Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday, steer calves steady to 2.00 lower. Heifer calves uneven under 550 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 instances 8.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Yearling feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower except for 850 to 900 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearling feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower. 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 $186.85/cwt on 2,654 head.

Average price

$186.85

2,654 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,285

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$3.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.85

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	700	187.11	1,310	2,324
Large 1	589	187.01	1,101	133
Medium 1	609	183.58	1,118	197

One grade step is worth $3.54/cwt here — about $192 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 sale2,654 hd

186.85

—

CO average4 barns · 5,626 hd

192.69

−5.85

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	1,889	94.59	1,787	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,466	68.96	1,011	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	65.51	808	158
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,139	61.42	699	81

Every lot, as filed

60 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	Large 1	—	671	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,147	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	810	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,365	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	637	198.28/cwt	197.50–199.50	1,263	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	818	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,485	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	174.65/cwt	172.00–177.50	1,359	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	182.36/cwt	179.00–188.50	1,227	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	177.68/cwt	173.50–180.00	1,267	358
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	175.73/cwt	174.00–177.85	1,524	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	213.62/cwt	208.00–217.00	1,134	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	206.52/cwt	201.00–209.50	1,202	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	946	12
Steers	Medium 1	—	619	181.30/cwt	180.00–186.00	1,122	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	191.58/cwt	186.00–195.00	1,167	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,645	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	241.43/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,014	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,069	13
Steers	Medium 1	—	591	187.80/cwt	183.00–189.50	1,110	69
Steers	Large 1	—	567	191.28/cwt	190.50–192.00	1,085	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	206.19/cwt	205.00–209.00	1,082	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	219.29/cwt	219.00–220.00	939	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	392	231.03/cwt	227.50–232.50	906	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	609	203.74/cwt	203.00–204.00	1,241	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	717	168.87/cwt	166.00–171.00	1,211	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	218.44/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,020	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	165.23/cwt	165.00–166.00	1,328	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	168.92/cwt	168.00–171.00	1,203	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	896	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	165.45/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,135	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	607	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,123	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,055	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	67.15/cwt	65.00–69.50	878	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	63.63/cwt	60.00–65.00	763	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,078	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	636	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,172	64.07/cwt	62.00–65.75	751	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,164	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	768	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,113	63.21/cwt	60.00–64.50	704	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	55.56/cwt	51.00–59.00	612	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	62.60/cwt	61.00–63.00	718	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	66.68/cwt	62.00–69.00	944	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	71.39/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,085	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,274	66.83/cwt	65.00–71.00	851	79
Bulls	—	—	2,000	87.07/cwt	84.00–89.50	1,741	2
Bulls	—	—	1,995	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	2,095	1
Bulls	—	—	1,948	99.12/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,931	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,885	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,810	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,720	88.23/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	171.37/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,076	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	163.20/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,413	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	193.16/cwt	187.00–196.00	921	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	165.23/cwt	165.00–166.00	1,302	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	181.34/cwt	177.00–188.00	939	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	175.48/cwt	171.00–180.00	997	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	795	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,447	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	510	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,015	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	613	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,171	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	163.30/cwt	161.00–166.00	1,014	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	166.32/cwt	160.00–169.50	953	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	171.74/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,151	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	168.72/cwt	167.00–171.50	1,549	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	176.83/cwt	173.50–177.50	1,452	59

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 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,918Last week 6,736Year ago 6,531

Slaughter CattleReceipts 512Last week 324Year ago 540

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	671	171.00	171.00
105	—	567	190.50–192.00	191.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	810	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	637	197.50–199.50	198.28
78	—	818	181.50	181.50
64	—	795	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
294	—	778	172.00–177.50	174.65
220	—	673	179.00–188.50	182.36
358	—	713	173.50–180.00	177.68
205	—	867	174.00–177.85	175.73
173	—	531	208.00–217.00	213.62
167	—	582	201.00–209.50	206.52
12	—	380	249.00	249.00
129	—	609	186.00–195.00	191.58
55	—	951	173.00	173.00
27	—	420	239.00–244.00	241.43
13	—	457	234.00	234.00
73	—	918	167.00–171.50	168.72
59	—	821	173.50–177.50	176.83
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	619	180.00–186.00	181.30
69	—	591	183.00–189.50	187.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	525	205.00–209.00	206.19
21	—	428	219.00–220.00	219.29
10	—	392	227.50–232.50	231.03
110	—	717	166.00–171.00	168.87
44	—	467	215.00–219.00	218.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	609	203.00–204.00	203.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	804	165.00–166.00	165.23
60	—	712	168.00–171.00	168.92
10	—	398	225.00	225.00
110	—	628	170.00–174.00	171.37
102	—	866	160.00–165.00	163.20
95	—	477	187.00–196.00	193.16
173	—	788	165.00–166.00	165.23
127	—	518	177.00–188.00	181.34
199	—	568	171.00–180.00	175.48
121	—	670	170.00–174.00	171.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	686	160.00–168.00	165.45
28	—	621	161.00–166.00	163.30
170	—	573	160.00–169.50	166.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	607	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	510	199.00	199.00
43	—	613	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	668	158.00	158.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,307	65.00–69.50	67.15
36	—	1,199	60.00–65.00	63.63
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,078	59.00	59.00
34	—	1,172	62.00–65.75	64.07
5	—	1,164	66.00	66.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,113	60.00–64.50	63.21
79	—	1,274	65.00–71.00	66.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,101	51.00–59.00	55.56
13	—	1,147	61.00–63.00	62.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,416	62.00–69.00	66.68
29	—	1,520	70.00–77.00	71.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,000	84.00–89.50	87.07
1	—	1,995	105.00	105.00
6	—	1,948	96.00–101.00	99.12
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,885	96.00	96.00
4	—	1,720	87.00–90.00	88.23

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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