Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: All weights of feeder steers and heifers in a light test with quality and condition mostly steady. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $166.86/cwt on 409 head.

Average price

$166.86

409 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1

$6.92/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	597	167.92	1,002	290
Medium 1	618	167.14	1,033	35
Large 1	575	166.00	955	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	525	163.00	856	55
Small and Medium 1	416	161.00	670	16thin

One grade step is worth $6.92/cwt here — about $332 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 sale409 hd

166.86

—

CO average3 barns · 1,473 hd

172.71

−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	—	Average	1,928	94.74	1,826	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,520	69.32	1,054	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,271	67.80	862	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,115	64.44	718	42

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1-2	—	724	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,220	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	174.18/cwt	170.00–175.00	963	31
Heifers	Medium 1	—	531	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	908	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	162.75/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,079	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	972	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	177.86/cwt	173.00–180.00	820	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,018	14
Steers	Medium 1	—	538	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,001	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	211.69/cwt	209.00–218.00	902	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,372	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,093	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	888	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	206.83/cwt	205.00–211.00	1,003	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	167.86/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,120	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	637	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,191	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	470	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,048	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	184.01/cwt	181.00–186.00	1,214	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	194.20/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,189	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	175.20/cwt	173.50–177.00	1,274	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	162.97/cwt	162.00–163.50	1,439	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	201.17/cwt	200.50–203.00	1,145	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	163.33/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,024	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	856	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,075	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	580	164.29/cwt	163.00–167.00	953	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	443	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,001	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	515	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,100	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	575	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	955	13
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	—	416	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	670	16
Heifers	Medium 1	—	734	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,189	15
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,841	93.60/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,723	10
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,628	87.06/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,417	2
Bulls	—	—	2,277	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	2,414	2
Bulls	—	—	2,033	100.98/cwt	100.00–103.00	2,053	3
Bulls	—	—	2,155	87.48/cwt	87.00–88.00	1,885	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,337	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	876	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	68.02/cwt	67.00–69.00	1,045	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	65.57/cwt	65.00–67.00	766	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	63.81/cwt	61.00–65.00	715	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	68.29/cwt	66.00–69.50	859	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	63.99/cwt	63.00–65.00	808	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	70.42/cwt	69.00–74.00	1,061	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,158	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	782	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,052	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	658	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,268	69.41/cwt	66.50–71.50	880	24

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 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,277Last week 5,918Year ago 1,220

Slaughter CattleReceipts 209Last week 512Year ago 346

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	724	168.50	168.50
23	—	819	167.50	167.50
29	—	667	163.00–171.00	167.86
17	—	883	162.00–163.50	162.97
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	538	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	426	209.00–218.00	211.69
15	—	536	204.00	204.00
3	—	393	226.00	226.00
23	—	485	205.00–211.00	206.83
33	—	660	181.00–186.00	184.01
32	—	612	190.00–196.00	194.20
26	—	727	173.50–177.00	175.20
37	—	569	200.50–203.00	201.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	637	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	470	223.00	223.00
12	—	443	226.00	226.00
9	—	515	213.50	213.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	553	170.00–175.00	174.18
85	—	663	158.00–165.00	162.75
27	—	531	183.00	183.00
39	—	461	173.00–180.00	177.86
14	—	606	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	531	171.00	171.00
15	—	734	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	627	160.00–164.00	163.33
24	—	685	157.00	157.00
34	—	580	163.00–167.00	164.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	525	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	575	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	416	161.00	161.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,841	91.00–97.00	93.60
2	—	1,628	85.00–89.00	87.06
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,277	106.00	106.00
3	—	2,033	100.00–103.00	100.98
2	—	2,155	87.00–88.00	87.48
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,337	65.50	65.50
24	—	1,268	66.50–71.50	69.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,537	67.00–69.00	68.02
13	—	1,506	69.00–74.00	70.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,168	65.00–67.00	65.57
16	—	1,121	61.00–65.00	63.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,258	66.00–69.50	68.29
9	—	1,263	63.00–65.00	63.99
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,158	67.50	67.50
12	—	1,052	62.50	62.50

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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