Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2021-04-27

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Apr 27
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
552 head
65 vs last sale 617 552 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
95 vs last sale 190 95 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
15 vs last sale 96 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Feeder steers in a light run with quality and condition steady. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower decline on 500 to 600 lbs. Yearling feeder steers over 700 lbs scarce. Yearling feeder heifers over 700 lbs steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.18/cwt on 174 head.
Average price
$145.18
174 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.52
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1606146.41888151
Medium and Large 1-2546137.0974823
One grade step is worth $9.32/cwt here — about $140 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 sale174 hd
145.18
CO average3 barns · 816 hd
145.69
−0.52
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,82788.081,60916
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42566.4094628
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19365.5778235
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00555.2255515

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17663.66/cwt60.00–65.0074916
Bulls1,77689.21/cwt86.00–92.001,5844
Bulls2,08497.27/cwt95.00–100.002,0274
Bulls1,72382.92/cwt81.00–85.001,4298
CowsLean 85-90%1,04860.22/cwt58.00–61.506319
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27069.50/cwt69.00–70.008832
SteersMedium and Large 1492163.83/cwt162.00–166.0080613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583135.13/cwt133.00–137.0078815
HeifersMedium and Large 1724123.52/cwt123.00–125.0089420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476140.77/cwt140.00–142.006708
SteersMedium and Large 1589150.30/cwt150.00–152.0088519
SteersMedium and Large 1428175.00/cwt175.00–175.0074921
SteersMedium and Large 1515154.66/cwt152.00–156.0079623
HeifersMedium and Large 1554145.00/cwt145.00–145.008034
HeifersMedium and Large 1527149.00/cwt149.00–149.0078518
HeifersMedium and Large 1677127.00/cwt127.00–127.0086010
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement752147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,10544
HeifersMedium and Large 1429163.26/cwt160.00–168.0070022
HeifersMedium and Large 1472155.09/cwt151.00–157.0073229
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44064.96/cwt64.00–65.509358
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670135.00/cwt135.00–135.009059
BullsMedium 1534141.00/cwt141.00–141.007536
BullsMedium 1713125.00/cwt125.00–125.0089113
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,23666.44/cwt61.00–67.5082163
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy504166.00/cwt166.00–166.0083715
CowsLean 85-90%88241.68/cwt40.00–43.003683
HeifersMedium and Large 1601137.00/cwt137.00–137.008234
CowsLean 85-90%1,00053.74/cwt52.00–55.005373
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20066.91/cwt66.00–68.5080317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41566.81/cwt66.00–68.0094519
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0431

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.