Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steers uneven, under 550 lb steady to 2.00 higher, 550 to 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers uneven 300 to 400 lbs 5.00 lower, 400 to 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 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 $195.04/cwt on 1,762 head.

Average price

$195.04

1,762 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$444

per head · Small and Medium 1 over Large 1

$34.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.13

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1	337	217.50	733	5thin
Medium 1	531	205.76	1,093	174
Medium and Large 1	654	194.45	1,273	1,491
Large 1	643	183.04	1,177	92

One grade step is worth $34.46/cwt here — about −$444 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 sale1,762 hd

195.04

—

CO average4 barns · 6,334 hd

195.17

−0.13

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	1,870	92.98	1,739	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,427	73.09	1,043	67
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	69.36	852	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,111	63.82	709	77

Every lot, as filed

54 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	—	408	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,061	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	167.25/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,194	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	185.12/cwt	183.00–189.50	950	172
Heifers	Medium 1	—	514	175.30/cwt	174.00–179.00	901	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	248.98/cwt	242.00–254.00	1,038	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	746	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,354	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,122	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	265.88/cwt	262.00–273.00	994	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,573	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	232.40/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,111	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	175.13/cwt	171.00–178.00	1,340	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	180.98/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,216	194
Steers	Large 1	—	655	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,146	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	205.86/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,196	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	270.41/cwt	265.00–276.00	882	13
Steers	Medium 1	—	479	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,006	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	215.73/cwt	215.50–216.00	1,143	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	197.55/cwt	193.00–201.00	1,223	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	176.75/cwt	174.50–179.60	1,266	213
Steers	Medium 1	—	595	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,172	88
Steers	Medium 1	—	397	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	939	16
Steers	Medium 1	—	506	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,047	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	503	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,137	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	453	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,160	15
Steers	Large 1	—	637	187.33/cwt	187.00–189.00	1,193	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	899	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	198.55/cwt	194.00–200.50	778	35
Heifers	Medium 1	—	411	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	736	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	513	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,000	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	550	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,018	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	286	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	686	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	170.97/cwt	170.00–173.00	1,417	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	166.20/cwt	165.00–167.50	1,463	75
Steers	Small and Medium 1	—	337	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	192.34/cwt	187.00–194.50	919	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	174.60/cwt	170.00–179.00	999	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	167.24/cwt	165.50–169.00	1,124	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	171.05/cwt	168.00–177.00	1,062	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	201.53/cwt	200.00–203.00	619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	162.20/cwt	160.00–166.50	1,267	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	194.48/cwt	190.00–198.00	797	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	586	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,090	43
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,979	93.67/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,854	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,556	87.47/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,361	4
Bulls	—	—	2,095	101.96/cwt	100.00–103.50	2,136	3
Bulls	—	—	1,795	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,508	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,079	63.26/cwt	62.00–65.00	683	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	72.39/cwt	70.00–76.00	938	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	75.74/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,112	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,377	69.83/cwt	67.00–71.00	962	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	68.00/cwt	66.00–71.00	830	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	63.62/cwt	61.00–65.00	680	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	57.32/cwt	51.00–61.00	583	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	65.91/cwt	63.00–69.00	759	36

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 17, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,361Last week 6,847Year ago 5,165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 378Last week 426Year ago 262

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	408	260.00	260.00
39	—	746	181.50	181.50
7	—	460	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	417	242.00–254.00	248.98
21	—	374	262.00–273.00	265.88
7	—	965	163.00	163.00
30	—	478	230.00–239.00	232.40
246	—	765	171.00–178.00	175.13
194	—	672	180.00–189.00	180.98
206	—	581	200.00–209.00	205.86
13	—	326	265.00–276.00	270.41
153	—	530	215.50–216.00	215.73
91	—	619	193.00–201.00	197.55
213	—	716	174.50–179.60	176.75
72	—	829	170.00–173.00	170.97
75	—	880	165.00–167.50	166.20
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	655	175.00	175.00
60	—	637	187.00–189.00	187.33
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	479	210.00	210.00
88	—	595	197.00	197.00
16	—	397	236.50	236.50
6	—	506	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	503	226.00	226.00
15	—	453	256.00	256.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	337	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	714	163.00–171.00	167.25
172	—	513	183.00–189.50	185.12
35	—	392	194.00–200.50	198.55
115	—	478	187.00–194.50	192.34
129	—	572	170.00–179.00	174.60
130	—	672	165.50–169.00	167.24
266	—	621	168.00–177.00	171.05
6	—	307	200.00–203.00	201.53
37	—	781	160.00–166.50	162.20
77	—	410	190.00–198.00	194.48
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	514	174.00–179.00	175.30
36	—	411	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	511	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	513	195.00	195.00
8	—	550	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	586	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	286	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,979	92.00–95.00	93.67
4	—	1,556	86.00–89.00	87.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,095	100.00–103.50	101.96
1	—	1,795	84.00	84.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,079	62.00–65.00	63.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,296	70.00–76.00	72.39
36	—	1,151	63.00–69.00	65.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,468	72.00–79.00	75.74
30	—	1,377	67.00–71.00	69.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,220	66.00–71.00	68.00
21	—	1,069	61.00–65.00	63.62
14	—	1,017	51.00–61.00	57.32

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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