Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steer's and heifer's lightly tested this week. Today's sale consisted mostly of slaughter cows and replacement stock cow's and cow calf pairs. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.29/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$168.29

62 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$11

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

$10.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.98

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	447	169.47	757	55
Medium and Large 1-2	483	159.00	768	7thin

One grade step is worth $10.47/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale62 hd

168.29

—

CO average2 barns · 224 hd

152.31

+15.98

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	—	Low	1,861	99.43	1,850	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,397	83.20	1,162	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,130	80.57	911	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	72.93	761	39

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	830	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	166.00/cwt	164.00–168.00	920	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	165.64/cwt	165.00–167.00	775	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	168.91/cwt	165.00–170.00	740	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,006	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	674	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	865	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	548	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	910	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	940	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	159.27/cwt	157.00–161.00	1,064	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	172.36/cwt	168.00–174.00	1,113	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	843	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	512	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	720	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	191.87/cwt	190.00–193.00	838	8
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,257	1,447.14/cwt	1,375.00–1,535.00	18,191	43
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,156	1,150.84/cwt	1,025.00–1,200.00	13,304	43
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,273	1,239.37/cwt	1,150.00–1,310.00	15,777	20
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	872	1,062.50/cwt	1,050.00–1,085.00	9,265	6
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	947	1,070.92/cwt	1,035.00–1,125.00	10,142	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	1,347.01/cwt	1,275.00–1,400.00	13,537	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1Fancy	—	1,075	1,950.00/cwt	1,950.00–1,950.00	20,963	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	1,215	1,310.00/cwt	1,310.00–1,310.00	15,917	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	1,161	1,578.65/cwt	1,475.00–1,650.00	18,328	16
Bulls	—	—	1,523	92.38/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,407	3
Bulls	—	—	2,030	102.96/cwt	101.00–106.00	2,090	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,105	82.96/cwt	82.10–84.00	917	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	83.38/cwt	82.50–84.00	1,036	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	77.43/cwt	75.00–81.00	877	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	85.00/cwt	83.00–86.50	1,223	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,464	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	78.89/cwt	78.00–80.00	881	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	75.56/cwt	72.00–77.50	803	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	66.80/cwt	66.00–71.00	659	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,313	80.06/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,051	11

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 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 769Last week 1,033Year ago 468

Slaughter CattleReceipts 287Last week 310Year ago 225

Replacement CattleReceipts 219Last week 0Year ago 543

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	461	180.00	180.00
4	—	530	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	554	164.00–168.00	166.00
12	—	468	165.00–167.00	165.64
19	—	438	165.00–170.00	168.91
4	—	385	175.00	175.00
8	—	514	164.00	164.00
6	—	275	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	483	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	565	178.00	178.00
2	—	420	206.00	206.00
7	—	668	157.00–161.00	159.27
11	—	646	168.00–174.00	172.36
7	—	343	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	379	200.00	200.00
4	—	571	171.00	171.00
5	—	534	176.00	176.00
8	—	437	190.00–193.00	191.87
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	548	166.00	166.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	—	1,257	1,375.00–1,535.00	1,447.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	—	1,156	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,150.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,273	1,150.00–1,310.00	1,239.37
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	872	1,050.00–1,085.00	1,062.50
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	947	1,035.00–1,125.00	1,070.92
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,005	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,347.01
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,075	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,215	1,310.00	1,310.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,161	1,475.00–1,650.00	1,578.65

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,523	90.00–96.00	92.38
6	—	2,030	101.00–106.00	102.96
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,105	82.10–84.00	82.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,243	82.50–84.00	83.38
18	—	1,132	75.00–81.00	77.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,439	83.00–86.50	85.00
1	—	1,645	89.00	89.00
11	—	1,313	78.00–81.00	80.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,117	78.00–80.00	78.89
19	—	1,063	72.00–77.50	75.56
14	—	987	66.00–71.00	66.80

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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