Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Steer's 300 to 400 lbs steady, 400 to 600 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower, 600 to 700 lbs steady to 3.00 lower with the exception of a couple loads of fancy long time weaned steers 10.00 higher, over 700 lbs mostly steady. Heifer's under 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, over 700 lbs scarce. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.56/cwt on 1,020 head.

Average price

$167.56

1,020 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,025

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$7.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.21

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	621	168.26	1,044	908
Medium 1	505	168.00	848	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	546	161.05	880	99

One grade step is worth $7.21/cwt here — about $164 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 sale1,020 hd

167.56

—

CO average4 barns · 4,365 hd

167.77

−0.21

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	1,776	95.59	1,697	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,470	65.70	966	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,176	60.84	715	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	49.51	521	24

Every lot, as filed

49 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	786	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	183.38/cwt	180.00–187.00	891	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	154.20/cwt	151.00–155.50	1,095	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	219.70/cwt	214.00–226.00	754	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	170.62/cwt	170.00–171.00	1,027	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	162.03/cwt	158.00–166.00	930	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	151.17/cwt	150.00–152.00	933	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	158.57/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,023	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	199.64/cwt	199.00–201.00	777	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,005	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	184.57/cwt	183.00–186.00	784	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	674	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,193	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	402	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	824	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	172.29/cwt	166.00–179.00	905	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	149.78/cwt	147.50–153.50	1,156	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,232	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	159.30/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,077	130
Steers	Medium 1	—	505	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	848	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	154.45/cwt	151.00–156.00	800	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	731	13
Heifers	Medium 1	—	376	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	662	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	745	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	994	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	801	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	54.05/cwt	53.00–58.00	619	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	71.14/cwt	70.00–73.00	1,043	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	63.59/cwt	63.00–67.00	938	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	57.77/cwt	53.00–59.00	847	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	56.13/cwt	52.00–58.00	652	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	47.20/cwt	46.00–49.00	448	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	36.01/cwt	36.01–36.01	332	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	62.35/cwt	60.50–66.00	758	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,165	63.11/cwt	60.00–67.00	735	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,475	62.80/cwt	60.00–66.00	926	6
Bulls	—	—	1,802	102.46/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,846	3
Bulls	—	—	1,795	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,481	1
Bulls	—	—	1,756	94.08/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,652	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	571	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	145.94/cwt	143.00–150.00	846	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	144.52/cwt	142.00–148.00	918	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	152.99/cwt	151.00–155.00	672	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	143.78/cwt	143.00–145.00	942	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	857	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	694	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	909	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	753	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,024	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	583	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	183.04/cwt	181.00–187.00	661	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	168.33/cwt	165.00–170.00	798	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	160.71/cwt	160.00–161.00	845	40

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 →

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed Dec 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,256Last week 3,076Year ago 2,074

Slaughter CattleReceipts 280Last week 590Year ago 60

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	465	169.00	169.00
19	—	617	150.00–152.00	151.17
16	—	661	152.00	152.00
10	—	425	183.00–186.00	184.57
40	—	526	160.00–161.00	160.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	486	180.00–187.00	183.38
126	—	710	151.00–155.50	154.20
29	—	343	214.00–226.00	219.70
80	—	574	158.00–166.00	162.03
41	—	645	156.00–161.00	158.57
21	—	389	199.00–201.00	199.64
169	—	525	166.00–179.00	172.29
63	—	772	147.50–153.50	149.78
14	—	800	154.00	154.00
130	—	676	156.00–161.00	159.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	602	170.00–171.00	170.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	674	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	402	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	505	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	518	151.00–156.00	154.45
20	—	438	170.00	170.00
6	—	700	142.00	142.00
117	—	580	143.00–150.00	145.94
43	—	635	142.00–148.00	144.52
56	—	655	143.00–145.00	143.78
39	—	312	187.00	187.00
15	—	361	181.00–187.00	183.04
18	—	474	165.00–170.00	168.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	501	146.00	146.00
12	—	568	141.00	141.00
10	—	334	171.00	171.00
39	—	439	151.00–155.00	152.99
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	376	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	635	135.00	135.00
10	—	694	131.00	131.00
7	—	753	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,146	53.00–58.00	54.05
8	—	950	46.00–49.00	47.20
3	—	923	36.01	36.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,466	70.00–73.00	71.14
21	—	1,475	63.00–67.00	63.59
8	—	1,466	53.00–59.00	57.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,162	52.00–58.00	56.13
14	—	1,215	60.50–66.00	62.35
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,165	60.00–67.00	63.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,475	60.00–66.00	62.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,802	100.00–104.00	102.46
1	—	1,795	82.50	82.50
5	—	1,756	90.00–99.00	94.08

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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