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La Junta Livestock Commision · Wed, Nov 20

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La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Nov 20

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Nov 13Nov 20Nov 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,162 head

▲ 1,219 vs last sale 943▲ 592 vs year ago 1,570 · +37.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

62 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 81▼ 105 vs year ago 167 · −62.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was very good. Feeder steers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 11.00 to 16.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday November 27, 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 $310.62/cwt on 213 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −92.27 against this barn's trailing median of $402.89.

Average price

$310.62

213 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$84.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.16

vs CO average

+2.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	534	320.00	1,709	4thin
Medium and Large 1	526	319.01	1,677	164
Large 1-2	541	285.18	1,543	22
Medium and Large 1-2	567	281.43	1,595	19thin
Medium and Large 2	569	236.00	1,343	4thin

One grade step is worth $84.00/cwt here — about $366 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 sale213 hd

310.62

—

CO average3 barns · 990 hd

306.46

+4.16

National average185 barns · 26,414 hd

308.39

+2.23

This barn, trailing median9 sales

402.89

−92.27

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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.00, low $378.65, median $402.89 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

81 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	250	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,050	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	263	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,065	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	461.08/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,282	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	285	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,425	3
Steers	250–300	Large 1	297	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,351	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	306	532.24/cwt	515.00–540.00	1,629	12
Steers	300–350	Large 1-2	321	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,223	4

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed Nov 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,162Last week 943Year ago 1,570

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 81Year ago 167

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	661	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	500.00	500.00
2	300–350	335	495.00	495.00
10	400–450	411	385.00–395.00	392.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	289	325.00–335.00	333.46

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La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Nov 20

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Nov 13Nov 20Nov 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,162 head

▲ 1,219 vs last sale 943▲ 592 vs year ago 1,570 · +37.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

62 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 81▼ 105 vs year ago 167 · −62.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $310.62/cwt on 213 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −92.27 against this barn's trailing median of $402.89.

Average price

$310.62

213 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$84.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.16

vs CO average

+2.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	534	320.00	1,709	4thin
Medium and Large 1	526	319.01	1,677	164
Large 1-2	541	285.18	1,543	22
Medium and Large 1-2	567	281.43	1,595	19thin
Medium and Large 2	569	236.00	1,343	4thin

One grade step is worth $84.00/cwt here — about $366 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 sale213 hd

310.62

—

CO average3 barns · 990 hd

306.46

+4.16

National average185 barns · 26,414 hd

308.39

+2.23

This barn, trailing median9 sales

402.89

−92.27

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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.00, low $378.65, median $402.89 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

81 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	250	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,050	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	263	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,065	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	461.08/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,282	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	285	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,425	3
Steers	250–300	Large 1	297	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,351	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	306	532.24/cwt	515.00–540.00	1,629	12
Steers	300–350	Large 1-2	321	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,223	4

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed Nov 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,162Last week 943Year ago 1,570

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 81Year ago 167

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	661	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	500.00	500.00
2	300–350	335	495.00	495.00
10	400–450	411	385.00–395.00	392.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	289	325.00–335.00	333.46

Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	289	333.46/cwt	325.00–335.00	964	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	368.31/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,142	12
Heifers	300–350	Large 1-2	313	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,049	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	316	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,280	16
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	317	358.77/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,137	16
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,055	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	362.34/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,304	34
Heifers	350–400	Large 2	365	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,113	8
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	389	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,313	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	325.83/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,300	6
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	404	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,131	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	419	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,446	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	302.67/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,323	44
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	458	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,475	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	289.29/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,360	60
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	489	272.49/cwt	266.00–282.50	1,332	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	282.89/cwt	261.00–288.00	1,440	96
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	243.19/cwt	233.00–251.00	1,262	12
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	520	258.42/cwt	253.00–261.00	1,344	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	252.80/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,456	58
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	236.36/cwt	236.00–237.50	1,366	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,269	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	249.35/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,534	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	235.84/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,483	28
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	641	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,583	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	226.00/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,496	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	242.25/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,623	29
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	214.94/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,539	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,680	27
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	739	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,589	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	216.81/cwt	207.00–221.00	1,643	17
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	820	211.56/cwt	209.00–215.00	1,735	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,786	9
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	885	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,779	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,647	6

Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	875	183.41/cwt	172.00–203.00	1,605	19
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	151.49/cwt	141.00–161.00	1,469	43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	310	355.00–375.00	368.31
34	350–400	360	340.00–380.00	362.34
44	400–450	437	290.00–320.00	302.67
60	450–500	470	280.00–302.00	289.29
96	500–550	509	261.00–288.00	282.89
58	550–600	576	245.00–262.50	252.80
6	600–650	615	248.00–250.00	249.35
29	650–700	670	240.00–242.50	242.25
27	700–750	721	233.00	233.00
9	800–850	827	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	389	337.50	337.50
20	450–500	489	266.00–282.50	272.49
16	500–550	520	253.00–261.00	258.42
19	600–650	641	247.00	247.00
6	700–750	739	215.00	215.00
35	800–850	820	209.00–215.00	211.56
3	850–900	885	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	322.50	322.50
3	550–600	585	217.00	217.00

Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,425	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,658	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	392.98/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,615	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,467	21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	316	405.00	405.00
4	400–450	419	345.00	345.00
20	450–500	458	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	335.00	335.00
7	400–450	404	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	365	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	455.00–465.00	461.08
19	300–350	329	455.00–500.00	481.70
58	350–400	374	420.00–460.00	443.63
71	400–450	426	385.00–415.00	404.57
22	450–500	465	355.00–380.00	373.78
132	500–550	516	312.00–332.50	325.65
32	550–600	565	286.00–300.00	291.62
201	600–650	621	271.00–288.00	279.72
56	700–750	728	248.00–251.75	250.28
70	800–850	848	254.50	254.50
39	900–950	930	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	250	420.00	420.00
4	300–350	339	425.00	425.00
11	350–400	383	405.00–415.00	411.21
22	400–450	432	355.00–407.50	371.27
20	450–500	469	320.00–345.00	326.03
6	500–550	523	300.00	300.00
13	550–600	587	271.00–276.00	272.86
24	600–650	647	246.00–266.00	255.13
27	650–700	681	253.00	253.00
35	700–750	709	237.00–245.00	242.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	297	455.00	455.00
15	400–450	418	407.50–420.00	409.15
10	450–500	457	392.50	392.50
4	500–550	534	320.00	320.00
14	600–650	635	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	381.00	381.00
10	400–450	447	387.50	387.50
22	500–550	541	283.00–289.00	285.18
14	700–750	738	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	325.00	325.00
16	400–450	437	326.00–340.00	327.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	500.00	500.00
12	300–350	306	515.00–540.00	532.24
3	400–450	402	440.00	440.00
5	450–500	458	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	360.00	360.00
4	550–600	569	236.00	236.00
6	650–700	678	220.00–221.00	220.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	405.00	405.00

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	19	—	875	172.00–203.00	183.41

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	43	—	970	141.00–161.00	151.49

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Feeder Cattle

La Junta

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Feeder Cattle

This sale against other markets

Replacement Cattle