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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Mar 29

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Mar 22Mar 29Apr 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

4,655 head

▲ 3,746 vs last sale 909▼ 843 vs year ago 5,498 · −15.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

237 head

▲ 86 vs last sale 151▲ 23 vs year ago 214 · +10.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were good. Feeder steers under 600 lbs traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher, while those over 600 lbs traded 4.00 to 18.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded sharply higher and those over 600 lbs traded 3.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded steady. Today's run consisted of many larger consignments with cattle that packaged very uniformly across all the weight ranges. Most of the cattle had multiple rounds of vaccinations and were typically weaned 45 or more days. The next available report will be Wednesday, April 5, 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 $218.59/cwt on 1,687 head.

Average price

$218.59

1,687 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,420

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$27.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.76

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	225.44	1,449	950
Medium 2	551	212.23	1,170	79
Medium and Large 1-2	673	210.58	1,418	601
Medium and Large 2	655	197.84	1,296	57

One grade step is worth $27.60/cwt here — about $153 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 sale1,687 hd

218.59

—

CO average3 barns · 1,961 hd

215.84

+2.76

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	—	Low	1,298	107.27	1,392	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,323	96.92	1,283	76
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,710	95.11	1,626	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,091	84.38	921	103

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$1,085	6

Every lot

84 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	282	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	804	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	992	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	285.60/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,051	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	272.21/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,029	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	258.34/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,088	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,066	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	286.70/cwt	278.00–288.00	1,276	30
Steers	—	Medium 2	463	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,023	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	272.09/cwt	267.00–278.00	1,276	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	254.84/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,198	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	260.96/cwt	253.00–266.00	1,349	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	238.15/cwt	236.00–239.00	1,262	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	245.87/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,310	38
Steers	—	Medium 2	572	210.18/cwt	206.00–214.00	1,202	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	573	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,263	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	239.67/cwt	237.00–243.00	1,397	147
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	232.67/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,375	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	614	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,492	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	229.28/cwt	225.00–234.00	1,440	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	211.84/cwt	206.00–220.00	1,330	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	636	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,259	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	202.27/cwt	201.00–205.00	1,377	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	682	184.38/cwt	184.00–187.00	1,257	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	202.63/cwt	199.50–205.00	1,451	189
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	190.62/cwt	186.00–191.50	1,395	150
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	194.43/cwt	188.50–197.00	1,487	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	791	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,317	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	188.90/cwt	185.50–197.50	1,536	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,538	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	891	179.43/cwt	179.00–179.50	1,599	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,611	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	285	207.18/cwt	206.00–211.00	590	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	292	229.40/cwt	226.00–231.00	670	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	221.64/cwt	220.00–224.00	734	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	785	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	221.28/cwt	217.00–228.00	843	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	202.22/cwt	195.00–207.00	853	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	217.12/cwt	210.00–224.00	918	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	827	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	205.48/cwt	197.00–207.00	955	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	219.35/cwt	208.00–227.00	1,027	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	494	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	944	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	208.66/cwt	199.00–213.00	1,087	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	532	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,192	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	198.59/cwt	190.00–206.00	1,130	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	574	211.02/cwt	209.00–212.50	1,211	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	188.34/cwt	181.00–195.00	1,100	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	193.44/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,221	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	181.34/cwt	178.00–185.00	1,144	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	652	187.71/cwt	187.50–189.00	1,224	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	182.30/cwt	175.00–184.00	1,240	216
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	688	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,410	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	169.11/cwt	166.00–171.00	1,223	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	179.07/cwt	173.00–184.00	1,307	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	737	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,400	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	177.54/cwt	170.00–181.00	1,381	183
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	166.34/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,301	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	173.98/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,406	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	847	158.01/cwt	152.00–161.00	1,338	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	169.93/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,494	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	908	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,353	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	160.93/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,485	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	962	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,453	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	977	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,622	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,023	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,483	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	1,061	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,544	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,126	120.57/cwt	120.50–121.00	1,358	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,298	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	418	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,133	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	467	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,144	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,040	111.77/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,162	17
Bulls	—	—	1,316	94.75/cwt	86.00–102.00	1,247	5
Bulls	—	—	1,539	105.88/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,629	16
Bulls	—	—	1,725	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,992	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	988	73.39/cwt	67.00–80.00	725	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	61.67/cwt	61.00–65.00	629	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	95.76/cwt	92.00–106.00	1,044	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,144	87.32/cwt	81.00–91.00	999	48
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,289	102.61/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,323	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,333	94.79/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,264	50
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,495	81.75/cwt	76.00–87.50	1,222	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,645	99.14/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,631	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,905	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,581	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,135	1,085.00/head	1,085.00–1,085.00	1,085	6

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 Mar 29, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,655Last week 909Year ago 5,498

Slaughter CattleReceipts 237Last week 151Year ago 214

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	245.00	245.00
13	—	682	184.00–187.00	184.38
14	—	530	236.00–239.00	238.15
15	—	636	198.00	198.00
14	—	791	166.50	166.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	421	250.00–268.00	258.34
90	—	681	201.00–205.00	202.27
48	—	470	251.00–261.00	254.84
29	—	838	183.50	183.50
57	—	900	179.00	179.00
150	—	732	186.00–191.50	190.62
18	—	378	270.00–279.00	272.21
3	—	282	285.00	285.00
44	—	891	179.00–179.50	179.43
38	—	533	240.00–249.00	245.87
49	—	591	232.00–235.00	232.67
38	—	628	206.00–220.00	211.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	765	188.50–197.00	194.43
92	—	517	253.00–266.00	260.96
189	—	716	199.50–205.00	202.63
2	—	345	287.50	287.50
30	—	445	278.00–288.00	286.70
140	—	813	185.50–197.50	188.90
85	—	469	267.00–278.00	272.09
52	—	628	225.00–234.00	229.28
24	—	368	285.00–290.00	285.60
147	—	583	237.00–243.00	239.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	573	220.50	220.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	614	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	572	206.00–214.00	210.18
15	—	463	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,023	145.00	145.00
7	—	1,126	120.50–121.00	120.57
216	—	680	175.00–184.00	182.30
44	—	569	190.00–206.00	198.59
183	—	778	170.00–181.00	177.54
9	—	962	151.00	151.00
117	—	468	208.00–227.00	219.35
112	—	521	199.00–213.00	208.66
100	—	631	189.00–199.00	193.44
40	—	423	210.00–224.00	217.12
80	—	730	173.00–184.00	179.07
3	—	292	226.00–231.00	229.40
24	—	381	217.00–228.00	221.28
23	—	923	160.00–162.00	160.93
20	—	879	163.00–171.00	169.93
11	—	331	220.00–224.00	221.64
9	—	808	170.00–176.00	173.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	652	187.50–189.00	187.71
19	—	1,061	145.50	145.50
17	—	977	166.00	166.00
8	—	532	224.00	224.00
10	—	737	190.00	190.00
140	—	574	209.00–212.50	211.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	191.00	191.00
13	—	494	191.00	191.00
13	—	285	206.00–211.00	207.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	688	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	631	178.00–185.00	181.34
14	—	465	197.00–207.00	205.48
1	—	1,180	110.00	110.00
10	—	723	166.00–171.00	169.11
6	—	908	149.00	149.00
12	—	422	195.00–207.00	202.22
3	—	847	152.00–161.00	158.01
1	—	365	215.00	215.00
96	—	584	181.00–195.00	188.34
3	—	782	165.00–168.00	166.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	245.00	245.00
3	—	418	271.00	271.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,090	92.00–106.00	95.76
48	—	1,144	81.00–91.00	87.32
12	—	1,020	61.00–65.00	61.67
16	—	988	67.00–80.00	73.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	83.00	83.00
3	—	1,645	96.00–103.00	99.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,289	101.00–108.00	102.61
2	—	1,495	76.00–87.50	81.75
50	—	1,333	90.00–100.00	94.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,316	86.00–102.00	94.75
16	—	1,539	103.00–111.00	105.88
1	—	1,725	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,040	105.00–114.00	111.77

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,135	1,085.00	1,085.00

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.