Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trading activity and demand for feeder cattle moderate, moderate to good for cow-calf pairs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.81/cwt on 146 head.

Average price

$150.81

146 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$861

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.96

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	150.81	861	146

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale146 hd

150.81

—

CO average4 barns · 620 hd

159.77

−8.96

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	1,806	86.83	1,568	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,427	65.94	941	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,179	63.37	747	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	53.53	551	40

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	—	1,641	78.70/cwt	75.50–81.00	1,291	4
Bulls	—	—	1,815	88.17/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,600	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	62.55/cwt	59.00–64.50	722	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	67.28/cwt	66.00–70.00	947	7
Bulls	—	—	2,093	97.04/cwt	95.50–98.50	2,031	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	178	291.06/cwt	225.00–350.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	115	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	297.61/cwt	260.00–325.00	699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	454	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	138.06/cwt	133.00–140.50	652	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	964	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	860	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	120.84/cwt	120.00–122.00	927	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	994	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	147.79/cwt	146.00–148.00	783	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	925	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	177	305.08/cwt	285.00–375.00	540	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,348	1,504.20/cwt	1,400.00–1,560.00	20,277	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	132.92/cwt	131.00–133.50	881	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	932	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,331	1,824.00/cwt	1,735.00–1,850.00	24,277	43
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	993.12/cwt	900.00–1,025.00	11,351	69
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	62.56/cwt	58.50–67.00	813	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	907	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	545	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	774	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	66.48/cwt	66.00–70.00	846	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	62.64/cwt	61.00–64.00	883	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	57.68/cwt	57.00–61.00	592	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	817	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	240	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	257	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	989	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	54.27/cwt	52.00–56.00	599	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	49.38/cwt	47.00–51.00	462	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	1,166	1,352.54/cwt	1,335.00–1,375.00	15,771	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	893	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,249	1,678.03/cwt	1,600.00–1,775.00	20,959	62
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,260	1,161.02/cwt	1,060.00–1,200.00	14,629	91

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 May 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 461Last week 831Year ago 1,027

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 152Year ago 250

Replacement CattleReceipts 690Last week 165Year ago 450

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,641	75.50–81.00	78.70
9	—	1,815	85.00–91.00	88.17
2	—	2,093	95.50–98.50	97.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,155	59.00–64.50	62.55
9	—	1,272	66.00–70.00	66.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,408	66.00–70.00	67.28
1	—	1,640	73.00	73.00
5	—	1,410	61.00–64.00	62.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,026	57.00–61.00	57.68
17	—	1,103	52.00–56.00	54.27
13	—	936	47.00–51.00	49.38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	178	225.00–350.00	291.06
1	—	115	200.00	200.00
4	—	235	260.00–325.00	297.61
9	—	815	122.00	122.00
56	—	530	146.00–148.00	147.79
27	—	663	131.00–133.50	132.92
6	—	596	137.00	137.00
7	—	709	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	313	145.00	145.00
20	—	472	133.00–140.50	138.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	803	120.00	120.00
47	—	544	158.00	158.00
7	—	767	120.00–122.00	120.84
32	—	680	136.00	136.00
5	—	706	132.00	132.00
10	—	634	143.00	143.00
13	—	315	173.00	173.00
27	—	469	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	177	285.00–375.00	305.08
1	—	240	360.00	360.00
3	—	257	385.00	385.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	100	—	1,348	1,400.00–1,560.00	1,504.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	43	—	1,331	1,735.00–1,850.00	1,824.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	62	—	1,249	1,600.00–1,775.00	1,678.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	91	—	1,260	1,060.00–1,200.00	1,161.02
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	69	—	1,143	900.00–1,025.00	993.12
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,166	1,335.00–1,375.00	1,352.54
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,300	58.50–67.00	62.56

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

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Feeder Cattle

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