Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2024-09-24

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Sep 24
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,976 head
▲ 1,954 vs last sale 1,022▲ 1,486 vs year ago 1,490 · +99.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
235 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 85▲ 37 vs year ago 198 · +18.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 119▼ 6 vs year ago 64 · −9.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 1.00 to 34.00 higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 29.00 across all weight classes. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher while lean cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday October 1, 2024.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $285.49/cwt on 320 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −127.00 against this barn's trailing median of $412.50.
Average price
$285.49
320 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.46
vs CO average
+11.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540296.351,602183
Medium and Large 1-2545274.051,49395
Medium and Large 2540264.081,42642
One grade step is worth $32.27/cwt here — about $176 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 sale320 hd
285.49
—
CO average3 barns · 486 hd
282.04
+3.46
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
+11.20
This barn, trailing median10 sales
412.50
−127.00
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

10 sales
499444388333median 412.5003/0303/1710/0610/2011/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.36, low $346.70, median $412.50 across 10 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—Low1,705139.412,37728
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,805118.002,1301thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,385116.211,60938
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,567114.491,79410
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,184108.261,282147

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)1,115$2,4007
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,103$2,3252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,330$2,0252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,295$2,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,450$1,9751thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,261$1,9205
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,375$1,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,310$1,4754thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,185$1,3102thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)895$1,9602thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,448$2,2507

Every lot

105 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230760.00/head760.00–760.007603
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1235900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 12741,020.77/head1,010.00–1,050.001,0214
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1294389.59/cwt388.00–399.501,14514
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315315.44/cwt314.00–322.5099469
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2317213.00/cwt213.00–213.006756
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320241.00/cwt241.00–241.0077117
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,08527
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy369381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,40634
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1389350.74/cwt341.00–357.001,36423
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2389281.03/cwt231.00–287.501,09343
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411342.52/cwt335.00–347.501,40823
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429268.36/cwt211.00–317.001,15155
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435355.69/cwt355.00–364.001,547131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469322.34/cwt317.50–324.001,51295
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476307.70/cwt294.00–311.001,46563
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2489266.51/cwt250.00–279.001,30354
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed527312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,64767
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528281.69/cwt272.00–287.001,48756
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540264.08/cwt248.00–271.001,42642
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542291.61/cwt290.00–292.001,58174
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed554285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,57924
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566270.82/cwt270.00–272.001,53318
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569263.08/cwt260.00–267.001,49739
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626264.34/cwt259.00–268.001,655165
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631249.63/cwt246.00–252.501,5758
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6264
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1687257.55/cwt257.00–260.001,769100
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed709250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,77344
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,5464
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736234.16/cwt231.00–235.001,72314
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788245.33/cwt235.00–247.001,93349
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,8132
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816246.50/cwt246.50–246.502,01110
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1898226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,0292
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2911199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,8134
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed924232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,14435
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1945212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,0082
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,037210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,1787
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1217756.07/head750.00–810.0075610
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2243593.29/head585.00–600.005939
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1262740.33/head725.00–775.0074022
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy263900.00/head900.00–900.009002
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290610.00/head610.00–610.0061013
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy304321.67/cwt321.00–322.0097812
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321263.90/cwt202.50–271.0084763
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336288.40/cwt287.50–290.0096923
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343303.12/cwt301.00–309.001,04045
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377293.00/cwt290.00–300.001,10514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382261.00/cwt261.00–261.009977
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy394307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,21214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424286.50/cwt281.00–288.001,21519
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy428311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,331143
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435299.83/cwt289.00–302.501,30473
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443238.41/cwt222.50–271.001,056104
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468289.25/cwt283.00–295.001,35460
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490277.25/cwt271.00–278.001,35980
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2494244.22/cwt227.50–261.001,2068
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1506280.76/cwt274.00–286.001,42179
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513259.69/cwt257.00–261.001,33222
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528249.42/cwt249.00–250.001,31712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553265.40/cwt264.00–265.501,46858
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584240.85/cwt234.00–244.001,40714
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2452
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed609251.92/cwt250.00–252.001,53477
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620209.02/cwt205.00–215.001,29610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628238.66/cwt230.00–240.501,49992
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660233.51/cwt226.00–240.001,541116
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716241.35/cwt241.00–241.501,72826
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770189.30/cwt186.00–201.001,4589
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775234.12/cwt226.00–238.501,81441
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1831228.17/cwt223.00–230.501,89646
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1884223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,97160
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1919195.52/cwt189.00–203.001,79733
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1973198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,9276
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1725
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1744207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,5444
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1880195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,71611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,520105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5961
Bulls——1,712140.68/cwt131.00–151.002,40827
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,173104.72/cwt61.00–109.001,228102
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,200134.46/cwt120.00–142.001,6146
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,211113.50/cwt110.00–117.001,37439
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328123.47/cwt120.00–124.001,64010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,365105.39/cwt103.00–108.001,4393
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,410114.60/cwt111.00–119.001,61625
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,502106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,5923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,0531
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,601115.82/cwt114.00–119.001,8546
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,805118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,1301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1032,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1152,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4007
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1851,310.00/head1,310.00–1,310.001,3102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2152,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2952,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3101,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3302,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3301,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3751,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4501,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2928147.22/cwt147.00–147.501,3662
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1991170.68/cwt162.50–195.001,69113
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18951,960.00/head1,960.00–1,960.001,9602
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4482,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2507

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.