Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available this week due to the lack of receipts from the prior week. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower full decline on breakers. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.20/cwt on 1,442 head.

Average price

$183.20

1,442 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,122

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$145

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

$12.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.01

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	537	191.29	1,027	438
Large 1	552	185.03	1,022	87
Medium and Large 1	654	179.17	1,172	917

One grade step is worth $12.12/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale1,442 hd

183.20

—

CO average3 barns · 4,117 hd

185.21

−2.01

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	1,789	98.73	1,766	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	85.56	1,262	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,288	85.08	1,096	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,052	69.86	735	18

Every lot, as filed

52 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	—	580	185.75/cwt	182.00–189.00	1,077	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	174.71/cwt	170.00–180.50	891	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	214.95/cwt	212.00–216.00	922	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	178.45/cwt	177.00–179.00	1,119	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	820	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	155.32/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,180	105
Steers	Large 1	—	508	189.75/cwt	189.75–189.75	964	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	184.17/cwt	180.00–187.50	1,129	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	209.22/cwt	206.00–213.00	1,006	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	710	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	171.87/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,152	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	192.40/cwt	187.50–199.00	1,024	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	210.00/cwt	204.00–216.00	1,086	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	512	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,121	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	653	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,185	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	165.07/cwt	163.50–168.00	1,167	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	935	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,242	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	197.19/cwt	195.50–198.00	1,104	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	133.07/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,083	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	167.94/cwt	167.50–169.00	808	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	162.92/cwt	162.00–164.00	950	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	181.17/cwt	178.50–187.50	772	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	130.80/cwt	130.50–131.00	1,114	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	611	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,088	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	86.26/cwt	85.50–87.00	1,287	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	83.46/cwt	82.00–84.00	1,188	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	64.79/cwt	63.00–65.00	648	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	71.84/cwt	70.00–75.00	784	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	78.82/cwt	77.00–80.00	892	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	82.42/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,032	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	85.75/cwt	84.00–87.50	1,112	20
Bulls	—	—	2,345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,814	1
Bulls	—	—	1,945	108.05/cwt	104.00–112.00	2,102	2
Bulls	—	—	1,741	97.25/cwt	95.00–103.50	1,693	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,728	95.21/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,645	8
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	976	2,333.90/cwt	2,100.00–2,500.00	22,779	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	678	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	582	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,083	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	544	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,006	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	168.06/cwt	165.00–171.00	966	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	161.72/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,082	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	149.03/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,063	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	206.75/cwt	206.00–207.50	910	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	175.49/cwt	171.00–178.00	842	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	172.72/cwt	169.00–176.00	1,067	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,279	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	143.67/cwt	143.50–144.00	1,250	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	770	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,151	18
Steers	Large 1	—	577	182.41/cwt	180.50–185.00	1,053	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	191.47/cwt	188.00–193.00	708	21

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 Apr 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,939Last week 593Year ago 5,491

Slaughter CattleReceipts 149Last week 153Year ago 131

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 40Year ago 27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	580	182.00–189.00	185.75
86	—	627	177.00–179.00	178.45
22	—	396	207.00	207.00
13	—	324	219.00	219.00
152	—	532	187.50–199.00	192.40
53	—	465	201.00	201.00
16	—	440	206.00–207.50	206.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	429	212.00–216.00	214.95
105	—	760	154.00–156.00	155.32
93	—	613	180.00–187.50	184.17
62	—	481	206.00–213.00	209.22
136	—	670	170.00–174.00	171.87
186	—	517	204.00–216.00	210.00
5	—	358	225.00	225.00
76	—	707	163.50–168.00	165.07
16	—	839	148.00	148.00
43	—	560	195.50–198.00	197.19
56	—	907	141.00	141.00
71	—	870	143.50–144.00	143.67
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	508	189.75	189.75
56	—	577	180.50–185.00	182.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	512	219.00	219.00
19	—	653	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	770	149.50	149.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	510	170.00–180.50	174.71
28	—	814	132.00–135.00	133.07
65	—	426	178.50–187.50	181.17
28	—	852	130.50–131.00	130.80
25	—	334	203.00	203.00
136	—	575	165.00–171.00	168.06
80	—	669	155.00–165.00	161.72
73	—	713	147.00–151.00	149.03
141	—	480	171.00–178.00	175.49
284	—	618	169.00–176.00	172.72
21	—	370	188.00–193.00	191.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	481	167.50–169.00	167.94
20	—	583	162.00–164.00	162.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	611	178.00	178.00
98	—	544	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	582	186.00	186.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,492	85.50–87.00	86.26
4	—	1,423	82.00–84.00	83.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,000	63.00–65.00	64.79
3	—	1,092	70.00–75.00	71.84
5	—	1,132	77.00–80.00	78.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,252	81.00–83.00	82.42
20	—	1,297	84.00–87.50	85.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,345	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,945	104.00–112.00	108.05
8	—	1,741	95.00–103.50	97.25
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,728	91.00–98.00	95.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	39	—	976	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,333.90

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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Winter - La Junta

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle