4

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 Apr 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 761Last week 600Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 150Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,718	71.00–79.00	75.20
10	—	1,929	80.00–87.00	82.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,091	61.00–63.50	61.82
9	—	1,364	55.00–60.50	58.94
12	—	1,285	47.00–54.00	50.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,694	48.00–53.50	51.21
9	—	1,395	56.00–60.00	57.38
14	—	1,464	61.75	61.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,075	49.00–51.00	49.97
5	—	1,107	42.00–49.00	45.01

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	613	152.50–155.00	153.30
70	—	678	125.00–132.50	129.07
5	—	892	101.50	101.50
6	—	428	175.00	175.00
16	—	571	157.50	157.50
18	—	469	172.50–177.00	174.80
31	—	706	129.00–131.00	129.71
57	—	521	172.50–178.50	176.69
3	—	800	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	378	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	564	131.00	131.00
38	—	431	142.50–149.00	147.18
38	—	493	142.00–147.00	146.22
62	—	544	134.00–139.50	139.16
11	—	701	112.50	112.50
27	—	624	124.00–127.00	126.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	569	122.00–123.00	122.26

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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