Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steer calves under 500 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower, 500 to 600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 600 to 700 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves steady to 1.00 higher except for 400 to 500 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Yearling feeder steers over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Yearling feeder heifers steady. Slaughter cows and 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 $144.31/cwt on 2,123 head.

Average price

$144.31

2,123 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$835

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$21.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.66

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	529	146.74	776	139
Medium and Large 1	583	144.50	843	1,946
Medium 1	521	125.50	654	38

One grade step is worth $21.24/cwt here — about $122 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 sale2,123 hd

144.31

—

CO average4 barns · 4,223 hd

146.97

−2.66

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	—	Average	1,790	78.37	1,403	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,478	57.83	855	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	54.75	661	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,123	42.72	480	22

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1Unweaned	—	716	130.41/cwt	130.00–131.00	934	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	130.60/cwt	126.00–135.50	696	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	128.46/cwt	125.00–130.00	737	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	164.81/cwt	160.00–171.00	704	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	950	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,136	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	180.19/cwt	176.00–184.00	663	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	141.05/cwt	134.50–146.00	808	473
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	125.56/cwt	125.00–126.00	844	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	626	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	947	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	133.46/cwt	129.00–137.00	623	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	134.11/cwt	130.00–138.00	566	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	138.25/cwt	137.50–139.50	906	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,183	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	150.42/cwt	144.00–156.50	793	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	136.56/cwt	131.50–140.00	851	370
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	963	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	780	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,049	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,112	1,070.41/cwt	1,025.00–1,100.00	11,903	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	762	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,114	27
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	—	390	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	472	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	810	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	516	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	715	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	403	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	572	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	730.97/cwt	700.00–760.00	9,174	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	934.13/cwt	850.00–975.00	12,284	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,206	705.79/cwt	675.00–760.00	8,512	62
Steers	Medium 1	—	521	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	654	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	58.54/cwt	56.00–60.00	699	8
Bulls	—	—	1,796	80.74/cwt	76.00–84.00	1,450	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	51.33/cwt	50.00–52.50	588	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	34.27/cwt	31.00–36.00	378	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	53.15/cwt	51.00–56.00	645	19
Bulls	—	—	1,777	72.96/cwt	68.00–76.00	1,296	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	145.21/cwt	142.00–150.50	542	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	714	125.18/cwt	124.00–126.00	894	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,000	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	46.85/cwt	45.00–49.00	531	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	55.00/cwt	54.00–56.00	786	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	140.26/cwt	136.00–144.00	722	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	138.81/cwt	138.00–140.00	541	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	170.68/cwt	170.00–172.00	664	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	60.62/cwt	57.00–62.00	924	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	163.72/cwt	162.50–165.00	452	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	122.98/cwt	120.00–127.00	596	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	152.93/cwt	151.00–158.00	494	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	132.16/cwt	131.00–133.50	755	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	181.26/cwt	181.00–182.00	585	23
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,292	57.25/cwt	50.00–62.00	740	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	570	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	846	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	913	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,071	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	126.79/cwt	125.25–129.50	791	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,195	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	150.18/cwt	145.00–155.50	719	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	891	36

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 Oct 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,672Last week 3,177Year ago 2,300

Slaughter CattleReceipts 275Last week 154Year ago 222

Replacement CattleReceipts 249Last week 334Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	716	130.00–131.00	130.41
370	—	623	131.50–140.00	136.56
36	—	675	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	427	160.00–171.00	164.81
60	—	813	139.75	139.75
51	—	368	176.00–184.00	180.19
473	—	573	134.50–146.00	141.05
148	—	655	137.50–139.50	138.25
10	—	921	128.50	128.50
325	—	527	144.00–156.50	150.42
12	—	700	137.50	137.50
8	—	964	124.00	124.00
151	—	479	145.00–155.50	150.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	626	151.25	151.25
27	—	762	146.25	146.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	780	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	521	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	781	128.00	128.00
28	—	515	136.00–144.00	140.26
20	—	389	170.00–172.00	170.68
44	—	571	131.00–133.50	132.16
23	—	323	181.00–182.00	181.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	570	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
294	—	533	126.00–135.50	130.60
246	—	574	125.00–130.00	128.46
20	—	745	127.50	127.50
194	—	467	129.00–137.00	133.46
96	—	422	130.00–138.00	134.11
41	—	614	132.00	132.00
75	—	373	142.00–150.50	145.21
6	—	276	162.50–165.00	163.72
8	—	694	131.50	131.50
28	—	850	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	672	125.00–126.00	125.56
17	—	714	124.00–126.00	125.18
98	—	624	125.25–129.50	126.79
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	390	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	516	138.50	138.50
20	—	403	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	390	138.00–140.00	138.81
78	—	485	120.00–127.00	122.98
31	—	323	151.00–158.00	152.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	—	1,112	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,070.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,315	850.00–975.00	934.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	62	—	1,206	675.00–760.00	705.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,255	700.00–760.00	730.97
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	71	—	1,292	50.00–62.00	57.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,194	56.00–60.00	58.54
19	—	1,214	51.00–56.00	53.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,146	50.00–52.50	51.33
9	—	1,102	31.00–36.00	34.27
8	—	1,133	45.00–49.00	46.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,429	54.00–56.00	55.00
1	—	1,605	64.00	64.00
11	—	1,525	57.00–62.00	60.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,796	76.00–84.00	80.74
7	—	1,777	68.00–76.00	72.96

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle