Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Feeder steer's and heifer's under 700 lbs lightly tested, over 700 lbs in a light test mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bull's steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.10/cwt on 246 head.

Average price

$144.10

246 head · 739 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,065

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$5.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.20

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	753	146.09	1,101	155
Medium and Large 1-2	714	140.70	1,005	91

One grade step is worth $5.40/cwt here — about $96 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 sale246 hd

144.10

—

CO average3 barns · 538 hd

144.30

−0.20

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	1,998	105.31	2,104	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,502	86.47	1,299	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,265	82.61	1,045	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,119	72.34	809	32

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,053	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	141.09/cwt	139.00–141.50	1,290	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	149.66/cwt	148.00–150.50	1,069	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	155.73/cwt	155.00–156.00	992	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	167.29/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,117	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	166.92/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,047	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	152.74/cwt	151.00–153.00	1,182	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	183.02/cwt	180.00–184.00	1,014	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,026	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,173	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	789	18
Bulls	—	—	2,018	111.48/cwt	111.00–112.50	2,250	4
Bulls	—	—	1,990	98.48/cwt	95.00–102.50	1,960	4
Bulls	—	—	1,994	105.51/cwt	104.00–110.00	2,104	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	80.51/cwt	78.00–82.00	1,014	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	84.08/cwt	83.00–87.50	1,067	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,152	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	77.83/cwt	77.50–79.00	890	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	74.73/cwt	73.00–76.00	906	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	68.80/cwt	66.00–69.00	709	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,306	82.56/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,078	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	87.00/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,330	44

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 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 756Last week 1,432Year ago 617

Slaughter CattleReceipts 164Last week 206Year ago 190

Compared with last Tuesday: Feeder steer's and heifer's under 700 lbs lightly tested, over 700 lbs in a light test mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bull's steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	836	126.00	126.00
25	—	637	155.00–156.00	155.73
18	—	496	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	714	148.00–150.50	149.66
42	—	859	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	914	139.00–141.50	141.09
39	—	668	164.00–168.00	167.29
25	—	554	180.00–184.00	183.02
12	—	540	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	627	165.00–168.00	166.92
68	—	774	151.00–153.00	152.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,018	111.00–112.50	111.48
4	—	1,990	95.00–102.50	98.48
13	—	1,994	104.00–110.00	105.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,260	78.00–82.00	80.51
20	—	1,269	83.00–87.50	84.08
2	—	1,280	90.00	90.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,144	77.50–79.00	77.83
13	—	1,213	73.00–76.00	74.73
15	—	1,030	66.00–69.00	68.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,306	81.00–84.00	82.56
44	—	1,529	84.00–89.00	87.00

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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