Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday, Steer and heifer calves lightly tested. Yearling feeder steers and heifers in a light test steady to 2.00 higher advance on steers. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly 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 $178.89/cwt on 292 head.

Average price

$178.89

292 head · 692 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,237

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.74

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	692	178.89	1,237	292

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 sale292 hd

178.89

—

CO average4 barns · 1,715 hd

182.63

−3.74

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	1,892	87.12	1,648	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	66.73	1,051	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,302	65.56	853	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,132	59.48	673	166

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	535	165.06/cwt	164.00–166.00	883	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	165.14/cwt	161.00–166.00	926	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	154.57/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,425	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,350	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	977	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,044	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,007	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	176.76/cwt	175.00–177.50	1,225	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,610	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	174.23/cwt	174.00–174.50	1,267	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	165.62/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,100	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	759	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,359	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	905	175.25/cwt	175.25–175.25	1,586	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	180.78/cwt	180.00–183.00	1,067	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,282	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	205.04/cwt	202.00–207.00	962	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	202.33/cwt	201.00–205.00	848	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	166.72/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,132	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	162.19/cwt	160.00–165.00	769	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	171.24/cwt	169.00–175.00	723	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	154.34/cwt	153.00–158.00	945	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	607	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,123	13
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,854	85.40/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,583	15
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,851	94.18/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,743	5
Bulls	—	—	2,084	84.77/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,767	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,418	68.57/cwt	67.50–70.00	972	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,271	65.53/cwt	61.00–67.50	833	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,190	61.42/cwt	59.00–63.00	731	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	62.52/cwt	60.00–64.50	720	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	67.54/cwt	67.00–68.00	937	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	63.05/cwt	60.00–65.00	813	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	72.85/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,107	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	64.28/cwt	62.00–67.00	1,027	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	57.29/cwt	50.00–60.00	624	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,088	56.58/cwt	52.00–60.10	616	48

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 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 691Last week 1,137Year ago 1,468

Slaughter CattleReceipts 325Last week 582Year ago 390

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	535	164.00–166.00	165.06
29	—	561	161.00–166.00	165.14
3	—	373	175.00	175.00
7	—	922	154.00–155.00	154.57
3	—	891	160.00	160.00
20	—	816	165.50	165.50
4	—	772	166.00	166.00
8	—	679	166.00–168.00	166.72
7	—	474	160.00–165.00	162.19
13	—	422	169.00–175.00	171.24
4	—	645	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	158.00	158.00
11	—	612	153.00–158.00	154.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	540	181.00	181.00
6	—	607	172.00	172.00
24	—	572	176.00	176.00
30	—	664	162.00–168.00	165.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	693	175.00–177.50	176.76
3	—	388	213.00	213.00
7	—	1,070	150.50	150.50
13	—	727	174.00–174.50	174.23
4	—	506	194.00	194.00
24	—	590	180.00–183.00	180.78
10	—	469	202.00–207.00	205.04
19	—	419	201.00–205.00	202.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	759	179.00	179.00
49	—	905	175.25	175.25
13	—	607	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,854	81.00–89.00	85.40
5	—	1,851	92.00–97.00	94.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,084	83.00–88.00	84.77
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,418	67.50–70.00	68.57
35	—	1,271	61.00–67.50	65.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,190	59.00–63.00	61.42
48	—	1,088	52.00–60.10	56.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,152	60.00–64.50	62.52
32	—	1,089	50.00–60.00	57.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	67.00–68.00	67.54
12	—	1,290	60.00–65.00	63.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,520	70.00–76.00	72.85
10	—	1,597	62.00–67.00	64.28

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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