Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2022-04-27

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Apr 27

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Apr 20Apr 27May 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

781 head

▼ 1,033 vs last sale 1,814▲ 9 vs year ago 772 · +1.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

152 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 147▲ 2 vs year ago 150 · +1.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Feeder steer's and heifer's with quality and condition in a light test mostly steady except for 600 to 700 lb steer's 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower decline on breaker's and boner's. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate to good for feeders, moderate for slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.85/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$149.85

131 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$271

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

$5.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.55

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	500	153.41	767	47
Medium and Large 1	702	147.85	1,038	84

One grade step is worth $5.56/cwt here — about −$271 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 sale131 hd

149.85

—

CO average3 barns · 424 hd

153.40

−3.55

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	1,817	96.36	1,751	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,433	82.09	1,177	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	79.29	956	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	72.09	791	27

Every lot

35 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	308	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	594	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	186.30/cwt	186.00–187.00	773	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	920	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	173.00/cwt	171.00–178.00	834	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	187.29/cwt	186.00–190.00	996	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	184.51/cwt	181.00–186.00	1,148	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,023	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	167.96/cwt	166.00–172.00	1,140	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	127	219.43/cwt	210.00–260.00	279	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	158	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	490	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	159.75/cwt	158.00–163.00	607	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	157.27/cwt	157.00–158.00	690	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	151.55/cwt	151.00–152.00	714	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	797	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	598	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	945	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	155.47/cwt	153.00–157.00	976	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,076	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	848	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,102	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,160	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	981	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,226	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	143	307.71/cwt	275.00–375.00	440	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	238	522.63/cwt	510.00–525.00	1,244	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,663	88.73/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,476	4
Bulls	—	—	1,938	106.78/cwt	106.00–108.00	2,069	3
Bulls	—	—	1,943	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,865	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	998	64.94/cwt	61.00–69.00	648	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,092	72.26/cwt	71.00–74.00	789	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,148	74.60/cwt	73.00–76.00	856	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	940	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,184	80.27/cwt	78.00–84.00	950	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	77.57/cwt	75.00–81.00	950	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,153	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	82.69/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,181	29
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,434	78.35/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,124	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	86.48/cwt	86.00–87.00	1,306	2

This sale against other markets

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 →

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed Apr 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 781Last week 1,814Year ago 772

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 147Year ago 150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	143	275.00–375.00	307.71
6	—	238	510.00–525.00	522.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	598	158.00	158.00
40	—	628	153.00–157.00	155.47
9	—	906	128.00	128.00
5	—	127	210.00–260.00	219.43
8	—	981	125.00	125.00
5	—	483	165.00	165.00
2	—	158	310.00	310.00
9	—	848	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	471	151.00–152.00	151.55
11	—	439	157.00–158.00	157.27
10	—	742	145.00	145.00
11	—	380	158.00–163.00	159.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	479	192.00	192.00
16	—	679	166.00–172.00	167.96
14	—	622	181.00–186.00	184.51
26	—	532	186.00–190.00	187.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	482	171.00–178.00	173.00
6	—	660	155.00	155.00
17	—	415	186.00–187.00	186.30
3	—	308	193.00	193.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,663	86.00–91.00	88.73
2	—	1,943	96.00	96.00
3	—	1,938	106.00–108.00	106.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,184	78.00–84.00	80.27
16	—	1,225	75.00–81.00	77.57
1	—	1,295	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	86.00–87.00	86.48
7	—	1,434	76.00–80.00	78.35
29	—	1,428	79.00–84.00	82.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,148	73.00–76.00	74.60
1	—	1,160	81.00	81.00
11	—	1,092	71.00–74.00	72.26
5	—	998	61.00–69.00	64.94

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.