Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers under 700 lbs too lightly tested for a comparison, over 700 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower quality considered. Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.99/cwt on 196 head.

Average price

$139.99

196 head · 695 lb average

Value per head Derived

$973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$112

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

$25.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.66

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	600	151.53	910	108
Medium and Large 1	812	125.82	1,022	88

One grade step is worth $25.71/cwt here — about −$112 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 sale196 hd

139.99

—

CO average3 barns · 407 hd

152.65

−12.66

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	1,803	77.36	1,395	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,511	67.09	1,014	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,173	63.98	751	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	984	52.35	515	3thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bulls	—	—	2,080	81.98/cwt	81.00–82.50	1,705	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	60.70/cwt	60.00–62.50	714	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	900	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	405	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	65.42/cwt	63.00–68.00	774	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	71.77/cwt	70.00–74.00	878	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	66.75/cwt	64.00–69.00	1,024	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	149.26/cwt	145.00–150.00	919	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	986	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	160.81/cwt	160.00–161.00	854	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,005	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	133.63/cwt	131.50–135.50	967	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	127.37/cwt	127.00–128.00	927	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	740	155.50/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,151	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	758	154.32/cwt	152.00–159.00	1,170	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	799	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	969	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	484	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	49.53/cwt	47.00–52.00	524	2
Bulls	—	—	1,727	76.10/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,314	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,280	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	158.48/cwt	156.00–165.00	750	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,069	35

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 Mar 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 754Last week 7,154Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 84Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,080	81.00–82.50	81.98
11	—	1,727	74.00–80.00	76.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,177	60.00–62.50	60.70
1	—	900	45.00	45.00
16	—	1,183	63.00–68.00	65.42
2	—	1,223	70.00–74.00	71.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,534	64.00–69.00	66.75
1	—	1,355	63.00	63.00
1	—	1,280	77.00	77.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	58.00	58.00
2	—	1,058	47.00–52.00	49.53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	616	145.00–150.00	149.26
8	—	764	129.00	129.00
32	—	531	160.00–161.00	160.81
5	—	454	176.00	176.00
5	—	745	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	807	124.50	124.50
30	—	724	131.50–135.50	133.63
35	—	891	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	728	127.00–128.00	127.37
35	—	473	156.00–165.00	158.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	740	155.00–156.00	155.50
30	—	758	152.00–159.00	154.32

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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