Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday, Steer and heifer calves too lightly tested last week for a comparison. Yearling feeder steers and heifers in a light test mostly steady on the kind offered. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 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 $177.94/cwt on 202 head.

Average price

$177.94

202 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,171

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$208

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

$10.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.65

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	526	187.50	986	24
Medium and Large 1	676	176.65	1,194	178

One grade step is worth $10.85/cwt here — about −$208 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 sale202 hd

177.94

—

CO average6 barns · 4,605 hd

192.59

−14.65

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	1,798	90.81	1,632	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	71.35	1,054	73
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,248	68.61	856	337
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,141	64.53	736	145

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	730	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,205	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,345	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	896	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,443	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,533	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	157.30/cwt	156.00–158.50	1,309	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	975	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	174.81/cwt	172.00–176.50	1,176	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	724	169.71/cwt	168.00–172.00	1,229	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	986	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,457	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,137	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	194.71/cwt	192.50–195.00	1,053	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,380	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	167.40/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,490	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	184.78/cwt	181.00–185.00	1,035	56
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,750	87.98/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,540	12
Bulls	—	—	1,708	86.83/cwt	82.00–91.00	1,483	8
Bulls	—	—	1,865	94.07/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,754	10
Bulls	—	—	2,002	101.83/cwt	100.00–103.00	2,039	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,188	68.40/cwt	66.50–69.00	813	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,250	69.30/cwt	67.00–73.00	866	232
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	72.18/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,077	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	61.57/cwt	60.00–63.00	708	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,166	66.91/cwt	65.00–69.00	780	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	56.20/cwt	50.00–59.00	600	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	67.21/cwt	63.50–69.00	959	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,159	65.30/cwt	61.00–67.00	757	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,048	62.74/cwt	60.00–63.00	658	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	70.00/cwt	68.00–74.00	942	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	65.50/cwt	61.00–68.00	823	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,144	4

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 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 856Last week 623Year ago 1,080

Slaughter CattleReceipts 716Last week 608Year ago 695

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	730	165.00	165.00
21	—	832	156.00–158.50	157.30
11	—	931	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	896	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	619	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	789	170.50	170.50
8	—	958	160.00	160.00
44	—	673	172.00–176.50	174.81
16	—	646	176.00	176.00
8	—	541	192.50–195.00	194.71
17	—	824	167.50	167.50
10	—	890	166.00–168.00	167.40
56	—	560	181.00–185.00	184.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	724	168.00–172.00	169.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	526	187.50	187.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,750	84.00–91.00	87.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,708	82.00–91.00	86.83
10	—	1,865	92.00–97.00	94.07
3	—	2,002	100.00–103.00	101.83
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,188	66.50–69.00	68.40
22	—	1,048	60.00–63.00	62.74
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
232	—	1,250	67.00–73.00	69.30
49	—	1,159	61.00–67.00	65.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,492	69.00–75.00	72.18
16	—	1,427	63.50–69.00	67.21
4	—	1,486	77.00	77.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,150	60.00–63.00	61.57
15	—	1,166	65.00–69.00	66.91
20	—	1,067	50.00–59.00	56.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,346	68.00–74.00	70.00
17	—	1,257	61.00–68.00	65.50

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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