Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steer calves under 500 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower, 500 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 600 to 700 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves uneven under 600 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher except for 450 to 500 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. 600 to 700 lbs steady. Yearling feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.01/cwt on 1,658 head.

Average price

$150.01

1,658 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$990

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$271

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

$23.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.41

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	425	173.00	735	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	519	153.37	796	119
Medium and Large 1	673	149.52	1,006	1,524

One grade step is worth $23.48/cwt here — about −$271 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 sale1,658 hd

150.01

—

CO average3 barns · 2,555 hd

153.42

−3.41

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	1,802	76.40	1,377	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	61.90	907	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,213	58.03	704	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,091	45.94	501	33

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,115	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	167.81/cwt	163.00–171.00	517	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	585	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,093	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	41.28/cwt	36.00–43.00	445	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	49.51/cwt	45.00–52.00	558	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	53.90/cwt	52.00–58.00	570	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	146.67/cwt	145.50–149.00	827	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	126.33/cwt	125.00–127.75	1,236	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	145.98/cwt	144.00–148.25	971	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	135.75/cwt	133.50–140.50	1,169	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	208.78/cwt	206.00–210.00	681	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,080	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	200.25/cwt	199.00–202.00	725	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,224	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	559	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	818	142.42/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,165	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	893	143.10/cwt	143.10–143.10	1,278	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	761	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	425	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	735	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	684	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	828	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	795	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	143.78/cwt	140.00–145.00	608	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	154.26/cwt	153.00–159.00	568	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	923	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	999	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	65.14/cwt	62.00–67.00	954	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	55.96/cwt	54.00–59.00	822	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	57.16/cwt	50.00–59.50	694	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	61.34/cwt	60.00–65.00	739	10
Bulls	—	—	1,750	74.91/cwt	70.00–79.50	1,311	21
Bulls	—	—	1,986	81.60/cwt	80.00–84.50	1,621	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,243	59.63/cwt	55.00–65.50	741	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	154.48/cwt	153.50–157.00	758	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	176.00/cwt	175.00–177.00	771	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	138.88/cwt	137.00–141.00	806	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	855	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	141.06/cwt	139.00–143.50	887	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	733	137.07/cwt	136.50–139.00	1,005	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	883	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	152.16/cwt	148.00–156.50	802	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	119.92/cwt	119.50–120.50	1,059	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	133.26/cwt	131.50–136.25	906	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	136.97/cwt	136.00–139.00	846	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	128.28/cwt	124.75–133.50	1,052	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	157.75/cwt	151.00–160.00	642	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	133.23/cwt	130.25–136.50	957	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	134.37/cwt	132.00–137.00	696	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	133.80/cwt	128.50–137.00	772	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	136.63/cwt	133.00–140.00	653	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	705	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	906	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	794	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	977	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	132.94/cwt	132.50–133.00	810	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	681	130.11/cwt	129.50–132.50	886	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	614	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,067	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	128.41/cwt	128.00–129.00	699	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	143.55/cwt	142.00–146.50	1,045	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	137.86/cwt	135.00–139.75	1,147	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	147.07/cwt	144.00–148.00	937	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	184.27/cwt	181.00–187.50	761	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	164.39/cwt	159.00–166.00	758	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	135.78/cwt	131.00–139.75	1,245	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	173.91/cwt	173.00–174.00	504	31

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 Sep 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,276Last week 1,575Year ago 1,217

Slaughter CattleReceipts 271Last week 125Year ago 143

Replacement CattleReceipts 280Last week 145Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	974	114.50	114.50
23	—	308	163.00–171.00	167.81
16	—	350	167.00	167.00
9	—	915	119.50	119.50
31	—	883	119.50–120.50	119.92
45	—	680	131.50–136.25	133.26
50	—	618	136.00–139.00	136.97
52	—	820	124.75–133.50	128.28
55	—	407	151.00–160.00	157.75
58	—	718	130.25–136.50	133.23
83	—	518	132.00–137.00	134.37
107	—	577	128.50–137.00	133.80
128	—	478	133.00–140.00	136.63
31	—	290	173.00–174.00	173.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	684	121.00	121.00
7	—	626	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	423	140.00–145.00	143.78
48	—	368	153.00–159.00	154.26
25	—	763	121.00	121.00
17	—	900	111.00	111.00
9	—	469	131.00	131.00
14	—	979	109.00	109.00
17	—	544	128.00–129.00	128.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	705	128.50	128.50
22	—	794	123.00	123.00
63	—	609	132.50–133.00	132.94
77	—	681	129.50–132.50	130.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	564	145.50–149.00	146.67
77	—	978	125.00–127.75	126.33
63	—	665	144.00–148.25	145.98
59	—	861	133.50–140.50	135.75
56	—	326	206.00–210.00	208.78
27	—	794	136.00	136.00
19	—	362	199.00–202.00	200.25
18	—	1,020	120.00	120.00
6	—	260	215.00	215.00
169	—	527	148.00–156.50	152.16
86	—	728	142.00–146.50	143.55
86	—	832	135.00–139.75	137.86
87	—	637	144.00–148.00	147.07
88	—	413	181.00–187.50	184.27
136	—	461	159.00–166.00	164.39
148	—	917	131.00–139.75	135.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	818	141.00–143.00	142.42
47	—	893	143.10	143.10
13	—	450	169.00	169.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	425	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	491	153.50–157.00	154.48
30	—	438	175.00–177.00	176.00
20	—	580	137.00–141.00	138.88
19	—	658	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	629	139.00–143.50	141.06
80	—	733	136.50–139.00	137.07
7	—	654	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,078	36.00–43.00	41.28
11	—	1,128	45.00–52.00	49.51
5	—	1,057	52.00–58.00	53.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,464	62.00–67.00	65.14
6	—	1,469	54.00–59.00	55.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,215	50.00–59.50	57.16
10	—	1,205	60.00–65.00	61.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,750	70.00–79.50	74.91
6	—	1,986	80.00–84.50	81.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	121	—	1,243	55.00–65.50	59.63

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle