Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2024-04-09

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Apr 9
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,697 head
▲ 3,253 vs last sale 444▲ 3,100 vs year ago 597 · +519.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 158▼ 54 vs year ago 240 · −22.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 84▼ 677 vs year ago 856 · −79.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 550lbs sold 3.00 to 16.00 higher. Feeder steers over 550lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher across all weight classes. Slaughter cows sold steady across all weight classes while slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday April 16, 2024.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $293.59/cwt on 472 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −72.13 against this barn's trailing median of $365.72.
Average price
$293.59
472 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.92
vs CO average
+29.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549297.081,630422
Medium and Large 1-2550266.131,46430
Large 1543261.751,42016thin
Medium and Large 2540259.001,3994thin
One grade step is worth $38.08/cwt here — about $232 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 sale472 hd
293.59
—
CO average3 barns · 720 hd
285.68
+7.92
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
+29.63
This barn, trailing median9 sales
365.72
−72.13
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—High1,712141.722,42623
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,383132.071,82716
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,131123.271,395127
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,568121.131,8994thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,090$2,07819
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,136$1,9505
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,142$1,8444thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,540$1,8002thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,155$1,67113
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,088$1,2463thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)861$1,2357
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)820$1,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)800$8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,215$2,49811
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,065$2,4003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,317$2,35316
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,135$2,2979

Every lot

122 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1264389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,0274
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy298415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2372
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1336395.66/cwt395.00–396.001,3299
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy337405.31/cwt403.00–412.001,36611
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy360413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,48712
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362375.76/cwt372.50–377.501,3609
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed366400.73/cwt400.00–401.001,46722
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379357.56/cwt347.50–366.001,35521
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy404384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,55115
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420361.63/cwt358.00–365.001,51936
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420344.13/cwt341.00–349.001,44540
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed422373.36/cwt370.00–379.001,57632
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy465372.82/cwt370.00–378.001,734103
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed474360.20/cwt349.00–367.001,70766
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474335.41/cwt321.00–347.001,59042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed513339.72/cwt336.00–348.001,74347
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528321.72/cwt316.00–325.001,69945
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy532355.35/cwt350.00–360.001,890199
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541301.49/cwt300.00–303.001,6314
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed564325.26/cwt319.00–327.501,83424
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4752
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy567333.47/cwt330.00–341.001,89151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584301.32/cwt290.00–310.001,76058
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy630305.28/cwt301.00–307.501,923153
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638294.00/cwt287.50–299.001,87642
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640260.57/cwt257.50–262.001,66817
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641268.59/cwt266.50–276.001,72218
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed673274.54/cwt271.00–276.001,84851
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1686263.72/cwt260.00–267.001,80939
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729247.46/cwt240.00–251.001,80412
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy730261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,90518
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745234.33/cwt230.00–235.001,74630
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770234.39/cwt229.00–239.001,805120
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy796254.75/cwt254.75–254.752,02834
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2807225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8165
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2814215.40/cwt212.00–216.001,75314
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,89412
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy889223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,98764
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910208.42/cwt206.00–209.501,89713
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1954201.25/cwt201.25–201.251,92051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2293337.00/cwt337.00–337.009872
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy308385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1866
Heifers300–350Large 1313307.50/cwt307.50–307.509622
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,1026
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed330355.02/cwt347.50–357.001,1729
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed364341.81/cwt339.00–346.001,24420
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy380359.40/cwt356.00–360.001,36639
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1397322.76/cwt322.00–327.001,28116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3036
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed424325.90/cwt320.00–331.001,38287
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437292.51/cwt287.50–295.001,27814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy461335.91/cwt329.00–337.001,549123
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481303.19/cwt301.00–309.001,45853
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed482316.64/cwt313.00–320.001,52643
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484292.93/cwt290.00–295.001,41825
Heifers500–550Large 1516263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,3578
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy528320.39/cwt318.00–325.001,692142
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed528307.53/cwt306.00–308.001,62429
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529273.69/cwt267.50–284.001,44820
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540293.34/cwt287.00–297.001,58498
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,3994
Heifers550–600Large 1565253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4294
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567262.81/cwt257.50–268.001,49029
Heifers550–600Large 1Fancy573268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5364
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed580278.92/cwt270.00–285.001,618124
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,48610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628259.00/cwt250.00–269.001,62737
Heifers600–650Large 1630249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5698
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639242.48/cwt240.00–243.001,54928
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673226.92/cwt225.00–227.501,52713
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy678264.27/cwt263.00–270.001,79254
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678242.20/cwt231.00–250.001,642112
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy704281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,97869
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed722251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,81219
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731234.22/cwt229.00–237.501,71239
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6044
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2741205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5197
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy758242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,83419
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766219.66/cwt219.00–222.501,683143
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed776230.52/cwt227.50–233.501,789103
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1831216.18/cwt216.00–220.001,796157
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,76115
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,2952
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,2554
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1486340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6524
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy498362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,80523
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,63516
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1734235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,72510
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1858210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8023
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,712141.72/cwt118.00–174.002,42623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%73890.00/cwt90.00–90.006642
Cows—Lean 85-90%85086.00/cwt86.00–86.007311
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,140124.11/cwt101.00–147.501,415124
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,383132.07/cwt123.00–144.001,82716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568121.13/cwt109.00–136.001,8994
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0652,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0862,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5255
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0902,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1755
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1912,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2822,528.32/head2,500.00–2,550.002,5287
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3232,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4756
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3632,278.46/head2,100.00–2,500.002,2788
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1690192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3251
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed693213.51/cwt207.00–221.001,4803
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed803206.67/cwt202.50–217.501,66014
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1818178.50/cwt167.50–187.501,46041
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2884157.54/cwt153.50–162.501,3937
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2949139.04/cwt131.00–145.001,3198
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2800825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28201,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28611,235.00/head1,235.00–1,235.001,2357
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0182,131.94/head2,100.00–2,250.002,13215
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0301,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0881,246.19/head1,150.00–1,310.001,2463
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1361,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9505
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1551,670.62/head1,625.00–1,700.001,67113
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1582,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2201,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3591,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4101,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,6701,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.