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

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.08/cwt on 803 head.

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

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.

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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	201.00	201.00
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
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
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
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	417	286.00	286.00
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
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
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.

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