Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2024-05-07

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, May 7
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,618 head
▲ 1,328 vs last sale 290▲ 1,618 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
181 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 241▲ 181 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
190 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 116▲ 190 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 10.00 to 30.00 higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly 7.00 to 30.00 higher across all weight classes. Breaker and Boner cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher while lean cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday May 14, 2024.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $278.36/cwt on 290 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −87.36 against this barn's trailing median of $365.72.
Average price
$278.36
290 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,497
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$9.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.67
vs CO average
+10.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536281.401,507189
Medium and Large 1-2538273.171,46861
Large 1549271.931,49340
One grade step is worth $9.47/cwt here — about $13 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 sale290 hd
278.36
—
CO average2 barns · 372 hd
274.69
+3.67
National average178 barns · 10,823 hd
267.59
+10.77
This barn, trailing median9 sales
365.72
−87.36
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—High1,517138.472,10024
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,718133.042,2868thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,542130.902,0186thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,389130.051,80636
CowsLean 85-90%High1,129123.081,390101

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)1,023$1,9037
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,268$1,8755
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,305$1,4564thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,018$1,4362thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,160$1,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$1,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,115$1,3004thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)865$1,2501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$1,1751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$1,4923thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)975$2,2703thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,113$2,2003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,232$1,94012
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,279$1,90910

Every lot

103 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned257900.00/head900.00–900.009003
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned355367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,3056
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378396.04/cwt372.00–401.001,49718
Steers350–400Large 1398347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,3832
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423361.63/cwt357.00–371.001,53017
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,4803
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy451379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,70920
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed461365.71/cwt361.00–367.001,68634
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462350.19/cwt347.00–358.001,61814
Steers450–500Large 1467332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,55310
Steers450–500Large 1Fancy485349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,69312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527335.91/cwt332.50–337.001,7708
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy534347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,85346
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,58612
Steers550–600Large 1Fancy554331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,83423
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy559329.84/cwt326.00–332.501,84464
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed565314.03/cwt310.00–317.501,77413
Steers550–600Large 1576304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,75127
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595305.20/cwt303.00–307.501,81619
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed615303.15/cwt302.50–305.001,86442
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,68711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622281.82/cwt280.00–292.001,75320
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2648259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6782
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677279.58/cwt277.50–281.001,89388
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,71542
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed717254.48/cwt250.00–256.001,82512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1749236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,77131
Steers750–800Large 1753232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,7513
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy795241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,9169
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1797224.00/cwt220.00–229.001,78518
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1809232.07/cwt232.00–232.501,87735
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,77212
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2879207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,8207
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2933201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,8755
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned238700.00/head700.00–700.007003
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2248336.00/cwt336.00–336.008332
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned334323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,0798
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy368355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3066
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,26929
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376319.20/cwt313.00–325.001,2004
Heifers350–400Large 1397314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,2473
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413333.26/cwt321.00–340.001,37635
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1662
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,34911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy451316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,4257
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed453303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,3732
Heifers450–500Large 1Fancy462306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,41413
Heifers450–500Large 1470294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,38212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488288.65/cwt283.00–291.001,40944
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,3822
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524286.25/cwt280.00–290.001,500123
Heifers500–550Large 1525280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,47023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532275.59/cwt265.00–277.501,46655
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557272.35/cwt260.00–276.001,51766
Heifers550–600Large 1582261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,51917
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4766
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed613260.41/cwt259.00–263.001,59647
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy617270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,66630
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622239.70/cwt237.50–245.001,49110
Heifers600–650Large 1623237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4802
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626250.10/cwt247.50–257.001,56640
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672232.60/cwt232.00–233.001,5635
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed674256.60/cwt251.00–260.001,72975
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,53916
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1748227.24/cwt220.00–228.001,70078
Heifers700–750Large 1748210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5712
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,3892
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4947
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5946
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1674243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,63819
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,390110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5291
Bulls——1,522139.71/cwt120.00–154.002,12623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92694.98/cwt91.00–98.008804
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08080.00/cwt80.00–80.008641
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,138124.70/cwt102.00–139.001,41996
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,389130.05/cwt101.00–145.001,80636
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,542130.90/cwt121.00–141.002,0186
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,718133.04/cwt117.00–137.002,2868
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28651,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29101,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29601,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0181,435.81/head1,375.00–1,500.001,4362
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0231,902.72/head1,825.00–1,985.001,9037
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1151,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1601,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2621,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2681,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8755
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4351,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1651169.51/cwt168.00–170.001,1044
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed675222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,5021
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed812213.26/cwt202.50–221.001,73238
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1899190.03/cwt170.00–197.001,70867
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2937138.65/cwt138.00–140.001,2993
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2970159.37/cwt157.00–167.501,54616
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28601,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19581,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6752
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19752,269.58/head2,200.00–2,300.002,2703
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1132,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1301,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7253
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2281,868.04/head1,825.00–1,885.001,86810
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2301,310.00/head1,310.00–1,310.001,3101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2532,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3622,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1006

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.