Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday, Steer and heifer calves uneven, steer calves under 550 lbs steady to 2.00 higher except for 450 to 500 lb weaned calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 550 to 600 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, over 600 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher instances 5.00 to 8.00 higher on 650 to 700 lb weaned calves. Heifer calves under 550 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 550 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers steady to 1.00 higher. Yearling feeder heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly 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 $184.08/cwt on 1,301 head.

Average price

$184.08

1,301 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$3.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.12

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	184.39	1,111	1,153
Medium and Large 1-2	506	182.04	920	96
Medium 1	572	181.00	1,035	52

One grade step is worth $3.39/cwt here — about $75 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 sale1,301 hd

184.08

—

CO average5 barns · 4,922 hd

187.21

−3.12

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	1,731	95.24	1,649	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,512	73.05	1,105	74
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	67.67	824	269
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,023	57.30	586	172

Every lot, as filed

61 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	—	461	162.31/cwt	161.00–165.00	748	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	218.26/cwt	216.00–220.00	901	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	357	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	461	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,014	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	411	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	949	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	163.12/cwt	159.00–165.50	931	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	154.81/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,031	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,155	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	185.41/cwt	184.00–186.00	1,227	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	849	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	194.05/cwt	190.00–199.50	1,034	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,262	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	185.00/cwt	183.00–187.00	1,069	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	171.98/cwt	168.50–176.00	1,140	157
Steers	Medium 1	—	572	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,035	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	677	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	790	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	900	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	176.02/cwt	175.00–177.00	1,348	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	750	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,249	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	176.68/cwt	174.00–177.50	1,088	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	584	175.78/cwt	175.50–176.50	1,027	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	203.30/cwt	200.00–210.00	933	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	173.57/cwt	170.00–176.00	901	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	155.82/cwt	155.00–156.00	742	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	169.97/cwt	161.00–173.00	738	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,166	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	452	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	796	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,271	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,282	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,489	73.39/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,093	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,179	63.17/cwt	63.00–64.00	745	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,212	68.87/cwt	66.00–77.00	835	137
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,072	62.80/cwt	62.00–63.00	673	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	62.90/cwt	61.00–63.00	723	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	69.22/cwt	66.00–71.00	878	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,148	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	770	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	61.44/cwt	61.00–63.00	680	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	53.81/cwt	49.50–59.00	540	86
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	68.50/cwt	66.00–70.00	973	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	943	55.65/cwt	51.00–58.00	525	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,825	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,478	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	71.98/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,136	15
Bulls	—	—	2,029	90.52/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,837	3
Bulls	—	—	1,452	94.12/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,367	3
Bulls	—	—	2,198	102.99/cwt	102.00–105.00	2,264	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,410	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,438	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,545	87.74/cwt	86.00–91.50	1,356	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,759	95.68/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,683	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	753	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,367	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	677	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	170.79/cwt	169.00–173.00	868	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	166.54/cwt	163.00–169.00	1,114	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	166.16/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,043	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	615	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	184.49/cwt	184.00–185.00	1,127	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	153.20/cwt	150.00–158.00	951	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	851	11
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	428	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	642	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	438	162.87/cwt	161.00–168.00	713	30

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 Nov 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,767Last week 3,864Year ago 4,204

Slaughter CattleReceipts 633Last week 392Year ago 467

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	461	161.00–165.00	162.31
224	—	571	159.00–165.50	163.12
50	—	434	161.00–173.00	169.97
30	—	711	164.00	164.00
42	—	775	164.00	164.00
6	—	801	160.00	160.00
7	—	376	180.00	180.00
55	—	508	169.00–173.00	170.79
48	—	669	163.00–169.00	166.54
40	—	628	161.00–169.00	166.16
7	—	336	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	666	154.00–156.00	154.81
28	—	476	155.00–156.00	155.82
75	—	621	150.00–158.00	153.20
11	—	532	160.00	160.00
30	—	438	161.00–168.00	162.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	452	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	428	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	413	216.00–220.00	218.26
17	—	662	184.00–186.00	185.41
15	—	386	220.00	220.00
154	—	533	190.00–199.50	194.05
40	—	721	175.00	175.00
102	—	578	183.00–187.00	185.00
52	—	766	175.00–177.00	176.02
69	—	459	200.00–210.00	203.30
30	—	611	184.00–185.00	184.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	237.00	237.00
22	—	461	220.00	220.00
10	—	411	231.00	231.00
58	—	753	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	713	162.00	162.00
18	—	337	201.00	201.00
16	—	403	196.00	196.00
13	—	471	191.00	191.00
26	—	519	170.00–176.00	173.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	663	168.50–176.00	171.98
30	—	750	166.50	166.50
287	—	616	174.00–177.50	176.68
65	—	584	175.50–176.50	175.78
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	572	181.00	181.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,489	72.00–75.00	73.39
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,179	63.00–64.00	63.17
137	—	1,212	66.00–77.00	68.87
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,072	62.00–63.00	62.80
29	—	943	51.00–58.00	55.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,149	61.00–63.00	62.90
68	—	1,269	66.00–71.00	69.22
1	—	1,320	87.00	87.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,158	66.50	66.50
4	—	1,106	61.00–63.00	61.44
86	—	1,004	49.50–59.00	53.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,420	66.00–70.00	68.50
2	—	1,825	81.00	81.00
15	—	1,578	70.00–78.00	71.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,029	89.00–91.00	90.52
3	—	1,452	93.00–97.00	94.12
3	—	2,198	102.00–105.00	102.99
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,410	102.00	102.00
4	—	1,545	86.00–91.50	87.74
9	—	1,759	93.00–99.00	95.68

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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