Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2019-05-15

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2019-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, May 15

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← May 8May 15Sep 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

391 head

▼ 1,024 vs last sale 1,415▲ 391 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

311 head

▲ 61 vs last sale 250▲ 311 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: All weights of feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested for a comparison. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

Demand moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.11/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$178.11

93 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$853

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

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

$15.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+33.59

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	454	190.14	864	20
Medium and Large 1-2	486	174.82	850	73

One grade step is worth $15.32/cwt here — about $14 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 sale93 hd

178.11

—

CO average2 barns · 528 hd

144.52

+33.59

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	2,088	85.41	1,783	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,362	65.97	898	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,176	64.68	761	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,033	57.03	589	18

Every lot

23 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	189.76/cwt	189.00–191.00	710	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	190.46/cwt	188.00–193.00	804	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	762	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	889	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	174.78/cwt	171.00–180.00	905	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	165.43/cwt	161.00–168.00	940	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	347	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	552	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	147.52/cwt	146.00–148.00	627	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	139.96/cwt	136.00–146.00	673	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	137.05/cwt	135.00–141.00	715	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	550	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	803	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	131.36/cwt	130.00–136.00	826	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	733	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,825	80.92/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,477	4
Bulls	—	—	2,136	86.03/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,838	19
Bulls	—	—	2,230	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	2,040	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	55.02/cwt	50.00–59.00	561	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	64.05/cwt	63.00–65.00	690	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	59.88/cwt	57.50–62.00	671	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,188	65.29/cwt	63.00–67.00	776	39
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,204	68.93/cwt	68.00–70.00	830	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,356	65.76/cwt	64.00–68.00	892	34
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	69.52/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,015	2

This sale against other markets

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 →

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed May 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 391Last week 1,415Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 311Last week 250Year ago 0

Compared with last Wednesday: All weights of feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested for a comparison. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	550	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	481	136.00–146.00	139.96
16	—	347	159.00	159.00
13	—	425	146.00–148.00	147.52
9	—	629	130.00–136.00	131.36
6	—	522	135.00–141.00	137.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	433	176.00	176.00
18	—	518	171.00–180.00	174.78
23	—	568	161.00–168.00	165.43
13	—	374	189.00–191.00	189.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	422	188.00–193.00	190.46
14	—	468	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	539	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,120	57.50–62.00	59.88
8	—	1,204	68.00–70.00	68.93
39	—	1,188	63.00–67.00	65.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,020	50.00–59.00	55.02
4	—	1,078	63.00–65.00	64.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,356	64.00–68.00	65.76
2	—	1,460	69.00–70.00	69.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,230	91.50	91.50
4	—	1,825	79.00–82.00	80.92
19	—	2,136	83.00–87.00	86.03

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.