Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: feeder steers and heifers mostly steady in a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.87/cwt on 154 head.

Average price

$122.87

154 head · 835 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$359

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

$6.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.78

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	576	128.22	738	32
Medium and Large 1	903	121.47	1,097	122

One grade step is worth $6.75/cwt here — about −$359 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 sale154 hd

122.87

—

CO average6 barns · 3,162 hd

133.66

−10.78

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	1,753	79.65	1,397	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,438	56.49	812	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	53.47	681	99
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	43.73	473	36

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2	—	634	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	786	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	125.94/cwt	124.00–128.00	781	6
Bulls	—	—	1,752	81.32/cwt	79.00–83.50	1,425	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	977	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	596	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	710	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,169	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,176	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,265	53.29/cwt	49.00–62.50	674	156
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,203	1,358.84/cwt	1,325.00–1,450.00	16,347	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,304	704.81/cwt	650.00–770.00	9,191	46
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,337	860.06/cwt	800.00–900.00	11,499	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,005	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,159	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	120.18/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,100	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	55.85/cwt	54.50–58.00	723	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	779	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	687	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	51.73/cwt	48.00–54.00	652	61
Bulls	—	—	1,728	75.32/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,302	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	875	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	148.39/cwt	147.50–151.00	645	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	48.35/cwt	46.00–51.00	541	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	57.22/cwt	56.00–60.00	801	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	53.66/cwt	50.00–55.50	761	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	37.19/cwt	31.00–40.00	393	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	63.76/cwt	62.50–65.00	858	2
Bulls	—	—	2,010	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,749	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	43.78/cwt	41.00–46.00	465	12

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 Nov 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 450Last week 438Year ago 680

Slaughter CattleReceipts 350Last week 320Year ago 89

Replacement CattleReceipts 766Last week 289Year ago 750

Compared with last Tuesday: feeder steers and heifers mostly steady in a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	634	124.00	124.00
10	—	423	141.00	141.00
7	—	500	126.00	126.00
7	—	802	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	801	125.50	125.50
40	—	966	120.00	120.00
51	—	915	118.00–122.00	120.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	620	124.00–128.00	125.94
7	—	547	131.00	131.00
8	—	735	119.00	119.00
12	—	435	147.50–151.00	148.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	507	140.00	140.00
11	—	1,063	110.00	110.00
19	—	1,014	116.00	116.00
23	—	472	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	577	119.00	119.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,752	79.00–83.50	81.32
9	—	1,728	70.00–77.00	75.32
1	—	2,010	87.00	87.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,551	63.00	63.00
11	—	1,399	56.00–60.00	57.22
19	—	1,418	50.00–55.50	53.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,294	54.50–58.00	55.85
61	—	1,260	48.00–54.00	51.73
2	—	1,345	62.50–65.00	63.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,119	46.00–51.00	48.35
10	—	1,056	31.00–40.00	37.19
12	—	1,063	41.00–46.00	43.78

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	156	—	1,265	49.00–62.50	53.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	1,203	1,325.00–1,450.00	1,358.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	46	—	1,304	650.00–770.00	704.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,337	800.00–900.00	860.06

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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Winter - La Junta

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle