Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Steer's under 600 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, Heifer calves under 550 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 higher, 550 to 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Steer's and heifer's over 700 lbs too lightly tested in the last few week's for a comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand very good for calves suitable for grass.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.61/cwt on 954 head.

Average price

$180.61

954 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,055

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$145

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

$41.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.21

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	426	199.12	848	119
Medium and Large 1	609	178.31	1,087	775
Large 1	556	178.04	990	47
Medium 1	629	158.00	994	13thin

One grade step is worth $41.12/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale954 hd

180.61

—

CO average5 barns · 9,472 hd

174.40

+6.21

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	—	Average	1,856	90.57	1,681	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,501	70.47	1,058	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	63.03	752	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	50.42	483	43

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	512	170.92/cwt	170.00–174.00	875	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	178.14/cwt	176.00–183.00	666	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	774	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	170.83/cwt	165.00–178.00	823	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	146.82/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,148	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	817	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,368	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	801	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	165.09/cwt	164.00–166.00	982	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	828	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	714	165.24/cwt	164.00–166.50	1,180	62
Steers	Large 1	—	615	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,009	27
Steers	Medium 1	—	629	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	994	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	232.64/cwt	232.00–234.00	777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	213.75/cwt	212.00–215.00	688	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	158.78/cwt	156.00–165.00	1,061	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	552	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,032	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	175.79/cwt	173.00–181.00	1,011	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,282	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	168.01/cwt	166.00–174.50	1,064	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	153.53/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,102	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	154.87/cwt	154.75–156.00	1,222	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	207.79/cwt	202.00–209.00	972	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	224.01/cwt	223.00–228.00	862	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	222.53/cwt	221.00–227.00	964	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	943	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	158.76/cwt	156.00–160.00	727	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	152.92/cwt	148.00–155.00	945	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	186.90/cwt	181.00–189.00	981	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	161.89/cwt	160.00–169.00	852	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	518	192.59/cwt	192.00–196.00	998	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	455	212.87/cwt	212.00–214.00	969	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	156.26/cwt	152.00–161.00	884	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	180.72/cwt	180.00–183.00	605	12
Steers	Large 1	—	476	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	938	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	149.84/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,091	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	986	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	183.99/cwt	183.00–186.00	799	34
Bulls	—	—	1,949	93.10/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,815	5
Bulls	—	—	1,625	84.25/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,369	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,043	53.86/cwt	53.00–54.00	562	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,113	63.54/cwt	61.00–64.00	707	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	63.07/cwt	60.00–66.00	772	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	831	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	46.93/cwt	46.00–48.00	427	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	55.40/cwt	51.00–56.00	557	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	596	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	66.20/cwt	64.00–69.00	943	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	72.26/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,108	31

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 Jan 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,551Last week 589Year ago 3,246

Slaughter CattleReceipts 310Last week 250Year ago 168

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	512	170.00–174.00	170.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	374	176.00–183.00	178.14
13	—	440	176.00	176.00
13	—	541	151.00	151.00
19	—	458	156.00–160.00	158.76
12	—	335	180.00–183.00	180.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	482	165.00–178.00	170.83
24	—	782	145.00–148.00	146.82
146	—	618	148.00–155.00	152.92
92	—	526	160.00–169.00	161.89
96	—	566	152.00–161.00	156.26
21	—	728	149.00–151.00	149.84
23	—	653	151.00	151.00
34	—	434	183.00–186.00	183.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	888	154.00	154.00
6	—	334	232.00–234.00	232.64
107	—	668	156.00–165.00	158.78
99	—	575	173.00–181.00	175.79
8	—	838	153.00	153.00
34	—	633	166.00–174.50	168.01
41	—	718	153.00–156.00	153.53
89	—	789	154.75–156.00	154.87
54	—	468	202.00–209.00	207.79
15	—	385	223.00–228.00	224.01
41	—	433	221.00–227.00	222.53
98	—	525	181.00–189.00	186.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	385	208.00	208.00
22	—	595	164.00–166.00	165.09
17	—	400	207.00	207.00
25	—	322	212.00–215.00	213.75
15	—	491	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	714	164.00–166.50	165.24
16	—	552	187.00	187.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	615	164.00	164.00
20	—	476	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	629	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	518	192.00–196.00	192.59
41	—	455	212.00–214.00	212.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,949	91.00–97.00	93.10
2	—	1,625	82.00–86.00	84.25
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,043	53.00–54.00	53.86
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,113	61.00–64.00	63.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,224	60.00–66.00	63.07
1	—	1,010	59.00	59.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	62.00	62.00
11	—	1,424	64.00–69.00	66.20
31	—	1,534	70.00–77.00	72.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	910	46.00–48.00	46.93
12	—	1,006	51.00–56.00	55.40

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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