Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder cattle lightly tested this week due to the upcoming holiday's, a few sales of weaned feeder's with quality and condition mostly steady. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.41/cwt on 423 head.

Average price

$160.41

423 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$333

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

$28.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.39

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	564	164.45	928	65
Medium and Large 1	667	163.81	1,092	284
Large 1	675	145.61	983	60
Medium and Large 1-2	927	136.00	1,261	14thin

One grade step is worth $28.45/cwt here — about −$333 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 sale423 hd

160.41

—

CO average4 barns · 1,543 hd

166.80

−6.39

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	—	Low	1,876	93.65	1,757	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	63.03	920	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	57.14	687	155
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	51.45	561	34

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1-2	—	927	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,261	14
Steers	Medium 1	—	535	166.55/cwt	166.00–167.00	891	35
Steers	Medium 1	—	598	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	969	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	573	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	923	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	510	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	847	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,021	40
Heifers	Medium 1	—	517	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	776	16
Heifers	Medium 2	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	772	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,034	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	141.97/cwt	141.00–145.00	963	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	154.43/cwt	154.00–158.00	839	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	976	32
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	675	145.61/cwt	145.00–146.00	983	60
Heifers	Medium 1	—	569	150.55/cwt	150.00–152.00	857	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	713	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	959	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,006	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	176.70/cwt	170.00–179.50	1,039	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	1,200	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	164.05/cwt	163.00–164.50	1,119	105
Bulls	—	—	1,633	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,404	2
Bulls	—	—	1,849	91.76/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,697	10
Bulls	—	—	2,027	100.48/cwt	98.00–103.00	2,037	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,280	61.87/cwt	61.00–63.00	792	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,179	56.70/cwt	54.50–58.00	668	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,429	63.94/cwt	60.00–64.50	914	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	62.56/cwt	61.00–66.00	780	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	64.70/cwt	62.00–67.00	976	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,041	54.27/cwt	54.00–56.00	565	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	48.36/cwt	45.00–50.00	521	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,171	47.43/cwt	47.00–49.00	555	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	56.67/cwt	53.00–60.00	683	92
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	56.39/cwt	54.50–61.00	825	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,148	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	53.81/cwt	51.00–56.00	588	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	431	1

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 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,220Last week 6,531Year ago 586

Slaughter CattleReceipts 346Last week 540Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	927	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	535	166.00–167.00	166.55
30	—	598	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	638	153.00	153.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	675	145.00–146.00	145.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	617	163.00	163.00
54	—	588	170.00–179.50	176.70
57	—	761	157.75	157.75
105	—	682	163.00–164.50	164.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	573	161.00	161.00
31	—	510	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	646	158.00	158.00
28	—	543	154.00–158.00	154.43
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	517	150.00	150.00
50	—	569	150.00–152.00	150.55
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	330	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	772	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	678	141.00–145.00	141.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	713	134.50	134.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,633	86.00	86.00
10	—	1,849	88.00–95.00	91.76
5	—	2,027	98.00–103.00	100.48
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,280	61.00–63.00	61.87
50	—	1,179	54.50–58.00	56.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,429	60.00–64.50	63.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,247	61.00–66.00	62.56
92	—	1,205	53.00–60.00	56.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	62.00–67.00	64.70
5	—	1,463	54.50–61.00	56.39
2	—	1,573	73.00	73.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,041	54.00–56.00	54.27
6	—	1,171	47.00–49.00	47.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,077	45.00–50.00	48.36
13	—	1,093	51.00–56.00	53.81
1	—	1,050	41.00	41.00

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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