Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with a couple of weeks ago: steer calves under 400 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 400 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 lower decline over 750 lbs. Heifers calves uneven 300 to 400 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 400 to 550 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady. Feeder heifers over 700 lbs

steady. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.65/cwt on 1,488 head.

Average price

$151.65

1,488 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$38

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

$37.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.04

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	512	169.23	866	26
Medium and Large 1	647	152.03	984	1,398
Large 1	595	147.00	875	18thin
Medium 1	685	132.00	904	46

One grade step is worth $37.23/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale1,488 hd

151.65

—

CO average2 barns · 1,489 hd

151.61

+0.04

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	—	High	1,912	82.81	1,584	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,475	54.30	801	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	51.28	616	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	998	45.21	451	30

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 1-2Unweaned	—	546	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	895	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	722	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,052	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	432	166.75/cwt	166.50–167.00	720	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	125.51/cwt	124.00–126.50	842	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	137.28/cwt	133.00–142.00	997	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	157.39/cwt	155.00–165.00	686	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	146.89/cwt	146.00–147.50	768	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	123.10/cwt	121.00–125.50	940	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	550	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	828	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	552	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	925	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	130.91/cwt	128.00–132.50	1,060	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	159.31/cwt	154.00–165.00	919	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	153.01/cwt	149.00–157.00	791	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	133.74/cwt	129.00–136.00	1,019	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	184.43/cwt	178.00–187.00	843	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	359	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	790	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	418	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	840	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	160.63/cwt	156.00–164.00	615	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	528	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	205.53/cwt	203.00–209.00	802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	129.13/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,144	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	192.24/cwt	192.00–194.00	832	32
Bulls	—	—	1,906	86.26/cwt	85.50–87.50	1,644	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	53.18/cwt	51.00–55.00	643	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	41.12/cwt	39.00–43.00	412	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	45.09/cwt	44.00–46.00	464	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	48.01/cwt	47.00–52.00	446	8
Bulls	—	—	1,916	80.84/cwt	79.00–84.50	1,549	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	137.05/cwt	134.00–140.00	862	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	144.06/cwt	137.00–148.00	824	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	535	162.23/cwt	162.00–162.50	868	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	144.96/cwt	143.50–146.50	902	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,176	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	468	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	885	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	174.21/cwt	170.00–181.00	920	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	152.74/cwt	151.00–154.00	635	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	811	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	219.15/cwt	217.00–221.00	739	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	129.86/cwt	127.00–135.00	880	172
Steers	Medium 1	—	685	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	904	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	604	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	870	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	805	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,010	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	136.62/cwt	134.50–138.00	925	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	154.65/cwt	150.00–159.00	956	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	134.58/cwt	133.50–136.00	789	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	49.70/cwt	48.00–51.00	594	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	51.49/cwt	51.00–52.00	774	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	55.00/cwt	54.00–57.00	807	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	143.52/cwt	139.00–147.00	963	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	155.53/cwt	153.00–158.00	731	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	850	17
Heifers	Large 1	—	644	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	828	32
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	595	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	875	18
Heifers	Medium 1	—	586	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	797	49
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	53.13/cwt	47.00–58.00	643	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	519	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	965	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	825	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	974	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 Jan 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,744Last week 586Year ago 5,709

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 45Year ago 166

Replacement CattleReceipts 406Last week 178Year ago 234

steady. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	546	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	722	145.75	145.75
6	—	552	167.50	167.50
6	—	359	220.00	220.00
13	—	418	201.00	201.00
8	—	519	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	726	133.00–142.00	137.28
14	—	810	128.00–132.50	130.91
93	—	577	154.00–165.00	159.31
94	—	762	129.00–136.00	133.74
63	—	457	178.00–187.00	184.43
7	—	390	203.00–209.00	205.53
46	—	886	128.00–130.00	129.13
32	—	433	192.00–194.00	192.24
50	—	926	127.00	127.00
135	—	528	170.00–181.00	174.21
14	—	337	217.00–221.00	219.15
198	—	618	150.00–159.00	154.65
219	—	671	139.00–147.00	143.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	535	162.00–162.50	162.23
72	—	622	143.50–146.50	144.96
46	—	677	134.50–138.00	136.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	468	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	685	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	494	172.00	172.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	595	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	432	166.50–167.00	166.75
18	—	550	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	671	124.00–126.50	125.51
10	—	636	127.50	127.50
12	—	825	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	436	155.00–165.00	157.39
45	—	764	121.00–125.50	123.10
184	—	517	149.00–157.00	153.01
32	—	383	156.00–164.00	160.63
9	—	324	163.00	163.00
186	—	629	134.00–140.00	137.05
247	—	572	137.00–148.00	144.06
172	—	678	127.00–135.00	129.86
104	—	470	153.00–158.00	155.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	523	146.00–147.50	146.89
17	—	416	151.00–154.00	152.74
36	—	586	133.50–136.00	134.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	604	144.00	144.00
37	—	805	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	644	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	586	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,906	85.50–87.50	86.26
7	—	1,916	79.00–84.50	80.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,209	51.00–55.00	53.18
6	—	1,196	48.00–51.00	49.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,003	39.00–43.00	41.12
17	—	1,029	44.00–46.00	45.09
8	—	928	47.00–52.00	48.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	51.00–52.00	51.49
8	—	1,468	54.00–57.00	55.00

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	207	—	1,210	47.00–58.00	53.13

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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle