Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steer's under 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher advance on 550 to 600 lbs , over 700 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Heifer's under 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher 600 to 700 lbs steady to 8.00 higher advance on 600 to 650 lbs. over 700 lbs steady. Slaughter cows 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.25/cwt on 721 head.

Average price

$182.25

721 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$125

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1

$0.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.68

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	549	183.05	1,004	84
Medium and Large 1	620	182.14	1,129	637

One grade step is worth $0.90/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale721 hd

182.25

—

CO average5 barns · 2,475 hd

181.57

+0.68

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	1,798	102.39	1,841	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	78.82	1,159	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	75.80	906	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	993	63.92	635	3thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	858	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	607	153.70/cwt	148.00–155.00	933	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	717	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,096	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,100	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	152.58/cwt	151.00–154.50	1,268	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	192.19/cwt	187.00–195.50	1,095	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	164.05/cwt	160.00–165.25	1,181	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	405	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	921	3
Steers	Large 1	—	476	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	914	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	183.60/cwt	177.50–188.00	1,140	107
Steers	Large 1	—	576	179.67/cwt	179.00–180.00	1,035	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	166.59/cwt	163.00–168.50	1,139	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,301	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	948	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	198.10/cwt	195.00–198.25	1,060	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	164.41/cwt	161.00–168.00	950	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	126	369.50/cwt	350.00–400.00	466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	181.65/cwt	180.00–184.50	759	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	177.07/cwt	173.00–180.00	839	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	462	205.74/cwt	205.00–208.00	951	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	508	202.17/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,027	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,152	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	167.70/cwt	165.00–172.50	880	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,030	12
Heifers	Medium 1	—	766	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,095	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	164.78/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,018	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	217.80/cwt	217.00–219.00	945	10
Bulls	—	—	1,869	108.03/cwt	102.00–110.50	2,019	10
Bulls	—	—	1,668	86.58/cwt	86.00–87.00	1,444	2
Bulls	—	—	1,722	98.27/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,692	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	75.49/cwt	73.00–79.00	895	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	80.26/cwt	80.00–80.50	1,074	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	78.82/cwt	75.00–83.50	1,159	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	600	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	65.88/cwt	63.00–69.00	652	2

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 Feb 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,666Last week 2,081Year ago 3,344

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 335Year ago 106

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	438	196.00	196.00
17	—	607	148.00–155.00	153.70
2	—	505	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	392	183.00	183.00
98	—	578	161.00–168.00	164.41
4	—	126	350.00–400.00	369.50
27	—	418	180.00–184.50	181.65
51	—	474	173.00–180.00	177.07
31	—	758	152.00	152.00
96	—	525	165.00–172.50	167.70
12	—	650	158.50	158.50
112	—	618	160.00–168.00	164.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	777	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	766	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	560	196.50	196.50
12	—	462	205.00–208.00	205.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	831	151.00–154.50	152.58
109	—	570	187.00–195.50	192.19
90	—	720	160.00–165.25	164.05
107	—	621	177.50–188.00	183.60
90	—	684	163.00–168.50	166.59
21	—	891	146.00	146.00
56	—	479	198.00	198.00
60	—	535	195.00–198.25	198.10
10	—	434	217.00–219.00	217.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	227.50	227.50
25	—	508	200.00–205.00	202.17
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	476	192.00	192.00
61	—	576	179.00–180.00	179.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,869	102.00–110.50	108.03
2	—	1,668	86.00–87.00	86.58
6	—	1,722	95.00–100.00	98.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,185	73.00–79.00	75.49
2	—	1,338	80.00–80.50	80.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,470	75.00–83.50	78.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	60.00	60.00
2	—	990	63.00–69.00	65.88

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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