Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2024-03-12

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Mar 12
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
7,102 head
▲ 4,947 vs last sale 2,155▲ 1,260 vs year ago 5,842 · +21.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 157▼ 55 vs year ago 111 · −49.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 104▲ 22 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 mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher across all weight classes with instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Slaughter cows of average dressing sold steady on a light test while slaughter bulls were too light to test. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale is next Tuesday March 19, 2024.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $297.40/cwt on 1,360 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −68.32 against this barn's trailing median of $365.72.
Average price
$297.40
1,360 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$35.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.67
vs CO average
+21.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548301.281,6511,095
Large 1534294.681,57225
Medium and Large 1-2550281.161,545221
Large 2525265.931,39619thin
One grade step is worth $35.35/cwt here — about $254 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 sale1,360 hd
297.40
—
CO average3 barns · 1,763 hd
292.72
+4.67
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
+21.23
This barn, trailing median9 sales
365.72
−68.32
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

9 sales
457400343285median 365.7203/0303/1709/2910/1311/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $443.49, low $299.37, median $365.72 across 9 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—High1,938127.212,4654thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,399119.901,67816
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,665118.001,9651thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,533113.211,7362thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,065107.321,14315

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,153$1,3854thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,040$1,2001thin

Every lot

121 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 · Steers59 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1297405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,20312
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy331417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,3824
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334373.44/cwt371.00–375.001,2475
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339389.14/cwt387.50–397.501,31925
Steers350–400Large 1350357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,2514
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy363410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4884
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed367396.80/cwt392.00–399.001,45641
Steers350–400Large 2378254.00/cwt254.00–254.0096017
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384381.21/cwt375.00–385.001,46450
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421343.99/cwt330.00–348.001,4489
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy425410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,74356
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427371.05/cwt365.00–376.001,58476
Steers400–450Large 1Fancy430395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,69995
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed430393.66/cwt388.00–397.501,693116
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431357.24/cwt350.00–362.501,54059
Steers400–450Large 1-2438357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5662
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2459282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,29713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed461367.01/cwt365.00–375.001,69262
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy463382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,77110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475335.34/cwt332.50–337.001,59325
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478350.33/cwt342.50–355.001,67584
Steers450–500Large 2481247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1886
Steers450–500Large 1Fancy493345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7018
Steers450–500Large 1498322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,6049
Steers500–550Large 1Fancy507334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,6936
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed511348.13/cwt342.50–353.001,779121
Steers500–550Large 1527316.39/cwt312.00–322.501,66749
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536315.47/cwt310.00–320.001,69133
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536298.75/cwt287.50–305.001,60140
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539326.57/cwt325.50–337.501,760197
Steers550–600Large 1-2569262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4944
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572296.59/cwt291.00–301.001,696100
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed575327.14/cwt324.00–332.001,881107
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578312.79/cwt308.00–316.001,80864
Steers550–600Large 1583286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,66717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2592284.25/cwt275.00–285.001,68326
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2608260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5812
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed615300.89/cwt298.00–303.001,850183
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616273.40/cwt266.00–276.001,68478
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639289.00/cwt282.00–292.001,84799
Steers600–650Large 1649254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,64810
Steers650–700Large 1Thin Fleshed651283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,84227
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy656296.76/cwt290.00–299.751,947114
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676262.01/cwt255.00–266.001,77157
Steers650–700Large 1677277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,87520
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680275.66/cwt272.50–282.001,874196
Steers650–700Large 1-2691253.97/cwt250.00–266.001,75542
Steers700–750Large 1719245.09/cwt244.00–246.001,76233
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy722263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,89920
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7766
Steers750–800Large 1Thin Fleshed763239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,82718
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy770255.04/cwt251.00–257.001,964108
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778239.37/cwt234.50–243.001,862176
Steers800–850Large 1828233.48/cwt231.00–236.001,9334
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830245.93/cwt233.00–247.002,041105
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed866239.53/cwt239.00–240.002,074121
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875228.19/cwt221.00–233.751,997156
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,02030
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1954216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,06117
Feeder Cattle · Heifers50 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265320.00/cwt320.00–320.008483
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280362.48/cwt360.00–365.001,0156
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy296405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1994
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed321371.41/cwt362.50–375.001,19238
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy328385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2634
Heifers300–350Large 1-2336271.00/cwt271.00–271.0091117
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1339346.27/cwt340.00–347.501,17411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy352385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,35511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed361356.95/cwt351.00–367.501,28979
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383339.90/cwt335.00–347.001,30279
Heifers350–400Large 1386323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,2477
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395315.54/cwt310.00–320.001,24631
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2399301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,2014
Heifers400–450Large 1Thin Fleshed401320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,28370
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422327.01/cwt325.00–332.501,380156
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed426341.09/cwt337.00–343.001,453130
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426319.67/cwt312.50–322.501,362182
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy435360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,56616
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2623
Heifers450–500Large 2464238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,1047
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473309.80/cwt300.00–315.001,46598
Heifers450–500Large 1-2477251.44/cwt228.00–256.001,19937
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480293.48/cwt287.50–297.501,40945
Heifers450–500Large 1481285.31/cwt277.50–289.001,37235
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed484327.03/cwt322.50–332.501,58326
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486276.71/cwt270.00–283.001,34527
Heifers500–550Large 1Thin Fleshed506305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5434
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed511315.82/cwt315.00–316.501,614383
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy523327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,71369
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525306.02/cwt300.00–307.501,60783
Heifers500–550Large 2525265.93/cwt262.00–268.001,39619
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526291.51/cwt282.00–297.001,533141
Heifers500–550Large 1530299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,58517
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed576293.54/cwt287.50–298.001,691238
Heifers550–600Large 1576266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,5324
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582282.88/cwt274.00–286.001,646322
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591262.92/cwt252.00–268.001,55480
Heifers600–650Large 1613266.25/cwt260.00–269.001,63268
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619271.35/cwt266.00–278.001,680259
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626258.36/cwt256.00–263.001,61763
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2667227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5145
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671251.69/cwt246.00–259.001,689104
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683238.53/cwt233.00–243.001,62990
Heifers650–700Large 1Thin Fleshed697248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,7299
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1701251.43/cwt249.00–252.001,76380
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722235.10/cwt231.50–236.501,697225
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6209
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762225.28/cwt221.00–229.001,71750
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1831216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,79541
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1869216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,87730
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527311.21/cwt307.00–317.501,6405
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2545287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5672
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,938127.21/cwt125.00–129.002,4654
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95595.00/cwt95.00–95.009071
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,073108.20/cwt100.00–119.001,16114
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,397120.63/cwt116.00–126.001,68515
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,435109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,5641
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,533113.21/cwt103.00–123.001,7362
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,665118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,9651
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0401,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1531,385.00/head1,385.00–1,385.001,3854
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1904161.23/cwt157.50–167.501,4589

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.