Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2024-05-29

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, May 29
● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
829 head
▼ 318 vs last sale 1,147▲ 829 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
257 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 242▲ 257 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
248 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 261▲ 248 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 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers over 600llbs sold 9.00 to 18.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 16.00 across all weight classes. Breaker slaughter cows sold 16.00 higher, Boner cows sold 8.00 higher and lean cows sold 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 lower. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday June 5, 2024

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.76/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −70.31 against this barn's trailing median of $343.06.
Average price
$272.76
88 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,508
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$237
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs CO average
+5.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559275.661,54161
Medium and Large 1-2534272.321,45420
Large 1573259.001,4843thin
Medium and Large 2541241.001,3044thin
One grade step is worth $34.66/cwt here — about $237 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 sale88 hd
272.76
—
CO average1 barns · 88 hd
272.76
+0.00
National average129 barns · 6,320 hd
267.62
+5.14
This barn, trailing median8 sales
343.06
−70.31
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—High1,686139.992,36019
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,762148.622,6193thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,622147.752,3973thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,354146.791,98832
CowsLean 85-90%High1,078136.711,474194

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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,376$1,8926
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)993$1,80319
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,297$1,7626
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$1,6752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$1,6024thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)982$1,4983thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,170$1,4504thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,215$1,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)995$1,4183thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)797$1,3101thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$1,7302thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)972$1,5165
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)688$1,2753thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,333$2,8102thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,422$2,73310
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,118$2,65117
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,398$2,6355
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,263$2,52526
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,502$2,3518
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,325$2,23915
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)972$2,79037

Every lot

101 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1213960.00/head960.00–960.009603
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1303371.07/cwt370.00–372.501,1247
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2308344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,0604
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2343337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,1583
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1353370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3062
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435332.44/cwt332.00–334.001,4469
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2443299.25/cwt291.00–312.001,32616
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475316.94/cwt310.00–319.001,5059
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2492297.04/cwt294.00–300.001,46110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5507
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2507295.31/cwt294.00–301.001,49713
Steers500–550Large 1535292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4723
Steers550–600Large 1567279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5829
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added574307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,76212
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1593290.83/cwt289.00–299.001,72511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added603298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,7972
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615279.97/cwt277.00–285.001,72224
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1696270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,87918
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719258.11/cwt255.00–262.001,85616
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed813253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,0574
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,9883
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1993189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,8773
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,046182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,9046
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,178160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,8854
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2192585.00/head585.00–585.005855
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2284302.83/cwt291.00–307.0086011
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312321.95/cwt320.00–327.001,0047
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2347294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,0203
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,1264
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2391271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,0604
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added408330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3464
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425296.74/cwt281.00–305.001,26112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428319.27/cwt319.00–320.001,3667
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,2882
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1499285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4224
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,5115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534272.32/cwt264.00–280.001,45420
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3044
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563274.02/cwt260.00–276.001,54356
Heifers550–600Large 1Value Added573259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4843
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638262.83/cwt262.00–263.001,67717
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690243.03/cwt235.00–246.001,67716
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added711244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,73526
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1794222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7638
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1829221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,83213
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed880226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,9896
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2426279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,1896
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4568
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1592271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,60426
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5242
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1749220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,64811
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1801211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,69012
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,004168.66/cwt167.00–170.001,6939
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,305102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,3311
Bulls——1,707142.10/cwt121.00–164.002,42618
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,078137.02/cwt109.00–147.001,477193
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08077.00/cwt77.00–77.008321
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,354146.79/cwt135.00–153.001,98832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,622147.75/cwt139.00–154.002,3973
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,762148.62/cwt144.00–155.002,6193
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs18 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29551,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0452,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1052,744.92/head2,175.00–2,835.002,74512
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1602,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8253
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1932,455.69/head2,000.00–2,610.002,45613
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2711,895.23/head1,675.00–1,975.001,8955
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2882,367.51/head2,325.00–2,375.002,3687
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3332,810.00/head2,810.00–2,810.002,8102
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3602,725.00/head2,725.00–2,725.002,72511
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3982,635.00/head2,635.00–2,635.002,6355
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4001,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4252,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4432,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4602,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4642,792.51/head2,775.00–2,825.002,7939
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5022,510.00/head2,510.00–2,510.002,5103
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5672,609.21/head2,575.00–2,700.002,6094
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 19332,081.07/head2,025.00–2,150.002,0813
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 19752,852.65/head2,725.00–2,875.002,85334
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27971,310.00/head1,310.00–1,310.001,3101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29431,310.00/head1,310.00–1,310.001,3102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19551,610.00/head1,610.00–1,610.001,6102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19931,803.31/head1,500.00–1,925.001,80319
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1001,635.00/head1,635.00–1,635.001,6351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1401,602.30/head1,500.00–1,650.001,6024
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1701,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2151,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2501,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2971,761.85/head1,535.00–1,800.001,7626
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3761,892.05/head1,675.00–2,235.001,8926
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1680190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2921
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed794216.04/cwt207.00–228.001,7158
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1907181.89/cwt171.00–191.001,65030
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2913137.54/cwt132.00–147.001,2568
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,009155.83/cwt147.00–161.001,57211
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 26881,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2753
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19721,516.10/head1,510.00–1,525.001,5165
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0151,729.51/head1,710.00–1,750.001,7302

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.