Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: No trend is available this week due to the light receipts of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $207.26/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$207.26

122 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$979

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$92

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

$29.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.05

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	427	218.85	934	74
Medium and Large 1-2	542	189.40	1,026	48

One grade step is worth $29.45/cwt here — about −$92 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 sale122 hd

207.26

—

CO average3 barns · 673 hd

181.21

+26.05

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	1,794	105.33	1,890	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,483	83.22	1,234	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,156	82.46	953	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,037	75.34	781	27

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	—	368	226.30/cwt	222.00–230.00	833	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	128	412.25/cwt	400.00–425.00	528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	183.64/cwt	181.00–187.00	992	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,010	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	977	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,081	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	215.34/cwt	212.00–219.00	1,031	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	928	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	172.39/cwt	171.00–177.00	740	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,049	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	900	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,061	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	205.13/cwt	204.00–206.00	993	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	711	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	88	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	264	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	902	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,074	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	159.19/cwt	154.00–162.00	890	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	117	298.75/cwt	260.00–325.00	350	6
Bulls	—	—	1,808	106.41/cwt	102.00–110.50	1,924	4
Bulls	—	—	1,740	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,757	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,056	76.35/cwt	75.00–81.00	806	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,162	83.29/cwt	81.00–84.00	968	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	72.21/cwt	70.00–75.00	725	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	83.14/cwt	82.00–86.00	955	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	77.49/cwt	74.00–81.00	891	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,765	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,430	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	83.66/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,194	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	79.69/cwt	78.00–82.00	828	3

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 Mar 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 423Last week 1,027Year ago 378

Slaughter CattleReceipts 242Last week 322Year ago 53

Compared with last Wednesday: No trend is available this week due to the light receipts of feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	368	222.00–230.00	226.30
8	—	505	214.00	214.00
19	—	479	212.00–219.00	215.34
16	—	440	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	616	164.00	164.00
11	—	437	206.00	206.00
6	—	727	146.00	146.00
9	—	484	204.00–206.00	205.13
15	—	545	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	128	400.00–425.00	412.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	540	181.00–187.00	183.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	650	134.00	134.00
8	—	453	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	703	139.00	139.00
4	—	368	181.00	181.00
13	—	429	171.00–177.00	172.39
19	—	789	133.00	133.00
2	—	88	300.00	300.00
7	—	540	167.00	167.00
20	—	559	154.00–162.00	159.19
6	—	117	260.00–325.00	298.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,808	102.00–110.50	106.41
1	—	1,740	101.00	101.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,056	75.00–81.00	76.35
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,162	81.00–84.00	83.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,004	70.00–75.00	72.21
3	—	1,039	78.00–82.00	79.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,149	82.00–86.00	83.14
8	—	1,150	74.00–81.00	77.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	81.00	81.00
5	—	1,427	83.00–85.00	83.66

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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