Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago; Steer and heifer calves in a light test mostly steady. Yearling feeder steers over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Yearling feeder heifers over 700 lbs scarce. Today's run consisted mostly of calves weaned 45 days or longer. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter 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 $191.25/cwt on 691 head.

Average price

$191.25

691 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,222

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$210

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

$2.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.03

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	193.20	1,020	26
Medium and Large 1	643	191.18	1,230	665

One grade step is worth $2.02/cwt here — about −$210 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 sale691 hd

191.25

—

CO average2 barns · 856 hd

187.22

+4.03

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	1,249	98.89	1,235	74
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,508	78.66	1,186	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	74.46	976	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	63.48	702	33

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	702	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,200	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	194.81/cwt	192.50–197.00	738	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	189.62/cwt	186.00–192.50	783	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	170.20/cwt	169.00–172.00	888	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	575	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,009	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	222.04/cwt	218.00–226.00	1,032	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	227.44/cwt	227.00–228.00	928	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	186.58/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,162	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	175.31/cwt	170.00–178.00	1,353	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	183.18/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,341	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	186.18/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,244	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,035	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	160.79/cwt	160.00–161.00	775	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	604	164.83/cwt	163.00–166.00	996	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	629	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,245	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	565	206.87/cwt	200.00–209.50	1,169	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	193.20/cwt	191.00–194.50	1,020	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	193.00/cwt	187.50–197.00	1,100	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	168.77/cwt	167.00–171.00	1,129	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	170.29/cwt	167.00–172.00	821	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	167.51/cwt	165.00–168.00	955	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,100	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	812	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,485	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,270	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,153	100.23/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,156	64
Bulls	—	—	1,915	90.05/cwt	86.50–93.00	1,724	8
Bulls	—	—	1,815	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,761	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,158	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	770	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	945	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	558	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,659	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,377	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,022	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	60.38/cwt	58.00–61.00	691	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	65.21/cwt	64.00–67.00	778	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	74.23/cwt	71.00–76.00	958	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,381	77.44/cwt	77.00–78.00	1,069	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	65.85/cwt	63.00–67.00	743	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	76.55/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,091	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,253	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	877	2

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 Jan 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,113Last week 1,277Year ago 3,015

Slaughter CattleReceipts 198Last week 209Year ago 272

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	702	171.00	171.00
9	—	413	186.00–192.50	189.62
40	—	522	169.00–172.00	170.20
24	—	669	167.00–171.00	168.77
37	—	482	167.00–172.00	170.29
32	—	570	165.00–168.00	167.51
11	—	647	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	379	192.50–197.00	194.81
27	—	482	160.00–161.00	160.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	575	175.50	175.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	604	163.00–166.00	164.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	465	218.00–226.00	222.04
7	—	408	227.00–228.00	227.44
126	—	623	181.00–190.00	186.58
65	—	772	170.00–178.00	175.31
170	—	732	177.00–185.00	183.18
83	—	668	180.00–189.00	186.18
33	—	515	201.00	201.00
37	—	570	187.50–197.00	193.00
2	—	335	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	629	198.00	198.00
66	—	565	200.00–209.50	206.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	528	191.00–194.50	193.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	85.50	85.50
64	—	1,153	100.00–103.00	100.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,915	86.50–93.00	90.05
1	—	1,815	97.00	97.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,158	66.50	66.50
9	—	945	59.00	59.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,659	83.00	83.00
1	—	1,440	71.00	71.00
21	—	1,425	73.00–80.00	76.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,145	58.00–61.00	60.38
2	—	1,193	64.00–67.00	65.21
2	—	1,253	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,291	71.00–76.00	74.23
6	—	1,128	63.00–67.00	65.85
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,381	77.00–78.00	77.44

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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