Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Steers under 400 lbs mostly steady, 400 to 600 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 instances 15.00 to 20.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 instances 10.00 higher, 700 to 750 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher, over 750 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Heifers 350 to 650 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher instances 10.00 to 15.00 higher on 400 to 500 lbs over 650 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $223.58/cwt on 2,062 head.

Average price

$223.58

2,062 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,431

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$156

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

$47.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.83

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	450	260.58	1,173	55
Medium and Large 1	646	222.70	1,438	1,976
Large 1	622	213.55	1,329	31

One grade step is worth $47.03/cwt here — about −$156 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 sale2,062 hd

223.58

—

CO average3 barns · 2,282 hd

224.41

−0.83

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	1,757	104.21	1,831	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,495	95.04	1,420	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,264	88.55	1,120	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,160	76.52	887	17

Every lot, as filed

56 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	—	893	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,465	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	193.97/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,218	357
Steers	Large 1	—	563	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,284	17
Steers	Large 1	—	694	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,360	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	413	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,206	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,104	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	614	231.97/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,424	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	706	195.34/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,379	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	188.96/cwt	185.00–193.00	1,387	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	270.62/cwt	268.00–271.00	1,277	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	533	263.47/cwt	263.00–267.00	1,404	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	612	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,450	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	256.76/cwt	254.00–259.00	1,176	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	270.66/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,153	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	177.18/cwt	177.00–178.00	1,549	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	184.66/cwt	183.00–189.50	1,433	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	701	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,444	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	568	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,406	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	180.51/cwt	177.00–182.50	1,478	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	252.53/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,323	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	477	290.24/cwt	288.00–291.00	1,384	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	204.93/cwt	201.00–210.00	1,359	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	179.25/cwt	179.25–179.25	1,197	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	412	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	989	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	178.89/cwt	173.00–180.50	1,367	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	184.60/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,270	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,083	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	222.78/cwt	220.00–224.00	849	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,242	77.64/cwt	75.00–80.00	964	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	946	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,543	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,309	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	95.21/cwt	90.00–96.50	1,410	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	771	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	89.43/cwt	88.00–91.00	1,140	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	84.06/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,016	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,306	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,159	77.19/cwt	77.00–79.00	895	10
Bulls	—	—	1,730	106.48/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,842	14
Bulls	—	—	1,850	96.27/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	217.21/cwt	213.50–222.50	1,143	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,426	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,170	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	612	214.25/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,311	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	232.91/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,011	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	170.53/cwt	170.00–171.00	1,405	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	211.43/cwt	206.00–217.00	1,216	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	232.02/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,077	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	235.29/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,358	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	221.87/cwt	218.00–227.50	1,391	364
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	232.50/cwt	231.00–235.00	879	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	181.52/cwt	177.50–184.00	1,312	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	663	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,472	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	569	222.62/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,267	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,608	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,170	29

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 Mar 14, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,842Last week 1,564Year ago 2,648

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 115Year ago 80

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	893	164.00	164.00
357	—	628	190.00–200.00	193.97
90	—	764	173.00–180.50	178.89
158	—	688	181.00–190.00	184.60
180	—	526	213.50–222.50	217.21
15	—	914	156.00	156.00
54	—	434	228.00–238.00	232.91
36	—	824	170.00–171.00	170.53
230	—	575	206.00–217.00	211.43
221	—	464	225.00–237.00	232.02
30	—	378	231.00–235.00	232.50
148	—	723	177.50–184.00	181.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	668	179.25	179.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	412	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	535	202.50	202.50
17	—	381	220.00–224.00	222.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	572	204.50	204.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	612	214.00–215.00	214.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	569	221.00–225.00	222.62
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	563	228.00	228.00
14	—	694	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	413	292.00	292.00
112	—	533	263.00–267.00	263.47
78	—	612	237.00	237.00
22	—	701	206.00	206.00
19	—	568	247.50	247.50
78	—	477	288.00–291.00	290.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	378	292.00	292.00
193	—	734	185.00–193.00	188.96
83	—	472	268.00–271.00	270.62
26	—	426	267.00–277.00	270.66
56	—	874	177.00–178.00	177.18
41	—	776	183.00–189.50	184.66
208	—	819	177.00–182.50	180.51
205	—	524	246.00–258.00	252.53
66	—	663	201.00–210.00	204.93
114	—	577	230.00–240.00	235.29
364	—	627	218.00–227.50	221.87
79	—	927	173.50	173.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	614	230.00–233.00	231.97
84	—	706	195.00–197.00	195.34
12	—	663	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	458	254.00–259.00	256.76
29	—	443	264.00	264.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,242	75.00–80.00	77.64
1	—	1,140	83.00	83.00
3	—	1,086	71.00	71.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,583	97.50	97.50
2	—	1,487	88.00	88.00
25	—	1,481	90.00–96.50	95.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,275	88.00–91.00	89.43
4	—	1,209	82.00–86.00	84.06
1	—	1,360	96.00	96.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,159	77.00–79.00	77.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,730	104.00–111.00	106.48
4	—	1,850	93.00–100.00	96.27

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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