Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2021-03-24

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Mar 24

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Mar 17Mar 24Mar 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

378 head

▼ 369 vs last sale 747▼ 2,889 vs year ago 3,267 · −88.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

53 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 50▼ 72 vs year ago 125 · −57.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

37 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 14▲ 37 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 and bulls mostly steady. Trade and 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 $139.86/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$139.86

74 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$143

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

$4.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.74

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	485	143.50	695	12thin
Medium and Large 1	602	139.16	838	62

One grade step is worth $4.34/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale74 hd

139.86

—

CO average3 barns · 352 hd

131.12

+8.74

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	1,891	90.37	1,709	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,120	65.64	735	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,565	63.60	995	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,032	58.81	607	17

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	303	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	609	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	333	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	643	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	675	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	840	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	444	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	799	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	161.23/cwt	159.00–164.00	851	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	163.87/cwt	163.00–164.00	952	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	950	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	950	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,008	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	550	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	389	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	700	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	735	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	772	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	133.66/cwt	131.00–135.00	722	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	142.56/cwt	140.00–149.00	824	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	132.60/cwt	131.00–134.00	847	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	129.67/cwt	129.00–130.00	873	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	122.53/cwt	120.00–126.00	870	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,828	88.82/cwt	88.00–89.00	1,624	6
Bulls	—	—	2,080	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,976	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	910	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	419	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	560	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	669	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	59.83/cwt	58.00–62.00	625	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	65.64/cwt	63.00–69.00	735	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	67.50/cwt	67.00–68.00	979	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,642	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	1,002	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,343	66.00/cwt	61.00–67.00	886	12

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 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 378Last week 747Year ago 3,267

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 50Year ago 125

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 14Year ago 0

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,080	95.00	95.00
6	—	1,828	88.00–89.00	88.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,120	63.00–69.00	65.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,642	61.00	61.00
2	—	1,450	67.00–68.00	67.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,045	58.00–62.00	59.83
1	—	1,045	64.00	64.00
2	—	1,000	56.00	56.00
1	—	910	46.00	46.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	613	155.00	155.00
14	—	674	141.00	141.00
4	—	440	191.00	191.00
15	—	581	163.00–164.00	163.87
2	—	303	201.00	201.00
4	—	800	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	181.00	181.00
7	—	444	180.00	180.00
5	—	333	193.00	193.00
9	—	528	159.00–164.00	161.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	173.00	173.00
9	—	540	131.00–135.00	133.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	639	131.00–134.00	132.60
7	—	710	120.00–126.00	122.53
12	—	673	129.00–130.00	129.67
4	—	389	180.00	180.00
4	—	474	155.00	155.00
4	—	529	146.00	146.00
18	—	578	140.00–149.00	142.56

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,343	61.00–67.00	66.00

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.