Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Monday calf sale:

Compared with last Monday: Steer calves mostly steady. Heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher advance on 500 to 600 lbs. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.92/cwt on 1,953 head.

Average price

$154.92

1,953 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$13.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.91

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	599	155.84	934	1,665
Medium and Large 1-2	554	155.82	864	95
Large 1	578	148.06	856	138
Medium 1	636	142.61	907	55

One grade step is worth $13.23/cwt here — about $27 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 sale1,953 hd

154.92

—

CO average5 barns · 4,477 hd

156.83

−1.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

31 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - 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 1Fancy	—	459	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	734	18
Heifers	Large 1	—	508	133.40/cwt	132.00–134.00	678	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	138.52/cwt	138.00–139.00	906	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	144.98/cwt	141.00–149.00	703	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	139.58/cwt	135.50–145.00	724	364
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	713	138.34/cwt	136.00–141.00	986	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	189.51/cwt	188.00–193.00	832	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	145.67/cwt	140.00–150.00	980	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	166.99/cwt	161.50–172.50	865	252
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	651	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	905	33
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	622	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	877	40
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	668	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	922	42
Steers	Medium 1	—	532	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	838	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	150.63/cwt	145.00–155.50	934	548
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	179.68/cwt	173.00–182.00	853	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	156.66/cwt	150.00–162.50	893	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	201.62/cwt	200.00–205.00	746	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	181.30/cwt	181.00–182.00	790	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	157.01/cwt	154.00–163.00	685	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	139.57/cwt	139.00–143.00	879	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	737	136.79/cwt	136.50–137.00	1,008	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	134.69/cwt	130.00–139.50	823	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	127.80/cwt	127.50–128.00	800	24
Steers	Large 1	—	514	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	807	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	136.20/cwt	132.00–140.50	785	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	146.24/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,066	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	626	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	660	132.44/cwt	129.00–136.00	874	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	654	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,028	9

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 →

Winter Livestock Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - La Junta, CO

Mon Oct 25, 2021

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

Receipts 4,193Last week 3,477Year ago 2,877

Special Monday calf sale:

Compared with last Monday: Steer calves mostly steady. Heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher advance on 500 to 600 lbs. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	459	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	508	132.00–134.00	133.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	654	138.00–139.00	138.52
4	—	353	172.00	172.00
121	—	485	141.00–149.00	144.98
364	—	519	135.50–145.00	139.58
69	—	436	154.00–163.00	157.01
316	—	576	132.00–140.50	136.20
9	—	750	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	737	136.50–137.00	136.79
258	—	611	130.00–139.50	134.69
214	—	660	129.00–136.00	132.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	626	127.50–128.00	127.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	391	160.00	160.00
16	—	445	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	713	136.00–141.00	138.34
321	—	673	140.00–150.00	145.67
548	—	620	145.00–155.50	150.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	439	188.00–193.00	189.51
252	—	518	161.50–172.50	166.99
130	—	475	173.00–182.00	179.68
235	—	570	150.00–162.50	156.66
17	—	370	200.00–205.00	201.62
81	—	729	145.00–148.00	146.24
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	651	139.00	139.00
40	—	622	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	668	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	532	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	436	181.00–182.00	181.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	630	139.00–143.00	139.57
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	514	157.00	157.00

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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