Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested for a comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.79/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$183.79

138 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,136

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$41

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

$3.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.79

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	185.54	1,114	64
Medium and Large 1-2	634	182.28	1,155	74

One grade step is worth $3.27/cwt here — about −$41 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 sale138 hd

183.79

—

CO average4 barns · 936 hd

186.58

−2.79

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	—	High	1,832	104.79	1,920	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	93.79	1,359	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	90.33	1,100	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	972	73.35	713	35

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	826	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,351	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,278	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	918	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	193.87/cwt	193.00–196.00	1,049	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	176.95/cwt	173.00–181.00	1,177	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	186.66/cwt	186.00–187.00	875	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	222.04/cwt	221.00–226.00	1,275	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	233.71/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,295	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,457	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	249.72/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,144	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,218	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,382	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	276.32/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,125	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	181.27/cwt	175.00–184.00	1,100	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	184.18/cwt	183.00–187.00	1,295	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	259.96/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,009	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	203.19/cwt	201.00–206.00	880	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	689	6
Bulls	—	—	1,720	111.49/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,918	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	97.21/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,643	3
Bulls	—	—	1,941	106.35/cwt	103.00–108.00	2,064	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	92.51/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,118	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,397	93.57/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,307	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	74.99/cwt	72.00–79.00	742	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	98.50/cwt	98.00–99.00	1,564	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,131	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	84.59/cwt	82.00–87.00	821	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	68.02/cwt	61.00–71.00	638	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	96.19/cwt	96.00–97.00	1,240	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	84.93/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,004	18

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 Mar 22, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 909Last week 1,864Year ago 423

Slaughter CattleReceipts 151Last week 143Year ago 242

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested for a comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trade and 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
22	—	826	163.50	163.50
9	—	469	186.00–187.00	186.66
13	—	940	155.00	155.00
24	—	433	201.00–206.00	203.19
6	—	313	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	728	175.50	175.50
7	—	459	200.00	200.00
17	—	541	193.00–196.00	193.87
2	—	778	168.00	168.00
16	—	665	173.00–181.00	176.95
6	—	564	191.00	191.00
10	—	607	175.00–184.00	181.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	574	221.00–226.00	222.04
29	—	458	249.00–250.00	249.72
3	—	532	229.00	229.00
8	—	388	257.00–265.00	259.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	554	231.00–234.00	233.71
4	—	614	225.00	225.00
10	—	407	270.00–279.00	276.32
22	—	703	183.00–187.00	184.18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	111.00–112.00	111.49
3	—	1,690	96.00–99.00	97.21
6	—	1,941	103.00–108.00	106.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,209	90.00–95.00	92.51
11	—	1,289	96.00–97.00	96.19
18	—	1,182	81.00–89.00	84.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,397	92.00–95.00	93.57
2	—	1,588	98.00–99.00	98.50
1	—	1,330	85.00	85.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	989	72.00–79.00	74.99
2	—	970	82.00–87.00	84.59
11	—	938	61.00–71.00	68.02

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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