Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2025-01-28

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Jan 28
● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,129 head
▲ 2,690 vs last sale 1,439▲ 272 vs year ago 3,857 · +7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 119▼ 73 vs year ago 220 · −33.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
207 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 63▲ 89 vs year ago 118 · +75.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 11.00 to 12.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold steady. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher and lean cows sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 1.00 lower. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday February 4, 2025.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.02/cwt on 575 head. That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −34.70 against this barn's trailing median of $365.72.
Average price
$331.02
575 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.26
vs CO average
+26.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544334.661,822468
Large 1551318.151,75485
Large 1-2548306.001,6779thin
Medium and Large 1-2548301.471,65313thin
One grade step is worth $33.19/cwt here — about $168 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 sale575 hd
331.02
—
CO average2 barns · 625 hd
326.76
+4.26
National average182 barns · 24,858 hd
304.64
+26.38
This barn, trailing median9 sales
365.72
−34.70
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—High1,626155.172,52329
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,950138.792,7062thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,555135.172,1024thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,407131.111,84424
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,105122.261,35184

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,321$2,55928
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,019$2,4958
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,315$2,48711
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,007$2,4003thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,324$2,2004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,177$2,1844thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,237$2,0003thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,370$1,98326
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,378$1,97514
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,308$1,9532thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)988$1,9349
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,133$1,5092thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)770$1,1251thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)973$2,1507
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)760$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,095$2,2001thin

Every lot

108 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2283387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,0975
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,3283
Steers300–350Large 1-2320387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,23812
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327393.20/cwt381.00–408.001,2867
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379429.78/cwt422.50–438.001,62936
Steers350–400Large 1398411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,63636
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425415.37/cwt401.00–417.501,76560
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6024
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444383.74/cwt382.50–385.001,7044
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478393.89/cwt359.00–434.001,883118
Steers450–500Large 1Thin Fleshed480394.57/cwt388.00–396.001,89478
Steers450–500Large 1494360.39/cwt358.00–361.001,78024
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530367.35/cwt342.50–382.501,947189
Steers500–550Large 1533354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,88726
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579342.81/cwt317.00–365.001,985308
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588301.81/cwt301.00–302.001,77516
Steers550–600Large 1595310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8452
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623328.66/cwt305.00–334.502,048198
Steers600–650Large 1626312.54/cwt307.00–320.001,95776
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,87115
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677305.08/cwt286.00–323.002,065245
Steers700–750Large 1718275.95/cwt262.50–278.001,98132
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed730290.97/cwt289.50–292.502,12486
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738273.23/cwt264.00–283.002,01648
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766276.66/cwt267.50–287.252,11983
Steers750–800Large 1775266.35/cwt266.00–266.502,06427
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed801282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,26362
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1806266.11/cwt253.00–271.002,14538
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856257.61/cwt246.00–260.002,20544
Steers850–900Large 1868261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,2653
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1944245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,3136
Steers950–1000Large 1952245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,3325
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Large 2248317.50/cwt317.50–317.507876
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2303362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,0982
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323373.76/cwt372.50–375.001,20710
Heifers300–350Large 1-2342352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2063
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy344400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,37612
Heifers350–400Large 1354391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,38437
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372371.79/cwt292.50–415.001,38340
Heifers400–450Large 1413340.27/cwt337.50–360.001,40532
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed421398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,67615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426360.90/cwt332.50–377.001,53775
Heifers450–500Large 1454366.98/cwt337.00–382.001,666132
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy461386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,77917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474364.17/cwt334.00–377.501,72683
Heifers450–500Large 1-2486300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4585
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489310.43/cwt306.00–327.501,51817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523312.16/cwt305.00–315.001,6337
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527348.71/cwt320.00–367.501,838255
Heifers500–550Large 1539321.32/cwt317.00–356.001,73249
Heifers500–550Large 1-2548306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,6779
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565317.85/cwt299.50–331.001,796213
Heifers550–600Large 1568313.84/cwt300.00–325.001,78336
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,6706
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613299.19/cwt260.00–312.001,834428
Heifers600–650Large 1635283.05/cwt276.00–286.001,79726
Heifers600–650Large 1-2635257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,6352
Heifers650–700Large 1652274.48/cwt271.00–277.001,79031
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666272.46/cwt251.00–285.001,815180
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676243.53/cwt240.00–249.001,6465
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713259.45/cwt242.50–263.001,85098
Heifers700–750Large 1743255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,89518
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768252.60/cwt244.00–255.001,94086
Heifers750–800Large 1777238.29/cwt231.00–243.001,8525
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1831250.44/cwt239.00–253.002,08169
Heifers800–850Large 1840241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,0244
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1872231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,0149
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5884
Bulls550–600Large 1588305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7932
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1742237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,7623
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,8962
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1941225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1176
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,393130.94/cwt130.00–132.001,8242
Bulls——1,643156.97/cwt141.00–174.002,57927
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90883.02/cwt79.00–88.007542
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed982112.07/cwt111.00–113.001,1019
Cows—Lean 85-90%988105.98/cwt90.00–113.001,04713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,016118.09/cwt115.00–122.001,20011
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,186128.69/cwt127.00–129.001,52611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,187131.65/cwt124.00–148.001,56338
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,348118.51/cwt118.00–119.001,5982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,412132.26/cwt124.00–141.001,86822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555135.17/cwt131.00–140.002,1024
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,950138.79/cwt136.00–141.002,7062
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed840221.48/cwt215.00–225.001,86045
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2893147.55/cwt132.00–152.501,3187
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2923177.61/cwt172.50–182.501,6398
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,001206.12/cwt197.50–215.002,06321
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows17 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27351,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27701,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29801,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0072,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0192,495.02/head2,050.00–2,600.002,4958
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0201,991.09/head1,350.00–2,800.001,9918
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0601,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1331,509.27/head1,400.00–1,625.001,5092
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2372,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2422,345.50/head2,000.00–2,550.002,3463
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3081,953.30/head1,875.00–2,025.001,9532
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3152,487.22/head2,450.00–2,500.002,48711
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3242,200.34/head2,125.00–2,300.002,2004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3312,584.32/head2,575.00–2,625.002,58427
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3462,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,02520
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3781,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,97514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4491,844.70/head1,750.00–1,885.001,8456
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0952,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 17601,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19732,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1507

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.