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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-04

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Mon, Nov 4

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1902

← Oct 28Nov 4Nov 18 →

Receipts

3,712 head

▼ 2,769 vs last sale 6,481▼ 781 vs year ago 4,493 · −17.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers between 250lbs and 450lbs sold mostly 8.00 to 13.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers over 450lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower than last week. The next feeder calf special sale will be next Monday November 11, 2024.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.08/cwt on 803 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −146.96 against this barn's trailing median of $437.04.

Average price

$290.08

803 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$46.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.67

vs CO average

−11.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	539	302.00	1,628	15thin
Medium and Large 1	555	299.26	1,661	426
Medium and Large 1-2	564	282.93	1,597	299
Large 1-2	585	262.05	1,533	37
Medium and Large 2	560	255.03	1,427	26

One grade step is worth $46.97/cwt here — about $201 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale803 hd

290.08

—

CO average4 barns · 1,929 hd

287.41

+2.67

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−11.77

This barn, trailing median2 sales

437.04

−146.96

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

74 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	251	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,092	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	995	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	279	408.46/cwt	400.00–413.00	1,140	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	310	436.25/cwt	432.50–440.00	1,352	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	415.05/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,349	8
Steers	300–350	Large 1-2Unweaned	341	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,180	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	357	413.65/cwt	411.00–417.50	1,477	50
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	397.36/cwt	392.50–407.50	1,466	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	383.23/cwt	372.50–384.00	1,479	41
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	358.24/cwt	352.50–369.00	1,497	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	340.42/cwt	333.00–345.00	1,491	61
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2	439	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,321	7
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2Unweaned	445	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,388	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,371	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	335.17/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,535	132
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	464	316.40/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,468	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	304.08/cwt	281.00–306.00	1,481	45
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	319.91/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,561	138
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,394	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	305.12/cwt	297.50–311.00	1,632	217
Steers	500–550	Large 1	539	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,628	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	288.09/cwt	281.00–292.00	1,561	51
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	281.87/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,604	248
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	252.83/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,439	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	293.17/cwt	289.00–303.00	1,689	209
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2Unweaned	578	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,503	21
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	594	264.73/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,572	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	288.52/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,769	160
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	260.48/cwt	256.00–263.00	1,620	37
Steers	600–650	Large 1	632	264.20/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,670	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	271.36/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,720	128
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	267.00/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,797	173
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	677	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,550	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	253.62/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,735	148
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	693	237.64/cwt	237.00–238.00	1,647	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	261.92/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,870	81
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	239.00/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,778	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,834	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	235.88/cwt	229.00–237.00	1,927	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,975	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	252	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	885	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	979	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	362.37/cwt	362.00–364.00	1,185	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	349	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,176	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	351	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,260	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,053	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	375	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	754	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	335.50/cwt	322.50–341.00	1,272	90
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	307.97/cwt	301.00–315.00	1,176	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,033	3
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	417	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,193	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	306.63/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,303	96
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	282.13/cwt	271.00–291.00	1,213	40
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	436	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,408	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	461	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,397	70
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	281.20/cwt	276.00–291.00	1,330	130
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	265.00/cwt	251.00–271.00	1,267	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	497	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,158	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	512	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,162	5
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	524	242.59/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,271	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	252.19/cwt	241.00–258.00	1,334	99
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	268.12/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,424	248
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	557	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,482	12
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	563	243.54/cwt	241.00–254.00	1,371	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	246.17/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,413	269
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	239.43/cwt	231.00–243.50	1,508	188
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	234.04/cwt	226.00–238.00	1,563	47
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	226.12/cwt	225.00–234.00	1,624	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	316	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,327	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	406	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,441	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,414	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,492	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,518	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 Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - La Junta, CO

Mon Nov 4, 2024

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

Receipts 3,712Last week 6,481Year ago 4,493

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	279	400.00–413.00	408.46
8	300–350	325	410.00–420.00	415.05
21	350–400	369	392.50–407.50	397.36
30	400–450	418	352.50–369.00	358.24
132	450–500	458	330.00–342.50	335.17
217	500–550	535	297.50–311.00	305.12
209	550–600	576	289.00–303.00	293.17
160	600–650	613	280.00–291.00	288.52
173	650–700	673	262.50–275.00	267.00
81	700–750	714	255.00–263.00	261.92
4	750–800	761	241.00	241.00
14	800–850	817	229.00–237.00	235.88
2	850–900	855	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	439	301.00	301.00
10	450–500	464	315.00–317.00	316.40
16	550–600	594	264.00–268.00	264.73
2	650–700	677	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	539	302.00	302.00
15	600–650	632	263.00–265.00	264.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	446	307.50	307.50
45	450–500	487	281.00–306.00	304.08
7	500–550	534	261.00	261.00
19	550–600	569	240.00–266.00	252.83
37	600–650	622	256.00–263.00	260.48
11	650–700	693	237.00–238.00	237.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	382.50	382.50
41	350–400	386	372.50–384.00	383.23
61	400–450	438	333.00–345.00	340.42
138	450–500	488	310.00–326.00	319.91
51	500–550	542	281.00–292.00	288.09
248	550–600	569	271.00–288.00	281.87
128	600–650	634	265.00–277.00	271.36
148	650–700	684	240.00–258.00	253.62
10	700–750	744	231.00–241.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	341	346.00	346.00
24	400–450	445	312.00	312.00
21	550–600	578	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	251	435.00	435.00
4	300–350	310	432.50–440.00	436.25
50	350–400	357	411.00–417.50	413.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	351	359.00	359.00
25	400–450	436	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	524	241.00–245.00	242.59
29	550–600	563	241.00–254.00	243.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	260	850.00	850.00
4	250–300	252	351.00	351.00
11	300–350	327	362.00–364.00	362.37
90	350–400	379	322.50–341.00	335.50
96	400–450	425	300.00–314.00	306.63
130	450–500	473	276.00–291.00	281.20
248	500–550	531	260.00–279.00	268.12
269	550–600	574	240.00–258.00	246.17
188	600–650	630	231.00–243.50	239.43
47	650–700	668	226.00–238.00	234.04
16	700–750	718	225.00–234.00	226.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	349	337.00	337.00
27	350–400	382	301.00–315.00	307.97
40	400–450	430	271.00–291.00	282.13
23	450–500	478	251.00–271.00	265.00
99	500–550	529	241.00–258.00	252.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	306.00	306.00
9	350–400	363	290.00	290.00
3	400–450	413	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	497	233.00	233.00
5	500–550	512	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	417	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	450–500	461	303.00	303.00
12	550–600	557	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	486	291.00	291.00
5	500–550	520	287.00	287.00
5	650–700	690	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	420.00	420.00
6	400–450	406	355.00	355.00

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.