Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers and heifers were too light to test for an accurate trend. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 1.00 higher. Boner cows of average dressing sold 4.00 lower and lean cows sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 5.00 lower. The next slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday November 19, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $259.43/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −203.95 against this barn's trailing median of $463.38.

Average price

$259.43

91 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$369

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$85.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.21

vs CO average

−46.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	286.00	1,459	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	594	260.16	1,545	87
Large 2	542	201.00	1,089	2thin

One grade step is worth $85.00/cwt here — about $369 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.81, low $446.57, median $463.38 across 13 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 sale91 hd

259.43

—

CO average3 barns · 728 hd

285.64

−26.21

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−46.01

This barn, trailing median13 sales

463.38

−203.95

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,258	125.67	1,581	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,791	121.01	2,168	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,519	119.78	1,820	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,373	115.74	1,590	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,148	105.02	1,206	42

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,330	$2,100	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,450	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,305	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,155	$1,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - 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	450–500	477	261.60/cwt	257.50–263.00	1,248	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	243.88/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,329	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	223.08/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,506	41
Steers	Large 2	500–550	542	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	273.83/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,191	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,173	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,119	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	975	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,854	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,647	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,504	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	307	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,059	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,459	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,388	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	260.16/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,545	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,246	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	229.22/cwt	222.50–236.00	1,708	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	308.17/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,242	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	848	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,330	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,450	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,305	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,344	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	935	159.33/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,490	5
Bulls	—	—	1,230	124.23/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,528	6
Bulls	—	—	1,145	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,248	1
Bulls	—	—	1,540	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,325	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,346	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	99.04/cwt	84.00–109.00	1,111	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,788	115.02/cwt	114.00–116.00	2,057	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	112.01/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,540	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	121.68/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,673	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,404	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,852	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	114.03/cwt	113.00–114.50	1,714	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	111.19/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,349	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,793	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,223	4

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 (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Tue Nov 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 426Last week 659Year ago 498

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 717Year ago 636

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 260Year ago 138

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	317	307.50	307.50
37	400–450	435	266.00–279.00	273.83
8	450–500	477	257.50–263.00	261.60
5	500–550	541	230.00	230.00
4	700–750	733	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	373	300.00	300.00
8	400–450	406	289.00	289.00
41	500–550	545	243.00–244.00	243.88
2	550–600	550	245.00	245.00
41	650–700	675	221.00–227.00	223.08
26	950–1000	951	195.00	195.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	542	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	307	345.00	345.00
24	400–450	403	308.00–310.00	308.17
43	450–500	461	301.00	301.00
87	550–600	594	260.00–263.00	260.16
5	650–700	698	236.00	236.00
8	700–750	745	222.50–236.00	229.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	467	322.00	322.00
2	500–550	510	286.00	286.00
4	600–650	618	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	255	332.50	332.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,330	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,450	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	1,750.00	1,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,400.00	1,400.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	140.00	140.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	935	159.00–161.00	159.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,230	121.00–126.00	124.23
1	—	1,145	109.00	109.00
1	—	1,540	151.00	151.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,068	126.00	126.00
25	—	1,122	84.00–109.00	99.04
14	—	1,213	110.00–115.00	111.19
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,788	114.00–116.00	115.02
4	—	1,793	124.00	124.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,375	110.00–114.00	112.01
7	—	1,375	121.00–126.00	121.68
1	—	1,350	104.00	104.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,524	121.50	121.50
3	—	1,503	113.00–114.50	114.03

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

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