Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, Steer calves steady to 3.00 higher except for 500 to 600 lb preconditioned weaned calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs preconditioned and weaned for 45 days or longer 10.00 to 12.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher. Yearling feeder heifers mostly steady. Demand good especially for preconditioned and calves weaned over 45 days or longer. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.57/cwt on 1,840 head.

Average price

$189.57

1,840 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.10

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	612	189.57	1,161	1,840

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 sale1,840 hd

189.57

—

CO average2 barns · 2,208 hd

188.46

+1.10

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	1,918	87.70	1,682	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,506	73.08	1,101	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	66.60	873	139
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	61.24	677	126

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1Unweaned	—	483	173.32/cwt	171.00–175.00	837	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	419	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	796	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	162.75/cwt	160.00–167.50	1,012	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	458	191.22/cwt	190.00–192.50	876	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,566	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	588	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,194	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	187.69/cwt	187.00–190.00	1,083	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	175.65/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,265	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	175.13/cwt	172.00–178.00	1,433	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	207.15/cwt	201.00–209.00	1,048	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	191.05/cwt	186.50–195.00	1,186	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	419	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	901	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	228.66/cwt	214.00–235.00	956	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	513	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,126	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	708	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,310	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	234.77/cwt	233.00–236.00	782	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	173.84/cwt	167.00–178.00	1,165	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	689	198.15/cwt	197.50–198.50	1,365	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	514	190.77/cwt	187.00–196.00	981	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	182.70/cwt	180.50–185.00	1,032	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	178.24/cwt	172.00–181.00	1,123	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	721	166.49/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,200	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	586	164.91/cwt	160.00–168.00	966	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	410	204.09/cwt	201.00–205.00	837	30
Heifers	Medium 1	—	506	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	835	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	193.79/cwt	191.00–199.00	804	28
Heifers	Medium 1	—	589	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	925	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	172.06/cwt	170.00–174.50	1,067	102
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	73.35/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,096	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	67.77/cwt	66.00–69.00	965	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	68.34/cwt	66.00–72.00	919	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,122	61.34/cwt	60.50–63.00	688	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,323	66.68/cwt	65.00–68.00	882	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,744	82.11/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,432	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,359	65.93/cwt	62.00–68.00	896	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	58.08/cwt	54.00–60.00	615	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	61.03/cwt	60.00–63.00	661	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,301	63.87/cwt	60.00–66.75	831	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,290	68.35/cwt	64.00–71.00	882	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	995	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	667	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,058	59.43/cwt	57.00–61.00	629	5
Bulls	—	—	1,919	86.47/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,659	14
Bulls	—	—	1,915	93.43/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,022	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	170.35/cwt	170.35–170.35	1,284	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	158.75/cwt	158.75–158.75	1,283	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	206.84/cwt	203.00–213.00	757	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	176.28/cwt	175.00–181.00	915	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	169.89/cwt	167.00–174.50	899	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	213.54/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,019	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	182.54/cwt	181.00–185.00	843	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,406	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	170.04/cwt	165.00–176.00	983	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	375	222.40/cwt	219.00–225.00	834	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	371	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	902	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	183.49/cwt	181.00–187.50	1,255	110

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 29, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,188Last week 691Year ago 2,966

Slaughter CattleReceipts 392Last week 325Year ago 409

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	483	171.00–175.00	173.32
7	—	419	190.00	190.00
180	—	622	160.00–167.50	162.75
119	—	586	160.00–168.00	164.91
109	—	529	167.00–174.50	169.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	458	190.00–192.50	191.22
27	—	375	219.00–225.00	222.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	410	201.00–205.00	204.09
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	506	165.00	165.00
18	—	589	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	415	191.00–199.00	193.79
102	—	620	170.00–174.50	172.06
48	—	754	170.35	170.35
35	—	808	158.75	158.75
25	—	366	203.00–213.00	206.84
220	—	519	175.00–181.00	176.28
24	—	462	181.00–185.00	182.54
33	—	883	159.25	159.25
169	—	578	165.00–176.00	170.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	913	171.50	171.50
267	—	577	187.00–190.00	187.69
63	—	720	170.00–179.00	175.65
21	—	818	172.00–178.00	175.13
134	—	506	201.00–209.00	207.15
234	—	621	186.50–195.00	191.05
61	—	418	214.00–235.00	228.66
14	—	333	233.00–236.00	234.77
55	—	477	211.00–220.00	213.54
110	—	684	181.00–187.50	183.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	588	203.00	203.00
66	—	513	219.50	219.50
80	—	689	197.50–198.50	198.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	419	215.00	215.00
197	—	670	167.00–178.00	173.84
40	—	514	187.00–196.00	190.77
111	—	565	180.50–185.00	182.70
146	—	630	172.00–181.00	178.24
114	—	721	164.00–168.00	166.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	708	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	450	227.00	227.00
18	—	371	243.00	243.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,494	72.00–78.00	73.35
8	—	1,424	66.00–69.00	67.77
4	—	1,744	80.00–83.00	82.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,345	66.00–72.00	68.34
17	—	1,359	62.00–68.00	65.93
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,122	60.50–63.00	61.34
7	—	995	67.00	67.00
5	—	1,058	57.00–61.00	59.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,323	65.00–68.00	66.68
17	—	1,059	54.00–60.00	58.08
11	—	1,083	60.00–63.00	61.03
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,301	60.00–66.75	63.87
55	—	1,290	64.00–71.00	68.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,919	84.00–89.00	86.47
3	—	1,915	90.00–96.00	93.43

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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