Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday:All weights feeder steer's and heifer's in a light test mostly steady with the exception of 500 to 550 lb heifers 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls scarce. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.50/cwt on 123 head.

Average price

$186.50

123 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,015

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$228

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

$3.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.79

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	437	189.32	827	22
Medium and Large 1	568	185.89	1,055	101

One grade step is worth $3.43/cwt here — about −$228 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 sale123 hd

186.50

—

CO average3 barns · 1,575 hd

179.71

+6.79

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,429	88.77	1,269	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,133	85.09	964	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	964	72.23	696	33

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	379	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	766	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	559	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	945	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	857	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	729	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	948	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	696	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	204.79/cwt	201.00–210.00	854	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,132	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,226	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	851	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,140	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	181.75/cwt	181.00–182.00	612	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	158.02/cwt	157.00–159.00	978	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	194.70/cwt	191.00–201.00	1,046	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	928	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	169.40/cwt	168.00–173.00	1,123	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	174.41/cwt	171.00–176.00	917	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,026	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	195.14/cwt	194.00–196.00	816	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	179.99/cwt	179.00–181.00	779	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	982	80.84/cwt	79.00–81.00	794	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,089	87.28/cwt	87.00–88.00	950	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	84.61/cwt	82.00–88.00	965	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	788	54.91/cwt	51.00–58.00	433	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,002	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	88.77/cwt	86.00–89.50	1,269	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	76.29/cwt	73.00–79.00	768	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	805	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	66.25/cwt	62.00–67.00	632	14

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 Feb 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 433Last week 1,484Year ago 1,033

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 119Year ago 59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	202.00	202.00
11	—	470	181.00	181.00
7	—	418	194.00–196.00	195.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	417	201.00–210.00	204.79
4	—	741	165.50	165.50
10	—	616	185.00	185.00
28	—	537	191.00–201.00	194.70
5	—	327	212.00	212.00
7	—	476	195.00	195.00
35	—	663	168.00–173.00	169.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	559	169.00	169.00
35	—	484	177.00	177.00
5	—	729	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	184.00	184.00
6	—	745	152.00	152.00
14	—	619	157.00–159.00	158.02
12	—	526	171.00–176.00	174.41
5	—	662	155.00	155.00
4	—	270	193.00	193.00
2	—	570	164.00	164.00
16	—	433	179.00–181.00	179.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	337	181.00–182.00	181.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	982	79.00–81.00	80.84
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,089	87.00–88.00	87.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,141	82.00–88.00	84.61
2	—	1,285	78.00	78.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	51.00–58.00	54.91
6	—	1,007	73.00–79.00	76.29
1	—	1,006	80.00	80.00
14	—	954	62.00–67.00	66.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,429	86.00–89.50	88.77

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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