Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago Steer and heifer calves lightly tested, Feeder steers over 700 lbs mostly steady. Heifers over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher advance on breakers and boners. Slaughter bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $186.84/cwt on 556 head.

Average price

$186.84

556 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,305

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$9.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.81

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	701	187.48	1,314	509
Medium and Large 1-2	647	183.17	1,185	15thin
Medium 1	687	178.46	1,226	32

One grade step is worth $9.01/cwt here — about $88 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 sale556 hd

186.84

—

CO average3 barns · 722 hd

186.03

+0.81

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	1,976	105.55	2,086	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,457	99.74	1,453	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	95.53	1,185	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,016	76.39	776	12

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,064	$3,327	23

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1-2	—	647	183.17/cwt	183.00–183.50	1,185	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	186.70/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,333	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	115	442.50/head	385.00–500.00	443	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	595	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,077	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	180.74/cwt	175.00–181.50	1,384	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	162.98/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,428	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	196.57/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,221	51
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,000	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	150	560.00/head	560.00–560.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	135	549.44/head	485.00–575.00	549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	454	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	994	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	184.53/cwt	182.00–189.00	1,229	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	208.72/cwt	204.00–210.00	1,125	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	211.82/cwt	211.00–217.50	932	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,585	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	190.36/cwt	187.00–195.50	1,274	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	218.94/cwt	216.00–221.00	1,355	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,137	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,383	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	191.72/cwt	191.00–195.00	1,378	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	186.90/cwt	186.00–188.25	1,516	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	260.93/cwt	257.00–266.00	1,336	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,451	60
Heifers	Medium 1	—	713	177.75/cwt	177.75–177.75	1,267	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	604	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,211	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	662	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,304	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	720	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,469	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	176.28/cwt	175.00–177.00	1,550	31
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,086	3,089.38/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,089	17
Bulls	—	—	1,990	106.90/cwt	104.00–109.00	2,127	14
Bulls	—	—	1,880	96.06/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,806	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	97.66/cwt	95.00–99.50	1,219	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	100.46/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,322	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	78.00/cwt	77.00–81.00	785	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	62.36/cwt	61.00–64.00	574	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	83.97/cwt	83.00–85.00	966	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	100.68/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,445	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	103.80/cwt	103.00–106.50	1,462	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	89.32/cwt	84.50–90.00	1,066	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,637	89.37/cwt	84.00–93.50	1,463	5

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 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,230Last week 468Year ago 593

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 155Year ago 153

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 708Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	647	183.00–183.50	183.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	714	180.00–190.00	186.70
2	—	115	385.00–500.00	442.50
148	—	766	175.00–181.50	180.74
20	—	876	160.00–165.00	162.98
51	—	621	190.00–198.00	196.57
50	—	666	182.00–189.00	184.53
48	—	539	204.00–210.00	208.72
15	—	440	211.00–217.50	211.82
60	—	834	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	595	181.00	181.00
25	—	713	177.75	177.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	454	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	604	200.50	200.50
11	—	662	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	—	150	560.00	560.00
3	—	135	485.00–575.00	549.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	492	267.00	267.00
11	—	421	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	919	172.50	172.50
29	—	669	187.00–195.50	190.36
20	—	619	216.00–221.00	218.94
6	—	560	247.00	247.00
22	—	719	191.00–195.00	191.72
60	—	811	186.00–188.25	186.90
9	—	512	257.00–266.00	260.93
31	—	879	175.00–177.00	176.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	720	204.00	204.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,000	4,000.00	4,000.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,086	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,089.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,990	104.00–109.00	106.90
2	—	1,880	95.00–97.00	96.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,248	95.00–99.50	97.66
6	—	1,316	100.00–102.00	100.46
14	—	1,193	84.50–90.00	89.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,006	77.00–81.00	78.00
2	—	920	61.00–64.00	62.36
2	—	1,150	83.00–85.00	83.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,435	96.00–102.00	100.68
7	—	1,408	103.00–106.50	103.80
5	—	1,637	84.00–93.50	89.37

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

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