Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2024-05-22

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, May 22
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,147 head
▲ 198 vs last sale 949▲ 1,147 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
242 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 217▲ 242 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
261 head
▼ 232 vs last sale 493▲ 261 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 600lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers under 600lbs sold 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher while feeder heifers over 500lbs had a lower trend noticeable. Breaker slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower. Boner cows sold 7.00 higher and lean cows sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday May 29, 2024.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.12/cwt on 149 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −88.94 against this barn's trailing median of $343.06.
Average price
$254.12
149 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,394
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$24.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.42
vs CO average
−22.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537260.861,40190
Medium and Large 1574258.511,4846thin
Large 1561247.001,3867thin
Large 1-2575243.811,40132
Medium and Large 2544236.001,28414thin
One grade step is worth $24.86/cwt here — about $118 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 sale149 hd
254.12
—
CO average2 barns · 153 hd
254.54
−0.42
National average163 barns · 12,702 hd
276.46
−22.34
This barn, trailing median8 sales
343.06
−88.94
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—High1,725147.242,54049
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,355138.101,87128
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,545132.002,0391thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,056126.291,334153

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)932$2,20510
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,060$1,8944thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,186$1,8894thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,255$1,8103thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,029$1,6834thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,045$1,6388
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,088$1,6304thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)853$1,4752thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)888$1,8037
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)827$1,7006
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)985$2,33731
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,201$2,19121
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,243$2,1052thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,173$2,0856
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,134$1,9898
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)860$2,1397

Every lot

109 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy328405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3284
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added365397.96/cwt397.50–400.001,45311
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy369417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5419
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,4354
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added407370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5068
Steers400–450Large 1-2427301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,2853
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435298.88/cwt281.00–311.001,30015
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437347.13/cwt336.00–352.501,51710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1447357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5987
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464337.43/cwt330.00–342.501,56625
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473301.85/cwt301.00–305.001,42814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,6204
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526272.52/cwt271.00–274.001,4336
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543284.08/cwt281.00–290.001,54354
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557295.43/cwt293.50–298.001,64621
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4692
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567277.05/cwt271.00–281.001,57134
Steers550–600Large 1-2574251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616268.79/cwt267.00–271.001,6569
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5826
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2654180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1779
Steers650–700Large 1658240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5795
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688247.51/cwt241.00–250.001,70325
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7043
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6485
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy750263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,97313
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2906176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,5956
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2928198.00/cwt192.00–201.001,8379
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,037173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,7946
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310284.91/cwt282.00–287.008837
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325318.79/cwt317.00–322.501,0366
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0174
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2386286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,1044
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1397304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,2073
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412314.47/cwt309.00–319.001,29629
Heifers400–450Large 1-2424275.17/cwt271.00–283.001,16711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy429323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,3868
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2286
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441295.61/cwt288.00–300.001,3048
Heifers400–450Large 2442259.53/cwt251.00–261.001,14713
Heifers450–500Large 1-2481258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2419
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484292.77/cwt286.00–296.001,41715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530262.50/cwt246.00–284.001,39177
Heifers500–550Large 1-2538226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,28414
Heifers550–600Large 1561247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3867
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574258.51/cwt258.00–259.001,4846
Heifers550–600Large 1-2577245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,41430
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580251.18/cwt249.00–254.001,45713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608244.27/cwt241.00–246.001,48511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623229.97/cwt226.00–231.001,43315
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5033
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1694230.72/cwt230.00–231.001,6017
Heifers650–700Large 1-2695228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,58519
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6123
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4326
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy365398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,4532
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1398360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4333
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2398330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3132
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3873
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472302.40/cwt295.00–306.001,42718
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567262.64/cwt261.00–263.001,48911
Bulls550–600Large 1-2589223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3137
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1607244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,4819
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,41713
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2968152.50/cwt151.00–154.001,47610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,585111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,7591
Bulls——1,728148.00/cwt121.00–170.002,55748
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90196.43/cwt91.00–100.008694
Cows—Lean 85-90%92985.51/cwt80.00–89.007943
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,063127.95/cwt104.00–151.001,360146
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3331
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,356139.47/cwt121.00–151.001,89127
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,545132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,0391
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs11 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 27501,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28701,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29601,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19892,364.38/head2,175.00–2,400.002,36430
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0201,410.00/head1,410.00–1,410.001,4101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1582,229.85/head2,150.00–2,500.002,23016
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1732,085.00/head2,085.00–2,085.002,0856
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2272,160.00/head2,160.00–2,160.002,1606
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2581,852.80/head1,725.00–1,975.001,8533
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4582,384.43/head2,275.00–2,475.002,3842
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4652,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27201,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28651,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 18872,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3755
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2710825.00/head825.00–825.008252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27701,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28281,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28531,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19502,291.76/head2,225.00–2,325.002,2929
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29951,635.31/head1,535.00–1,710.001,6353
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0531,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0801,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0881,629.87/head1,610.00–1,675.001,6304
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1301,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1861,888.70/head1,875.00–1,925.001,8894
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2551,810.00/head1,810.00–1,810.001,8103
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3201,988.40/head1,875.00–2,050.001,9884
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2685142.00/cwt142.00–142.009732
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1692184.61/cwt179.00–196.001,2783
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed750206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5451
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1889180.00/cwt167.00–192.001,60077
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2991151.61/cwt131.00–160.001,50238
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28251,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28271,699.77/head1,475.00–1,800.001,7006
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18991,866.39/head1,835.00–1,950.001,8666

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.