Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2020-10-27

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Oct 27
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
438 head
16 vs last sale 422 552 vs year ago 990 · 55.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
320 head
60 vs last sale 260 30 vs year ago 350 · 8.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
289 head
74 vs last sale 363 289 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves scarce. Yearling feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.26/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$119.26
127 head · 810 lb average
Value per head Derived
$966
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$349
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.67
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1879120.491,05994
Medium and Large 1-2613115.7471033
One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about $349 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 sale127 hd
119.26
CO average5 barns · 2,821 hd
126.92
−7.67
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,80380.911,45914
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45758.1884855
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21152.3363472
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10341.2245548

Every lot, as filed

26 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28156.24/cwt55.00–57.007209
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54863.98/cwt63.00–65.009902
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41952.96/cwt52.00–59.0075220
CowsLean 85-90%1,24246.56/cwt44.00–49.505788
Bulls2,03573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,4861
CowsLean 85-90%1,07939.56/cwt33.00–43.0042738
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,440843.27/cwt810.00–875.0012,14314
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,19254.52/cwt51.50–63.00650116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605115.43/cwt115.00–115.5069829
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385161.00/cwt161.00–161.006207
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47461.00/cwt57.00–62.0089933
Bulls1,78581.52/cwt79.00–83.001,45513
CowsLean 85-90%1,01451.39/cwt50.00–53.005212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20151.77/cwt49.00–54.5062263
SteersMedium and Large 1752131.50/cwt131.50–131.509899
SteersMedium and Large 1736130.21/cwt129.00–132.0095840
HeifersMedium and Large 1935120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,12219
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned711122.00/cwt122.00–122.0086715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,117645.99/cwt625.00–725.007,21625
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,03239.16/cwt36.50–49.0040458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2453155.00/cwt155.00–155.007025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673118.00/cwt118.00–118.007944
SteersMedium and Large 1834127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,05915
HeifersMedium and Large 1746123.00/cwt123.00–123.009187
HeifersMedium and Large 1681121.52/cwt121.00–122.0082823
HeifersMedium and Large 1977119.78/cwt119.50–120.001,17045

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.