Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2023-12-12

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Dec 12
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,244 head
▼ 432 vs last sale 4,676▼ 1,674 vs year ago 5,918 · −28.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
458 head
▲ 142 vs last sale 316▼ 54 vs year ago 512 · −10.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
177 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 196▲ 177 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 sold 1.00 to 8.00 higher across all weight brackets with instances of 4.00 lower on 500-550lb steers and 600-650lb steers. Feeder heifers under 400lbs sold 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers between 400-750lbs sold 1.00 to 7.00 lower and over 750lbs sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows of average dressing sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher across all weight classes. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow and bull sale will be next Tuesday December 19, 2023.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $256.88/cwt on 2,372 head.
Average price
$256.88
2,372 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$31.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.96
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2578263.371,5221,318
Medium and Large 1643254.471,637491
Large 1-2522253.321,32228
Medium and Large 2581247.271,437398
Large 2567232.601,31922
Large 1631231.661,463115
One grade step is worth $31.72/cwt here — about $60 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 sale2,372 hd
256.88
—
CO average4 barns · 5,144 hd
252.92
+3.96
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,785106.681,90425
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,05596.001,9731thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,37988.351,219104
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56487.751,3735thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,16285.96999304

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,403$1,5752thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,472$1,4253thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,383$1,3866
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,3314thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,245$1,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,290$1,1751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,206$1,12325
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,113$1,09816
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$1,0751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)690$1,1101thin

Every lot

112 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1279329.00/cwt329.00–329.009185
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy285347.50/cwt347.50–347.509902
Steers—Medium and Large 2288292.50/cwt292.50–292.508424
Steers—Medium and Large 2332307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,02116
Steers—Large 1377306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,1543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386325.88/cwt320.00–332.001,25858
Steers—Medium and Large 2388311.72/cwt302.00–318.001,20916
Steers—Medium and Large 1410332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,3633
Steers—Medium and Large 2416296.89/cwt285.00–307.501,23542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423316.66/cwt314.00–318.001,33954
Steers—Large 1430267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1483
Steers—Medium and Large 1461317.37/cwt316.00–321.001,46331
Steers—Large 1470288.38/cwt282.00–291.001,35510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482309.20/cwt305.00–312.001,490144
Steers—Large 1-2487261.06/cwt258.00–265.001,27116
Steers—Medium and Large 2489289.65/cwt267.50–297.501,41677
Steers—Large 1520266.10/cwt261.00–272.001,38420
Steers—Medium and Large 1521290.85/cwt290.00–294.001,51538
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530278.46/cwt271.00–288.001,476227
Steers—Medium and Large 2532256.11/cwt252.50–259.001,36312
Steers—Large 1-2540246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3283
Steers—Medium and Large 1557275.61/cwt271.00–281.001,53557
Steers—Large 2567232.60/cwt222.50–235.001,31922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575263.68/cwt254.00–268.001,516339
Steers—Large 1-2578242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3999
Steers—Medium and Large 2586245.08/cwt231.00–248.001,43657
Steers—Medium and Large 1620258.60/cwt252.50–263.501,603111
Steers—Large 1624232.45/cwt231.00–235.001,4508
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628239.71/cwt235.00–250.001,505225
Steers—Medium and Large 2629220.66/cwt213.00–230.001,38825
Steers—Medium and Large 1663247.14/cwt246.00–248.501,63995
Steers—Large 1664211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,40121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673230.66/cwt225.00–237.501,552145
Steers—Medium and Large 2687205.38/cwt187.00–223.001,41153
Steers—Medium and Large 1719224.99/cwt220.00–230.001,61874
Steers—Large 1723208.50/cwt208.50–208.501,50750
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729213.08/cwt207.00–218.001,553105
Steers—Medium and Large 2730202.04/cwt201.00–204.001,47582
Steers—Medium and Large 2782186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4556
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787202.29/cwt201.00–205.001,59221
Steers—Medium and Large 1789215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,69624
Steers—Medium and Large 2823176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4482
Steers—Medium and Large 1839215.94/cwt212.00–216.101,81251
Steers—Medium and Large 2905180.34/cwt178.00–185.001,6326
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2291239.05/cwt230.00–259.0069612
Heifers—Large 1313243.30/cwt242.50–245.007626
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327264.80/cwt261.00–270.0086615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377304.25/cwt297.00–307.001,14731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386272.17/cwt262.50–285.001,05139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,14813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419268.37/cwt267.50–272.001,12453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423278.64/cwt275.00–281.001,17935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436250.96/cwt242.50–261.001,09475
Heifers—Large 1473232.13/cwt230.00–236.001,09814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481244.49/cwt240.00–252.501,176156
Heifers—Medium and Large 2492233.84/cwt227.00–237.001,15051
Heifers—Large 1-2498216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,23649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525233.82/cwt232.00–236.001,228147
Heifers—Medium and Large 2536226.89/cwt215.00–230.001,216121
Heifers—Large 1543223.40/cwt221.00–228.001,21323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy553254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,40555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571230.41/cwt230.00–232.001,316132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573224.82/cwt222.00–227.001,288106
Heifers—Large 1586212.29/cwt211.00–217.501,24410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2593215.77/cwt206.00–218.001,28032
Heifers—Large 1603219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625218.51/cwt216.00–221.001,36675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,40714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633208.55/cwt201.00–215.001,320113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658220.59/cwt215.00–222.001,45155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3902
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670195.02/cwt188.00–203.001,30757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,55267
Heifers—Medium and Large 2779176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,3715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2823171.01/cwt165.00–175.001,4075
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,728106.63/cwt101.00–110.001,84320
Bulls——1,978112.70/cwt112.00–113.002,2293
Bulls——2,06398.17/cwt96.00–100.002,0252
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10377.57/cwt64.00–85.0085661
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17287.81/cwt83.00–90.001,029230
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26092.67/cwt91.00–96.001,16813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33493.03/cwt92.00–94.001,24112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38588.87/cwt86.00–91.001,23176
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38582.40/cwt69.00–86.001,14116
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54289.09/cwt86.00–93.001,3743
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2051
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65093.50/cwt93.50–93.501,5431
Cows—Premium White 65-75%2,05596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,9731
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows16 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0881,030.22/head925.00–1,050.001,03013
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0931,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1131,009.81/head925.00–1,100.001,01014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1301,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,145900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2201,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2231,527.61/head1,425.00–1,650.001,5282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2451,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2881,256.80/head1,150.00–1,350.001,2572
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2901,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3071,247.58/head1,235.00–1,275.001,24810
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4031,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4301,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4721,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5001,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2735146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0731
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1765165.90/cwt161.00–171.001,2692
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2788107.50/cwt107.50–107.508473
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1893168.63/cwt165.00–171.001,50622
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2965144.71/cwt141.00–158.001,39658
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,029116.32/cwt108.00–135.001,19729
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-26901,110.00/head1,110.00–1,110.001,1101

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.