Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2024-03-06

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Mar 6
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,199 head
▲ 1,181 vs last sale 1,018▲ 1,146 vs year ago 1,053 · +108.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 112▼ 75 vs year ago 163 · −46.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
167 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 101▲ 167 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 550lbs sold unevenly steady while steers over 550lbs sold 4.00 to 18.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold mostly 6.00 to 7.00 higher while heifers over 500lbs sold unevenly steady. Replacement heifers sold good and averaged a few dollars higher than feeder heifers in the same weight class. Slaughter cows of average dressing and slaughter bulls sold steady on a light test. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale woll be next Wednesday March 13, 2024.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.05/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −71.01 against this barn's trailing median of $343.06.
Average price
$272.05
202 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$344
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$38.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.30
vs CO average
+0.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573278.961,598143
Large 1561261.001,4648thin
Medium and Large 1-2562259.081,45738
Medium and Large 2526242.001,2734thin
Large 1-2522240.331,2539thin
One grade step is worth $38.62/cwt here — about $344 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale202 hd
272.05
—
CO average3 barns · 569 hd
281.35
−9.30
National average176 barns · 15,352 hd
271.91
+0.14
This barn, trailing median8 sales
343.06
−71.01
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
437396355314median 343.0603/0403/2510/0710/2110/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.95, low $327.75, median $343.06 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,803127.632,30111
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,732115.622,0033thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,369108.921,4917thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,073103.051,10551

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)845$1,9002thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,125$1,3001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,031$1,2854thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,170$1,9501thin

Every lot

102 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Large 1324367.18/cwt360.00–375.001,1904
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,1413
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy341417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,4224
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,3512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added376395.35/cwt390.00–402.001,48747
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377385.16/cwt382.00–389.001,45219
Steers350–400Large 1391351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,3725
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,4792
Steers400–450Large 1-2425312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,3267
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427357.82/cwt354.00–364.001,52828
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434313.07/cwt301.00–318.001,3597
Steers450–500Large 1456301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,3734
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,4967
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed470346.63/cwt340.00–350.001,62961
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy482360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7353
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482331.06/cwt324.00–337.501,59615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535311.58/cwt309.00–312.001,66714
Steers500–550Large 1-2535263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,40713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy565321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,81445
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed576304.58/cwt301.00–311.001,75441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5618
Steers550–600Large 1Value Added590296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,7462
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1592294.98/cwt290.00–299.001,74635
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy608298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,8126
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,6127
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637287.21/cwt282.00–292.001,83052
Steers650–700Large 1-2668236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5762
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688272.71/cwt260.00–278.501,87654
Steers650–700Large 1697251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,7493
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731257.35/cwt251.00–261.001,88159
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774242.41/cwt235.00–247.001,87647
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810237.68/cwt237.00–238.001,92547
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2844224.71/cwt224.00–225.001,89714
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2845206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,7413
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885214.92/cwt213.00–216.001,90211
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,100176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,93612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1257361.00/cwt361.00–361.009283
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290327.00/cwt327.00–327.009483
Heifers300–350Large 1320321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,0272
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330346.28/cwt341.00–351.001,14320
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed331358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,18516
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,0994
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added370340.22/cwt336.00–346.001,25922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,12619
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383325.87/cwt322.00–332.001,24838
Heifers400–450Large 1-2409299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,22316
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412317.87/cwt311.00–321.001,31061
Heifers400–450Large 1Thin Fleshed435332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,4462
Heifers400–450Large 2448249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,11613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Replacement476314.61/cwt311.00–317.001,49845
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488301.42/cwt291.00–306.001,47134
Heifers450–500Large 1488288.20/cwt282.00–289.001,40617
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495276.73/cwt276.00–278.001,37011
Heifers500–550Large 1-2512237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2137
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2734
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539264.15/cwt255.00–271.001,42417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540278.88/cwt275.00–287.001,50613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4279
Heifers550–600Large 1-2555252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3992
Heifers550–600Large 1Replacement561261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4648
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement568288.34/cwt286.00–301.001,63846
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581254.97/cwt236.00–257.001,48121
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed584275.61/cwt271.00–282.001,61075
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614240.36/cwt231.00–244.001,47618
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627250.52/cwt246.00–256.001,57156
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement633262.20/cwt251.00–267.001,66064
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2636215.28/cwt201.00–225.001,3698
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement667263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,75476
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added672243.96/cwt243.00–245.001,639110
Heifers650–700Large 1Replacement678226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5323
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680230.89/cwt229.00–236.001,57044
Heifers650–700Large 1-2693201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3932
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4772
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement707243.33/cwt238.00–246.001,72064
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731231.55/cwt224.00–239.001,693121
Heifers750–800Large 1Replacement752205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5423
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1761230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7509
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6673
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement811215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,74426
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1833210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7498
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Large 1583221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2883
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5257
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2732220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6108
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,715112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,9211
Bulls——1,812129.19/cwt116.00–138.502,34110
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95975.92/cwt71.00–81.007288
Cows—Lean 85-90%97492.24/cwt92.00–93.008984
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,102111.57/cwt101.00–119.001,23036
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15387.52/cwt86.00–91.001,0093
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,353116.89/cwt114.00–122.001,5825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0531
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,430102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,4591
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,732115.62/cwt111.00–118.002,0033
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Registered745223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6611
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed827207.12/cwt201.00–221.001,71345
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1947180.17/cwt171.00–195.001,70627
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,007136.52/cwt121.00–148.001,37526
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,068155.90/cwt150.00–167.001,66551
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18451,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0311,285.00/head1,285.00–1,285.001,2854
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1701,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.