Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Feeder steers and heifer under 500 lbs weaned 50 days or longer with quality and condition 5.00 to 8.00 higher instances 10.00 higher on steers. Steers 500 to 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher with instances 8.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 700 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.40/cwt on 2,843 head.

Average price

$172.40

2,843 head · 672 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,159

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$45

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

$13.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.38

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	526	180.68	950	129
Medium and Large 1	685	172.31	1,180	2,537
Large 1	594	167.65	996	177

One grade step is worth $13.02/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale2,843 hd

172.40

—

CO average4 barns · 5,286 hd

172.78

−0.38

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	1,877	87.86	1,649	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,535	63.08	969	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,279	56.04	717	155
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	48.88	537	38

Every lot, as filed

68 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	557	191.14/cwt	190.00–192.00	1,065	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	181.02/cwt	180.00–182.00	959	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	169.06/cwt	168.00–172.50	953	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	870	149.94/cwt	149.00–150.50	1,304	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	154.52/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,026	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	193.96/cwt	189.00–197.00	1,026	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	503	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,006	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	209.97/cwt	209.00–214.00	995	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	724	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	225.60/cwt	221.00–227.00	968	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	158.26/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,227	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	851	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	152.94/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,462	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	155.85/cwt	155.85–155.85	1,248	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	177.94/cwt	173.50–183.00	1,119	457
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,017	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,528	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	227.67/cwt	226.00–228.00	863	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	161.57/cwt	159.50–167.00	1,163	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	725	152.36/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,105	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	774	144.59/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,119	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	184.39/cwt	179.00–186.00	1,034	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,071	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	908	159.10/cwt	159.10–159.10	1,445	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	883	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,404	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	670	165.62/cwt	162.00–167.00	1,110	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	693	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,067	19
Steers	Large 1	—	619	166.02/cwt	162.00–171.00	1,028	59
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	670	145.94/cwt	141.00–149.50	978	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	530	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	933	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	554	173.62/cwt	173.00–174.00	962	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	148.30/cwt	145.50–150.00	988	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	156.98/cwt	153.00–159.50	987	171
Heifers	Large 1	—	582	146.93/cwt	145.00–150.00	855	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	163.97/cwt	160.00–170.00	958	219
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,539	58.48/cwt	52.00–61.00	900	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,646	68.36/cwt	63.00–69.50	1,125	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	55.75/cwt	50.00–59.00	722	119
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	60.55/cwt	60.00–62.00	797	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	53.03/cwt	52.00–56.00	631	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	37.71/cwt	36.00–39.00	313	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	44.93/cwt	42.00–48.00	485	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,102	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	573	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,061	47.94/cwt	47.00–48.00	509	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,509	65.40/cwt	60.00–68.50	987	28
Bulls	—	—	1,995	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,855	1
Bulls	—	—	1,877	88.61/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,663	14
Bulls	—	—	1,820	80.04/cwt	79.00–81.00	1,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	168.28/cwt	167.00–172.00	791	109
Heifers	Medium 2	—	474	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	668	37
Heifers	Large 1	—	429	166.56/cwt	165.50–169.00	715	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	173.75/cwt	173.00–175.00	698	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	994	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,322	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	471	176.23/cwt	175.00–176.99	830	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,293	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	180.20/cwt	180.00–181.00	589	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	812	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	143.23/cwt	143.00–143.50	958	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	150.42/cwt	145.00–151.50	1,151	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	151.65/cwt	147.00–152.50	1,107	116
Heifers	Large 1	—	537	154.94/cwt	154.00–156.00	832	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	168.96/cwt	164.00–172.00	885	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,204	18
Steers	Large 1	—	493	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	942	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	155.53/cwt	152.50–156.00	1,334	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	179.42/cwt	178.00–182.50	675	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	700	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,232	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,144	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	145.82/cwt	144.50–147.00	904	77

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 (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Tue Dec 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,134Last week 2,966Year ago 8,402

Slaughter CattleReceipts 419Last week 409Year ago 90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	557	190.00–192.00	191.14
13	—	503	200.00	200.00
75	—	700	176.00	176.00
59	—	602	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	530	180.00–182.00	181.02
52	—	564	168.00–172.50	169.06
17	—	396	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
236	—	664	150.00–158.00	154.52
138	—	529	189.00–197.00	193.96
45	—	474	209.00–214.00	209.97
11	—	319	227.00	227.00
71	—	429	221.00–227.00	225.60
65	—	775	155.00–162.00	158.26
85	—	956	150.00–154.00	152.94
50	—	801	155.85	155.85
457	—	629	173.50–183.00	177.94
53	—	1,017	150.25	150.25
30	—	379	226.00–228.00	227.67
48	—	720	159.50–167.00	161.57
195	—	561	179.00–186.00	184.39
171	—	858	152.50–156.00	155.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	725	151.00–155.00	152.36
50	—	774	144.00–146.00	144.59
79	—	645	166.00	166.00
19	—	693	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	908	159.10	159.10
120	—	883	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	670	162.00–167.00	165.62
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	619	162.00–171.00	166.02
59	—	493	191.00	191.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	670	141.00–149.50	145.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	870	149.00–150.50	149.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	530	176.00	176.00
104	—	554	173.00–174.00	173.62
93	—	471	175.00–176.99	176.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	666	145.50–150.00	148.30
171	—	629	153.00–159.50	156.98
219	—	584	160.00–170.00	163.97
109	—	470	167.00–172.00	168.28
16	—	402	173.00–175.00	173.75
5	—	994	133.00	133.00
33	—	895	144.50	144.50
25	—	327	180.00–181.00	180.20
195	—	765	145.00–151.50	150.42
116	—	730	147.00–152.50	151.65
183	—	524	164.00–172.00	168.96
18	—	842	143.00	143.00
48	—	376	178.00–182.50	179.42
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	582	145.00–150.00	146.93
64	—	429	165.50–169.00	166.56
41	—	537	154.00–156.00	154.94
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	474	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	495	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	669	143.00–143.50	143.23
77	—	620	144.50–147.00	145.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,539	52.00–61.00	58.48
6	—	1,646	63.00–69.50	68.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,295	50.00–59.00	55.75
21	—	1,317	60.00–62.00	60.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,190	52.00–56.00	53.03
2	—	830	36.00–39.00	37.71
5	—	1,079	42.00–48.00	44.93
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,102	52.00	52.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,061	47.00–48.00	47.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,509	60.00–68.50	65.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,995	93.00	93.00
14	—	1,877	85.00–91.00	88.61
2	—	1,820	79.00–81.00	80.04

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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