Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday; All weights of feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady on the kind offered. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $221.21/cwt on 367 head.

Average price

$221.21

367 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

per head · Medium 1 over Medium 2

$33.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.71

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	430	237.02	1,018	43
Medium and Large 1-2	543	224.00	1,215	149
Medium and Large 1	649	216.42	1,404	155
Medium 2	508	203.55	1,034	20

One grade step is worth $33.47/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale367 hd

221.21

—

CO average3 barns · 1,249 hd

222.91

−1.71

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	1,788	103.01	1,842	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,473	97.58	1,437	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	93.25	1,119	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,076	76.97	828	51

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	415	226.04/cwt	224.00–227.00	938	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	194.17/cwt	192.50–200.00	1,219	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	212.56/cwt	208.00–220.00	995	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	181.65/cwt	178.00–184.00	1,308	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	880	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	197.55/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,158	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	228.66/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,182	22
Steers	Medium 2	—	508	203.55/cwt	202.00–208.00	1,034	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,154	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,056	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,323	16
Steers	Medium 1Full	—	465	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,097	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	187.52/cwt	186.00–191.00	1,446	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	207.59/cwt	203.00–209.00	1,364	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,301	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	211.95/cwt	207.00–216.00	1,316	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	235.25/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,094	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	677	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,046	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	173.73/cwt	171.00–176.50	1,626	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	239.76/cwt	239.00–242.00	1,228	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,115	4
Steers	Medium 1Full	—	396	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	942	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	700	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,306	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	634	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,309	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,306	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,562	12
Bulls	—	—	2,078	117.85/cwt	116.00–120.00	2,449	2
Bulls	—	—	1,779	96.15/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,711	8
Bulls	—	—	1,715	106.62/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,829	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	93.58/cwt	91.00–98.50	1,117	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	104.10/cwt	103.00–104.50	1,413	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	81.91/cwt	80.00–86.00	905	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	77.34/cwt	75.00–83.00	784	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	65.66/cwt	61.00–72.00	687	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	98.11/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,450	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,511	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	89.68/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,289	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	89.97/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,045	17

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 Apr 5, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,489Last week 4,655Year ago 1,033

Slaughter CattleReceipts 191Last week 237Year ago 310

Compared with last Wednesday; All weights of feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady on the kind offered. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	415	224.00–227.00	226.04
41	—	628	192.50–200.00	194.17
47	—	468	208.00–220.00	212.56
53	—	720	178.00–184.00	181.65
10	—	393	224.00	224.00
23	—	586	195.00–205.00	197.55
8	—	309	219.00	219.00
24	—	523	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	579	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	700	186.50	186.50
15	—	634	206.50	206.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	517	226.00–231.00	228.66
6	—	438	241.00	241.00
16	—	675	196.00	196.00
21	—	578	225.00	225.00
31	—	621	207.00–216.00	211.95
53	—	465	231.00–239.00	235.25
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	508	202.00–208.00	203.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	813	184.00	184.00
7	—	456	253.00	253.00
26	—	771	186.00–191.00	187.52
21	—	657	203.00–209.00	207.59
10	—	936	171.00–176.50	173.73
12	—	512	239.00–242.00	239.76
64	—	550	237.50	237.50
12	—	863	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	465	236.00	236.00
22	—	396	238.00	238.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,078	116.00–120.00	117.85
8	—	1,779	91.00–101.00	96.15
7	—	1,715	104.00–110.00	106.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,194	91.00–98.50	93.58
6	—	1,357	103.00–104.50	104.10
7	—	1,105	80.00–86.00	81.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,014	75.00–83.00	77.34
20	—	1,046	61.00–72.00	65.66
17	—	1,162	86.00–92.00	89.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,478	95.00–103.00	98.11
1	—	1,425	106.00	106.00
3	—	1,437	89.00–91.00	89.68

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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