Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2023-10-25

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-25

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Oct 25

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Oct 18Oct 25Nov 1 →

Receipts

3,176 head

▲ 875 vs last sale 2,301▲ 276 vs year ago 2,900 · +9.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks feeder calf special, trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers across all weight classes sold mostly 1.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers across all weight classes sold mostly 3.00 to 9.00 higher. The next feeder calf special sale will be next Wednesday November 1, 2023.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $260.44/cwt on 1,219 head.

Average price

$260.44

1,219 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,542

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$62.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.07

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	478	308.43	1,473	129
Medium and Large 1-2	627	257.57	1,615	552
Medium and Large 2	579	254.68	1,474	283
Large 1-2	614	252.91	1,552	110
Large 2	570	245.65	1,400	145

One grade step is worth $62.78/cwt here — about $73 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 sale1,219 hd

260.44

—

CO average5 barns · 5,164 hd

271.51

−11.07

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

Every lot

82 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Large 2	279	295.70/cwt	291.00–299.00	825	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	282	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	883	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	317	330.12/cwt	330.00–331.00	1,046	9
Steers	—	Large 2	333	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	936	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	306.70/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,027	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	358	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,092	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	320.55/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,225	9
Steers	—	Large 2	389	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,066	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	403	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,213	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	319.07/cwt	316.00–330.00	1,353	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	287.02/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,228	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	304.36/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,443	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	316.30/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,502	20
Steers	—	Large 2	475	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,240	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	486	273.81/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,331	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	298.25/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,518	29
Steers	—	Large 1-2	513	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,390	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	266.11/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,373	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	285.28/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,509	93
Steers	—	Large 2	531	248.20/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,318	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	553	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,598	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	247.19/cwt	241.00–252.00	1,404	78
Steers	—	Large 1-2	578	257.81/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,490	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	257.24/cwt	256.00–263.00	1,489	62
Steers	—	Large 1-2	603	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,471	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	251.37/cwt	250.00–254.50	1,541	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	628	243.09/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,527	61
Steers	—	Large 2	642	235.59/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,512	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	243.43/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,612	48
Steers	—	Large 2	727	222.55/cwt	221.00–229.00	1,618	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	732	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,618	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	235.75/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,737	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	227.37/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,748	26
Steers	—	Large 1-2	781	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,820	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	815	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,760	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	832	231.54/cwt	229.00–233.00	1,926	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,040	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,095	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	996	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,062	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,037	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,157	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,282	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,218	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	285	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	809	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	923	6
Heifers	—	Large 2	318	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	811	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	263.01/cwt	258.00–270.00	842	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	359	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	937	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	268.82/cwt	266.00–277.00	1,005	54
Heifers	—	Large 2	388	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	974	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	278.06/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,154	18
Heifers	—	Large 2	423	237.51/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,005	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	265.46/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,168	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	443	258.20/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,144	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	453	249.11/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,128	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	270.86/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,295	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	260.84/cwt	258.00–263.00	1,268	51
Heifers	—	Large 2	495	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,143	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	503	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,303	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	521	237.63/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,238	44
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	539	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,272	34
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	564	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,348	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	235.30/cwt	231.00–243.00	1,339	138
Heifers	—	Large 2	580	225.41/cwt	221.00–226.00	1,307	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	585	227.54/cwt	227.00–229.00	1,331	30
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	618	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,434	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	241.81/cwt	237.00–248.00	1,502	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,466	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	644	224.85/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,448	30
Heifers	—	Large 1	655	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,526	28
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	672	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,492	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	230.41/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,553	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	718	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,515	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	224.22/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,612	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,639	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	227.81/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,766	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	815	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,671	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	885	202.85/cwt	202.00–206.00	1,795	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	896	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,900	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,046	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,883	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,145	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,912	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	200	510.00/head	510.00–510.00	510	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	516	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,254	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	739	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,589	5

This sale against other markets

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 →

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed Oct 25, 2023

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

Receipts 3,176Last week 2,301Year ago 2,900

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	227.00	227.00
29	—	509	291.00–300.00	298.25
64	—	424	316.00–330.00	319.07
20	—	475	315.00–317.00	316.30
12	—	553	289.00	289.00
2	—	868	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	642	226.00–240.00	235.59
5	—	279	291.00–299.00	295.70
33	—	531	240.00–252.00	248.20
10	—	727	221.00–229.00	222.55
6	—	333	281.00	281.00
10	—	475	261.00	261.00
9	—	389	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	815	216.00	216.00
4	—	996	207.00	207.00
78	—	568	241.00–252.00	247.19
12	—	428	285.00–293.00	287.02
9	—	486	271.00–276.00	273.81
24	—	516	261.00–272.00	266.11
61	—	628	239.00–246.00	243.09
8	—	1,282	173.00	173.00
10	—	358	305.00	305.00
6	—	282	313.00	313.00
22	—	732	221.00	221.00
34	—	335	300.00–313.00	306.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	832	229.00–233.00	231.54
9	—	382	320.00–321.00	320.55
5	—	1,037	208.00	208.00
9	—	317	330.00–331.00	330.12
122	—	613	250.00–254.50	251.37
117	—	737	228.00–240.00	235.75
2	—	403	301.00	301.00
48	—	662	243.00–247.00	243.43
37	—	474	295.00–310.00	304.36
93	—	529	276.00–290.00	285.28
26	—	769	225.00–232.00	227.37
62	—	579	256.00–263.00	257.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	513	271.00	271.00
16	—	603	244.00	244.00
49	—	578	254.00–260.00	257.81
24	—	781	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	285	284.00	284.00
30	—	585	227.00–229.00	227.54
9	—	885	202.00–206.00	202.85
1	—	1,145	167.00	167.00
6	—	718	211.00	211.00
44	—	521	231.00–241.00	237.63
12	—	443	256.00–260.00	258.20
30	—	644	219.00–226.00	224.85
6	—	1,046	180.00	180.00
1	—	815	205.00	205.00
25	—	320	258.00–270.00	263.01
9	—	453	249.00–250.00	249.11
8	—	359	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	672	222.00	222.00
17	—	564	239.00	239.00
34	—	539	236.00	236.00
4	—	618	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	478	268.00–280.00	270.86
36	—	621	237.00–248.00	241.81
21	—	775	225.00–231.00	227.81
18	—	415	275.00–283.00	278.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	318	255.00	255.00
6	—	495	231.00	231.00
43	—	580	221.00–226.00	225.41
26	—	423	230.00–246.00	237.51
2	—	388	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	374	266.00–277.00	268.82
23	—	632	232.00	232.00
51	—	486	258.00–263.00	260.84
8	—	759	216.00	216.00
48	—	440	264.00–268.00	265.46
4	—	896	212.00	212.00
69	—	674	230.00–231.00	230.41
9	—	503	259.00	259.00
88	—	719	221.00–230.00	224.22
6	—	315	293.00	293.00
138	—	569	231.00–243.00	235.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	655	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	—	200	510.00	510.00
5	—	739	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	516	243.00	243.00

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.