Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steers calves under 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers calves under 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 600 to 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers over 700 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.98/cwt on 849 head.

Average price

$136.98

849 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$2.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.74

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	137.19	844	775
Medium and Large 1-2	530	134.73	715	74

One grade step is worth $2.46/cwt here — about $130 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 sale849 hd

136.98

—

CO average5 barns · 3,660 hd

139.71

−2.74

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	1,780	81.80	1,456	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,509	57.45	867	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,174	55.62	653	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	944	47.96	453	16

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	54.03/cwt	53.50–55.00	681	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	57.45/cwt	56.00–59.00	867	4
Bulls	—	—	2,063	89.03/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,837	6
Bulls	—	—	1,638	78.18/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,281	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	43.52/cwt	43.00–44.00	402	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	48.59/cwt	48.00–53.00	460	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	452	186.72/cwt	186.50–187.00	844	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	150.29/cwt	149.00–152.00	921	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	132.01/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,022	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	138.72/cwt	135.00–144.00	727	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	143.64/cwt	138.00–146.50	965	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	134.77/cwt	130.00–139.00	842	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	134.71/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,083	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	402	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	157.79/cwt	154.00–161.00	895	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	132.59/cwt	130.50–133.00	709	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	197.22/cwt	195.00–198.00	765	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	137.81/cwt	136.00–142.00	984	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	130.37/cwt	130.00–130.50	943	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	607	145.37/cwt	143.50–146.00	882	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	929	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	137.81/cwt	132.50–140.00	786	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	185.81/cwt	184.50–187.50	829	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	843	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	148.19/cwt	145.00–152.00	711	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	127.39/cwt	126.00–128.00	782	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	56.10/cwt	54.00–59.00	644	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	133.85/cwt	128.50–136.50	895	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	165.91/cwt	160.00–169.00	874	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	614	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	973	68

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 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,959Last week 5,590Year ago 2,505

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 64Year ago 55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	53.50–55.00	54.03
10	—	1,148	54.00–59.00	56.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,509	56.00–59.00	57.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	43.00–44.00	43.52
14	—	947	48.00–53.00	48.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,063	88.00–90.00	89.03
12	—	1,638	75.00–79.00	78.18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	452	186.50–187.00	186.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	613	149.00–152.00	150.29
57	—	774	130.00–134.00	132.01
190	—	672	138.00–146.50	143.64
38	—	804	134.00–135.00	134.71
35	—	567	154.00–161.00	157.79
128	—	714	136.00–142.00	137.81
10	—	487	173.00	173.00
107	—	527	160.00–169.00	165.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	388	195.00–198.00	197.22
16	—	446	184.50–187.50	185.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	614	158.50	158.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	524	135.00–144.00	138.72
221	—	625	130.00–139.00	134.77
59	—	723	130.00–130.50	130.37
32	—	755	123.00	123.00
100	—	570	132.50–140.00	137.81
75	—	480	145.00–152.00	148.19
133	—	669	128.50–136.50	133.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	402	151.00	151.00
48	—	535	130.50–133.00	132.59
5	—	347	162.50	162.50
16	—	614	126.00–128.00	127.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	607	143.50–146.00	145.37

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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