Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 11.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday October 30, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $270.76/cwt on 422 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −172.22 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$270.76

422 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$36.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.33

vs CO average

−28.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	285.32	1,551	169
Medium and Large 1-2	570	262.46	1,495	187
Large 1	590	258.42	1,526	56
Medium and Large 2	567	248.94	1,411	10thin

One grade step is worth $36.38/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.95, low $415.25, median $442.98 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale422 hd

270.76

—

CO average5 barns · 1,677 hd

286.09

−15.33

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−28.28

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−172.22

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

92 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	244.06/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,179	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,268	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	278.42/cwt	276.00–281.00	1,167	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	292.18/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,496	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	239.07/cwt	232.00–247.00	1,755	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	418	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,471	2
Steers	Large 1Fancy	300–350	335	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,315	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	917	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	341.26/cwt	336.00–349.00	1,577	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	222.23/cwt	216.00–225.25	1,945	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	208.66/cwt	207.00–211.00	2,003	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	253.88/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,671	38
Steers	Large 1	400–450	417	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,314	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	208.75/cwt	208.00–209.00	1,921	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	235.26/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,786	20
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	458	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,195	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	261.32/cwt	256.00–267.00	1,521	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	232.52/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,942	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	375.68/cwt	371.00–388.00	1,341	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	221.68/cwt	218.00–226.00	1,853	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	338.14/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,471	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	346.39/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,337	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	223.36/cwt	216.00–228.00	1,628	16
Steers	Large 1	650–700	654	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,596	44
Steers	Large 1	450–500	463	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,495	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	237.42/cwt	229.00–247.00	1,595	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	719	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	248.94/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,411	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	289.69/cwt	251.00–306.00	1,376	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	269.51/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,663	33
Steers	Large 1	550–600	592	258.88/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,533	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,175	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	266.40/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,404	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	313.55/cwt	251.00–332.50	1,195	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	234.28/cwt	211.00–240.00	1,464	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	314.69/cwt	314.00–315.00	1,473	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	320.25/cwt	319.00–323.00	1,371	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,841	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	253.15/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,582	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	411	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,258	10
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,451	47
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	300–350	306	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	995	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,220	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	194.21/cwt	191.00–199.00	1,523	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,498	6
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	453	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,087	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	369	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,181	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	299	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	972	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,895	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	221.70/cwt	214.00–225.50	1,729	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	247.40/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,425	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	289.01/cwt	284.00–294.00	1,228	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	229.91/cwt	223.00–236.00	1,559	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	286.08/cwt	284.00–289.00	1,316	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	221.94/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,591	39
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	530	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,261	10
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	427	277.68/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,186	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	197.96/cwt	192.00–203.00	1,728	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	243	921.09/head	825.00–960.00	921	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	399	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,041	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	590	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,304	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	260.01/cwt	254.00–265.00	1,365	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	320	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,120	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	992	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	263.54/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,249	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	263	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	750	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	234.25/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,480	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	202.49/cwt	196.00–204.00	2,015	21
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	405	248.61/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,007	18
Heifers	Large 1-2	300–350	305	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	857	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	237.31/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,360	32
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	708	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,494	2
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	355	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,061	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	261.21/cwt	257.00–267.50	1,008	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	243.46/cwt	236.00–249.00	1,276	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	609	242.14/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,475	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	247.01/cwt	231.00–255.00	1,055	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,019	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	268.12/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,140	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,292	4
Steers	Large 1	500–550	548	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	477	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,798	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	289.21/cwt	288.00–299.00	1,082	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	226.20/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,389	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,335	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	566	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,619	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	278.21/cwt	271.00–283.00	1,602	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,267	10

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 →

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Receipts 2,914Last week 2,582Year ago 3,176

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	221.00	221.00
17	350–400	386	257.00–267.50	261.21
35	400–450	427	231.00–255.00	247.01
30	450–500	483	231.00–250.00	244.06
9	500–550	549	231.00	231.00
18	550–600	588	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	340.00	340.00
9	350–400	369	320.00	320.00
10	400–450	411	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	306	325.00	325.00
47	550–600	558	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	355	299.00	299.00
31	400–450	427	270.00–281.00	277.68
12	450–500	453	240.00	240.00
10	500–550	530	238.00	238.00
2	700–750	708	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	243	825.00–960.00	921.09
8	250–300	299	325.00	325.00
10	300–350	310	320.00	320.00
15	350–400	366	306.00	306.00
53	400–450	425	284.00–294.00	289.01
117	450–500	460	284.00–289.00	286.08
128	500–550	525	254.00–265.00	260.01
57	550–600	576	240.00–252.00	247.40
25	600–650	632	230.00–237.00	234.25
51	650–700	678	223.00–236.00	229.91
39	700–750	717	221.00–225.00	221.94
58	750–800	780	214.00–225.50	221.70
17	850–900	873	192.00–203.00	197.96
6	900–950	920	206.00	206.00
21	950–1000	995	196.00–204.00	202.49
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	305	281.00	281.00
4	350–400	399	261.00	261.00
18	400–450	405	240.00–252.00	248.61
2	550–600	590	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	263	285.00	285.00
3	300–350	337	302.50	302.50
26	350–400	374	288.00–299.00	289.21
22	400–450	425	261.00–272.00	268.12
33	450–500	474	256.00–266.00	263.54
36	500–550	524	236.00–249.00	243.46
32	550–600	573	231.00–241.00	237.31
22	600–650	614	220.00–228.00	226.20
4	700–750	714	181.00	181.00
2	750–800	775	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	550–600	566	286.00	286.00
14	600–650	609	240.00–243.00	242.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	200–250	210	825.00	825.00
6	250–300	260	352.50	352.50
10	300–350	337	376.00	376.00
12	350–400	357	371.00–388.00	375.68
38	400–450	435	330.00–345.00	338.14
51	450–500	462	336.00–349.00	341.26
86	500–550	512	280.00–299.00	292.18
83	550–600	576	271.00–283.00	278.21
33	600–650	617	263.00–271.00	269.51
38	650–700	658	251.00–262.00	253.88
68	700–750	734	232.00–247.00	239.07
20	750–800	759	232.00–237.00	235.26
62	800–850	835	230.00–242.00	232.52
22	850–900	875	216.00–225.25	222.23
8	900–950	920	208.00–209.00	208.75
12	950–1000	960	207.00–211.00	208.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	350–400	381	251.00–332.50	313.55
10	400–450	419	276.00–281.00	278.42
91	450–500	475	251.00–306.00	289.69
10	550–600	567	241.00–251.00	248.94
29	600–650	625	211.00–240.00	234.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	352.00	352.00
5	450–500	477	377.00	377.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	392.50	392.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	417	315.00	315.00
28	450–500	463	323.00	323.00
2	500–550	548	246.00	246.00
54	550–600	592	253.00–260.00	258.88
44	650–700	654	244.00	244.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	458	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	250	287.50	287.50
2	300–350	343	342.50	342.50
28	350–400	386	342.50–355.00	346.39
27	400–450	428	319.00–323.00	320.25
10	450–500	468	314.00–315.00	314.69
42	500–550	527	260.00–275.00	266.40
145	550–600	582	256.00–267.00	261.32
10	600–650	625	249.00–259.00	253.15
80	650–700	672	229.00–247.00	237.42
16	700–750	729	216.00–228.00	223.36
26	800–850	836	218.00–226.00	221.68
3	850–900	885	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	244.00	244.00
6	650–700	657	228.00	228.00
10	750–800	784	191.00–199.00	194.21

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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