Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Feeder steers across all weight classes sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers across all weight classes sold uneven. The next feeder calf special will be Monday, November 6 2023.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $274.37/cwt on 2,549 head.

Average price

$274.37

2,549 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$140.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.20

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	389	354.15	1,378	220
Medium and Large 1-2	549	278.64	1,529	1,305
Medium and Large 2	582	253.61	1,476	893
Large 1	556	253.00	1,407	66
Large 1-2	635	226.67	1,438	59
Large 2	616	213.50	1,315	6thin

One grade step is worth $140.65/cwt here — about $63 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 sale2,549 hd

274.37

—

CO average5 barns · 5,450 hd

268.17

+6.20

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

69 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1	—	518	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,342	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,417	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	291.12/cwt	287.00–295.00	958	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	234.01/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,247	134
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	477	240.83/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,149	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	227.30/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,373	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	291.68/cwt	288.00–295.00	1,079	49
Heifers	Large 2	—	591	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,271	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	218.24/cwt	210.00–224.50	1,364	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	213.27/cwt	207.00–221.00	1,433	16
Heifers	Large 1	—	463	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,167	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	627	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,423	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	551	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,295	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	328.42/cwt	326.00–337.50	1,084	67
Heifers	Large 2	—	549	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,205	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	261.14/cwt	254.00–265.00	1,251	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	274	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	232	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	696	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,589	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	288.14/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,161	12
Heifers	Large 2	—	754	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	234.80/cwt	231.00–243.00	1,329	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	243.04/cwt	238.00–253.00	1,184	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	991	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	289	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	816	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,069	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	989	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,123	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,250	30
Steers	Large 1-2	—	485	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,208	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	249.20/cwt	247.00–254.00	1,560	123
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	329.37/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,031	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	283.91/cwt	277.00–291.00	1,465	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	222.18/cwt	221.00–226.00	1,562	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	253.99/cwt	248.50–260.00	1,460	177
Steers	Large 1-2	—	620	226.10/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,402	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	349.52/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,129	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	342.34/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,277	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	268.20/cwt	251.00–275.00	1,438	200
Steers	Large 1-2	—	504	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,270	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	704	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,549	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	297.57/cwt	291.00–306.00	1,268	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	309.66/cwt	304.00–317.50	1,489	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	238.07/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,578	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	335.63/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,426	127
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,222	14
Steers	Large 2	—	580	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,311	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	706	218.77/cwt	216.00–220.50	1,545	60
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	295.13/cwt	293.00–299.00	1,411	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	373.49/cwt	372.50–375.00	1,158	45
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	647	212.73/cwt	211.50–219.00	1,376	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	247.68/cwt	241.00–254.00	1,290	137
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	575	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,294	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	221.51/cwt	211.00–228.50	1,500	140
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	236.41/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,480	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	321.89/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,387	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	274.72/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,173	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	299.94/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,173	82
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	11
Steers	Large 2	—	652	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,311	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	764	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,566	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	269.92/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,539	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	225.97/cwt	221.00–232.00	1,311	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	274.96/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,259	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	271.94/cwt	261.00–282.00	919	28
Steers	Large 1	—	632	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,523	22

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 Oct 30, 2023

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

Receipts 4,927Last week 4,308Year ago 3,874

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	518	259.00	259.00
22	—	632	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	368	385.00	385.00
127	—	425	330.00–337.50	335.63
45	—	310	372.50–375.00	373.49
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	249.00	249.00
34	—	620	221.00–230.00	226.10
4	—	504	252.00	252.00
19	—	704	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	626	247.00–254.00	249.20
157	—	516	277.00–291.00	283.91
30	—	703	221.00–226.00	222.18
10	—	323	345.00–352.50	349.52
45	—	373	337.50–345.00	342.34
229	—	481	304.00–317.50	309.66
233	—	663	230.00–242.00	238.07
143	—	431	316.00–326.00	321.89
335	—	570	260.00–276.00	269.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	313	329.00–330.00	329.37
177	—	575	248.50–260.00	253.99
200	—	536	251.00–275.00	268.20
20	—	426	291.00–306.00	297.57
14	—	376	325.00	325.00
60	—	706	216.00–220.50	218.77
103	—	478	293.00–299.00	295.13
140	—	677	211.00–228.50	221.51
164	—	626	225.00–242.00	236.41
7	—	764	205.00	205.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	226.00	226.00
3	—	652	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	235	242.50	242.50
134	—	533	225.00–239.00	234.01
223	—	625	210.00–224.50	218.24
16	—	672	207.00–221.00	213.27
5	—	274	247.50	247.50
150	—	487	238.00–253.00	243.04
12	—	359	276.00	276.00
81	—	427	270.00–283.00	274.72
122	—	580	221.00–232.00	225.97
28	—	338	261.00–282.00	271.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	329	287.00–295.00	291.12
44	—	604	225.00–229.00	227.30
49	—	370	288.00–295.00	291.68
183	—	479	254.00–265.00	261.14
10	—	719	221.00	221.00
12	—	403	285.00–295.00	288.14
51	—	566	231.00–243.00	234.80
137	—	521	241.00–254.00	247.68
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	477	240.00–241.00	240.83
36	—	647	211.50–219.00	212.73
7	—	575	225.00	225.00
11	—	415	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	591	215.00	215.00
31	—	549	219.50	219.50
4	—	754	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	252.00	252.00
8	—	627	227.00	227.00
57	—	551	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	330	326.00–337.50	328.42
5	—	276	312.50	312.50
7	—	232	300.00	300.00
30	—	402	311.00	311.00
82	—	391	295.00–307.50	299.94
146	—	458	271.00–276.00	274.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	274.00	274.00
10	—	384	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	289	282.50	282.50
11	—	438	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	311.00	311.00

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.

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