Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers lightly tested. Demand moderate. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.34/cwt on 125 head.

Average price

$178.34

125 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

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

$40.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.14

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	185.70	1,048	57
Medium and Large 1-2	552	181.24	1,000	51
Medium 1-2	761	145.00	1,103	17thin

One grade step is worth $40.70/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale125 hd

178.34

—

CO average3 barns · 1,543 hd

191.48

−13.14

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	1,741	97.13	1,691	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,533	71.87	1,102	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,272	67.78	862	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,119	61.53	689	38

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	553	156.25/cwt	155.00–158.00	864	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	203.24/cwt	201.00–206.00	878	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	155.25/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,101	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,301	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	154.29/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,021	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	693	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	842	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	761	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,103	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	181.19/cwt	180.00–182.00	922	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	178.13/cwt	175.00–180.00	753	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,131	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	202.71/cwt	201.00–204.00	651	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,175	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,050	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	908	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,770	96.35/cwt	92.00–101.00	1,705	6
Bulls	—	—	1,495	89.54/cwt	88.00–91.00	1,339	2
Bulls	—	—	1,860	106.53/cwt	106.00–107.00	1,981	2
Bulls	—	—	1,756	97.33/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,709	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,287	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	824	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,388	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	930	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	62.82/cwt	61.00–65.00	793	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	67.28/cwt	65.00–70.00	835	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	72.80/cwt	72.50–73.00	912	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	64.77/cwt	62.00–70.00	948	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	56.23/cwt	51.00–58.00	565	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,270	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	832	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,115	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	736	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	76.95/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,204	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,015	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,632	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	63.09/cwt	61.00–64.00	705	20

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 Dec 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 982Last week 2,473Year ago 872

Slaughter CattleReceipts 220Last week 512Year ago 350

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers lightly tested. Demand moderate. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	553	155.00–158.00	156.25
26	—	662	150.00–156.00	154.29
9	—	363	191.00	191.00
13	—	423	175.00–180.00	178.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	709	154.00–156.00	155.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	432	201.00–206.00	203.24
6	—	366	230.00	230.00
12	—	694	163.00	163.00
10	—	708	166.00	166.00
13	—	580	181.00	181.00
5	—	454	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	808	161.00	161.00
16	—	509	180.00–182.00	181.19
17	—	321	201.00–204.00	202.71
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	761	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,770	92.00–101.00	96.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	88.00–91.00	89.54
2	—	1,860	106.00–107.00	106.53
5	—	1,756	94.00–101.00	97.33
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,287	64.00	64.00
1	—	1,115	66.00	66.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	67.00	67.00
9	—	1,270	65.50	65.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,262	61.00–65.00	62.82
11	—	1,241	65.00–70.00	67.28
13	—	1,253	72.50–73.00	72.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,463	62.00–70.00	64.77
22	—	1,565	71.00–79.00	76.95
1	—	2,015	81.00	81.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,005	51.00–58.00	56.23
20	—	1,118	61.00–64.00	63.09

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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