Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Total receipts for Mon and Tues sale: 8499

Compared with last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.01/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$122.01

138 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$5.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.47

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	715	124.98	894	63
Medium and Large 1-2	519	119.51	620	75

One grade step is worth $5.47/cwt here — about $273 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 sale138 hd

122.01

—

CO average5 barns · 4,542 hd

129.48

−7.47

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	1,799	75.59	1,360	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,483	60.49	897	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	55.25	703	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,115	42.72	476	54

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	57.10/cwt	51.00–64.50	748	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	527	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	790	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	814	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,043	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,118	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	655	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	115.12/cwt	115.00–116.00	667	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	851	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	983	21
Bulls	—	—	1,847	82.42/cwt	78.00–84.50	1,522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	804	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	798	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	593	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	137.73/cwt	137.50–138.00	576	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	130.45/cwt	130.00–131.00	667	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	43.99/cwt	42.00–49.00	494	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	115.23/cwt	114.00–119.00	591	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	126.02/cwt	125.00–127.00	715	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	57.79/cwt	57.00–61.00	733	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	63.03/cwt	60.00–64.00	918	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	53.09/cwt	50.00–55.00	589	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	37.98/cwt	33.00–41.00	419	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	65.72/cwt	65.00–66.50	1,071	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	880	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	55.36/cwt	51.00–58.00	822	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	54.44/cwt	50.00–56.50	692	33
Bulls	—	—	1,772	71.79/cwt	68.00–76.00	1,272	9

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 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 422Last week 4,672Year ago 1,187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 260Last week 275Year ago 260

Replacement CattleReceipts 363Last week 249Year ago 0

Total receipts for Mon and Tues sale: 8499

Compared with last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate.

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	161	—	1,310	51.00–64.50	57.10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	366	144.00	144.00
9	—	642	123.00	123.00
18	—	651	125.00	125.00
29	—	862	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	579	115.00–116.00	115.12
4	—	426	128.00	128.00
7	—	324	140.00	140.00
8	—	693	116.00	116.00
16	—	490	121.00	121.00
24	—	513	114.00–119.00	115.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	834	134.00	134.00
12	—	455	144.00	144.00
21	—	739	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	617	125.00	125.00
23	—	709	120.00	120.00
27	—	654	122.00	122.00
9	—	418	137.50–138.00	137.73
16	—	511	130.00–131.00	130.45
4	—	567	125.00–127.00	126.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,847	78.00–84.50	82.42
9	—	1,772	68.00–76.00	71.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,122	42.00–49.00	43.99
5	—	1,110	50.00–55.00	53.09
19	—	1,104	33.00–41.00	37.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,269	57.00–61.00	57.79
1	—	1,375	64.00	64.00
33	—	1,271	50.00–56.50	54.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,457	60.00–64.00	63.03
2	—	1,630	65.00–66.50	65.72
8	—	1,485	51.00–58.00	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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle