Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday, Steer calves uneven, under 500 lbs steady instances 9.00 higher on 400 to 450 lb weaned calves with quality and condition, 500 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 600 to 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 500 to 600 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Yearling feeder steer's 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Yearling feeder heifer's steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower on breaker's and boner's, mostly steady on lean cows. Slaughter bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate to good for calves, moderate for slaughter cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.62/cwt on 777 head.

Average price

$174.62

777 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$572

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

$33.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.43

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	422	184.23	777	22
Medium and Large 1	612	174.65	1,069	736
Large 1	598	169.00	1,011	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	894	151.00	1,350	7thin

One grade step is worth $33.23/cwt here — about −$572 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 sale777 hd

174.62

—

CO average5 barns · 3,337 hd

177.06

−2.43

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	1,767	95.05	1,680	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,385	69.30	960	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	65.35	809	157
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,054	58.88	621	89

Every lot, as filed

52 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	Large 1	—	598	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,011	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	210	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	759	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,226	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	710	162.37/cwt	158.50–165.00	1,153	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	839	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	422	184.23/cwt	181.00–188.00	777	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,351	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	174.93/cwt	170.00–178.00	994	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	606	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,100	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	163.99/cwt	161.50–167.00	779	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	304	208.98/cwt	208.00–211.00	635	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	161.45/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,096	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,224	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	172.54/cwt	165.50–174.50	1,089	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	176.64/cwt	170.00–178.00	920	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,350	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	162.87/cwt	160.50–165.50	1,259	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	206.29/cwt	203.00–211.00	761	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	182.34/cwt	181.00–183.00	841	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	719	165.36/cwt	165.00–165.50	1,189	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	546	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	803	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	160.11/cwt	158.00–168.00	826	63
Heifers	Medium 1	—	550	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	809	5
Heifers	Medium 1	—	485	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	177.15/cwt	175.00–179.00	655	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	168.92/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,159	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	145.89/cwt	145.00–149.00	912	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	166.39/cwt	165.00–169.00	710	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	164.01/cwt	163.00–167.00	1,202	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	491	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	957	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	409	211.51/cwt	208.00–215.00	865	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	157.66/cwt	156.00–160.50	1,346	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	165.21/cwt	163.00–166.50	1,038	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,314	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	586	165.40/cwt	165.40–165.40	969	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	153.87/cwt	150.00–158.00	874	60
Heifers	Medium 1	—	420	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	664	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,267	6
Bulls	—	—	1,803	90.51/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,632	4
Bulls	—	—	1,757	96.35/cwt	96.00–96.50	1,693	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,227	64.75/cwt	63.00–66.00	794	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,281	62.89/cwt	61.00–66.00	806	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,369	66.20/cwt	63.00–68.00	906	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	71.16/cwt	69.00–73.00	979	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	55.36/cwt	51.00–58.00	583	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	65.10/cwt	62.00–67.00	801	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	70.10/cwt	68.00–73.00	877	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	75.57/cwt	75.00–76.00	861	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	74.45/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,190	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	67.46/cwt	66.00–70.00	725	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	62.23/cwt	61.00–64.50	654	35

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 Oct 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,599Last week 2,390Year ago 2,314

Slaughter CattleReceipts 375Last week 250Year ago 192

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	598	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
5	—	210	475.00	475.00
6	—	430	195.00	195.00
9	—	814	166.00	166.00
77	—	568	170.00–178.00	174.93
22	—	304	208.00–211.00	208.98
11	—	720	170.00	170.00
42	—	521	170.00–178.00	176.64
28	—	773	160.50–165.50	162.87
15	—	369	203.00–211.00	206.29
25	—	461	181.00–183.00	182.34
13	—	686	168.00–170.00	168.92
33	—	854	156.00–160.50	157.66
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	422	181.00–188.00	184.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	606	181.50	181.50
24	—	491	195.00	195.00
55	—	409	208.00–215.00	211.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	679	160.00–167.00	161.45
138	—	631	165.50–174.50	172.54
52	—	719	165.00–165.50	165.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	894	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	759	161.50	161.50
25	—	710	158.50–165.00	162.37
110	—	625	145.00–149.00	145.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	475	161.50–167.00	163.99
9	—	307	178.00	178.00
63	—	516	158.00–168.00	160.11
39	—	370	175.00–179.00	177.15
25	—	427	165.00–169.00	166.39
65	—	733	163.00–167.00	164.01
50	—	628	163.00–166.50	165.21
17	—	806	163.00	163.00
60	—	568	150.00–158.00	153.87
6	—	777	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	525	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	550	147.00	147.00
6	—	485	156.00	156.00
34	—	420	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	586	165.40	165.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,803	88.00–93.00	90.51
14	—	1,757	96.00–96.50	96.35
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,227	63.00–66.00	64.75
23	—	1,281	61.00–66.00	62.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,369	63.00–68.00	66.20
30	—	1,376	69.00–73.00	71.16
3	—	1,598	74.00–75.00	74.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,054	51.00–58.00	55.36
6	—	1,075	66.00–70.00	67.46
35	—	1,051	61.00–64.50	62.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,231	62.00–67.00	65.10
18	—	1,251	68.00–73.00	70.10
2	—	1,140	75.00–76.00	75.57

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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