Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steer calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher instances 5.00 higher on 600 to 700 lbs. Heifer calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher except for 500 to 600 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Yearling feeder heifers over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.09/cwt on 3,780 head.

Average price

$150.09

3,780 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$13.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.18

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	558	155.05	866	167
Large 1	570	152.15	867	100
Medium and Large 1	678	150.10	1,018	3,392
Medium 1	596	141.44	844	121

One grade step is worth $13.61/cwt here — about $22 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 sale3,780 hd

150.09

—

CO average4 barns · 6,621 hd

152.27

−2.18

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	1,871	81.99	1,534	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,476	58.20	859	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,253	55.59	697	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,090	47.86	522	16

Every lot, as filed

71 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 1Thin Fleshed	—	585	165.46/cwt	165.25–168.00	968	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	130.88/cwt	127.00–137.00	864	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	147.13/cwt	143.00–150.50	978	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,234	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	128.94/cwt	126.00–129.75	1,074	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	621	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	600	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	960	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	183.64/cwt	179.00–186.00	861	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	153.43/cwt	150.00–156.50	957	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	163.69/cwt	160.00–169.00	858	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	135.79/cwt	133.50–138.00	1,109	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	168.11/cwt	167.00–170.00	647	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	665	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,027	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	135.57/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,067	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	125.37/cwt	124.50–126.00	860	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	185.62/cwt	183.00–190.00	811	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	142.47/cwt	138.50–145.00	1,020	394
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	929	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	141.98/cwt	137.50–148.00	811	521
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	523	172.93/cwt	172.00–174.00	904	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	536	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	855	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	133.75/cwt	132.25–134.75	1,173	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	133.10/cwt	131.75–135.00	1,227	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	417	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	805	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	132.41/cwt	130.00–134.00	829	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	709	136.12/cwt	133.00–137.00	965	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	146.66/cwt	143.00–149.00	908	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	141.04/cwt	136.00–146.00	876	398
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	991	187
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	58.20/cwt	56.00–61.00	859	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	52.30/cwt	52.00–54.00	609	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	57.24/cwt	55.00–60.00	743	20
Bulls	—	—	1,721	76.56/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,318	6
Bulls	—	—	2,128	88.82/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,890	4
Bulls	—	—	1,859	82.51/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,534	10
Steers	Medium 1	—	576	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	824	100
Steers	Large 1	—	484	161.52/cwt	161.00–162.00	782	42
Steers	Large 1	—	600	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	897	34
Steers	Large 1	—	677	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	944	24
Heifers	Large 1	—	525	138.62/cwt	137.50–139.00	728	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	46.07/cwt	44.00–48.00	491	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,202	55.75/cwt	47.00–61.00	670	167
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	48.94/cwt	47.00–52.00	540	10
Heifers	Medium 1	—	555	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	738	30
Heifers	Medium 1	—	518	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	694	24
Heifers	Medium 1	—	368	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	556	31
Steers	Medium 1	—	694	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	930	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	954	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	630	126.19/cwt	126.00–126.50	795	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	816	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,110	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,294	802.38/cwt	800.00–810.00	10,383	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,211	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	12,231	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,393	890.67/cwt	885.00–900.00	12,407	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	156.25/cwt	155.00–158.00	577	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,339	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	10,511	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	132.28/cwt	131.00–134.00	770	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	168.08/cwt	165.00–171.00	822	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	145.74/cwt	144.00–149.00	850	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	141.75/cwt	141.50–142.00	877	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,098	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	932	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	795	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	133.82/cwt	130.00–139.00	709	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	149.08/cwt	146.00–151.00	620	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	196.42/cwt	194.00–203.00	748	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	139.72/cwt	139.00–140.50	657	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	154.58/cwt	151.00–158.00	897	375
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	130.60/cwt	130.60–130.60	931	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	145.82/cwt	142.00–152.50	760	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	152.17/cwt	150.00–154.50	726	170

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 Dec 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,402Last week 3,500Year ago 5,329

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 118Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 607Last week 889Year ago 450

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	585	165.25–168.00	165.46
31	—	600	160.00	160.00
122	—	665	154.50	154.50
61	—	523	172.00–174.00	172.93
19	—	417	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
262	—	665	143.00–150.50	147.13
54	—	972	127.00	127.00
13	—	300	207.00	207.00
52	—	469	179.00–186.00	183.64
284	—	624	150.00–156.50	153.43
217	—	524	160.00–169.00	163.69
215	—	817	133.50–138.00	135.79
265	—	787	135.00–138.00	135.57
120	—	437	183.00–190.00	185.62
394	—	716	138.50–145.00	142.47
246	—	877	132.25–134.75	133.75
221	—	922	131.75–135.00	133.10
91	—	381	194.00–203.00	196.42
375	—	580	151.00–158.00	154.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	668	139.00	139.00
122	—	709	133.00–137.00	136.12
57	—	619	143.00–149.00	146.66
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	576	143.00	143.00
21	—	694	134.00	134.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	484	161.00–162.00	161.52
34	—	600	149.50	149.50
24	—	677	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	712	134.00	134.00
84	—	489	165.00–171.00	168.08
29	—	583	144.00–149.00	145.74
24	—	619	141.50–142.00	141.75
21	—	666	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
351	—	660	127.00–137.00	130.88
204	—	833	126.00–129.75	128.94
30	—	385	167.00–170.00	168.11
521	—	571	137.50–148.00	141.98
398	—	621	136.00–146.00	141.04
187	—	762	130.00	130.00
121	—	858	128.00	128.00
6	—	406	156.00	156.00
190	—	713	130.60	130.60
190	—	521	142.00–152.50	145.82
170	—	477	150.00–154.50	152.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	686	124.50–126.00	125.37
121	—	626	130.00–134.00	132.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	536	159.50	159.50
25	—	816	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	525	137.50–139.00	138.62
35	—	630	126.00–126.50	126.19
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	555	133.00	133.00
24	—	518	134.00	134.00
31	—	368	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	369	155.00–158.00	156.25
37	—	582	131.00–134.00	132.28
17	—	616	129.00	129.00
70	—	530	130.00–139.00	133.82
84	—	416	146.00–151.00	149.08
55	—	470	139.00–140.50	139.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,476	56.00–61.00	58.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,164	52.00–54.00	52.30
20	—	1,298	55.00–60.00	57.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,066	44.00–48.00	46.07
10	—	1,104	47.00–52.00	48.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,721	74.00–79.00	76.56
4	—	2,128	87.00–90.00	88.82
10	—	1,859	80.00–85.00	82.51

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	167	—	1,202	47.00–61.00	55.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,294	800.00–810.00	802.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,211	1,010.00	1,010.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	29	—	1,393	885.00–900.00	890.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	38	—	1,339	785.00	785.00

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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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