Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Monday, Steer calve's under 600 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 instances 12.00 to 15.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher,over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves under 550 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 instances 10.00 to 12.00 higher. 550 to 700 lbs 3.00 to 500 higher. Trade and demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.04/cwt on 1,546 head.

Average price

$188.04

1,546 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,107

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$8.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.53

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	188.30	1,119	1,444
Large 1	506	187.94	951	56
Medium and Large 1-2	509	180.06	916	46

One grade step is worth $8.23/cwt here — about $203 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 sale1,546 hd

188.04

—

CO average5 barns · 3,953 hd

184.51

+3.53

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

45 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	—	526	173.11/cwt	172.00–174.50	911	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	345	211.49/cwt	209.00–214.00	730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	387	200.87/cwt	200.00–202.00	777	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	478	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	894	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	407	191.75/cwt	191.00–196.00	780	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	163.99/cwt	160.50–167.00	931	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	705	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	174.84/cwt	174.00–175.00	998	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	714	163.78/cwt	162.50–170.00	1,169	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	193.94/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,034	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	171.09/cwt	168.50–172.00	1,314	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	660	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	421	220.66/cwt	220.00–222.00	929	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	367	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	844	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	455	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,047	70
Steers	Large 1	—	531	186.21/cwt	184.50–189.50	989	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	203.00/cwt	200.00–208.00	958	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	211.29/cwt	209.00–212.00	873	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	175.32/cwt	173.00–177.00	1,275	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	174.92/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,078	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	174.85/cwt	171.00–179.50	1,175	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	194.28/cwt	191.00–197.00	612	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	158.52/cwt	156.00–164.00	978	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	543	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	977	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	881	13
Heifers	Medium 1	—	435	171.56/cwt	171.00–174.00	746	35
Heifers	Large 1	—	481	167.16/cwt	166.00–168.00	804	24
Heifers	Large 1	—	408	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	694	12
Steers	Large 1	—	403	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	786	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	660	184.12/cwt	180.50–186.24	1,215	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	393	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	181.34/cwt	181.00–182.00	879	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	776	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	581	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	994	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	183.15/cwt	178.00–186.50	1,044	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	528	202.10/cwt	199.50–202.50	1,067	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	455	217.87/cwt	217.00–219.00	991	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	375	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	182.40/cwt	181.00–186.00	669	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	181.87/cwt	178.00–184.00	786	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	627	188.44/cwt	188.25–189.25	1,182	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	577	192.34/cwt	190.50–196.00	1,110	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	183.40/cwt	183.00–184.00	1,126	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	152.82/cwt	151.25–156.00	1,018	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	165.66/cwt	163.00–168.00	851	69

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 24, 2022

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

Receipts 3,181Last week 2,624Year ago 4,193

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	526	172.00–174.50	173.11
6	—	345	209.00–214.00	211.49
9	—	387	200.00–202.00	200.87
67	—	478	187.00	187.00
29	—	407	191.00–196.00	191.75
22	—	581	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	568	160.50–167.00	163.99
7	—	315	191.00–197.00	194.28
87	—	485	181.00–182.00	181.34
31	—	367	181.00–186.00	182.40
17	—	432	178.00–184.00	181.87
69	—	514	163.00–168.00	165.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	617	156.00–164.00	158.52
129	—	666	151.25–156.00	152.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	543	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	565	156.00	156.00
20	—	454	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	435	171.00–174.00	171.56
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	481	166.00–168.00	167.16
12	—	408	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	367	192.00	192.00
32	—	571	174.00–175.00	174.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	714	162.50–170.00	163.78
113	—	616	173.00–180.00	174.92
178	—	672	171.00–179.50	174.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	533	190.00–198.00	193.94
31	—	768	168.50–172.00	171.09
12	—	326	202.50	202.50
71	—	472	200.00–208.00	203.00
30	—	413	209.00–212.00	211.29
61	—	727	173.00–177.00	175.32
123	—	570	178.00–186.50	183.15
142	—	614	183.00–184.00	183.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	421	220.00–222.00	220.66
14	—	367	230.00	230.00
70	—	455	230.00	230.00
76	—	627	188.25–189.25	188.44
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	531	184.50–189.50	186.21
11	—	403	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	660	180.50–186.24	184.12
5	—	393	215.00	215.00
80	—	528	199.50–202.50	202.10
21	—	455	217.00–219.00	217.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	577	190.50–196.00	192.34

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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