Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday, Steer's under 500 lbs steady, 500 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 instances 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 600 to 750 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifer's under 500 lb's 3.00 to 5.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Yearling feeder steer's steady to 2.00 higher. Yearling feeder heifer's scarce. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. slaughter bull's steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.18/cwt on 1,076 head.

Average price

$173.18

1,076 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$0.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.91

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	629	173.19	1,089	1,042
Large 1	536	173.02	927	34

One grade step is worth $0.17/cwt here — about $162 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 sale1,076 hd

173.18

—

CO average6 barns · 3,372 hd

179.10

−5.91

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	1,748	93.22	1,630	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,517	70.60	1,071	90
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	67.18	820	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	59.90	646	35

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,118	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	64.96/cwt	63.00–67.00	717	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	55.27/cwt	51.00–58.00	588	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	68.72/cwt	66.00–71.00	837	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	67.76/cwt	66.00–68.50	945	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	969	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	160.81/cwt	158.00–168.00	833	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	153.81/cwt	151.00–158.50	869	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	165.56/cwt	160.00–168.00	801	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	158.40/cwt	150.00–161.50	979	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,083	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	189.22/cwt	186.50–191.00	903	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	165.93/cwt	163.00–167.50	1,198	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	183.63/cwt	180.00–186.00	977	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,319	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	169.26/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,131	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	165.62/cwt	160.50–172.00	1,045	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	719	158.35/cwt	157.00–161.00	1,139	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	173.04/cwt	170.50–176.00	992	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	148.22/cwt	146.00–153.00	983	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	561	180.11/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,010	84
Steers	Large 1	—	536	173.02/cwt	171.00–175.00	927	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	163.20/cwt	163.00–164.00	1,266	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	778	158.77/cwt	155.00–160.50	1,235	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,442	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	723	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	523	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	199.58/cwt	197.00–204.00	854	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	607	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,403	15
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	605	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	911	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	145.80/cwt	145.50–146.00	828	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	433	182.45/cwt	182.00–183.00	790	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	663	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,154	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	427	211.67/cwt	211.00–213.00	904	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	533	190.43/cwt	190.00–191.00	1,015	35
Heifers	Large 1	—	576	146.87/cwt	146.00–148.00	846	19
Bulls	—	—	1,631	90.27/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,472	16
Bulls	—	—	1,825	94.33/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,722	14
Bulls	—	—	1,949	101.15/cwt	101.00–101.50	1,971	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,182	67.76/cwt	67.00–71.00	801	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	64.44/cwt	61.00–66.50	795	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	854	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	61.27/cwt	59.00–64.50	649	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,587	71.91/cwt	69.00–73.50	1,141	55

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 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,103Last week 2,599Year ago 3,336

Slaughter CattleReceipts 315Last week 375Year ago 150

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,500	74.50	74.50
31	—	1,395	66.00–68.50	67.76
55	—	1,587	69.00–73.50	71.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,104	63.00–67.00	64.96
16	—	1,064	51.00–58.00	55.27
6	—	1,060	59.00–64.50	61.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,218	66.00–71.00	68.72
24	—	1,234	61.00–66.50	64.44
1	—	1,170	73.00	73.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,182	67.00–71.00	67.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,631	86.00–91.00	90.27
14	—	1,825	92.00–96.00	94.33
4	—	1,949	101.00–101.50	101.15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	518	158.00–168.00	160.81
112	—	565	151.00–158.50	153.81
123	—	484	160.00–168.00	165.56
5	—	626	173.00	173.00
15	—	391	185.00	185.00
7	—	275	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	618	150.00–161.50	158.40
74	—	663	146.00–153.00	148.22
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	605	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	568	145.50–146.00	145.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	433	182.00–183.00	182.45
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	576	146.00–148.00	146.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	477	186.50–191.00	189.22
79	—	722	163.00–167.50	165.93
39	—	532	180.00–186.00	183.63
4	—	809	163.00	163.00
80	—	573	170.50–176.00	173.04
25	—	776	163.00–164.00	163.20
32	—	901	160.00	160.00
30	—	428	197.00–204.00	199.58
7	—	276	220.00	220.00
15	—	866	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	668	168.00–170.00	169.26
236	—	631	160.50–172.00	165.62
71	—	719	157.00–161.00	158.35
46	—	778	155.00–160.50	158.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	561	180.00–181.00	180.11
102	—	663	174.00	174.00
31	—	427	211.00–213.00	211.67
35	—	533	190.00–191.00	190.43
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	536	171.00–175.00	173.02

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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