Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steer calves under 600 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher, over 600 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves under 550 lbs mostly steady, over 550 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers steady. Yearling feeder heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.39/cwt on 2,655 head.

Average price

$188.39

2,655 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,297

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$29

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.10

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	540	196.00	1,058	24
Medium and Large 1	691	188.49	1,302	2,600
Medium 1	600	175.00	1,050	20
Medium and Large 1-2	636	171.00	1,088	11thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about −$29 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 sale2,655 hd

188.39

—

CO average4 barns · 4,842 hd

190.49

−2.10

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	1,725	89.92	1,551	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,501	72.91	1,094	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	66.02	852	116
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,184	60.72	719	73

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1Fancy	—	425	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,054	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	467	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,125	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	657	193.91/cwt	193.50–194.50	1,274	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	164.89/cwt	161.00–168.50	1,097	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	252.80/cwt	247.50–259.00	948	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	181.31/cwt	175.00–184.50	1,316	427
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	172.25/cwt	172.25–172.25	1,576	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	206.34/cwt	203.00–211.00	1,174	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	176.68/cwt	172.50–178.25	1,456	404
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	169.54/cwt	169.00–170.00	1,472	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	194.44/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,223	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	175.01/cwt	174.00–176.00	1,349	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	505	217.11/cwt	215.00–223.00	1,096	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	606	205.56/cwt	202.00–207.75	1,246	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	652	200.21/cwt	200.00–201.00	1,305	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	169.83/cwt	169.75–170.00	1,646	150
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	600	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,050	20
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	540	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,058	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	177.75/cwt	174.50–184.00	1,203	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	190.33/cwt	188.50–195.00	1,110	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	233.81/cwt	232.00–237.50	984	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	204.00/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,085	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	184.30/cwt	182.00–186.00	1,143	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	727	168.76/cwt	167.00–171.00	1,227	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	636	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,088	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	173.55/cwt	171.00–177.00	897	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	176.40/cwt	171.00–179.50	1,198	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	218.10/cwt	215.00–219.00	855	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	410	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	873	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	573	180.60/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,035	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	638	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,168	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	74.06/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,111	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,264	67.16/cwt	66.00–69.00	849	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,140	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	741	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	57.13/cwt	50.00–60.00	672	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,194	62.56/cwt	61.50–65.50	747	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,337	66.72/cwt	66.00–67.00	892	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	66.18/cwt	64.00–69.50	997	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	63.45/cwt	62.00–65.00	851	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,351	66.48/cwt	65.00–69.00	898	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,171	64.62/cwt	63.50–65.00	757	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,219	64.16/cwt	59.00–66.50	782	26
Bulls	—	—	1,709	84.71/cwt	84.50–85.00	1,448	2
Bulls	—	—	1,900	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,824	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,568	86.60/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,358	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,885	94.51/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	186.46/cwt	182.50–191.00	874	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	176.50/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,068	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	195.57/cwt	192.50–199.00	841	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	165.66/cwt	161.00–168.00	895	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	165.88/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,030	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	170.98/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,245	87
Heifers	Medium 1	—	498	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	827	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	170.27/cwt	170.00–170.50	979	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	165.43/cwt	162.25–167.50	1,517	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	166.43/cwt	163.50–169.00	949	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	717	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,197	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	787	7
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	—	636	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,037	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	587	194.10/cwt	193.00–195.00	1,139	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	166.59/cwt	165.75–168.00	1,288	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	232.99/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,102	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,219	80

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 Dec 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,736Last week 4,188Year ago 7,134

Slaughter CattleReceipts 324Last week 392Year ago 419

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	248.00	248.00
7	—	467	241.00	241.00
76	—	657	193.50–194.50	193.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	375	247.50–259.00	252.80
427	—	726	175.00–184.50	181.31
55	—	915	172.25	172.25
166	—	569	203.00–211.00	206.34
404	—	824	172.50–178.25	176.68
58	—	868	169.00–170.00	169.54
63	—	629	190.00–198.00	194.44
58	—	771	174.00–176.00	175.01
150	—	969	169.75–170.00	169.83
19	—	421	232.00–237.50	233.81
94	—	473	231.00–234.00	232.99
80	—	659	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	505	215.00–223.00	217.11
103	—	606	202.00–207.75	205.56
80	—	652	200.00–201.00	200.21
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	600	175.00	175.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	540	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	677	174.50–184.00	177.75
231	—	583	188.50–195.00	190.33
112	—	532	200.00–208.00	204.00
153	—	620	182.00–186.00	184.30
43	—	727	167.00–171.00	168.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	636	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	665	161.00–168.50	164.89
142	—	540	161.00–168.00	165.66
130	—	621	160.00–168.00	165.88
234	—	570	163.50–169.00	166.43
11	—	717	167.00	167.00
7	—	380	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	517	171.00–177.00	173.55
272	—	679	171.00–179.50	176.40
17	—	392	215.00–219.00	218.10
89	—	469	182.50–191.00	186.46
79	—	605	174.00–179.00	176.50
42	—	430	192.50–199.00	195.57
87	—	728	170.00–175.00	170.98
113	—	575	170.00–170.50	170.27
149	—	917	162.25–167.50	165.43
99	—	773	165.75–168.00	166.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	410	213.00	213.00
73	—	573	180.00–181.00	180.60
51	—	638	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	498	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	636	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	587	193.00–195.00	194.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,500	70.00–78.00	74.06
6	—	1,506	64.00–69.50	66.18
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,264	66.00–69.00	67.16
26	—	1,219	59.00–66.50	64.16
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,140	65.00	65.00
12	—	1,171	63.50–65.00	64.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,177	50.00–60.00	57.13
13	—	1,194	61.50–65.50	62.56
4	—	1,337	66.00–67.00	66.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,342	62.00–65.00	63.45
42	—	1,351	65.00–69.00	66.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,709	84.50–85.00	84.71
1	—	1,900	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,568	84.00–89.00	86.60
6	—	1,885	93.00–96.00	94.51

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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