Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2024-10-29

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Oct 29
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
935 head
▲ 587 vs last sale 348▲ 382 vs year ago 553 · +69.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
722 head
▲ 392 vs last sale 330▲ 310 vs year ago 412 · +75.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
308 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 165▲ 58 vs year ago 250 · +23.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 7.00 to 16.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 12.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold 1.00 higher and lean cows sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 3.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday November 5, 2024.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $273.31/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −139.19 against this barn's trailing median of $412.50.
Average price
$273.31
48 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.03
vs CO average
−27.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556276.661,53839
Medium and Large 1-2545258.781,4119thin
One grade step is worth $17.88/cwt here — about $127 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 sale48 hd
273.31
—
CO average5 barns · 2,993 hd
289.34
−16.03
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
−27.38
This barn, trailing median10 sales
412.50
−139.19
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—Average1,649139.572,30144
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,811118.232,1415thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,529116.761,78524
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,376115.281,587158
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,084113.171,227480

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 Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$2,23937
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,055$2,21014
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,171$2,01816
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,265$1,9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,177$1,92323
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,261$1,58510
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,272$1,54360
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,177$1,4263thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,159$1,35329
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,295$1,5001thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)836$1,2254thin

Every lot

92 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2992
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371384.07/cwt381.00–387.501,4256
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,2696
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2404274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,10716
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed415352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,4632
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436319.26/cwt311.00–322.501,3927
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476327.39/cwt326.00–328.001,55810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2486276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3417
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,5053
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524295.68/cwt293.00–302.501,5497
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,4587
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed556282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,56821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576254.37/cwt250.00–258.001,46511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2232
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628263.16/cwt252.50–266.001,65355
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5882
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1697255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,77719
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed701271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,90048
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712248.32/cwt244.00–252.001,76826
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,6095
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1784252.98/cwt240.50–258.001,98392
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,91817
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868232.19/cwt224.50–243.002,01521
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1916217.64/cwt212.50–225.001,99414
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed918234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,14810
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1987223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,2017
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275345.00/cwt345.00–345.009492
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,1402
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355215.37/cwt210.00–218.0076512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed365265.00/cwt265.00–265.009672
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,1708
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed451274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,2365
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0993
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2496228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1278
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518249.84/cwt240.00–255.001,29433
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581243.45/cwt237.50–247.001,41414
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,37011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,54316
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1693233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,61517
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,69016
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760234.38/cwt225.00–237.501,7818
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,6152
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815229.31/cwt220.00–234.001,86933
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1927217.03/cwt215.00–219.002,01224
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970217.21/cwt217.00–217.502,1077
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1392357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,4013
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2448312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,4006
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530274.86/cwt270.00–280.001,4576
Bulls550–600Large 1565257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4552
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620237.49/cwt236.00–240.001,4728
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1662227.66/cwt222.50–233.001,5074
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718227.45/cwt225.00–232.501,6336
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,588117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,8582
Bulls——1,615129.43/cwt116.00–137.502,09016
Bulls——1,674147.55/cwt140.00–172.502,47026
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%969124.87/cwt120.00–144.001,210100
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,025111.80/cwt110.00–116.001,14674
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,051101.74/cwt70.00–109.001,069123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,194115.00/cwt110.00–119.501,373183
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,374116.12/cwt110.00–119.501,595129
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,379102.06/cwt88.00–107.501,40714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,394120.43/cwt120.00–122.501,67915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520105.66/cwt102.00–108.001,6063
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,528118.16/cwt113.00–119.001,80520
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,575122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,9221
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,773115.05/cwt112.00–119.002,0403
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,868123.00/cwt123.00–123.002,2982
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows18 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19832,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,45010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0201,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0471,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1259
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0522,294.74/head2,125.00–2,500.002,29534
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1151,260.00/head1,260.00–1,260.001,2601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1202,460.00/head2,460.00–2,460.002,4609
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1601,621.72/head1,450.00–1,775.001,62211
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1681,443.28/head1,325.00–1,460.001,44324
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1711,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,42512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1771,425.80/head1,310.00–1,525.001,4263
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1932,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,20012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2341,610.00/head1,610.00–1,610.001,6104
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2581,480.39/head1,450.00–1,575.001,4806
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2611,585.00/head1,585.00–1,585.001,58510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2651,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2671,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5008
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3411,610.00/head1,610.00–1,610.001,61036
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1911197.44/cwt180.00–207.501,7998
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed940217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,0452
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2978141.85/cwt129.00–147.501,38732
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,002166.53/cwt150.00–173.001,66959
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18361,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2254
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,2951,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001

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.