Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available this week as the last covered auction was June 14, 2022. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.09/cwt on 191 head.

Average price

$185.09

191 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.45

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	605	185.09	1,119	191

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale191 hd

185.09

—

CO average4 barns · 1,237 hd

187.55

−2.45

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	—	Average	1,827	96.81	1,768	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	85.52	1,300	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	79.60	1,027	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,126	71.22	802	22

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,217	$1,705	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$1,575	3thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1Unweaned	—	607	183.23/cwt	180.00–184.00	1,112	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	170.73/cwt	169.00–173.00	987	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	172.67/cwt	169.00–175.00	903	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	168.94/cwt	166.00–171.00	1,127	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,356	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	160.32/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,425	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,217	1,704.81/head	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,705	7
Bulls	—	—	1,951	103.48/cwt	101.00–108.00	2,019	4
Bulls	—	—	1,791	94.90/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,700	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	82.27/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,051	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,242	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	76.15/cwt	74.00–78.00	985	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	86.46/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,349	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	82.23/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,135	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,184	73.82/cwt	70.00–76.00	874	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	66.09/cwt	62.00–69.00	716	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	80.01/cwt	78.00–82.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	175.82/cwt	175.00–176.00	1,171	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	772	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	872	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	182.49/cwt	181.00–183.00	777	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	169.01/cwt	165.00–173.50	1,056	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	214.99/cwt	212.50–217.50	828	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	935	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	188.07/cwt	185.00–190.00	972	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,282	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,247	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	167.07/cwt	165.00–169.00	804	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	193.22/cwt	189.00–195.00	746	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	187.11/cwt	180.00–188.50	1,035	56

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 Sep 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 524Last week 486Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 268Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 140Year ago 0

No trend available this week as the last covered auction was June 14, 2022. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	607	180.00–184.00	183.23
17	—	666	175.00–176.00	175.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	764	177.50	177.50
28	—	889	160.00–163.00	160.32
3	—	346	223.00	223.00
5	—	419	208.00	208.00
11	—	385	212.50–217.50	214.99
12	—	456	205.00	205.00
25	—	517	185.00–190.00	188.07
56	—	553	180.00–188.50	187.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	578	169.00–173.00	170.73
3	—	478	171.00	171.00
28	—	523	169.00–175.00	172.67
26	—	426	181.00–183.00	182.49
36	—	801	160.00	160.00
17	—	751	166.00	166.00
9	—	386	189.00–195.00	193.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	667	166.00–171.00	168.94
15	—	625	165.00–173.50	169.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	481	165.00–169.00	167.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,217	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,704.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,951	101.00–108.00	103.48
14	—	1,791	91.00–97.00	94.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,277	78.00–84.00	82.27
1	—	1,380	90.00	90.00
10	—	1,293	74.00–78.00	76.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,560	86.00–89.00	86.46
4	—	1,380	80.00–83.00	82.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,184	70.00–76.00	73.82
9	—	1,084	62.00–69.00	66.09
2	—	1,000	78.00–82.00	80.01

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle