Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 450lbs sold sharply lower while steers over 450lbs to 700lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Steers over 700lbs sold 3.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550lbs sold mostly 1.00 to 11.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 550lbs sold 1.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00 to 5.00 higher across all weight classes. Slaughter bulls sold mostly 6.00 to 9.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday January 24, 2024.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $246.49/cwt on 558 head.

Average price

$246.49

558 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$58.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.89

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	485	265.39	1,288	258
Large 1	524	238.64	1,250	60
Medium and Large 1-2	543	236.02	1,282	176
Medium and Large 2	615	206.40	1,269	64

One grade step is worth $58.99/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale558 hd

246.49

—

CO average5 barns · 4,027 hd

241.60

+4.89

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,685	114.68	1,933	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,598	104.00	1,662	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,700	100.00	1,700	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,400	95.12	1,332	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,045	86.52	904	154

Every lot, as filed

100 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,895	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,460	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,490	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	289.04/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,535	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	332.09/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,043	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	278.10/cwt	226.00–294.00	1,318	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	250.81/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	234.13/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,597	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,775	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	246.60/cwt	236.00–247.00	1,699	54
Steers	Large 1	—	718	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	483	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,348	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	724	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,535	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,430	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,686	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	310.57/cwt	307.00–317.00	1,199	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	509	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,344	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	552	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,474	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	266.09/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,517	41
Heifers	Large 1Value Added	—	510	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,311	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	415	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,044	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	201.77/cwt	181.00–208.00	1,340	19
Steers	Large 1	—	444	294.54/cwt	294.00–296.00	1,308	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,518	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,736	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	673	259.73/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,748	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	204.51/cwt	202.00–206.00	1,775	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,794	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,416	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	606	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,757	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	562	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,675	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,454	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,311	3
Steers	Large 1Value Added	—	547	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,597	28
Steers	Large 1Value Added	—	555	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,548	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	785	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,790	8
Steers	Large 1Value Added	—	649	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,759	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	597	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	266.30/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,148	12
Heifers	Large 1	—	470	248.61/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,168	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,398	24
Heifers	Large 1	—	561	235.95/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,324	15
Heifers	Large 1	—	510	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,168	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	205.41/cwt	190.00–214.00	1,183	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	93.93/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,029	73
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,401	75.98/cwt	61.00–81.00	1,064	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	87.59/cwt	84.00–89.00	871	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,662	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,700	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	72.84/cwt	56.00–81.00	720	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	97.51/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,390	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,373	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,380	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,142	100.73/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,150	5
Bulls	—	—	1,361	105.62/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,437	5
Bulls	—	—	1,267	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,267	3
Bulls	—	—	1,865	120.27/cwt	115.00–125.50	2,243	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	900	169.07/cwt	164.00–179.00	1,522	70
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	989	158.27/cwt	141.00–159.00	1,565	24
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,129	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	748	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	916	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	986	122.06/cwt	102.00–132.00	1,204	51
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	750	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	214.82/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,313	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	236.14/cwt	229.00–239.00	1,275	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	268	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	850	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	433	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,303	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,032	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,441	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,353	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	275.95/cwt	251.00–291.00	1,176	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,527	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	846	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	551	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,378	12
Heifers	Large 1Value Added	—	618	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,360	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,044	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	394	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,028	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	615	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,261	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,350	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,191	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	289.67/cwt	289.00–290.00	904	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	250.64/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,040	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	276.85/cwt	276.00–277.00	1,022	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,423	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	227.21/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,279	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	250.64/cwt	246.00–257.00	1,211	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,286	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,398	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	250.61/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,281	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	292.57/cwt	292.00–293.00	1,080	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,094	3

How this sale compares

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.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,372Last week 1,016Year ago 2,288

Slaughter CattleReceipts 234Last week 313Year ago 187

Replacement CattleReceipts 161Last week 259Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	987	192.00	192.00
15	—	531	287.00–290.00	289.04
18	—	314	330.00–339.00	332.09
4	—	627	240.00–261.00	250.81
54	—	689	236.00–247.00	246.60
3	—	447	320.00	320.00
3	—	777	217.00	217.00
4	—	806	201.00	201.00
41	—	570	260.00–273.00	266.09
2	—	743	221.00	221.00
11	—	868	202.00–206.00	204.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	474	308.00	308.00
4	—	634	235.00	235.00
18	—	682	231.00–235.00	234.13
21	—	894	198.50	198.50
4	—	513	271.00	271.00
3	—	703	216.00	216.00
13	—	1,025	175.00	175.00
5	—	753	188.00	188.00
6	—	577	252.00	252.00
3	—	437	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	474	226.00–294.00	278.10
3	—	547	256.00	256.00
27	—	386	307.00–317.00	310.57
11	—	618	219.00	219.00
20	—	426	251.00–291.00	275.95
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	207.00	207.00
11	—	444	294.00–296.00	294.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	660	263.00	263.00
7	—	606	290.00	290.00
10	—	562	298.00	298.00
8	—	785	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	673	259.00–260.00	259.73
3	—	597	281.00	281.00
2	—	630	270.00	270.00
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	547	292.00	292.00
7	—	555	279.00	279.00
21	—	649	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	483	279.00	279.00
17	—	724	212.00	212.00
12	—	509	264.00	264.00
12	—	552	267.00	267.00
2	—	415	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	510	257.00	257.00
3	—	618	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	231.00	231.00
19	—	664	181.00–208.00	201.77
8	—	576	190.00–214.00	205.41
5	—	835	171.00	171.00
2	—	348	261.00	261.00
2	—	433	241.00	241.00
8	—	718	188.00	188.00
14	—	527	226.00	226.00
3	—	640	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	431	263.00–271.00	266.30
24	—	590	237.00	237.00
16	—	343	301.00	301.00
12	—	703	205.00	205.00
7	—	487	264.00	264.00
10	—	608	230.00	230.00
27	—	511	245.00–256.00	250.61
68	—	369	292.00–293.00	292.57
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	470	246.00–251.00	248.61
15	—	561	230.00–239.00	235.95
13	—	510	229.00	229.00
4	—	394	261.00	261.00
5	—	615	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	611	212.00–215.00	214.82
7	—	540	229.00–239.00	236.14
7	—	791	193.00	193.00
10	—	932	169.00	169.00
4	—	281	301.00	301.00
4	—	844	179.00	179.00
12	—	312	289.00–290.00	289.67
19	—	415	250.00–252.00	250.64
13	—	369	276.00–277.00	276.85
16	—	726	196.00	196.00
21	—	563	221.00–230.00	227.21
46	—	483	246.00–257.00	250.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	268	317.00	317.00
5	—	433	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	551	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,095	90.00–99.00	93.93
29	—	994	84.00–89.00	87.59
47	—	988	56.00–81.00	72.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,401	61.00–81.00	75.98
13	—	1,425	92.00–99.00	97.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,598	104.00	104.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,373	100.50	100.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,142	100.00–102.00	100.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,361	101.00–109.00	105.62
3	—	1,267	100.00	100.00
16	—	1,865	115.00–125.50	120.27

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	70	—	900	164.00–179.00	169.07
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	161.00	161.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	989	141.00–159.00	158.27
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	738	153.00	153.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	748	120.00–125.00	122.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	51	—	986	102.00–132.00	122.06

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle