Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tues: Feeder steer's and heifer's lightly tested. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Today's sale consisted mostly of slaughter cows and cow calf pairs. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.09/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$158.09

104 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

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

$16.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.32

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	172.50	1,097	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	691	155.85	1,077	90

One grade step is worth $16.65/cwt here — about $20 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 sale104 hd

158.09

—

CO average3 barns · 203 hd

164.41

−6.32

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	1,791	96.34	1,726	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,460	75.80	1,107	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	71.19	892	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,147	65.60	752	74

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1Unweaned	—	255	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	180	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	130	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	163	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	232	494.57/cwt	425.00–525.00	1,147	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	75	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	94	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	224	466.07/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,044	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	155.53/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,065	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	148.11/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,145	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	943	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	160	422.78/cwt	325.00–435.00	676	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	147.07/cwt	145.00–150.00	922	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,097	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	167.78/cwt	166.00–170.00	946	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	698	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	853	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,208	1,279.95/cwt	1,235.00–1,335.00	15,462	195
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,241	1,327.30/cwt	1,300.00–1,425.00	16,472	34
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,148	1,443.03/cwt	1,410.00–1,500.00	16,566	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	1,157.68/cwt	1,050.00–1,200.00	14,124	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,327	894.36/cwt	885.00–935.00	11,868	17
Bulls	—	—	1,751	92.56/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,621	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	68.92/cwt	67.00–71.00	797	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,350	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	999	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	65.92/cwt	63.00–67.00	756	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,238	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	73.52/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,120	22
Bulls	—	—	1,737	97.31/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,690	19
Bulls	—	—	2,285	104.04/cwt	102.00–105.00	2,377	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	75.21/cwt	74.00–77.00	980	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	59.79/cwt	58.00–61.00	668	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	69.32/cwt	66.00–73.50	852	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	76.96/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,095	38

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 May 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 681Last week 729Year ago 279

Slaughter CattleReceipts 294Last week 288Year ago 254

Replacement CattleReceipts 336Last week 190Year ago 125

Compared with last Tues: Feeder steer's and heifer's lightly tested. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Today's sale consisted mostly of slaughter cows and cow calf pairs. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	500.00	500.00
1	—	180	375.00	375.00
2	—	130	125.00	125.00
8	—	232	425.00–525.00	494.57
1	—	75	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	707	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	224	450.00–475.00	466.07
9	—	160	325.00–435.00	422.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	627	145.00–150.00	147.07
13	—	552	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	461	151.50	151.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	685	153.00–156.00	155.53
37	—	773	147.00–150.00	148.11
5	—	533	177.00	177.00
16	—	564	166.00–170.00	167.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	636	172.50	172.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	195	—	1,208	1,235.00–1,335.00	1,279.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	34	—	1,241	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,327.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,148	1,410.00–1,500.00	1,443.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,220	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,157.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,327	885.00–935.00	894.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,751	87.00–94.00	92.56
19	—	1,737	95.00–100.00	97.31
3	—	2,285	102.00–105.00	104.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,157	67.00–71.00	68.92
1	—	1,350	74.00	74.00
38	—	1,147	63.00–67.00	65.92
15	—	1,118	58.00–61.00	59.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	82.00	82.00
22	—	1,523	71.00–75.00	73.52
38	—	1,423	76.00–79.00	76.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,303	74.00–77.00	75.21
30	—	1,229	66.00–73.50	69.32

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle