Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2022-11-22

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Nov 22
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
691 head
▼ 446 vs last sale 1,137▼ 777 vs year ago 1,468 · −52.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
325 head
▼ 257 vs last sale 582▼ 65 vs year ago 390 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday, Steer and heifer calves lightly tested. Yearling feeder steers and heifers in a light test steady to 2.00 higher advance on steers. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $178.89/cwt on 292 head.
Average price
$178.89
292 head · 692 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,237
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−3.74
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1692178.891,237292
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 sale292 hd
178.89
—
CO average4 barns · 1,715 hd
182.63
−3.74
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—Low1,89287.121,64824
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57566.731,05114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30265.5685358
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13259.48673166

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1388213.00/cwt213.00–213.008263
Steers—Medium and Large 1419202.33/cwt201.00–205.0084819
Steers—Medium and Large 1469205.04/cwt202.00–207.0096210
Steers—Medium and Large 1506194.00/cwt194.00–194.009824
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned540181.00/cwt181.00–181.009774
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned572176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,00724
Steers—Medium and Large 1590180.78/cwt180.00–183.001,06724
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy607185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,12313
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned607172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0446
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned664165.62/cwt162.00–168.001,10030
Steers—Medium and Large 1693176.76/cwt175.00–177.501,22529
Steers—Medium and Large 1727174.23/cwt174.00–174.501,26713
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy759179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,35957
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy905175.25/cwt175.25–175.251,58649
Steers—Medium and Large 11,070150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,6107
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373175.00/cwt175.00–175.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422171.24/cwt169.00–175.0072313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474162.19/cwt160.00–165.007697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535165.06/cwt164.00–166.0088313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561165.14/cwt161.00–166.0092629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578158.00/cwt158.00–158.009135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612154.34/cwt153.00–158.0094511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679166.72/cwt166.00–168.001,1328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,35020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1891160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1922154.57/cwt154.00–155.001,4257
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,85194.18/cwt92.00–97.001,7435
Bulls——Return to Feed1,85485.40/cwt81.00–89.001,58315
Bulls——2,08484.77/cwt83.00–88.001,7674
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,08856.58/cwt52.00–60.1061648
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08957.29/cwt50.00–60.0062432
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15262.52/cwt60.00–64.5072038
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,19061.42/cwt59.00–63.0073148
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,27165.53/cwt61.00–67.5083335
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29063.05/cwt60.00–65.0081312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38867.54/cwt67.00–68.009372
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,41868.57/cwt67.50–70.009729
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52072.85/cwt70.00–76.001,1074
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59764.28/cwt62.00–67.001,02710

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.