Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 9.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. Today was the first feeder calf special sale of the season. The next feeder calf special sale will be next Monday October 28, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $277.35/cwt on 710 head.

Average price

$277.35

710 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$31.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

vs CO average

−21.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	285.18	1,589	444
Large 1	566	272.00	1,540	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	571	268.42	1,531	114
Large 1-2	542	267.55	1,450	72
Medium and Large 2	550	253.62	1,394	72

One grade step is worth $31.56/cwt here — about $194 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 sale710 hd

277.35

—

CO average5 barns · 1,957 hd

280.73

−3.38

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−21.69

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	998	4
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	397	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,211	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	337.39/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,545	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	248.62/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,922	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	316.29/cwt	312.50–321.00	1,531	74
Steers	Large 1	400–450	442	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,470	7
Steers	Large 1	450–500	451	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,409	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	257.27/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,490	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	287.81/cwt	262.00–307.50	1,263	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,206	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	258.40/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,726	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	279.34/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,626	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	290.94/cwt	284.00–296.00	1,536	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	617	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,691	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	531	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,598	20
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	576	251.52/cwt	251.00–252.50	1,449	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	249.76/cwt	229.00–261.00	1,296	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,465	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,234	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	239.38/cwt	236.00–245.00	1,618	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,849	5
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	493	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,385	14
Steers	Large 1	550–600	566	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,540	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	363.68/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,411	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,181	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	338.72/cwt	330.00–343.00	1,321	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	266.37/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,542	95
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	295.90/cwt	271.00–309.00	1,432	124
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	455	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,269	10
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	371	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,187	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	380	312.28/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,187	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,344	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,035	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	249.98/cwt	243.00–253.00	1,325	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	250.17/cwt	247.50–258.00	1,549	34
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	436	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,341	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	242.57/cwt	231.00–247.50	1,727	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	232.56/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,544	42
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	433	279.02/cwt	278.00–282.00	1,208	37
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	249.51/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,285	42
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	535	270.75/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,449	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	264.01/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,629	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	338.15/cwt	335.00–339.00	1,383	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	269.22/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,276	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	291.55/cwt	289.00–300.00	1,219	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	992	6
Steers	Large 1	700–750	736	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,796	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	278.65/cwt	277.00–281.00	1,471	19
Steers	Large 1	650–700	675	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,647	25
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	358	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	306.77/cwt	302.50–307.50	1,163	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	235.57/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,468	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,196	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	877	8
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	627	238.76/cwt	238.00–239.00	1,497	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	284.81/cwt	279.00–287.50	1,330	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	261.60/cwt	256.00–268.00	1,366	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	254.94/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,244	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,855	4
Heifers	Large 2	400–450	440	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,155	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	226	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	893	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,097	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	243.60/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,393	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	234.51/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,388	85
Heifers	Large 1-2	300–350	333	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	872	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	275.15/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,216	12

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 2,925Last week 4,481Year ago 4,308

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	312	320.00	320.00
5	350–400	357	290.00	290.00
12	400–450	442	271.00–281.00	275.15
50	450–500	474	265.00–272.00	269.22
271	500–550	530	243.00–253.00	249.98
85	550–600	592	231.00–237.00	234.51
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	320.00	320.00
10	450–500	455	279.00	279.00
29	600–650	627	238.00–239.00	238.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	380	310.00–315.00	312.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	226	395.00	395.00
9	300–350	318	345.00	345.00
13	350–400	379	302.50–307.50	306.77
90	400–450	418	289.00–300.00	291.55
126	450–500	467	279.00–287.50	284.81
96	500–550	522	256.00–268.00	261.60
126	550–600	572	240.00–250.00	243.60
118	600–650	623	228.00–238.00	235.57
42	650–700	664	228.00–237.00	232.56
4	800–850	843	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	262.00	262.00
2	350–400	358	308.00	308.00
37	400–450	433	278.00–282.00	279.02
42	500–550	515	245.00–250.00	249.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	287.50	287.50
8	350–400	388	226.00	226.00
16	400–450	448	267.00	267.00
21	450–500	488	254.00–256.00	254.94
2	500–550	500	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	262.50	262.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	397	305.00	305.00
9	400–450	436	307.50	307.50
14	450–500	493	281.00	281.00
60	500–550	535	270.00–272.00	270.75
12	550–600	576	251.00–252.50	251.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	297	397.50	397.50
29	300–350	329	375.00	375.00
4	350–400	388	360.00–367.50	363.68
26	400–450	415	353.00	353.00
78	450–500	458	330.00–339.00	337.39
186	500–550	528	284.00–296.00	290.94
238	550–600	582	270.00–286.00	279.34
130	600–650	617	260.00–269.00	264.01
122	650–700	668	249.00–266.00	258.40
28	700–750	712	231.00–247.50	242.57
29	750–800	773	247.00–250.00	248.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	390	330.00–343.00	338.72
20	400–450	409	335.00–339.00	338.15
74	450–500	484	312.50–321.00	316.29
19	500–550	528	277.00–281.00	278.65
95	550–600	579	263.00–271.00	266.37
34	600–650	619	247.50–258.00	250.17
29	650–700	676	236.00–245.00	239.38
5	750–800	780	237.00	237.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	442	332.50	332.50
4	450–500	451	312.50	312.50
8	550–600	566	272.00	272.00
25	650–700	675	244.00	244.00
9	700–750	736	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	322.50	322.50
33	400–450	439	262.00–307.50	287.81
124	450–500	484	271.00–309.00	295.90
35	500–550	519	229.00–261.00	249.76
37	550–600	579	251.00–259.00	257.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	531	301.00	301.00
37	600–650	617	274.00	274.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	610	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	330.00	330.00

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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