Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2022-10-25

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Oct 25
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
994 head
▲ 392 vs last sale 602▼ 23 vs year ago 1,017 · −2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
537 head
▲ 123 vs last sale 414▲ 307 vs year ago 230 · +133.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday, no trend available on feeder's due to the lack of receipt's from the prior week, but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $166.81/cwt on 262 head.
Average price
$166.81
262 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,078
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−1.47
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1646166.811,078262
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale262 hd
166.81
—
CO average6 barns · 2,905 hd
168.28
−1.47
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,82093.381,69928
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46270.111,02588
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24665.50816167
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11358.1564766

Every lot

33 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1315224.68/cwt222.00–226.0070812
Steers—Medium and Large 1389204.44/cwt202.50–209.0079547
Steers—Medium and Large 1484192.64/cwt190.00–194.0093235
Steers—Medium and Large 1528189.65/cwt189.50–191.001,00120
Steers—Medium and Large 1638172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,09714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,2946
Steers—Medium and Large 1765176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,3506
Steers—Medium and Large 1812175.39/cwt169.50–177.251,42441
Steers—Medium and Large 1911168.96/cwt165.00–170.001,53927
Steers—Medium and Large 11,028132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3579
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341176.46/cwt176.00–178.0060221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386176.00/cwt176.00–176.0067931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415171.00/cwt171.00–171.0071012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463170.00/cwt170.00–170.0078730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714164.27/cwt164.00–164.501,17322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed757166.87/cwt166.75–167.001,263120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,3634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1939143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,34312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1999142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,41910
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74888.94/cwt83.00–91.001,55511
Bulls——1,83095.75/cwt93.00–99.001,75215
Bulls——2,140100.00/cwt100.00–100.002,1402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,06357.81/cwt53.00–60.0061532
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10453.57/cwt50.50–57.0059116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10858.52/cwt58.00–60.006488
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,22964.73/cwt61.00–66.5079692
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23363.51/cwt63.00–64.007832
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,25267.97/cwt66.75–72.0085144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26062.62/cwt60.00–66.0078922
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,30767.00/cwt67.00–67.008768
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34768.42/cwt65.00–71.009229
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46071.40/cwt68.00–75.001,04268
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46965.72/cwt60.00–67.0096520

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.