Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2021-03-17

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Mar 17

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Mar 10Mar 17Mar 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

747 head

▼ 245 vs last sale 992▲ 747 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 91 vs last sale 141▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 61 vs last sale 75▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: All weights feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady on the kind offered. Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.83/cwt on 194 head.

Average price

$145.83

194 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$161

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

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.30

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	421	149.83	631	83
Medium and Large 1	555	142.83	792	111

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about −$161 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 sale194 hd

145.83

—

CO average3 barns · 311 hd

145.53

+0.30

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	1,640	78.56	1,288	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,415	67.62	957	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,146	64.97	744	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	923	42.40	391	2thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	288	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	605	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	353	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	674	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	391	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	708	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	748	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	170.55/cwt	170.00–171.00	829	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	808	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	947	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	903	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	953	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,039	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	527	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	149.77/cwt	147.00–153.00	631	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	711	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	710	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	145.00/cwt	141.00–151.00	764	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	140.94/cwt	137.00–143.00	801	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	139.03/cwt	136.00–140.50	862	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	876	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	868	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,582	75.17/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,189	5
Bulls	—	—	1,697	81.95/cwt	81.00–83.50	1,391	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	923	42.40/cwt	41.00–43.50	391	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,136	66.19/cwt	64.00–67.00	752	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,151	61.85/cwt	61.00–63.50	712	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	877	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	67.51/cwt	65.50–68.00	935	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,473	69.66/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,026	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,630	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,027	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	83.06/cwt	80.00–85.00	872	14

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 Mar 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 747Last week 992Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 141Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 75Year ago 0

Compared with last Wednesday: All weights feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady on the kind offered. Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,582	73.00–79.00	75.17
5	—	1,697	81.00–83.50	81.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,151	61.00–63.50	61.85
13	—	1,136	64.00–67.00	66.19
1	—	1,235	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,385	65.50–68.00	67.51
3	—	1,473	69.00–70.00	69.66
1	—	1,630	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	41.00–43.50	42.40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	668	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	340	155.00	155.00
18	—	486	146.00	146.00
51	—	421	147.00–153.00	149.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	527	141.00–151.00	145.00
5	—	465	153.00	153.00
10	—	664	132.00	132.00
15	—	620	136.00–140.50	139.03
15	—	568	137.00–143.00	140.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	413	181.00	181.00
35	—	353	191.00	191.00
38	—	541	175.00	175.00
4	—	711	134.00	134.00
7	—	288	210.00	210.00
4	—	818	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	391	181.00	181.00
10	—	590	153.00	153.00
11	—	486	170.00–171.00	170.55
19	—	510	158.50	158.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,050	80.00–85.00	83.06

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.