Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Due to the weather and road conditions several cancellations this week. Feeder steers and heifers lightly tested. Slaughter cows and bulls in a light test mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $205.20/cwt on 196 head.

Average price

$205.20

196 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$92

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$13.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.74

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	454	209.41	951	23
Medium and Large 1	538	204.90	1,102	168
Large 1	532	196.00	1,043	5thin

One grade step is worth $13.41/cwt here — about −$92 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 sale196 hd

205.20

—

CO average3 barns · 1,351 hd

199.46

+5.74

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	1,678	92.38	1,550	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,398	80.63	1,127	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	78.50	937	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,051	62.63	658	60

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	740	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,184	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	697	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	177.78/cwt	176.00–181.00	935	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	759	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	185.39/cwt	180.00–188.00	897	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,008	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	286	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	744	4
Steers	Large 1	—	532	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,043	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	454	209.41/cwt	205.00–211.00	951	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	193.87/cwt	191.00–196.00	1,175	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	198.44/cwt	194.00–201.00	1,113	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	219.36/cwt	219.00–221.00	1,068	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	207.19/cwt	205.00–211.00	1,061	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,366	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	242.76/cwt	241.00–248.00	791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,266	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	407	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	176.70/cwt	175.00–178.00	1,028	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	768	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	180.63/cwt	179.00–184.00	1,205	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	177.36/cwt	173.00–179.00	1,091	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	844	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	898	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,268	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	598	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	219.66/cwt	219.00–221.00	898	19
Bulls	—	—	1,678	92.38/cwt	91.00–96.50	1,550	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	59.84/cwt	56.00–62.00	615	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	73.84/cwt	71.00–77.00	783	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	82.40/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,000	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	75.08/cwt	73.00–77.00	882	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	81.50/cwt	81.00–82.00	1,163	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,022	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	64.86/cwt	64.00–69.00	700	25

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 Feb 15, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 830Last week 2,542Year ago 1,484

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 240Year ago 119

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	740	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	311	224.00	224.00
14	—	526	176.00–181.00	177.78
21	—	372	204.00	204.00
29	—	484	180.00–188.00	185.39
3	—	732	173.00	173.00
21	—	582	175.00–178.00	176.70
5	—	417	191.00	191.00
23	—	615	173.00–179.00	177.36
4	—	750	169.00	169.00
6	—	268	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	586	172.00	172.00
5	—	306	205.00	205.00
6	—	392	196.00	196.00
5	—	477	177.00	177.00
12	—	525	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	286	260.00	260.00
26	—	606	191.00–196.00	193.87
41	—	561	194.00–201.00	198.44
17	—	487	219.00–221.00	219.36
27	—	512	205.00–211.00	207.19
2	—	358	238.00	238.00
12	—	772	177.00	177.00
8	—	326	241.00–248.00	242.76
12	—	667	179.00–184.00	180.63
19	—	409	219.00–221.00	219.66
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	454	205.00–211.00	209.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,678	91.00–96.50	92.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,028	56.00–62.00	59.84
3	—	1,060	71.00–77.00	73.84
25	—	1,079	64.00–69.00	64.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,214	81.00–84.00	82.40
8	—	1,175	73.00–77.00	75.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	81.00–82.00	81.50
1	—	1,310	78.00	78.00

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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