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La Junta

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

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Dec 11

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Dec 4Dec 11Dec 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,821 head

▲ 67 vs last sale 3,754▲ 1,180 vs year ago 2,641 · +44.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

35 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 0▲ 13 vs year ago 22 · +59.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 650lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Steers over 650lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday December 18, 2024.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.89/cwt on 590 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −96.31 against this barn's trailing median of $408.19.

Average price

$311.89

590 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$39.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.24

vs CO average

−12.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	319.61	1,744	398
Large 1	547	304.04	1,662	93
Medium and Large 1-2	567	288.64	1,636	94
Large 1-2	596	280.00	1,669	5thin

One grade step is worth $39.61/cwt here — about $76 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 sale590 hd

311.89

—

CO average4 barns · 2,656 hd

317.13

−5.24

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−12.46

This barn, trailing median8 sales

408.19

−96.31

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.00, low $383.69, median $408.19 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

80 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	231	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	982	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	451.53/cwt	425.00–462.50	1,264	113
Steers	250–300	Large 1	280	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,246	2
Steers	300–350	Large 1	313	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,315	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	449.94/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,494	68
Steers	350–400	Large 1-2	375	368.76/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,383	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	426.38/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,607	249
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	397.03/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,525	23
Steers	350–400	Large 2	389	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,093	16
Steers	350–400	Large 1	391	422.86/cwt	417.50–425.00	1,653	52
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	403.37/cwt	392.50–415.00	1,674	269
Steers	400–450	Large 1	429	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,673	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	367.45/cwt	361.00–375.00	1,602	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	356.48/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,700	105
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,579	3
Steers	450–500	Large 1	487	335.12/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,632	75
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	490	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,544	7
Steers	500–550	Large 1	514	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,568	44
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	329.08/cwt	311.00–344.00	1,721	227
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	298.93/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,611	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	307.05/cwt	296.00–327.00	1,769	171
Steers	550–600	Large 1	576	303.18/cwt	294.00–309.00	1,746	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	284.49/cwt	271.00–289.00	1,644	67
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	596	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,669	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	282.04/cwt	276.00–291.00	1,746	169
Steers	600–650	Large 1	626	282.09/cwt	278.00–295.00	1,766	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	266.35/cwt	261.00–271.00	1,670	74
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	649	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,655	27
Steers	650–700	Large 1	668	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,723	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	268.51/cwt	261.00–276.00	1,812	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	251.79/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,740	9
Steers	700–750	Large 1	708	252.44/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,787	27
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	710	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,654	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	258.45/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,866	93
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,781	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,551	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,822	6
Steers	750–800	Large 1	795	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,836	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	236.84/cwt	226.00–241.50	1,926	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,849	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,044	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,779	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	967	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,895	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	242	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	859	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	393.83/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,115	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	394.42/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,238	55
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	337.84/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,118	8
Heifers	300–350	Large 1-2	337	348.14/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,173	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	346.43/cwt	332.50–355.00	1,289	110
Heifers	350–400	Large 1-2	373	305.11/cwt	301.00–315.00	1,138	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	308.87/cwt	292.50–327.50	1,164	86
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	383	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,283	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	403	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,088	4
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	405	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,347	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	300.33/cwt	297.50–302.00	1,294	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	328.74/cwt	310.00–342.50	1,423	90
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	449	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,381	21
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	460	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,208	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	275.86/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,288	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	304.66/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,462	169
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,260	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	289.68/cwt	271.00–300.00	1,498	207
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	259.23/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,358	34
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	531	252.90/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,343	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	45
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	535	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,578	22
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	580	256.06/cwt	249.00–262.50	1,485	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	263.85/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,538	180
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	606	252.25/cwt	252.00–253.00	1,529	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	256.82/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,582	158
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	249.38/cwt	246.00–252.00	1,638	19
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	683	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,639	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	231.66/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,703	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	754	216.02/cwt	211.00–221.00	1,629	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,608	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,449	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,585	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,636	18
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	867	148.28/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,286	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	879	171.49/cwt	165.00–182.50	1,507	32

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 Dec 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,821Last week 3,754Year ago 2,641

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 0Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	231	425.00	425.00
113	250–300	280	425.00–462.50	451.53
68	300–350	332	420.00–470.00	449.94
249	350–400	377	410.00–450.00	426.38
269	400–450	415	392.50–415.00	403.37
105	450–500	477	340.00–385.00	356.48
227	500–550	523	311.00–344.00	329.08
171	550–600	576	296.00–327.00	307.05
169	600–650	619	276.00–291.00	282.04
90	650–700	675	261.00–276.00	268.51
93	700–750	722	251.00–265.00	258.45
6	750–800	792	230.00	230.00
30	800–850	813	226.00–241.50	236.84
3	850–900	885	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	384	390.00–405.00	397.03
11	400–450	436	361.00–375.00	367.45
3	450–500	477	331.00	331.00
27	500–550	539	291.00–305.00	298.93
67	550–600	578	271.00–289.00	284.49
74	600–650	627	261.00–271.00	266.35
9	650–700	691	246.00–254.00	251.79
5	700–750	727	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	768	202.00	202.00
2	800–850	848	218.00	218.00
2	900–950	903	197.00	197.00
3	950–1000	967	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	445.00	445.00
2	300–350	313	420.00	420.00
52	350–400	391	417.50–425.00	422.86
4	400–450	429	390.00	390.00
75	450–500	487	325.00–337.50	335.12
44	500–550	514	305.00	305.00
49	550–600	576	294.00–309.00	303.18
12	600–650	626	278.00–295.00	282.09
15	650–700	668	258.00	258.00
27	700–750	708	248.00–255.00	252.44
10	750–800	795	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	375	350.00–390.00	368.76
7	450–500	490	315.00	315.00
5	550–600	596	280.00	280.00
27	600–650	649	255.00	255.00
12	700–750	710	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	389	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	283	375.00–415.00	393.83
55	300–350	314	385.00–405.00	394.42
110	350–400	372	332.50–355.00	346.43
90	400–450	433	310.00–342.50	328.74
169	450–500	480	295.00–315.00	304.66
207	500–550	517	271.00–300.00	289.68
180	550–600	583	250.00–272.50	263.85
158	600–650	616	240.00–262.50	256.82
19	650–700	657	246.00–252.00	249.38
17	700–750	735	230.00–236.00	231.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	403	270.00	270.00
5	450–500	496	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	242	355.00	355.00
8	300–350	331	335.00–342.50	337.84
86	350–400	377	292.50–327.50	308.87
15	400–450	431	297.50–302.00	300.33
48	450–500	467	271.00–281.00	275.86
34	500–550	524	255.00–261.00	259.23
8	750–800	754	211.00–221.00	216.02
2	800–850	800	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	383	335.00	335.00
3	400–450	405	332.50	332.50
22	500–550	535	295.00	295.00
26	550–600	580	249.00–262.50	256.06
8	600–650	606	252.00–253.00	252.25
2	650–700	683	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	337	345.00–355.00	348.14
13	350–400	373	301.00–315.00	305.11
21	400–450	449	307.50	307.50
5	450–500	460	262.50	262.50
19	500–550	531	250.00–256.00	252.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	500–550	535	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	435.00	435.00
6	350–400	373	425.00	425.00
18	450–500	492	332.50	332.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	867	145.00–150.00	148.28

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	—	879	165.00–182.50	171.49

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.