Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend is available on feeders due to the lighter receipts this week. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower decline on breakers. Slaughter bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate. Along with today's sale a corr roping cattle special with fresh roping steer's weighing 336-429 lbs bringing 600.00 to 710.00 per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.52/cwt on 211 head.

Average price

$178.52

211 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$115

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

$2.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.18

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	522	179.61	937	106
Medium and Large 1	593	177.42	1,052	105

One grade step is worth $2.18/cwt here — about −$115 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 sale211 hd

178.52

—

CO average4 barns · 2,484 hd

181.70

−3.18

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	1,768	102.22	1,807	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,502	84.23	1,265	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,204	83.31	1,003	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	981	71.48	701	45

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-2	—	405	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	174.45/cwt	173.00–176.00	659	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	930	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	955	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,001	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	164.49/cwt	162.00–167.00	860	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	822	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,030	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,080	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	182.34/cwt	181.00–183.00	895	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	352	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,151	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,063	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	192.46/cwt	190.00–196.00	814	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,093	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	168.31/cwt	167.00–169.00	978	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,176	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	190.04/cwt	186.00–193.00	977	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	182.19/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,037	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	165.10/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,103	26
Bulls	—	—	1,837	106.53/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,957	9
Bulls	—	—	1,752	97.88/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,715	16
Bulls	—	—	1,643	112.48/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,848	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,200	83.09/cwt	82.00–84.00	997	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	82.12/cwt	78.00–84.00	994	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	83.72/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,001	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	66.08/cwt	63.00–70.00	624	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	89.98/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,226	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	84.90/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,281	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,460	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	80.45/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,162	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	80.66/cwt	79.00–82.00	831	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	75.80/cwt	74.00–77.00	772	13

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 Apr 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,033Last week 5,498Year ago 761

Slaughter CattleReceipts 310Last week 214Year ago 118

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	405	164.00	164.00
6	—	378	173.00–176.00	174.45
7	—	581	160.00	160.00
6	—	608	157.00	157.00
7	—	654	153.00	153.00
17	—	523	162.00–167.00	164.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	724	151.00	151.00
33	—	581	167.00–169.00	168.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	426	193.00	193.00
5	—	706	163.00	163.00
6	—	613	175.00	175.00
7	—	258	230.00	230.00
15	—	774	152.00	152.00
16	—	514	186.00–193.00	190.04
23	—	569	180.00–189.00	182.19
26	—	668	162.00–168.00	165.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	582	177.00	177.00
12	—	701	154.00	154.00
21	—	491	181.00–183.00	182.34
3	—	352	190.00	190.00
14	—	629	169.00	169.00
40	—	423	190.00–196.00	192.46
5	—	682	156.00	156.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,837	103.00–111.00	106.53
16	—	1,752	95.00–101.00	97.88
3	—	1,643	112.00–113.00	112.48
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,200	82.00–84.00	83.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,210	78.00–84.00	82.12
42	—	1,196	82.00–87.00	83.72
2	—	1,363	89.00–91.00	89.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	944	63.00–70.00	66.08
8	—	1,030	79.00–82.00	80.66
13	—	1,018	74.00–77.00	75.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,509	83.00–86.00	84.90
1	—	1,640	89.00	89.00
5	—	1,444	79.00–82.00	80.45

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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