Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday, Steer calves uneven, under 550 lbs mostly steady, 550 to 600 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower, 600 to 700 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 instances 10.00 higher, 700 to 750 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves uneven, under 500 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 500 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower except for weaned calves with quality and condition 5.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $179.28/cwt on 1,256 head.

Average price

$179.28

1,256 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$168

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$19.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.20

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	452	185.00	836	15thin
Medium and Large 1	567	180.54	1,023	1,124
Medium and Large 1-2	606	167.04	1,012	69
Large 1	606	165.74	1,004	48

One grade step is worth $19.26/cwt here — about −$168 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 sale1,256 hd

179.28

—

CO average6 barns · 3,827 hd

179.49

−0.20

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

38 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	—	679	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,114	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	420	180.01/cwt	179.00–180.50	756	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,204	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	166.46/cwt	163.00–170.00	965	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	171.98/cwt	170.00–178.00	648	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	162.12/cwt	160.50–167.00	786	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	628	164.16/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,031	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	195.82/cwt	194.00–198.00	907	58
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	712	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,139	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,287	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	777	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,290	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	714	172.67/cwt	170.50–173.00	1,233	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	817	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,364	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	573	179.86/cwt	178.50–182.00	1,031	37
Steers	Large 1	—	523	170.20/cwt	168.00–174.00	890	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	169.12/cwt	165.00–174.00	1,128	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	171.00/cwt	168.00–176.00	1,070	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	183.64/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,164	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	194.97/cwt	194.50–198.00	794	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	672	181.25/cwt	181.25–181.25	1,218	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	500	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	995	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	202.92/cwt	200.00–205.00	747	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	878	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	169.47/cwt	165.00–173.00	983	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	182.25/cwt	175.00–188.00	979	225
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	582	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	879	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	171.37/cwt	169.00–177.00	721	91
Steers	Medium 1	—	452	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	836	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,298	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	155.81/cwt	151.00–159.50	968	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	156.84/cwt	155.00–159.00	903	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	157.12/cwt	154.00–158.50	822	135
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	561	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	847	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	603	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,131	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	426	203.83/cwt	203.50–204.00	868	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	156.71/cwt	155.50–158.00	722	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	150.19/cwt	150.00–150.50	792	39

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 17, 2022

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

Receipts 2,624Last week 5,668Year ago 3,477

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	679	164.00	164.00
32	—	420	179.00–180.50	180.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	732	164.50	164.50
46	—	580	163.00–170.00	166.46
30	—	377	170.00–178.00	171.98
177	—	485	160.50–167.00	162.12
91	—	421	169.00–177.00	171.37
135	—	523	154.00–158.50	157.12
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	582	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	621	151.00–159.50	155.81
133	—	576	155.00–159.00	156.84
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	561	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	461	155.50–158.00	156.71
39	—	527	150.00–150.50	150.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	628	162.00–165.00	164.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	463	194.00–198.00	195.82
14	—	744	173.00	173.00
5	—	326	201.00	201.00
47	—	634	177.00–185.00	183.64
130	—	407	194.50–198.00	194.97
29	—	368	200.00–205.00	202.92
188	—	580	165.00–173.00	169.47
225	—	537	175.00–188.00	182.25
6	—	759	171.00	171.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	712	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	777	166.00	166.00
46	—	714	170.50–173.00	172.67
9	—	817	167.00	167.00
93	—	667	165.00–174.00	169.12
103	—	626	168.00–176.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	573	178.50–182.00	179.86
47	—	672	181.25	181.25
7	—	500	199.00	199.00
55	—	603	187.50	187.50
15	—	426	203.50–204.00	203.83
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	523	168.00–174.00	170.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	477	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	452	185.00	185.00

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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