Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher across all weight classes with instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 10.00 lower across all weight classes on a lighter than normal test. Slaughter cows of average dressing and slaughter bulls sold steady. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday March 20, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $304.64/cwt on 251 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −138.34 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$304.64

251 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$53.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.56

vs CO average

−11.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	319.05	1,787	154
Large 1	535	309.61	1,657	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	555	286.93	1,592	28
Medium and Large 2	533	271.59	1,447	29
Large 1-2	562	265.82	1,493	22

One grade step is worth $53.24/cwt here — about $294 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.95, low $415.25, median $442.98 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale251 hd

304.64

—

CO average3 barns · 1,034 hd

316.20

−11.56

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

−11.43

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−138.34

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	—	High	1,589	125.22	1,990	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,442	124.20	1,791	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,715	115.00	1,972	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,024	105.16	1,076	104

Every lot, as filed

98 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 1-2	850–900	850	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	373.66/cwt	369.00–375.00	1,629	29
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	516	285.57/cwt	281.00–295.00	1,474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	335.86/cwt	331.00–355.00	1,448	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	390.78/cwt	389.00–393.00	1,250	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,084	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	230.55/cwt	221.00–233.00	1,886	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	360.28/cwt	353.00–364.00	1,193	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	346.54/cwt	346.00–351.00	1,348	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	349.12/cwt	346.00–351.00	1,676	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	297.87/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,731	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,814	21
Steers	Large 1	400–450	424	326.01/cwt	323.00–331.00	1,382	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	318.73/cwt	316.00–321.00	1,689	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,358	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	256.07/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,698	9
Steers	Large 1	550–600	585	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	259.47/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,365	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,816	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,865	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	371	325.20/cwt	322.00–332.00	1,206	15
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	402	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,202	3
Steers	Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	750	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,883	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	294.00/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,552	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	236.12/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,823	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	304	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,028	4
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	579	258.41/cwt	254.00–266.00	1,496	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	534	328.54/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,754	23
Steers	Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	623	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,813	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,645	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	756	256.33/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,938	37
Steers	Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	516	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,605	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	280.10/cwt	277.00–281.00	1,448	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	244.85/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,427	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	296.57/cwt	291.00–301.00	1,370	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	245.19/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,488	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,716	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	275.30/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,864	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	582	315.20/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,834	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,156	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	356	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,225	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	346	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,242	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,474	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	961	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,307	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	97.90/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,022	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	85.54/cwt	85.00–86.00	753	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	897	74.69/cwt	71.00–81.00	670	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,972	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,067	115.19/cwt	101.00–131.00	1,229	69
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,442	124.20/cwt	116.00–131.00	1,791	21
Bulls	—	—	1,589	125.22/cwt	114.00–135.00	1,990	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	997	122.51/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,221	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	866	167.79/cwt	152.50–186.00	1,453	77
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	138.22/cwt	130.00–146.00	1,364	27
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	702	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,411	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	244.10/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,267	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	258.11/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,125	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,379	17
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	531	255.42/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,356	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	325.68/cwt	324.00–326.00	1,045	27
Heifers	Large 1	250–300	299	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	900	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	519	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,498	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	282.99/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,166	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,305	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	268.92/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,404	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,171	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	395	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,047	2
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	376	290.35/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,092	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	235.04/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,554	33
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	645	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,587	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	267.67/cwt	264.00–274.00	1,261	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	237.94/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,468	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,712	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	303.62/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,014	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,578	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	300–350	339	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	953	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	226.66/cwt	226.00–227.00	1,541	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	336	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,169	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	239.81/cwt	236.00–242.00	1,384	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,170	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	257	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	853	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	435	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,192	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	650	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,866	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	459	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,740	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,353	5
Heifers	Large 1Value Added	550–600	584	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,495	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	276.69/cwt	274.00–279.00	1,453	13

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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Wed Mar 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,752Last week 2,199Year ago 1,864

Slaughter CattleReceipts 149Last week 88Year ago 143

Replacement CattleReceipts 133Last week 167Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	331	353.00–364.00	360.28
17	350–400	389	346.00–351.00	346.54
29	400–450	431	331.00–355.00	335.86
2	450–500	453	315.00	315.00
17	500–550	528	290.00–300.00	294.00
11	550–600	596	276.00	276.00
13	600–650	607	241.00–246.00	245.19
4	650–700	696	241.00	241.00
2	850–900	850	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	397.00	397.00
7	300–350	320	389.00–393.00	390.78
2	350–400	350	360.00	360.00
29	400–450	436	369.00–375.00	373.66
18	450–500	480	346.00–351.00	349.12
11	500–550	530	316.00–321.00	318.73
40	550–600	581	291.00–305.00	297.87
32	600–650	622	292.00	292.00
9	650–700	663	253.00–260.00	256.07
7	700–750	720	259.00	259.00
29	750–800	772	232.00–246.00	236.12
39	800–850	818	221.00–233.00	230.55
2	850–900	873	218.00	218.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	402	299.00	299.00
6	500–550	516	281.00–295.00	285.57
16	550–600	579	254.00–266.00	258.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	459	379.00	379.00
21	500–550	504	360.00	360.00
26	650–700	650	287.00	287.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	424	323.00–331.00	326.01
5	550–600	585	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	304	338.00	338.00
7	450–500	462	291.00–301.00	296.57
22	500–550	517	277.00–281.00	280.10
7	550–600	583	231.00–250.00	244.85
3	900–950	930	146.00	146.00
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	516	311.00	311.00
25	600–650	623	291.00	291.00
2	750–800	750	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	534	326.00–330.00	328.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	390.00	390.00
59	550–600	582	315.00–318.00	315.20
14	650–700	677	271.00–276.00	275.30
37	750–800	756	252.00–257.00	256.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	257	332.00	332.00
6	300–350	334	301.00–305.00	303.62
30	350–400	384	301.00	301.00
24	400–450	412	280.00–291.00	282.99
40	450–500	471	264.00–274.00	267.67
37	500–550	526	251.00–264.00	259.47
18	550–600	577	236.00–242.00	239.81
36	600–650	617	234.00–240.00	237.94
6	650–700	680	226.00–227.00	226.66
3	700–750	748	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	371	322.00–332.00	325.20
13	500–550	525	274.00–279.00	276.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	346	359.00	359.00
5	350–400	356	344.00	344.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	436	251.00–263.00	258.11
7	450–500	459	255.00	255.00
37	500–550	519	241.00–246.00	244.10
5	550–600	596	227.00	227.00
2	600–650	620	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	810.00	810.00
27	300–350	321	324.00–326.00	325.68
4	350–400	374	313.00	313.00
34	400–450	425	307.00	307.00
17	450–500	466	296.00	296.00
25	500–550	522	266.00–270.00	268.92
9	550–600	599	250.00	250.00
13	600–650	605	260.00	260.00
33	650–700	661	230.00–240.00	235.04
4	700–750	741	231.00	231.00
3	750–800	762	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	299	301.00	301.00
6	350–400	376	290.00–291.00	290.35
20	500–550	531	252.00–256.00	255.42
22	600–650	645	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	339	281.00	281.00
2	350–400	395	265.00	265.00
6	400–450	435	274.00	274.00
2	450–500	460	260.00	260.00
4	500–550	519	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	336	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	584	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	585	252.00	252.00
5	650–700	655	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	950–1000	961	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,044	96.00–100.00	97.90
11	—	880	85.00–86.00	85.54
13	—	897	71.00–81.00	74.69
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,715	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,067	101.00–131.00	115.19
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,442	116.00–131.00	124.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,589	114.00–135.00	125.22

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	997	121.00–126.00	122.51
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	77	—	866	152.50–186.00	167.79
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	—	987	130.00–146.00	138.22
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	702	201.00	201.00

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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