Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2024-05-15

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, May 15
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
949 head
▲ 949 vs last sale 0▲ 949 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
217 head
▲ 217 vs last sale 0▲ 217 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
493 head
▲ 493 vs last sale 0▲ 493 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers under 700lbs sold mostly 1.00 to 8.00 lower. Steers over 700lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers were too light for an accurate test but a steady to higher trend was noticed. Breaker slaughter cows sold steady, Boner cows sold 1.00 higher and Lean cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday May 22, 2024.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.18/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −59.88 against this barn's trailing median of $343.06.
Average price
$283.18
56 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,508
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.07
vs CO average
+13.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531288.111,52939
Medium and Large 1-2537271.861,46017thin
One grade step is worth $16.25/cwt here — about $69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale56 hd
283.18
—
CO average3 barns · 111 hd
278.11
+5.07
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
+13.18
This barn, trailing median8 sales
343.06
−59.88
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—High1,681138.422,32727
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,783139.002,4783thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,415132.821,87931
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,549131.382,0356thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,097120.951,327142

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 (2-4 yrs)1,153$2,32652
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,190$2,1555
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,066$2,04722
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$1,9874thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,505$1,8751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,279$1,74016
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)978$1,5752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,085$1,3288
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)798$9918
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)792$7005
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,009$2,1006
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)928$2,0965
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)990$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,486$2,64527
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,385$2,43731
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,205$2,08121
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,083$1,82682
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)995$1,63615
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)966$1,62516
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)921$1,37517
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,057$2,50217

Every lot

97 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,4094
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414355.89/cwt351.00–360.001,4739
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422347.40/cwt347.00–348.001,4665
Steers400–450Large 1426326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,3894
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467335.63/cwt334.00–337.001,56718
Steers500–550Large 1-2516281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4507
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added533320.43/cwt320.00–321.001,7089
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533303.67/cwt301.00–311.001,61910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,5733
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,68525
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629282.07/cwt281.00–287.001,77423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632267.07/cwt263.00–271.001,68810
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6947
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680264.67/cwt263.00–266.001,8009
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717250.46/cwt249.00–251.001,79630
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1789231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,8234
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1803239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,9198
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2269310.56/cwt308.00–313.008358
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365301.86/cwt301.00–304.001,10215
Heifers350–400Large 1Thin Fleshed398310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2345
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419301.98/cwt301.00–305.001,26515
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added428323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,3824
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy455314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,4292
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3206
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2924
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added481299.73/cwt298.00–300.001,44214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added502295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533287.54/cwt283.00–291.001,53336
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537271.86/cwt266.00–276.001,46017
Heifers600–650Large 1Thin Fleshed600248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4882
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open613241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4777
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4676
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622243.40/cwt241.00–247.001,51415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy628270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,69616
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open689245.85/cwt241.00–247.001,69425
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open704238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6766
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6833
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open807241.23/cwt241.00–242.001,94717
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,668140.24/cwt120.00–163.002,33926
Bulls——2,02591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,8431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86278.16/cwt71.00–86.0067418
Cows—Lean 85-90%88596.23/cwt91.00–101.008522
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,135127.67/cwt106.00–143.501,449122
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,415132.82/cwt121.00–144.001,87931
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,505106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,5951
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,558136.46/cwt129.00–141.002,1265
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,783139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,4783
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs20 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2745875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29211,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,37517
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29511,551.62/head1,535.00–1,600.001,55233
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29531,515.92/head1,475.00–1,535.001,51612
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29661,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,62516
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29741,637.19/head1,460.00–1,710.001,63729
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29851,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0432,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1341,760.00/head1,760.00–1,760.001,7607
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1402,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1752,102.23/head2,075.00–2,125.002,1022
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1751,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2292,571.32/head2,475.00–2,625.002,5718
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3152,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3852,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4052,010.00/head2,010.00–2,010.002,0101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4372,504.82/head2,310.00–2,750.002,50526
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4832,360.17/head2,075.00–2,525.002,3603
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4862,644.93/head2,510.00–2,725.002,64527
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5002,660.06/head2,350.00–2,700.002,66017
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows17 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2792700.00/head700.00–700.007005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2798991.17/head950.00–1,035.009918
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2850785.00/head785.00–785.007854
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29141,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1254
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29631,709.03/head1,600.00–1,850.001,7095
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29781,575.38/head1,525.00–1,625.001,5752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29851,681.85/head1,575.00–1,825.001,6825
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0801,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0801,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0902,154.81/head2,000.00–2,175.002,15517
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1732,391.66/head2,150.00–2,460.002,39247
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1902,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2182,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3501,987.45/head1,950.00–2,000.001,9874
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3621,760.00/head1,760.00–1,760.001,7603
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4301,956.55/head1,900.00–2,100.001,95711
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5051,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed685220.18/cwt201.00–231.001,50812
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed797208.20/cwt201.00–223.001,65927
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1870181.96/cwt171.00–191.001,58317
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2996142.95/cwt121.00–148.001,42421
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,031157.14/cwt150.00–168.001,62044
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28401,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28801,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19402,201.54/head1,975.00–2,350.002,2024
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29901,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0432,210.52/head2,175.00–2,325.002,2115
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28501,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9752
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0852,572.36/head2,535.00–2,675.002,57215

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.