Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Monday calf sale:

Compared with last Monday: Steer calves under 500 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower, 500 to 550 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 550 to 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 700 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves all weights mostly steady except for 400 to 500 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate to good. *This will be the last Monday special calf sale for this fall, all calves will go back to selling on Tuesdays regular sale. *

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.20/cwt on 2,680 head.

Average price

$163.20

2,680 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$32.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.79

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	465	177.03	823	105
Medium and Large 1	595	162.80	969	2,460
Large 1	519	161.28	837	100
Medium 1	565	145.00	819	15thin

One grade step is worth $32.03/cwt here — about $4 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 sale2,680 hd

163.20

—

CO average5 barns · 6,278 hd

162.41

+0.79

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

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	506	150.54/cwt	150.00–151.25	762	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	722	20
Heifers	Large 1	—	578	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	783	21
Heifers	Large 1	—	543	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	749	24
Heifers	Medium 1	—	560	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	734	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	402	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	828	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	157.41/cwt	154.50–164.00	971	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	634	151.52/cwt	148.50–154.50	961	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	204.94/cwt	201.00–207.00	666	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	804	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	142.17/cwt	141.00–143.50	1,085	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	147.06/cwt	140.50–150.50	993	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	175.58/cwt	170.00–178.00	815	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	720	140.88/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,014	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	177.53/cwt	177.00–179.00	740	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	184.11/cwt	180.00–190.00	867	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	969	26
Steers	Medium 1	—	565	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	819	15
Steers	Large 1	—	573	152.75/cwt	152.50–153.00	875	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	188.58/cwt	187.00–192.50	779	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	170.18/cwt	168.00–176.00	909	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	165.57/cwt	160.50–170.00	952	615
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	728	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	156.19/cwt	152.50–159.50	1,042	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	655	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	950	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	146.24/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,032	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	721	131.14/cwt	130.00–136.00	946	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	550	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	968	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	513	183.31/cwt	180.00–185.00	940	98
Steers	Large 1	—	531	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	863	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	145.25/cwt	139.00–148.25	767	229
Steers	Large 1	—	486	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	807	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	142.75/cwt	139.50–143.50	906	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	136.18/cwt	134.00–140.00	840	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	152.13/cwt	149.00–157.00	710	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	142.52/cwt	142.00–143.00	932	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	175.26/cwt	172.00–177.00	640	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	132.32/cwt	128.00–138.50	884	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	707	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	764	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	159.85/cwt	155.00–161.00	684	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	140.80/cwt	135.00–145.00	810	481

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 Nov 15, 2021

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

Receipts 5,668Last week 5,601Year ago 7,322

Special Monday calf sale:

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	565	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	506	150.00–151.25	150.54
20	—	450	160.50	160.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	578	135.50	135.50
24	—	543	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	560	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	655	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	721	130.00–136.00	131.14
104	—	617	134.00–140.00	136.18
186	—	668	128.00–138.50	132.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
229	—	528	139.00–148.25	145.25
105	—	635	139.50–143.50	142.75
149	—	467	149.00–157.00	152.13
21	—	654	142.00–143.00	142.52
42	—	365	172.00–177.00	175.26
118	—	428	155.00–161.00	159.85
481	—	575	135.00–145.00	140.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	520	136.00	136.00
25	—	568	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	402	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
248	—	617	154.50–164.00	157.41
15	—	325	201.00–207.00	204.94
24	—	396	203.00	203.00
63	—	763	141.00–143.50	142.17
230	—	471	180.00–190.00	184.11
61	—	413	187.00–192.50	188.58
152	—	534	168.00–176.00	170.18
615	—	575	160.50–170.00	165.57
222	—	667	152.50–159.50	156.19
106	—	706	145.00–148.00	146.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
190	—	634	148.50–154.50	151.52
261	—	675	140.50–150.50	147.06
93	—	720	136.00–144.00	140.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	464	170.00–178.00	175.58
27	—	417	177.00–179.00	177.53
26	—	570	170.00	170.00
17	—	383	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	565	145.00	145.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	573	152.50–153.00	152.75
10	—	531	162.50	162.50
57	—	486	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	550	176.00	176.00
98	—	513	180.00–185.00	183.31

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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