Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2021-10-19

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Oct 19
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
758 head
1,209 vs last sale 1,967 336 vs year ago 422 · +79.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
0 vs last sale 100 160 vs year ago 260 · 61.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
161 head
57 vs last sale 104 202 vs year ago 363 · 55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steer and heifer calves lightly tested. Yearling feeder steers steady to 1.00 higher except for 850 to 900 lb steers 5.00 higher, yearling feeder heifers mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.91/cwt on 265 head.
Average price
$152.91
265 head · 730 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,116
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$306
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.65
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1745153.051,141244
Medium and Large 1-2552151.2883521
One grade step is worth $1.77/cwt here — about $306 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 sale265 hd
152.91
CO average5 barns · 4,216 hd
160.56
−7.65
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
BullsLow1,87981.001,52215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29062.968125thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21653.8265439
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12744.6550316

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1726143.22/cwt142.00–143.501,04026
HeifersMedium and Large 1588141.70/cwt141.50–143.0083314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy689143.75/cwt143.75–143.7599020
HeifersMedium and Large 1879134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,18210
SteersMedium and Large 1787149.10/cwt148.50–149.501,17332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2538131.18/cwt130.50–132.0070624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536152.62/cwt151.00–156.008189
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564150.27/cwt148.00–151.0084812
SteersMedium and Large 1428182.09/cwt180.00–183.0077916
SteersMedium and Large 1721146.74/cwt146.50–147.001,05837
SteersMedium and Large 1936140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,31011
SteersMedium and Large 1469173.00/cwt173.00–173.008117
SteersMedium and Large 1384190.00/cwt190.00–190.007305
SteersMedium and Large 1515163.00/cwt163.00–163.008393
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned621147.79/cwt146.51–150.0091829
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned641130.00/cwt130.00–130.0083310
HeifersMedium and Large 1371162.00/cwt162.00–162.006018
HeifersMedium and Large 1952134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,28012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550131.00/cwt131.00–131.007219
SteersMedium and Large 1831149.78/cwt148.50–153.501,24519
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy851151.87/cwt151.00–153.001,29285
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,26157.87/cwt51.00–64.00730147
Bulls1,80474.98/cwt71.00–77.501,3536
Bulls2,00087.68/cwt87.00–88.501,7545
Bulls1,84181.68/cwt80.00–83.001,5044
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24157.72/cwt56.00–62.0071610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20752.48/cwt49.00–55.0063329
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29062.96/cwt62.00–64.008125
CowsLean 85-90%1,09851.36/cwt50.00–52.005643
CowsLean 85-90%1,16447.16/cwt45.00–49.005497
CowsLean 85-90%1,09838.36/cwt34.00–42.004216

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.