Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Total receipts for Mon and Tues sale: 5105

Compared with last Tuesday, steer and heifer calves in a light supply mostly steady on the kind offered. Yearling feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $161.82/cwt on 133 head.

Average price

$161.82

133 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,141

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$546

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

$0.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.17

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	424	162.57	689	23
Medium and Large 1	764	161.66	1,235	110

One grade step is worth $0.91/cwt here — about −$546 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 sale133 hd

161.82

—

CO average6 barns · 2,572 hd

168.99

−7.17

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	1,886	90.26	1,702	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	71.98	1,058	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	68.21	869	135
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,132	59.07	668	115

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	505	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	585	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	795	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	161.49/cwt	161.00–162.00	861	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,272	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	163.51/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,530	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	168.67/cwt	167.00–169.00	1,437	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	166.77/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,202	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	169.48/cwt	167.75–172.00	1,381	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	707	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,167	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,167	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	153.85/cwt	150.00–155.50	1,378	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	842	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,322	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,132	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,446	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,437	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	177.29/cwt	177.00–178.00	1,294	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	804	8
Bulls	—	—	2,235	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	2,235	1
Bulls	—	—	1,770	86.55/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,532	6
Bulls	—	—	2,058	96.54/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,987	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,252	69.73/cwt	68.00–73.00	873	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	65.74/cwt	65.00–66.00	799	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	68.84/cwt	68.00–70.00	920	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	63.58/cwt	62.00–67.50	815	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	71.86/cwt	68.00–75.00	1,060	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,138	60.14/cwt	56.00–64.25	684	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	52.77/cwt	47.00–56.00	553	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	996	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	58.69/cwt	57.00–61.00	681	19

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 Nov 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 623Last week 994Year ago 600

Slaughter CattleReceipts 608Last week 537Year ago 625

Total receipts for Mon and Tues sale: 5105

Compared with last Tuesday, steer and heifer calves in a light supply mostly steady on the kind offered. Yearling feeder steers and heifers mostly 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
5	—	505	151.00	151.00
8	—	334	175.00	175.00
4	—	563	150.00	150.00
3	—	413	161.00	161.00
3	—	355	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	810	157.00	157.00
52	—	721	165.00–169.00	166.77
10	—	896	150.00–155.50	153.85
16	—	507	166.00	166.00
9	—	964	150.00	150.00
18	—	930	154.50	154.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	494	161.00	161.00
12	—	533	161.00–162.00	161.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	936	162.00–165.00	163.51
37	—	852	167.00–169.00	168.67
49	—	815	167.75–172.00	169.48
7	—	730	177.00–178.00	177.29
8	—	383	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	707	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	716	163.00	163.00
7	—	821	161.00	161.00
4	—	686	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,235	100.00	100.00
6	—	1,770	80.00–89.00	86.55
2	—	2,058	94.00–99.00	96.54
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,252	68.00–73.00	69.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,215	65.00–66.00	65.74
16	—	1,047	47.00–56.00	52.77
19	—	1,160	57.00–61.00	58.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,337	68.00–70.00	68.84
30	—	1,282	62.00–67.50	63.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,475	68.00–75.00	71.86
1	—	1,310	76.00	76.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,138	56.00–64.25	60.14

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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